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Unit 3
CELEBRATIONS
Lesson 1 Spring Festival
Which festival will you think of when you hear this piece of music
Spring Festival
Learning Objectives
In this class, you will
Read and talk about the Spring Festival;
Read for understanding the main idea;
Read for detailed information and understanding words in context;
Love and carry forward Chinese traditional culture.
How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival
For example:
My family celebrates Spring Festival by making Jiao zi together.
have the family reunion dinner
lion dance
lucky money
making jiaozi
let off fireworks/firecrackers
put up character Fu
Lesson 1
Spring Festival
Read and Explore
Task 1 Read the notes from the editor and look at the three pictures, and try to Make predictions of the main idea of the text.
Tom Jenkins
a 16-year-old
exchange student
living in Nanjing
Xu Gang
a 28-year-old
computer engineer
working in Shanghai
Li Yan
a 70-year-old
grandmother from Heilongjiang
Notes from the editor: Spring Festival is an important tradition in China. It has unique meanings. However,people may understand it differently,including those from other cultures. Here are three readers’ accounts to our magazine, in which the readers shared their experiences and views about it.
Our prediction of the main idea:
The passage is mainly about______ readers’ accounts of how they spend___________ and their_______ and______ about it.
three
Spring Festival
experiences
views
Read and Explore
Task 2 Read the passage quickly to check our predictions
Main idea:
It talks about Spring Festival activities and meanings from three persons’ perspectives(视角).
How does the passage mainly develop(展开)
A. By giving data.
B. By providing examples.
C. By making comparisons.
D. By following the order of time.
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按写作方法理解文章的结构
时间顺序
空间顺序
举例论证
对比或类比
Read and Explore
Task 3 Read the passage one by one carefully and find out each person’s experience of Spring Festival. Take notes.
Tom Jenkins
a 16-year-old
exchange student
living in Nanjing
Time Activity Meaning
to sweep away
the house
happiness
Fireworks
to scare away
a week before the festival
first
next
was cleaned from top to bottom
the dirt of the past year
Fu
was attached upside down to our front door
were being let off across the city
then
the night before Spring festival
the monster Nian
We sat together to
wishing everyone
arrives
a happy new year
enjoy a big dinner
What does Spring Festival mean to Tom
Tom Jenkins
a 16-year-old
exchange student
living in Nanjing
excitement
fun
cool
Xu Gang
a 28-year-old
computer engineer
working in Shanghai
Time Activity
a week before Spring Festival planning my trip ________ to Shanxi
booking travel __________
choosing _________ for __________
the moment I get on the train I’m _______________by Shanxi accents.
when I get home My parents will ________________ what’s been happening
We usually have_________
home
gifts
my parents
surrounded
fill me in on
tickets
hotpot
What does Spring Festival mean to Xu Gang
Coming home
Being with his entire family
Xu Gang
a 28-year-old
computer engineer
working in Shanghai
Li Yan
a 70-year-old
grandmother from Heilongjiang
Time Activity
weeks ____ Spring Festival Start _________________ their homecoming,buying______ and preparing________
when everyone ____________ our home ______________activities
grandchildren run around,__________________
adults _________________the table to
____________the past year
When jiaozi ____________ great fun _____________ in the kitchen
before
getting ready for
comes here
buzzes with
shouting and playing
gather around
talk about
are being made
is enjoyed
things
dishes
What does Spring Festival mean to Li Yan
Family time
Li Yan
a 70-year-old
grandmother from Heilongjiang
Task 4 Read aloud the whole passage and then fill in the mind-map to make a short summary.
SsS
Activities
Before Spring Festival
During Spring Festival
cleaning the house, put up Fu
booking travel tickets, choosing gifts for parents
getting ready for children coming back,buying things and preparing dishes
letting off fireworks,enjoying a big dinner
chatting with his parents, having hotpot
children playing, adults talking, making jiaozi together
Meanings
Read and Explore
Cool
excitement,
a lot of fun
coming home and being with his family
family time
Task 5 Why does Spring Festival have different meanings in their eyes
Thinking
Different Identity
T
foreigners
Chinese young generation
Chinese old people
in Chinese culture
Tom Jenkins
Xu Gang
Li Yan
Conclusion
Festival is the symbol of different culture!
For Chinese, family reunion is the central theme of Spring Festival !
Family plays an important part in Chinese culture!
Throughout history, some of the original customs have changed, but the spirit of the festival — the spirit of family — has largely kept. Most of the important Spring Festival traditions are still being practised by people across the country.
Kept
changed
Think and Share
How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival
Do we celebrate Spring Festival in the same way as years before
HOMEWORK
Retell the text with the help of the mind map;
Complete the exercise 7 on page 54 with the words or phrases learnt in this period;
Know more about festivals and celebrations and then fill the table.
Name Time Meaning Activities Food