外研版（2019） 必修第二册 Unit 2 Let's Celebrate! Developing ideas Reading课件(43张）
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基于大观念的单元整体教学设计
Unit 2 Let’s celebrate
了解多元节日文化
理解节日深刻内涵
培养节日文化自信
Lesson 1: Starting out & Vocabulary
了解世界各地庆祝季节变换的节日
了解节日相关词汇、节日庆祝原因
Lesson 2: Understanding ideas
理解英国作家Tolkien通过圣诞节信表达对孩子深沉的父爱
Lesson 3: Using language
学会情态动词表推测的用法
掌握如何对节日进行描述
Lesson 4: Listening & Speaking
学习如何发出和接受节日邀请
Lesson 5: Developing ideas
了解人们对春节团圆饭习俗的不同观点
思考传统习俗是否应该改变
Lesson 6: Writing
写信给编辑（对春节走向世界的看法）
Lesson 7: Presenting ideas & Reflection
创造节日：陈述创造原因
单元大观念
了解各国特色节日及庆祝原因的多样性，学会理解并描述不同节日，提升多元文化视野；增强对中外不同节日文化的了解，增强国家认同感，有意识地主动弘扬和传播中华优秀文化；理解和辨析不同节日的意义和内涵，通过创造新节日，联系自身实际，实现知识与思维能力的迁移。
Unit 2 Let’s celebrate!
Developing ideas — reading
Time for
a Change
To apply the opinion-and-fact structure to be persuasive in topics of Spring Festival traditions.
To learn about the structure of the passage.
To distinguish a fact and an opinion in the passage.
To learn about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
Learning Objectives
01
02
03
04
Pre-reading Activity 1: Watch the video and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
Learn about Chinese Spring Festival Traditions.
Eating Tang Gua
worship the kitchen god
Learn about Chinese Spring Festival Traditions.
Clean Up the House
Chinese New Year Shopping
Learn about Chinese Spring Festival Traditions.
Put up the red couplets, New Year paintings such as door gods and paper-cuts
Learn about Chinese Spring Festival Traditions.
·In the south蒸馒头 steam buns 烤烙饼bake wheat cakes
·包饺子 make dumplings
·In the south, 年糕 rice cakes, 汤圆glutinous rice balls
Do you know other traditions？
let off firecrackers
receive red envelopes
Look at the pictures and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
pay a New Year visit
go to the temple fair
Pre-reading Activity 2:
Look at the picture and the title of the passage, and predict the content of the passage.
A family dinner is an important tradition to celebrate Spring Festival.
Some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant,
but not everyone is keen on this idea.
What do our readers think
While-reading Activity 3: Read the passage quickly and find out each person’s point of view.
While-reading Activity 3: Read the passage quickly and find out each person’s point of view.
We enjoy eating out no less than eating at home.
Eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members remains the same.
It just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. The process of preparing the dinner together is more important than the dinner itself.
Wang Peng (software engineer)
Liu Yonghui (retired teacher)
While-reading Activity 4: Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
A fact is something that exists or has happened, for example, an object, event or experience. Facts are statements that can be proved by evidence.
An opinion can be a general or individual view, belief or impression. Opinions can sometimes be identified by the presence of words such as “feel”, “believe” and “think”.
Learning to learn
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions. ____
… what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn’t matter. ____
… it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. ____
I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings. ____
She’d put tokens in some dumplings… ____
O
O
O
F
F
While-reading Activity 4: Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
While-reading Activity 5: Read the passage carefully and try to fill in the mind map.
we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
Wang Peng (software engineer)
O1
O2
O3
O4
F
F
preparations for the dinner are hard work
spending so much time preparing for a single meal
another hour cleaning up the mess
it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.
still have the dinner with the same people
more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking
the dishes taste better
Eating out may change the form, but the love remains the same.
it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out
Liu Yonghui (retired teacher)
O1
O2
O3
O4
F
F
for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together
run around the house, listening to the adults chatting
make dumplings
homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef
put tokens in some dumplings
toasted each other, we laughed
the process is even more important than the dinner itself
While-reading Activity 5: Passage Appreciation and Analysis.
Dear Editor,
We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home. I don' t understand why some people refused to embrace the change.
O1
现在完成时 have done... for the last ..years
拥抱
拒绝做
不比...少
I really don’t think it’s worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning the mess after it’s over.
我真的认为，单单一顿饭就要花那么多时间准备，吃完又要花一个小时收拾残羹剩饭，这种做法是不值得的。
It’s worth the effort of doing... 值得花精力做
be worth sth 意为“值……钱；拥有……价值的财产”
e.g. This art collection is worth a large amount of money.
be worth doing sth 意为“值得做某事”
e.g. The film is well worth seeing.
Can' t they admit that the preparations for the dinner are hard work I really don' t think it' s 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. We work all year, so why can' t one day be about spending time with family and relaxing
O2
F
F
值得做
清洁
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions. We still have the dinner with the same people, just in a different place. The occasion is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better!
O3
F
F
场合
与...无关
F
may change the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members sitting around the table together remains the same.
In my opinion, what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn' t matter. Eating out
Wang Peng, software engineer
O4
主语从句 我们吃的东西和地方 不重要
-ing 分词作定语 坐在一起的家庭成员
we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
Wang Peng (software engineer)
O1
O2
O3
O4
F
F
preparations for the dinner are hard work
spending so much time preparing for a single meal
another hour cleaning up the mess
it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.
still have the dinner with the same people
more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking
the dishes taste better
Eating out may change the form, but the love remains the same.
State your ideas.
Opinion 1+fact 1
Opinion 2+fact 2
Summarize.
Dear Editor,
For this year’ s Spring Festival family dinner, my son has booked a table at the best restaurant in town, but I’m a bit unhappy about it. For me, it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out.
When I was a little boy, the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was what I looked forward to most.
预订
期待 look forward to sth / doing
O1
预订
It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat, but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together. I would run around the house, listening to the adults chatting about their year. I’ d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings.
O2
F
F
共同聚集
She’ d put tokens in some dumplings: candies for a sweet life and peanuts for a long and healthy one. In the evening, all of us would sit around the table, enjoying the food and being together again. We toasted each other, we laughed, and the simple, homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef.
象征、标志
糖果
花生
祝酒
F
F
O3
What're the meanings of tokens in dumplings
芹菜馅-勤财 （勤劳挣到钱财）Celery- wealth from diligence
韭菜馅-久财之意 Chinese leeks – long-lasting wealth
白菜馅-百财之意 （百样之财的祈福，也有对新婚燕尔白头偕老的祝愿）
Chinese cabbage – hundreds kinds of wealth, long-lasting Romance
酸菜馅-算财之意 （数钱数到手抽筋） ；pickled vegetables – counting money
大枣馅-招财之意（招财，意为财源滚滚来） Chinese dates– welcoming money
鱼肉馅-余财之意（年年有余） fish– abundant wealth left
Background Information
I hope my children and their children will still value our memories of preparing the dinner together. To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
Liu Yonghui, retired teacher
珍惜
O4
it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out
Liu Yonghui (retired teacher)
O1
O2
O3
O4
F
F
for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together
run around the house, listening to the adults chatting
make dumplings
homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef
put tokens in some dumplings
toasted each other, we laughed
the process is even more important than the dinner itself
State your ideas.
Opinion 1+fact 1
Opinion 2+fact 2
Summarize.
After-reading
Activity 6 : Think and Share
What causes the difference of the opinions
Which of the two opinions do you agree with Why
The identity, the values, the change of social background...
Share your own ideas.
After-reading: Activity 7 : Learn to be persuasive!
Which side are you on Choose a topic and try to organize your idea to be persuasive!
Traditional Red packet vs.
WeChat Red packet
Watching CCTV gala vs.
Watching online videos
Shopping in supermarket vs.
Shopping online
Choose a topic and think about which side are you on.
1. Select your side.
A: State your ideas.
B: Opinion 1+fact 1
C: Opinion 2+fact 2
D: Summarize.
2. Organise.
Share your idea and try your best to be persuasive.
3. Share.
Try to be persuasive!
Red packet vs. WeChat Red packet
Watching CCTV gala vs. Watching online videos
Shopping in supermarket vs. Shopping online
After-reading Activity 7:
Choose a topic and try to organize your idea to be persuasive!
Reference Answer:
In my opinion, shopping in the supermarket with family members is preferred in new year.
On one hand, the process is more important. I remembered when I was young, we would go to Walmart for shopping, where we would talk and laugh.
On the other hand, we could see the goods in reality and pick up whatever we want. There is always sample taste in supermarket, which gives us a chance to taste the food beforehand.
All in all, I am in favor of shopping in the supermarket, with happier experience and better choice in reality.
State your ideas.
Opinion 1+fact 1
Opinion 2+fact 2
Summarize.
To apply the opinion-and-fact structure to be persuasive in topics of Spring Festival traditions.
To learn about the structure of the passage.
To distinguish a fact and an opinion in the passage.
To learn about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
Learning Objectives
01
02
03
04
Celebrating Spring festival help families enjoy the warmth of home and send wishes to each others. Changing the traditions or not, the most important thing is being together with family members.
Summarizing
Language points Review
no less than __________________
embrace __________________
refuse to do __________________
have nothing to do with __________________
occasion __________________
不少于；多达
欣然接受；乐意采纳
拒绝做某事
和……无关
场合；时刻
Language points: Important words and phrases
Find the following words and phrases in the passage and work out their meanings.
token ___________
toast ___________
value ___________
process ___________
象征；标志
干杯
重视
过程
Find the following words and phrases in the passage and work out their meanings.
Language points: Important words and phrases
Time for a Change
A family dinner (家宴/年夜饭) is an important tradition to celebrate Spring Festival. Nowadays, some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone is keen on this idea(不是每个人都支持这个想法). What do our readers think
Dear Editor,
We have eaten out (eat out) for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home. I don’t understand why some people refuse to embrace the change(接受改变).
Can’t they admit that the preparations for the dinner are hard work I really don’t think it’s worth the effort (值得花精力）of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning up the mess (收拾残局;收拾干净) after it’s over. We work all year, so why can’t one day be about spending time with family and relaxing
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions(和丢弃传统无关). We still have the dinner with the same people, just in a different place. The occasion (场合) is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better!
In my opinion, what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn’t matter. Eating out may change the form of this tradition(这种传统的形式), but the love between the family members sitting around the table together remains (仍然是) the same.
Wang Peng, software engineer
Dear Editor,
For this year’s Spring Festival family dinner, my son has booked (预定) a table at the best restaurant in town, but I’m a bit unhappy about it. For me, it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the diner out.
When I was a little boy, the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was what I looked forward to most. It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat, but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together(让全家人团聚在一起). I would run around the house, listening to the adults chatting about their year. I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings. She’d put tokens (象征; “彩头”) in some dumplings: candies for a sweet life and peanuts (坚果) for a long and healthy one. In the evening, all of us would sit around the table, enjoying the food and being together again. We toasted each other(互相敬酒), we laughed, and the simple, homemade dishes (家常菜) tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef.
I hope my children and their children will still value our memories of preparing the dinner together(珍视全家人一起准备年夜饭的回忆). To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
Liu Yonghui, retired teacher
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v
v
v
v
v
Homework
Finish the exercise 4 in page 22 and follow the instruction to give ideas on the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner.
基于大观念的单元整体教学设计
Unit 2 Let’s celebrate
了解多元节日文化
理解节日深刻内涵
培养节日文化自信
Lesson 1: Starting out & Vocabulary
了解世界各地庆祝季节变换的节日
了解节日相关词汇、节日庆祝原因
Lesson 2: Understanding ideas
理解英国作家Tolkien通过圣诞节信表达对孩子深沉的父爱
Lesson 3: Using language
学会情态动词表推测的用法
掌握如何对节日进行描述
Lesson 4: Listening & Speaking
学习如何发出和接受节日邀请
Lesson 5: Developing ideas
了解人们对春节团圆饭习俗的不同观点
思考传统习俗是否应该改变
Lesson 6: Writing
写信给编辑（对春节走向世界的看法）
Lesson 7: Presenting ideas & Reflection
创造节日：陈述创造原因
单元大观念
了解各国特色节日及庆祝原因的多样性，学会理解并描述不同节日，提升多元文化视野；增强对中外不同节日文化的了解，增强国家认同感，有意识地主动弘扬和传播中华优秀文化；理解和辨析不同节日的意义和内涵，通过创造新节日，联系自身实际，实现知识与思维能力的迁移。
Unit 2 Let’s celebrate!
Developing ideas — reading
Time for
a Change
To apply the opinion-and-fact structure to be persuasive in topics of Spring Festival traditions.
To learn about the structure of the passage.
To distinguish a fact and an opinion in the passage.
To learn about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
Learning Objectives
01
02
03
04
Pre-reading Activity 1: Watch the video and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
Learn about Chinese Spring Festival Traditions.
Eating Tang Gua
worship the kitchen god
Learn about Chinese Spring Festival Traditions.
Clean Up the House
Chinese New Year Shopping
Learn about Chinese Spring Festival Traditions.
Put up the red couplets, New Year paintings such as door gods and paper-cuts
Learn about Chinese Spring Festival Traditions.
·In the south蒸馒头 steam buns 烤烙饼bake wheat cakes
·包饺子 make dumplings
·In the south, 年糕 rice cakes, 汤圆glutinous rice balls
Do you know other traditions？
let off firecrackers
receive red envelopes
Look at the pictures and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
pay a New Year visit
go to the temple fair
Pre-reading Activity 2:
Look at the picture and the title of the passage, and predict the content of the passage.
A family dinner is an important tradition to celebrate Spring Festival.
Some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant,
but not everyone is keen on this idea.
What do our readers think
While-reading Activity 3: Read the passage quickly and find out each person’s point of view.
While-reading Activity 3: Read the passage quickly and find out each person’s point of view.
We enjoy eating out no less than eating at home.
Eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members remains the same.
It just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. The process of preparing the dinner together is more important than the dinner itself.
Wang Peng (software engineer)
Liu Yonghui (retired teacher)
While-reading Activity 4: Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
A fact is something that exists or has happened, for example, an object, event or experience. Facts are statements that can be proved by evidence.
An opinion can be a general or individual view, belief or impression. Opinions can sometimes be identified by the presence of words such as “feel”, “believe” and “think”.
Learning to learn
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions. ____
… what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn’t matter. ____
… it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. ____
I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings. ____
She’d put tokens in some dumplings… ____
O
O
O
F
F
While-reading Activity 4: Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
While-reading Activity 5: Read the passage carefully and try to fill in the mind map.
we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
Wang Peng (software engineer)
O1
O2
O3
O4
F
F
preparations for the dinner are hard work
spending so much time preparing for a single meal
another hour cleaning up the mess
it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.
still have the dinner with the same people
more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking
the dishes taste better
Eating out may change the form, but the love remains the same.
it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out
Liu Yonghui (retired teacher)
O1
O2
O3
O4
F
F
for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together
run around the house, listening to the adults chatting
make dumplings
homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef
put tokens in some dumplings
toasted each other, we laughed
the process is even more important than the dinner itself
While-reading Activity 5: Passage Appreciation and Analysis.
Dear Editor,
We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home. I don' t understand why some people refused to embrace the change.
O1
现在完成时 have done... for the last ..years
拥抱
拒绝做
不比...少
I really don’t think it’s worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning the mess after it’s over.
我真的认为，单单一顿饭就要花那么多时间准备，吃完又要花一个小时收拾残羹剩饭，这种做法是不值得的。
It’s worth the effort of doing... 值得花精力做
be worth sth 意为“值……钱；拥有……价值的财产”
e.g. This art collection is worth a large amount of money.
be worth doing sth 意为“值得做某事”
e.g. The film is well worth seeing.
Can' t they admit that the preparations for the dinner are hard work I really don' t think it' s 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. We work all year, so why can' t one day be about spending time with family and relaxing
O2
F
F
值得做
清洁
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions. We still have the dinner with the same people, just in a different place. The occasion is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better!
O3
F
F
场合
与...无关
F
may change the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members sitting around the table together remains the same.
In my opinion, what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn' t matter. Eating out
Wang Peng, software engineer
O4
主语从句 我们吃的东西和地方 不重要
-ing 分词作定语 坐在一起的家庭成员
we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
Wang Peng (software engineer)
O1
O2
O3
O4
F
F
preparations for the dinner are hard work
spending so much time preparing for a single meal
another hour cleaning up the mess
it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.
still have the dinner with the same people
more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking
the dishes taste better
Eating out may change the form, but the love remains the same.
State your ideas.
Opinion 1+fact 1
Opinion 2+fact 2
Summarize.
Dear Editor,
For this year’ s Spring Festival family dinner, my son has booked a table at the best restaurant in town, but I’m a bit unhappy about it. For me, it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out.
When I was a little boy, the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was what I looked forward to most.
预订
期待 look forward to sth / doing
O1
预订
It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat, but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together. I would run around the house, listening to the adults chatting about their year. I’ d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings.
O2
F
F
共同聚集
She’ d put tokens in some dumplings: candies for a sweet life and peanuts for a long and healthy one. In the evening, all of us would sit around the table, enjoying the food and being together again. We toasted each other, we laughed, and the simple, homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef.
象征、标志
糖果
花生
祝酒
F
F
O3
What're the meanings of tokens in dumplings
芹菜馅-勤财 （勤劳挣到钱财）Celery- wealth from diligence
韭菜馅-久财之意 Chinese leeks – long-lasting wealth
白菜馅-百财之意 （百样之财的祈福，也有对新婚燕尔白头偕老的祝愿）
Chinese cabbage – hundreds kinds of wealth, long-lasting Romance
酸菜馅-算财之意 （数钱数到手抽筋） ；pickled vegetables – counting money
大枣馅-招财之意（招财，意为财源滚滚来） Chinese dates– welcoming money
鱼肉馅-余财之意（年年有余） fish– abundant wealth left
Background Information
I hope my children and their children will still value our memories of preparing the dinner together. To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
Liu Yonghui, retired teacher
珍惜
O4
it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out
Liu Yonghui (retired teacher)
O1
O2
O3
O4
F
F
for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together
run around the house, listening to the adults chatting
make dumplings
homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef
put tokens in some dumplings
toasted each other, we laughed
the process is even more important than the dinner itself
State your ideas.
Opinion 1+fact 1
Opinion 2+fact 2
Summarize.
After-reading
Activity 6 : Think and Share
What causes the difference of the opinions
Which of the two opinions do you agree with Why
The identity, the values, the change of social background...
Share your own ideas.
After-reading: Activity 7 : Learn to be persuasive!
Which side are you on Choose a topic and try to organize your idea to be persuasive!
Traditional Red packet vs.
WeChat Red packet
Watching CCTV gala vs.
Watching online videos
Shopping in supermarket vs.
Shopping online
Choose a topic and think about which side are you on.
1. Select your side.
A: State your ideas.
B: Opinion 1+fact 1
C: Opinion 2+fact 2
D: Summarize.
2. Organise.
Share your idea and try your best to be persuasive.
3. Share.
Try to be persuasive!
Red packet vs. WeChat Red packet
Watching CCTV gala vs. Watching online videos
Shopping in supermarket vs. Shopping online
After-reading Activity 7:
Choose a topic and try to organize your idea to be persuasive!
Reference Answer:
In my opinion, shopping in the supermarket with family members is preferred in new year.
On one hand, the process is more important. I remembered when I was young, we would go to Walmart for shopping, where we would talk and laugh.
On the other hand, we could see the goods in reality and pick up whatever we want. There is always sample taste in supermarket, which gives us a chance to taste the food beforehand.
All in all, I am in favor of shopping in the supermarket, with happier experience and better choice in reality.
State your ideas.
Opinion 1+fact 1
Opinion 2+fact 2
Summarize.
To apply the opinion-and-fact structure to be persuasive in topics of Spring Festival traditions.
To learn about the structure of the passage.
To distinguish a fact and an opinion in the passage.
To learn about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
Learning Objectives
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Celebrating Spring festival help families enjoy the warmth of home and send wishes to each others. Changing the traditions or not, the most important thing is being together with family members.
Summarizing
Language points Review
no less than __________________
embrace __________________
refuse to do __________________
have nothing to do with __________________
occasion __________________
不少于；多达
欣然接受；乐意采纳
拒绝做某事
和……无关
场合；时刻
Language points: Important words and phrases
Find the following words and phrases in the passage and work out their meanings.
token ___________
toast ___________
value ___________
process ___________
象征；标志
干杯
重视
过程
Find the following words and phrases in the passage and work out their meanings.
Language points: Important words and phrases
Time for a Change
A family dinner (家宴/年夜饭) is an important tradition to celebrate Spring Festival. Nowadays, some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone is keen on this idea(不是每个人都支持这个想法). What do our readers think
Dear Editor,
We have eaten out (eat out) for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home. I don’t understand why some people refuse to embrace the change(接受改变).
Can’t they admit that the preparations for the dinner are hard work I really don’t think it’s worth the effort (值得花精力）of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning up the mess (收拾残局;收拾干净) after it’s over. We work all year, so why can’t one day be about spending time with family and relaxing
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions(和丢弃传统无关). We still have the dinner with the same people, just in a different place. The occasion (场合) is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better!
In my opinion, what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn’t matter. Eating out may change the form of this tradition(这种传统的形式), but the love between the family members sitting around the table together remains (仍然是) the same.
Wang Peng, software engineer
Dear Editor,
For this year’s Spring Festival family dinner, my son has booked (预定) a table at the best restaurant in town, but I’m a bit unhappy about it. For me, it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the diner out.
When I was a little boy, the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was what I looked forward to most. It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat, but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together(让全家人团聚在一起). I would run around the house, listening to the adults chatting about their year. I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings. She’d put tokens (象征; “彩头”) in some dumplings: candies for a sweet life and peanuts (坚果) for a long and healthy one. In the evening, all of us would sit around the table, enjoying the food and being together again. We toasted each other(互相敬酒), we laughed, and the simple, homemade dishes (家常菜) tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef.
I hope my children and their children will still value our memories of preparing the dinner together(珍视全家人一起准备年夜饭的回忆). To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
Liu Yonghui, retired teacher
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Homework
Finish the exercise 4 in page 22 and follow the instruction to give ideas on the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner.