Unit3 Section 4 Checking your progress课件 -2025-2026学年沪教版（2024）英语七年级上册

Unit 3 The seasons Checking your progress Section 4 Extending and developing competencies Focusing on culture Think Do you wonder when and how Chinese people What is the importance first began to mark the changing seasons? of China's 24 solar terms? 1 Read the article to find out how ancient Chinese people divided up the year. The 24 solar terms 24节气 be divided into 传统历法 事实上被分成 The months of the traditional Chinese calendar follow the moon,but did you know that the calendar also follows the sun?In fact,the year is divided into 24 parts,based on where the sun is in the sky.Each part starts with a solar term,or jiegi in Chinese.These solar terms follow the changes of the seasons and the weather.be based on以..为依据 立春 立夏 立秋 The"Start of Spring”,“Start of Summer'”,“Start of Autumn'”and 立冬 "Start of Winter"divide the year into four seasons.Each of the 持续 seasons is then divided into six parts,and each part lasts about 15 days.The solar terms can fall on different dates.They sometimes 落在不同日期 move a day or two. The 24 sola trmvery useful in dailyfe For example,they help farmers decide heir crops.The solar tems also play an important part in traditional Chinese culture.People 在过去 celebrated these days inays in the past.such as eating 用不同的方式 spes转ishes..Many of the器装adiioinoutimes.. 春卷 春饼 For example,people still eat spring rolls and spring pancakes to celebrate the“Start of Spring'”. 明 被加入 The 24 solar terms are a traditional Chinese way of dividing the year.This tradition was added to the UNESCO's Intangible Notes Cultural Heritage List in the year 2016. 非物质文化遗产 D UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List /ju:,neskauz In,taend3abl kAltfaral 'heritid3 st/联合国教科文组织非物质文化遗产名录 2 Answer the questions below with the information from the article on page 46. (1)Why does the writer say"...the calendar also follows the sun"? Because the year is divided into 24 parts,based on where the sun is in the sky. (2)Why are the 24 solar terms very useful in daily life? They help farmers decide when to plant their crops. (3)How do people celebrate the"Start of Spring"? People eat spring rolls and spring pancakes to celebrate it. 3 Find the words in the article and match them with their meanings a to move or change along with something else (1)follow (line 1) b to keep happening without stopping (2)decide (line 11) c to choose what to do (3)local (line 13 I something that people have done or believed (4)tradition(ne1④ for a long time (5)continue (line 14) e of a place(e.g.food,people) Your ideas 4 Discuss the questions below.be familiar with...... (1)Which solar terms are you familiar with?What do people often eat or do on them? (2)Do you think the 24 solar terms are still important today?Why or why not? 搜寻 Exploring more You can search for more information about the 24 solar terms.The questions below may help you: How did the 24 solar terms get their names? What are some traditions of each solar term? Are there any ancient Chinese poems about the solar terms? Cross-curricular connection Earth science We have learnt about the four seasons in this unit,but why does the Earth have four seasons?Does every place on Earth have four seasons? 1 Read the article and find out why we have different seasons. Why do we have different seasons? 从不同的方向 As our planet moves around the Sun,the light from the Sun falls on the Earth from different directions.This helps create the seasons.At different times of year,there is more sunlight in some places,and less sunlight in others.More sunlight means longer days and warmer weather,and this is why we have spring and summer.It gets colder in autumn and winter because the days are shorter,and we get less light from the Sun(see the picture below ) ① 图中二分二至日均指北半球 The seasons fall at different 春分 times of year around the spring 赤遣orld.China is north of the equinox winter solstice equator.Here,we experience summer from June to August. South of the equator,June, summer July and August are winter so5tice③ months.In Australia,it is 夏至 冬至 summer from December to autumn February,and Australians 秋分 equinox have their spring when we 2 equinox/'ekwInpks/.n.昼夜平分时；（春或秋）分 have our autumn. 3 solstice/'splstrs/n.至（点)；（夏或冬)至