北师大版（2019）必修第一册Unit 3 Spring Festival Lesson 1 Spring Festival 课件（37张ppt）

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UNIT 3 CELEBRATIONS
LESSON 1
SPRING FESTIVAL
To read and talk about the spring festival
To read for general understanding
To read for specific information and understanding words in context
To express personal experience of the spring festival
Can you name these festivals
As the bright moon shines over the sea, From far away you share this moment with me.
海上生明月，天涯共此时。
Mid-autumn Festival
But in the crowd once and again, I look for her in vain, When all at once I turn my head,
I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.
众里寻他千百度，蓦然回首， 那人却在灯火阑珊处。
Lantern Festival
The Crepitation of Firecrackers sends off the last year,
the spring wind brings warmth into the TuSu Wine.
爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。
Spring Festival 春节
What does Spring Festival mean to you What words immediately come to your mind for describing its meaning
Chinese New Year or ‘Spring Festival’ is China’s most important festival and holiday time. It's Lunar New Year, day 1 of China’s lunar calendar, which is within a day of the second new moon before the spring equinox moon phase. It’s oddly called Spring Festival, with it being in winter for most of China, but that’s because it “looks forward to spring”. See more on Chinese New Year Dates.
Chinese New Year is celebrated for sixteen days (from New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival). The preparations start seven days before the New Year's Eve. There are lots of other activities celebrating the Spring Festival, such as different evening parties and dancing, but the most popular ones are dragon dances and lion dances.
Look at the video. What festival is it What are people doing at the moment
How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival Use the phrases to help you.
to have a family gathering to get together
to prepare snacks to make dumplings
to put up decorations to let off fireworks
My family celebrates Spring Festival by making dumplings together.
What’s the main idea of the passage
This passage is mainly about _________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Spring Festival is an important tradition in China. It has unique meanings. However, people may understand it differently, including those from other cultures.
What is the structure of passage
SPRING FESTIVAL
Tom Jenkins
He spent Spring Festival with his host family in Nanjing.
They let off fireworks, sat together to enjoy a big dinner and wished everyone a happy new year.
Xu Gang
He spent Spring Festival with his parents in Shanxi.
He planned his trip home, chose gifts for his parents carefully.
They had hotpot, came home and were with the entire family, talking of old times.
Li Yan
They cleaned the house and attached Fu upside down to the front door
She spent Spring Festival with her husband and their children and grandchildren.
They got ready for their children coming back, bought things and prepared dishes.
The children ran around and adults gathered around the table to talk about the past year. They made and had jiaozi.
Below are the general ideas of three readers’ accounts with some content missing. Please read the text and fill in the blanks (one word for each blank).
★Account 1 tells us how Chinese celebrate Spring Festival in a(n) 1. ___________ eyes.
★Account 2 is mainly about what Xu Gang, who is working in another city, has done or experienced on his 2. ________ and at home during Spring Festival.
★Account 3 tells us how eager an old couple are to see their children and grandchildren and enjoy a family 3. ________ during Spring Festival.
foreigner’s
trip
gathering
Read the three readers’ accounts. Use a few words to summarise the meaning of Spring Festival for each account. Give your reasons.
For Tom, Spring Festival means excitement and a lot of fun.
For Xu Gang, coming home and being with his entire family are most important parts of the Spring Festival.
For Li Yan, Spring Festival is family time.
For Tom, Spring Festival means excitement and a lot of fun.
For Xu Gang, coming home and being with his entire family are most important parts of the Spring Festival.
For Li Yan, Spring Festival is family time.
Whether you agree or disagree
Talk about your own family’s traditions at Spring Festival and what Spring Festival means to you and other people in your family.
Read again. Find out each person’s experience of Spring Festival in the three accounts. Take notes.
Tom Xu Gang Li Yan
Where and with whom with his host family in Nanjing
at parents’
home
at home
Tom Xu Gang Li Yan
Preparations before Spring Festival
getting ready for children coming back, buying things and preparing dishes
booking travel tickets and choosing gifts for parents
cleaning the house, attached Fu upside down to the front door
Tom Xu Gang Li Yan
Activities during Spring Festival
setting off and watching fireworks
chatting with his parents and having hotpot
children running / shouting/ playing, adults talking / making jiaozi together
Read the three readers’ accounts again and fill in the blanks.
Reader Who he / she is What he / she experienced How he / she felt
Tom Jenkins A 16-year-old 1. _________ _________ living in Nanjing ★People cleaned the house from top to bottom to 2. ____________ the dirt of the past year. ★People attached the Chinese character Fu 3. _____________ to the front door to hope happiness would come. ★The greatest excitement was to let 4. ________ off across the city to 5. ________ the monster Nian. ★The family sat together to enjoy a big 6. ________ on Chinese New Year’s Eve. Spring Festival is highly valued by every Chinese family.
exchange
student
sweep away
upside down
fireworks
scare away
dinner
Reader Who he / she is What he / she experienced How he / she felt
Xu Gang A 28-year-old 7. ______ ________ working in Shanghai ★He has to 8. ________ train tickets or flights several weeks before Spring Festival. ★He takes great care in choosing 9. ______________ for his parents. ★Each time he gets home his parents always 10. ________ him in on what’s been happening during the year. ★They usually have tasty 11. ________. 12.
_____________ and being with his entire family is the most important part of Spring Festival.
computer
engineer
book
gifts / presents
fill
hotpot
Coming home
Reader Who he / she is What he / she experienced How he / she felt
Li Yan A 70-year-old grandmother from 13. _____________ ★14. ________ before Spring Festival, she and her husband began to prepare what children like to eat. ★Their house buzzes with 15. ________ when everyone comes home during this occasion. Spring Festival for them is all about the 16. ________ of a family gathering.
Heilongjiang
Weeks
activities
joy
Answer the following questions.
1. Why was the house cleaned from top to bottom before the festival according to Mrs Chen
Because this was to sweep away the dirt of the past year and get ready for the new year.
2. How is the Chinese character Fu usually attached to the front door Do you know why
Chinese character Fu was attached upside down to front door. It is believed that when Fu is put upside down, happiness arrives.
3. What do people usually do to scare away the monster Nian
People usually let off the fireworks across the city.
4. Why does Xu Gang usually start planning his trip home weeks before the festival
Because it is very difficult to book train tickets or flights during the Spring Festival.
5. What does Xu Gang want to tell us by saying “What’s important is who we eat with.”
Open.
Read the text carefully and find out what the underlined word in each sentence refers to.
1. My host mother Mrs Chen said this was to sweep away the dirt of the past year and get ready for the new year.
_____________________________________________________2. Mrs Chen said it was to scare away the monster Nian.
_____________________________________________________
The house was cleaned from top to bottom.
Letting off fireworks.
3. As I get older, coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it.
____________________________________________________
4. We always have jiaozi during this time, as they mean something special on this occasion ...
_____________________________________________________
Spring Festival.
Jiaozi.
Find at least three descriptive sentences in the accounts that provide a vivid picture of Spring Festival. Share with your partner.
The moment I get on the train, I am surrounded by Shanxi accents.
n.装饰物
n.鞭炮，爆竹
Fireworks were being let off across the city, suddenly lighting up the night sky.
When I was a kid, Spring Festival was all about firecrackers, sweets and decorations. As I get older, coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it.
Our house buzzes with activities when everyone comes home.
使某物爆炸
vt.闹哄哄，喧闹
Think and share.
What can you infer from Xu Gang’s and Li Yan’s accounts What does it mean in Chinese culture
Family reunion is the central theme of both accounts. This shows the importance of family in Chinese culture.
Complete the information with the words or phrases you have learnt.
Tom Jenkins spent his first Spring Festival with his host family. A week before the festival, the host mother Mrs Chen began preparations. She 1________ the dirt of the house from top to bottom to make it ready for the new year. She also 2 __________ the Chinese 3 __________ Fu 4 ____________ on the front door to welcome happiness.
swept
attached
character
upside down
Tom also learnt that playing fireworks was to scare away the monster Nian.
Xu Gang usually books the ticket of trains or 5 __________ for his trip home weeks before Spring Festival. When he gets on the train, he is 6_____________ by Shanxi 7 __________. When he gets home, his parents always 8 ___________ what happened to the people he knows. Being with his 9 __________ family is the most important part of Spring Festival for him.
flights
surrounded
accents
fill him in on
entire
Li Yan and her husband are 10 _________. They start preparing for their family’s return weeks before Spring Festival. When everyone gets home, their house 11 ________ with activities. One of their favourite family traditions is to make jiaozi.
Family being together is one of the 12 __________ of Spring Festival throughout history.
retired
buzzes
spirit
Where and with whom did you spend the last Spring Festival What preparations did you make What activities did you do How do you feel about it
Compare among group members the different experiences and feelings about the last Spring Festival. Then report to the class.
Write a short passage to talk about the Spring Festival in China.