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Module 10 Spring Festival
Unit 2 My mother’s cleaning our house and sweeping away bad luck.
Learning Objectives
1. understand a short passage about the Spring Festival;
2. know how to introduce the customs of Spring Festival in
English;
3. introduce a different festival.
By the end of the class, we will be able to:
Words and Expressions
Christmas
February
January
before
sweep away
luck
n. 圣诞节
n. 二月
n. 一月
prep. 在……之前
扫去
n. 运气
Words and Expressions
table
celebrate
traditional
dumpling
programme
sweater
n. 桌子
v. 庆祝
adj. 传统的
n. 饺子;团子
n.(电视)节目
n. 厚运动衫; 毛线衣
Words and Expressions
coat
mean
lucky
merry
Merry Christmas
n. 外套
v. 意思是; 意味着
adj. 幸运的
adj. 愉快的,高兴的
圣诞快乐
Review
What do people ususally do before Spring Festival
clean the house
make lanterns
sweep the floor
cook the meal
learn a dragon dance
Lead-in
What do you usually do at Spring Festival
get lucky money
visit family
and friends
make dumplings
watch a lion
dance
Reading and vocabulary
1.Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and talk about what’s happening.
—What's Li Shan's mother doing
—She's cleaning the house.
—What are they doing
—They are having a family dinner.
—What are they doing
—They are visiting the girl's uncles and aunts.
2. Read the passage and match the paragraphs with the pictures in Activity 1.
Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
the first photo
the second photo
the third photo
Read again and answer the questions.
1. When does the Spring Festival usually come
Usually in February, but sometimes in January.
2. What does Li Shan’s mother do before Spring Festival
Clean the house, sweep away bad luck and buy lots of food.
3. How are the people celebrating on the Spring Festival evening
Having a traditional family dinner and watching a special
programme on TV.
3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expression from the box.
celebrate dumpling few luck mean
programme sweep away traditional
We (1) ___________ Spring Festival in January or February. A(2) _______ days before Spring Festival we clean our homes and (3) ____________ all the bad (4) _________.
celebrate
few
sweep away
luck
In the evening before Spring Festival we have a big family dinner. We eat lots of (5) _____________food, such as jiaozi—a kind of (6) ___________. We usually watch a special (7) _______________ on television, and parents usually give their children a hongbao. It (8) _________lucky money.
celebrate dumpling few luck mean
programme sweep away traditional
traditional
dumpling
programme
means
Language Points
1.Like Christmas, it happens every year, but not on the same day.
like prep. 像；像……一样。 like与look, sound连用，意思是“看起来像；听起来像”等。feel like是“想要”的意思。feel like doing sth.意为“想干某事”。
It looks like an interesting book.
I don’t feel like dancing now.
2.It’s a few days before Spring Festival.
I go home before three o’clock.
I don’t eat food before going to bed.
before prep. 在……之前
3.My mother’s cleaning our house and sweeping away bad luck.
Let’s sweep away the leaves.
There is some paper on the floor. Please sweep it away.
sweep away 扫去 sweep away是“动词+副词”结构的短语，代词作宾语时，要放在sweep 与away 的中间。
I think it can bring me good luck.
luck n. 运气
good luck 好运 bad luck 霉运
祝愿他人好运时，常说“Good luck (to sb.)!”
— I’m going to have an English test.
— Good luck to you!
4.We are celebrating Spring Festival with a traditional family dinner on the evening before Spring Festival.
celebrate v. 庆祝
其名词形式为celebration，意为“庆祝活动”
We celebrate Teachers’ Day in September.
I like the celebrations of Spring Festival in China.
5.There’s so much delicious food.
so much 如此多
so much后接不可数名词，而so many 后接可数名词复数。
I have so much homework to do every day.
There are so many books in the library.
6.It means lucky money.
mean v. 意味着；意思是
What does ... mean ＝What’s the meaning of ...
What does “celebrate” mean in Chinese
=What’s the meaning of “celebrate” in Chinese
mean to do sth.打算……
mean doing sth.意味着……
Lucy means to stay here for another week.
It means wasting more time.
Writing
4. Look at the notes about Christmas in Britain. Match the notes with the headings.
Getting ready Presents Traditional things on Christmas Day
a) go shopping for presents
b) have a traditional family dinner
c) open presents on Christmas Day
d) put the presents next to the Christmas tree
e) get lots of food ready
f) sing Christmas songs
g) say Merry Christmas to family and friends
h) have a Christmas tree
Getting ready ________________
Presents ________________
Traditional things on Christmas Day ________________
a) d) e)
a) c) d)
b) c) f) g) h)
When you write new words, write them under headings, in groups or in a word map. Use pictures and drawings.
Learning to learn
5. Write sentences with the notes in Activity 4.
Join two notes and write one sentence with and.
go shopping for presents；get lots of food ready
They go shopping for presents and they get lots of food ready.
You can leave out the second they.
They go shopping for presents and get lots of food ready.
6. Choose one of the headings in Activity 4 and write about Christmas in Britain.
Getting ready
People go shopping for presents and get lots of food ready.
