(共25张PPT)
Time for a Change
Unit 2—developing ideas
What are the children doing in the pictures
see-think-relate
hang red lanterns
paste the Chinese character “fu” to the door
paste Spring Festival couplets
paste the Chinese character “fu” upside down
let off firecrackers
play the drums
receive a red envelope/ lucky money
fireworks
What festival do you think they are celebrating
What other traditons do you know about this festival
Spring Festival
other traditons
thoroughly clean the house
pay a New Year visit
watch a lion/ dragon dance
watch Spring Festival Gala; stay up (the whole night)
have a family reunion dinner on the eve of Spring Festival
Where do you have a family dinner
at home
in a restaurant
or
social insights
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
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like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it
Read the passage quickly and find out:
the source of this passage
each person’s point of view
the arguments given by the two writers
a column in a magazine or newspaper
list
Eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this tradition, but the love between family members remains the same.
each person’s point of view
It just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. The process of preparing dinner together is more important than the dinner itself.
Liu Yonghui, a retired teacher
Wang Peng, a software engineer
the arguments
Wang Peng, a software engineer
We have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
Preparations for the dinner are hard work. I really don’t think it’s worth the effort.
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. The love ... remains the same.
不低于,一样
is not connected
the arguments
Liu Yonghui, a retired teacher
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.
We can value our memories of preparing the dinner together.
What memories
Appreciate the verbs in para. 2 of Liu Yonghui’s memories.
run around; listen to; chat; get under my mother’s feet; watch her make...; put tokens in some dumplings; sit around the table; enjoy; toast; laugh
something that is a symbol of a feeling, a fact, an event,
candies for sweet life
peanuts for a long and healthy life
sweet memories
To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
What do you think the retired teacher means
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.
Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
1. Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions. _____
2. ... what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn’t matter. _____
3. ... it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. _____
4. I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings. _____
5 She’d put tokens in some dumplings... _____
What is a fact What is an opinion
Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
1. Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions. _____
2. ... what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn’t matter. _____
3. ... it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. _____
4. I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings. _____
5 She’d put tokens in some dumplings... _____
O
O
F
O
F
classify& compare
What is your opinion towards this change And why
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evaluate
Activity 4
Think about the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.
importance of the Spring Festival family dinner
Homemade food is a relief for those who work outside the hometown.
It is a great chance for family reunion.
It is the emotional bonds of family members.
It is a good opportunity for family members to summarize success or failure through the year and plan the blueprint for next year.
Talk about the importance of it
State the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.
Explain why it is important.
Share your personal experience about the family dinner.
End by summarising the main points in your talk.
The Spring Festival family dinner is important for Chinese people because…
Take my personal experience as an example.
Therefore / In short / To sum up / In a word, …
Give your talk to the class
The Spring Festival family dinner is important for Chinese people because…
Take my personal experience as an example.
Therefore / In short / To sum up / In a word, …
The New Year's Eve dinner, also called "family reunion", is a family banquet that people attach great importance to. The annual reunion dinner fully shows the mutual respect and love among family members of the Chinese nation, which makes the relationship between the family closer. This meal is usually made from scratch with the entire family working together and is usually the most sumptuous豪华的 meal of the year. In the New Year’s Supper, it is essential that some dishes contain the family wishes for the New Year.
rush for the Spring Festival family dinner