Unit 4 Time to Celebrate Starting out & Understanding ideas课件 2025-2026学年英语外研版七年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“节日文化”主题，通过“Look and Say”活动导入中国传统节日（泼水节、清明节等），扩展至世界节日并对比活动与饮食，以“不寻常的春节”阅读文本为核心，搭建从已知到未知的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合文化意识与思维品质，通过中外节日对比表格（如春节与圣诞节饮食、活动）培养跨文化理解，阅读问题链（问题-解决方案-结果）提升分析能力。采用任务型教学与自评表，提升学生语言运用能力，为教师提供结构化资源，高效落实核心素养。

4 Unit Time to celebrate Starting out & Understanding ideas 2026新外研版七上 What do you know about these festivals? the Water Festival • It is primarily(主要地) celebrated by the _________ in China. • It is celebrated in __________. • Dai people splash(泼洒) water on each other to wash away ___________ and welcome the _______ year. • People also wear beautiful traditional _________ and dance to traditional ________ during this festival. Dai people mid-April bad luck new clothes music What do you know about these festivals? the Qingming Festival • It falls on _______________ each year. • People sweep ________ to pay respect to the dead. • People offer food and ________to the dead. April 4th-6th tombs flowers Tomb-sweeping day What do you know about these festivals? the Naadam Festival • It is a big celebration in the ________________region of China. • It is celebrated in ______ or ______ each year. • People compete in three main sports: wrestling(摔跤), _______ racing, and archery(射箭). • The festival also includes(包括) cultural performances, like singing and dancing. Inner Mongolia July August horse What Traditional Chinese festivals or holidays do you know? National Day The Lantern Festival The Mid-autumn Festival The Spring Festival Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1. What other festivals or holidays around the world do you know? 2. Which one do you think is the most special? Why? Festival Name Activities What to Eat Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) Family reunions, setting off fireworks, dragon and lion dances Dumplings, fish Christmas Gift-giving, decorating Christmas trees, attending church services Roast turkey, potatoes, mince pies Carnival (Brazilian) Parades, dancing, music, masquerade balls candies, chocolate treats Thanksgiving Parades, football games, family gatherings Roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce Dragon Boat Festival Dragon boat racing, hanging calamus and wormwood Zongzi Look at the picture and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. Spring Festival dinner family reunion dish They are having a family reunion to celebrate the Spring Festival. 1 What are the people doing? 2 What is on the table? There are many dishes on the table. Prediction What’s the passage about? It’s about Spring Festival. Fast reading What’s the main idea of the passage? A. It's about Emilia's Spring Festival in the UK. B. It’s about an unusual Spring Festival in the UK. C. The writer became a chef. Fast reading How many parts are there? The writer’s problem The writer’s solution The result Three parts. Careful reading 1. What did the writer want to do during the Spring Festival? 2. Why did the writer want to cook a Chinese dinner to treat her British friend? A. Because her British friend,Emilia , is a nice girl, sometimes, she cooked for her. B. Because she became a cook. C. Because it was her second Spring Festival in the UK. A. She had a Chinese dinner with her family. B. Her friend, Emilia, cooked the dinner for her. C. She cooked a Chinese dinner to treat her British friend. Careful reading 3. What problem did she meet? 4. How did the writer make it at last? A. Her whole family came to help on the phone. B. Her British friend came to help. C. She learnt to cook on the Internet. A. She couldn't make dumplings. B. She couldn't make the dinner. C. She didn't become a chef. Careful reading 5. What did Emilia do in the dining room? 6. What's the meaning of the lion's head? Its round shape stands for family reunions. A. She hung balloons and lanterns. B. She watched TV. C. She made red lanterns. 7.How did Emilia feel about the last dish? She was shocked at the name. Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage Careful reading Spring Festival Chinese dinner midnight whole family dish shocked back home Think and share What is unusual about the writer’s Spring Festival?  Usually, the writer spends the Spring Festival with her family in China. But then, the writer spent the Spring Festival with her friend Emilia in the UK. Post reading Think and share chicken What is your family’s traditional dish for the Spring Festival? Can you cook it? Post reading fish dumplings Summary Basic (基础) Read the words and the passage aloud. Try to write about your unusual Spring Festival experiencssmates. Improving(提升) Extend (拓展) Search for more information about the Spring Festival. Lavf57.62.100 null 106582.18 $