(共18张PPT)
Let’s celebrate!
Unit 2
Rainy Hu
Learning aims
get a better understanding of the words and phrases in the word-list after reading;
know more traditions related to the Spring Festival;
learn some reading strategies and try to apply them while reading;
develop your critical thinking and embrace new changes.
Let’s celebrate!
Unit 2
Let’s sing it together!
小孩小孩你别馋,过了腊八就是年;
腊八粥,喝几天,哩哩啦啦二十三;
二十三,糖瓜粘;二十四,扫房子;
二十五,磨豆腐;二十六,去买肉;
二十七,宰只鸡;二十八,把面发;
二十九,蒸馒头;三十晚上熬一宿;
初一、初二满街走。
春节童谣
Speaking of the Spring Festival, what other traditions do you know
traditions
do New Year shopping
wear new clothes
put up couplets/ “fu”characters
put up paper cuttings
set off firecrackers/fireworks
hang red lanterns
visit our relatives
watch Spring Festival Gala
give/receive red envelopes
have the family dinner
traditions
do New Year shopping
wear new clothes
put up couplets/ “fu”characters
put up paper cuttings
set off firecrackers/fireworks
hang red lanterns
visit our relatives
watch Spring Festival Gala
give/receive red envelopes
have the family dinner
Social insights
Nowadays, some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone is keen on this idea.
Wang Peng chooses
_________ the tradition.
He chooses to have the New Year Eve dinner _________________.
Wang Peng (software engineer)
Liu Yonghui (retired teacher)
Liu Yonghui chooses
________________ the tradition.
He chooses to have the New Year Eve dinner______________.
to change
not to change
in a restaurant
at home
Task 1:Read the passage quickly and tick each author’s choice .
To get their choice, you should pay attention to the first paragraph or the last paragraph
learning to learn
1.What does Wang Peng think of eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner
2. Why does Wang Peng think it is not worth eating the dinner at home
3. What’s Wang Peng’s opinion about what or where they eat on Spring Festival Eve
They’ve eaten out for the last three years and they have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.So he thinks eating out is a good choice .
Because he thinks it is not worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning up the mess after it's over.
Task2:Listen to the letter written by Wang Peng and answer the questions
He thinks it doesn’t matter. Eating out may change the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members sitting around the table together remains the same.
Reasons Liu’s hope
When his son has booked a table at the best restaurant in town,Liu Yonghuiwas a bit __________. For him, it just won’t feel like _______________having the dinner out. Liu hopes his children and their children will value their____________________________________.For him, _______________is even more important than the dinner itself.
When he was a little boy, ___________________________________________ was what he looked forward to most. It is not only for _________________, but also for the opportunity to have his whole family_______________.
Activities 1).He would___________the house,____________the adult _____________their year. 2).He would _________under his mother’s feet in the kitchen, ________her make dumplings. She’d_______tokens in some dumplings:candies for ______________and peanuts for________________________. 3).In the evening, all of them would ____________the table, _________ the food and being together. 4) They _________ each other, they _______ and the simple __________dishes tasted more___________ than anything cooked by a top chef.
Task 3:Listen to the letter written by Liu Yonghui and fill in the blanks .
unhappy
Spring Festival
the dinner on the eve
of Spring Festival
the delicious food
gathered together
run around
listening to
chatting about
get
watching
put
a sweet life
a long and healthy one
sit around
enjoying
toasted
laughed
homemade
delicious
memories of preparing
the dinner together
the process
Learning to learn:
To draw a mind-map, you have to start with a central idea, and then branch out into related ideas. then branch further, providing more details with each level.
Task4:Read the passage again and finish the mind map to summarize the passage
Group A
Group B
eat at home
eat in a restaurant
Step 1: speak out your choice:My family will choose to...
Step 2: give your reasons to support it:because ...
For example:
My family will choose to eat at home,because it’s lively.
My Opinion
Whether you choose to eat at home or eat in a restaurant, it’s your own choice. Surely, some traditions are dying out, but we are creating new ones, not worse, but different.So let’s embrace the changes as well as value the old traditions.
Learning aims
traditions
Time for a Change
words and phrases
hang red lanterns
put up the couplets/ “fu” /paper cuttings
do New Year shopping
watch Spring Festival Gala
give/receive red envelopes
set off firecrackers/fireworks
wear new clothes
visit our relatives
have the family dinner
Wang
Liu
change
Eating out may change the form of this tradition, but
the love between the family members remains the same.
Do not change
The process is even more important than the dinner itself.
occasion/editor/embrace/admit/effort/loss/eve/software/adult/token/process/retired/
1.Refine your mind map to get a better understanding of the passages.
2.Finish the following exercises.
Thanks for your attention!