(共32张PPT)
Developing ideas
UNIT TWO
Let’s celebrate!
Learning Aims
To read and grasp the main idea of the passage.
To get the detailed information of the passage.
To deal with the words and expressions.
To deal with the sentence patterns.
Part One
Comprehension
Lead-in
traditional celebration
new ways of
celebration
Lead-in
Which do you prefer for the celebration
The traditional ones or the new ones
Lead-in
Skimming & Scanning
Read the passages on Page 20 and get the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1 I don’t understand why some people (1) ______ to embrace the change
Paragraph 2 The preparations for the dinner are (2) _____ work.
refuse
hard
Paragraph 3 Eating out has nothing to do with loss of (3) _________.
Paragraph 4 The (4) ____ between the family members sitting around the table together remains the same.
traditions
love
Skimming & Scanning
Read the passages on Page 21 and get the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1 I’m a bit (1) ________ about having the Spring Festival family dinner out.
Paragraph 2 The happy memories of the dinner on the (2) _____of Spring Festival.
Paragraph 3 The (3) _______ is even more important than the dinner itself.
unhappy
eve
process
Fast Reading
Read the passages on Page 20 and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner is not so enjoyable as eating at home. ( )
2. Preparations for the dinner and cleaning up the mess are not easy. ( )
3. Eating out is related to the loss of traditions. ( )
4. The festival is more enjoyable without the tiring cooking. ( )
5. When eating out, the love between family members remains the same. ( )
F
T
F
T
T
no less enjoyable than eating at
has nothing to do with the loss of traditions
Deep Reading
1.Why is the author upset about what his son did
Because he doesn’t like eating the dinner out.
3.What’s the symbolic meaning of candies wrapped in dumplings
It means a sweet life.
2.What did the author like best when he was young
Read the passage on Page 21 and answer the following questions.
Eating the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival.
4.How did people feel when having the dinner
They felt happy.
6.What was the author before he retired
He was a teacher.
5.What does the author think of preparing the dinner together
He thinks the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
Cloze Test
Wang Peng is a software engineer; he and his family 1.__________(eat) out for the Spring Festival family dinner 2.______ the last three years. They enjoyed it no less than eating at home and he can’t understand 3. ______ some people refuse to change.
He thinks the 4.___________(prepare) for the dinner are hard work, 5._____ is not worth the effort. After 6.________(work) all year, the occasion is more enjoyable without all that tiring work. Eating out 7.______(have) nothing to do with the 8.______(lose) of traditions and what or where to eat 9.______ Spring Festival Eve really doesn’t matter. The love between the family members 10.________(remain) the same.
have eaten
why
for
preparations
which
working
has
loss
on
remains
Dear Editor,
My son reserved a table at the best restaurant in town during Spring Festival,1.______ upset me. I would rather eat meals at home with my family than have dinner 2.____.
which
out
When I was very young,the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was 3.______ I looked forward to most. Not only did I have chance 4.______ (eat) delicious food,but also I had the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together. I would run around the house,listening to the adults 5._______ (chat) about their experience. Sometimes I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen,watching her make dumplings.
what
to eat
chatting
Cloze Test
Cloze Test
My mother would put tokens in some dumplings. If candies 6.____________ (wrap) into the dumplings,it meant to have a sweet life. When peanuts were put into dumplings,it meant a long and 7.________ (health) one. In the evening,all my family would sit around the table,enjoying the food 8.________(happy) and being together again. We toasted each other,laughing cheerfully. I thought my simple,homemade dishes tasted more delicious than dishes that were cooked by 9._____ expert chef.
were wrapped
healthy
happily
an
I hope my future 10.____________ (generation) will still bear in mind of our sweet memories of cooking the dinner together. I think the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
Liu Yonghui,retired teacher
generations
Part Two
Language Points
________ n. 场合,时刻
2. ______ n. (报纸、杂志的)主编,编辑→ ________ v. 编辑
3. __________ v. 欣然接受,乐意采纳(新思想、意见等)
4. _______ v. (不情愿地)承认→ __________ n. 承认
5. _______ n. 力气,精力
6. _____ n. 失去,丧失 → ______ v. 失去,丧失
7. ______ n. 前夕,前一天
occasion
editor
edit
embrace
admit
admission
effort
loss
lose
Words
eve
8. ________ n. (计算机)软件
9. _______ n. 成人,成年人→ __________ n. 成年
10. _______ n. 象征,标志
11. _______ n. (为达到某目标的)过程,进程
12. _______ adj. 退休的→ ________ v. 退休→ ___________ n. 退休
13. _______ v. 存在,实际上有 → __________ n. 存在
14. __________ adv. 在海外,在外国
software
adult
adulthood
token
process
retired
retire
retirement
exist
existence
overseas
Words
1. _____________________ 过春节
2. ___________ 热衷于,喜欢,爱好
3. ________ 出去吃饭
4. _____________ 拒绝干某事
5. ____________ 不少于,不亚于
6. ______________ 为……做准备
7. _________ 把……弄干净,打扫,清扫
celebrate Spring Festival
eat out
refuse to do sth.
no less than
clean up
be keen on
prepare for sth.
Phrases
8. ____________________ 与……无关
9. _____________ 在我看来
10. ___________________ 在除夕夜
11. ___________ 订一张桌子
12. ________________ 对……不满意
13. _______________ 期盼,盼望
14. _____________ 闲聊
in my opinion
book a table
be unhappy about
look forward to
on Spring Festival Eve
have nothing to do with
chat about
Phrases
Language Points
1. request n. 请求, 要求 vt. (正式或礼貌地)要求; 请求
请求;要求……
应某人的要求
请求某人做某事
【特别提醒】
动词request后的宾语从句以及名词request后的表语从句、同位语从句都要用虚拟语气,即谓语动词用“(should+)动词原形”,should可省略。
request that...(should) do sth. 请求……
It is requested that...(should) do sth. 据要求……
make a request for sth.
at one’s request
request sb. to do sth.
单句语法填空
1. Mr. White attended the meeting _____ the request of his boss.
2. It is requested that Miss Yang __________ (give) a performance at the party.
一句多译
参观者们被要求不能碰触展品。
at
(should) give
Visitors are requested not to touch the exhibits.
It is requested that visitors (should) not touch the exhibits.
Language Points
2.attract v. 吸引;引起注意
attraction n.吸引,吸引力;有吸引力的事物或人
attractive adj.有吸引力的;引人注意的
吸引某人的注意
被……吸引;喜爱
对某人没有吸引力
旅游景点
attract one’s attention
be attracted by/to
have no attraction for sb.
tourist attractions
Language Points
单句语法填空
1. To my surprise, the book had no attraction _____ him.
2. The Great Wall is such a well-known tourist __________(attract) that millions of people pour in every year.
3. I thought he was very __________(attract) and obviously very intelligent.
4. Tourism has been well developed in the last few years,________(attract) tens of thousands of tourists every year.
5.__________(attract) by the beauty,he didn’t want to leave right now.
for
attraction
attractive
attracting
Attracted
Language Points
3.admit vt.& vi.(不情愿地)容许;(不情愿地)承认;接纳;容纳
admission n.承认;准许进入;入场费
承认做/做过某事
承认某人/物是……
被接收(入学/入院/入党等)
admit doing/having done sth.
admit sb./sth. to be/as
be admitted to/into
Language Points
单句语法填空
1. I must learn as much as I can to be admitted ______ a key university.
2. Diana admitted _______ (feel) hurt by what I had said.
3. We have to admit her _______(be) organised in her speech.
4. He admitted ____ his boss that he had made a mistake.
5. No one can go into the room without my _________ (admit).
to/into
feeling
to be
to
admission
Language Points
4.effort n.气力;精力;尽力
尽最大努力
努力做某事
不努力
不遗余力去做某事
努力
make great efforts
make an effort to do sth.
make no effort
spare no effort to do sth.
in an effort
Language Points
单句语法填空
1.He walked around here and there ______ an effort to look for a right place.
2.Many scholars are making ______(effort) to rescue disappearing languages.
3.Christian made ______ effort to take down the umbrella.
4.Parents arrange everything for their children and spare no effort _________(pave) the way for their success.
in
efforts
an
to pave
Language Points
5. exist v. 存在, 实际上有
existence n.存在;生存
existing adj.现存的;现行的
存在于……之中
靠……为生
某地有……;存在……
产生;成立;开始存在
exist in
exist on
there exists...
come into existence
Language Points
单句语法填空
1.Scientists have many theories about how the universe first came into _________ (exist).
2.You can’t imagine what difficulty they have existing ______ the money he is earning.
3.The parking place for bikes was an ________ (exist) problem for a long time in our school.
4. Matter _______(exist) in three states: solid, liquid and gas.
existence
on
existing
exists
Language Points
6. I don’t think that’s Lucy.
句式分析 本句中I don’t think为否定转移句。
当I/We think/believe/expect等后面接一个具有否定意义的由that引导的宾语从句时, 通常把否定词转移到主句, 而宾语从句谓语动词用肯定式。
否定转移的三个条件:
①主语是第一人称I 或we;
②主句的谓语动词为一般现在时;
③能用于否定转移的动词: think, believe, suppose, imagine, expect等。
否定转移的反义疑问句的主谓语要与宾语从句一致, 并用肯定形式。
Language Points
完成句子
1. 我认为这次我们不会失败。
2. 我认为这个人是不会按时完成工作的, 是吗
________________________ finish the work on time, ______
I don’t think we will fail this time.
I don’t believe the man can
can he
Language Points
看
观
谢
谢