(共33张PPT)
Developing ideas
—Reading comprehension
Time for a change
Unit 2 Let’s celebrate!
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
get the main idea and find out each person’s point of view;
voice your opinions towards the Spring Festival family dinner;
understand why Chinese people value the Spring Festival family reunion dinner.
CONTENTS
I
Pre-reading
II
While-reading
III
Post-reading
IV
Sentences analysis
Food
Gifts
Activities
Decorations
Dumplings, Tangyuan, Fish
Red envelopes
lion dance, firecrackers, pay a New Year visit, Family dinner, temple fair, Thorough cleaning
Red lanterns, Fu characters, Couplets
Pre-reading
A family dinner is an important tradition to celebrate spring festival. Nowadays, some people choose to have dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone is keen on this idea. What do our readers think
What tradition might be changed
Read the section “social insights” above the letter and figure it out.
社会观察
like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it
Let’s read the passage and find out people’s different point of views.
While-reading
Activity 1 Fast- reading for basic information
Ⅰ. What’s the main idea of the passage
A.Eating out is a good choice to celebrate Spring Festival.
B.A family dinner is an important tradition to celebrate.
C.Having the dinner at home is the best on Spring Festival Eve.
D.Different ideas about having the dinner in a restaurant to celebrate Spring Festival.
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Ⅱ.Read the text quickly to match the main idea with each paragraph.
Letter 1
1.Para.1 A.Disadvantages of eating at home.
2.Para.2 B.Advantages of eating out.
3.Para.3 C.Eating out may change the form of the tradition but the love remains the same.
4.Para.4 D.We enjoy eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner.
Letter 2
5.Para.1 A.The process is more important than dinner itself.
6.Para.2 B.Having the dinner out makes me unhappy.
7.Para.3 C.My childhood memory.
Activity 2 Careful- reading for details
Read the first letter carefully and do the following exercises.
Name of the person Wang Peng
Opinions
Evidence
Conclusion
Enjoy eating out on Spring Festival
1. Preparations for dinner are hard work and they take too much time and effort.
2. The occasion is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking and the dishes taste better.
Eating out may change the form of the tradition but the love remains the same.
Ⅰ.Read Para.1 in the first letter and do the following exercise.
1. What’s the meaning of “embrace” in the first paragraph
A. hug
B. accept
C. include
D. hold
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2. What does the writer mean by saying “we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home” in paragraph 1
A.The writer doesn’t like eating out.
B.The writer doesn’t like eating at home.
C.Both eating at home and eating out are enjoyable.
D.Eating at home is more enjoyable than eating out.
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Ⅱ.Read Paras.2-3 in the first letter and do the following exercises.
1.Why does Wang Peng choose to eat out for the Spring Festival family dinner
A.Because they have eaten out for three years.
B.Because he wants to change the traditions.
C.Because he doesn’t want to prepare for it.
D.Because he wants to spend more time with family and relax himself.
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2.What’s the disadvantages of eating at home
It takes so much time to prepare for a single meal and clean up the mess.
3.What’s the advantages of eating out
(1)The ____ people but in a _________ place.
(2)The occasion is ______________ without ______ cooking.
(3)_______ dishes.
same
different
more enjoyable
tiring
Tastier
4. Find two sentences using “rhetorical question(反问句)”.
(1)Can’t they admit that the preparations for the dinner are hard work
(2)We work all year, so why can’t one day be about spending time with family and relaxing
5. What is the function of “rhetorical question”?
A.Emphasizing the affirmative(肯定的) tone.
B.No reply is required.
C.Making sentences more persuasive.
D.All above.
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Ⅲ.Read Para.4 in the first letter and do the following exercise.
What does eating out change What is the same
Eating out may change the form of the tradition,but the love between the family members remains the same.
Read the second letter carefully and do the following exercises.
Name of the person Liu Yonghui
Opinions
Evidence
Conclusion
Prefer to have dinner at home
The dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat,but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together.
The process is even more important than dinner itself.
Ⅳ.Read Para.1 in the second letter and do the following exercise.
Why is the second author upset about what his son has done
A.He hates the food at restaurant.
B.He likes to cook by himself.
C.He is tired of his son.
D.He doesn’t want to eat out.
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Ⅴ. Read Para.2 in the second letter and do the following exercises.
1. Please underline the verbs in Para. 2 and describe how did Mr. Liu celebrate the eve of Spring Festival.
run around listen to get under my mother’s feet
watch put tokens in some dumplings sit around
enjoy toast laugh
2. What these verbs show
All these verbs show the author’s ______________ of childhood
on the eve of Spring Festival.
sweet memories
3.What did Liu Yonghui like best when he was young
A.Eating the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival with his whole family.
B.Watching his mother cook.
C.Chatting with adults.
D.Making dumplings.
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4. Which of the following words is similar to “token” in para. 2
A. food. B. goods. C. symbol. D. luck.
5. What kinds of tokens did his mother put in some dumplings
Candies and peanuts.
6.What’s the symbolic meaning of candies wrapped in dumplings
A.A wealthy life. B.A poor life.
C.A sweet life. D.A long and healthy life.
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Ⅵ.Read Para.3 in the second letter and do the following exercise.
What do you think the retired teacher means by “To me,the process is even more important than the dinner itself”?
For him,the sweet memories of having the whole family getting together and preparing for the dinner are more important than the delicious food itself.
Ⅶ.Read the whole text and do the following exercises.
1.Where might the text be taken from
A.A website. B.A magazine.
C.A history book. D.A novel.
2.What can we learn about the eve of Spring Festival according to the text
A.People can eat at the best restaurants.
B.People can get happiness.
C.People can get lucky money.
D.People can eat separately.
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Phenomenon: Some people choose to have the dinner in (2) __________
to (3)_________the Spring Festival.
A (4)__________________and a (5)________________express their social insights.
Title:(1)__________________
3. Complete the structure of the text.
Time for a change
a restaurant
celebrate
software engineer
retired teacher
View2: Be (10)_______the idea.
Reasons: It just won’t (11)________Spring Festival having the diner out.
The happy memories of the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival should be valued.
(12)___________is even more important than the dinner itself.
View1: Be (6)______________the idea.
Reasons: The preparations for the dinner are (7)___________.
Eating out has (8)________________loss of traditions.
The love between the family members sitting around the table together (9)_______________.
for/in favor of
hard work
nothing to do with
remains the same
against
feel like
The process
Post-reading
1.Which of the two opinions do you agree with Why?(Critical thinking)
I think both of the opinions are reasonable. Different people have different lifestyles. We can choose our favourite way to celebrate the festival. Besides, I don’t think it matters much how you celebrate the festival. What matters most is the love between the family members.
Activity 1 Discussion
2.What causes “Time for a Change” and how can we face these changes?(Creative thinking)
Social development, salary, advanced technology...
While facing the changes, we should strengthen culture confidence, preserve and pass on our splendid traditions well during the social development.
Activity 2 Summary
A family dinner is an important tradition 1.____________(celebrate) Spring Festival.Nowadays,some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant.We 2.__________(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 3.___ some people refuse to embrace the change.
to celebrate
have eaten
why
Can’t they admit that the 4.____________(preparation) for the dinner are hard work I really don’t think 5.__ is worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal,and then another hour cleaning up the mess 6._____ it’s over.We work all year,so why can’t one day be about spending time with family and 7.________(relax)
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 8._________(enjoy) without all that tiring cooking,and the dishes taste better!
preparations
it
after
relaxing
enjoyable
In my opinion,what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really 9.______(make) no difference.Eating out may change the form of this tradition,but the love between the family members sitting around the table together remains 10.___ same.
makes
the
1.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.
[句式分析] 本句是一个____句。it’s worth...it’s over是think的____从句;be worth the effort意为“____________”;spend后有__个宾语,一个为_____________,另一个为_________________。
[自主翻译]
Sentences analysis
复合
宾语
值得花费力气
两
so much time
another hour
花这么长时间准备一顿饭,饭后再花一个小时收拾,我真心觉得不值。
2.When I was a little boy,the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was what I looked forward to most.
[句式分析] 本句是一个____句。when引导的是________从句;主句部分的主语为___________________________________;was是系动词,后面的what I looked forward to most是____从句。
[自主翻译]
复合
时间状语
the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival
表语
小时候,我最期待的就是除夕的年夜饭。
3.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.
[句式分析] 本句是一个____句。not only...but (also)...连接两个并列的介词短语作__语;that we seldom got to eat为that引导的________,修饰the delicious food。
[自主翻译]
复合
表
定语从句
不仅可以吃到平时难以吃到的美食,而且全家人能有机会团聚在一起。
Write a passage about the importance of the Spring Festival dinner for Chinese people.
Homework