(共24张PPT)
Book2 Unit 2 Let's celebrate!
Developing ideas
Time for a Change
Lovely boys and girls ,
Welcome to Victoria’s class.Try to be a speaker ,a reader ,a helper , a thinker and a cultural ambassador (使者).
Yours sincerely,
Victoria
Learning objectives(目标)
At the end of the class, you will be able to
1. understand the main idea of the passage.
2. improve the abilities of reading English .
3.state opinion and analyze reasons .
4.be proud of being chinese and have confidence
to spread Chinese Spring Festival culture overseas.
Try to be a speaker
Look at the pictures and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
Chinese Spring Festival traditions:
let off fireworks
pay a New Year visit
paste Spring Festival couplets
hang red lanterns
have a family reunion dinner
receive red envelope
receive lucky money
watch a lion dance
paste the character ‘fu’
watch Spring Festival Gala
How do you spend Spring Festival with your family
放烟花
拜年
得红包
挂红灯笼
吃团圆饭
贴春联
得压岁钱
看舞狮
贴福字
看春晚
How do you spend Spring Festival with your family
Try to be a reader & helper
Jigsaw Reading 拼图式阅读
Group A: Read passage A
Group B: Read passage B
After finishing your own task ,swap the answer and finish all the tasks.
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
1. What is the main idea of the passage
A. Eating at home is really tiring.
B. It is important to choose a good place to eat.
C. Eating out is the best way to have the Spring Festival dinner.
D. People have different opinions about where to have Spring Festival dinner .
(Skimming: read title,subtitle,pictures,topic sentences... quickly to get the main idea)
D
Skimming
Paragraph 1 (the last sentence) I don’t understand why some people
(1) ______to embrace the change
Paragraph 2 (the first sentence) The preparations for the dinner are
(2) _____work.
refuse
hard
Paragraph 3 (the first sentence) Eating out has nothing to do with
loss of (3) _________.
Paragraph 4 (the last sentence) The (4) ____between the family members
sitting around the table together remains
the same.
traditions
love
GA:Read passage on page27 and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph .
Skimming
GA:Read the first passage on Page 27 and answer the question.
Why does eating out have nothing to do with loss of traditions
A. Because the dishes taste better.
B. Because we eat in a different place.
C. Because we can avoid the tiring cooking.
D. Because we still celebrate it with our family.
Scanning: 1.Underline the keywords of the question.
2.Locate the keywords in the passage.
3.Read the locative sentences.
D
Scanning
What's Wang Peng's opinion
In his opinion, ________ or ________ we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn't matter. Eating out may change the ____________ ____________, but __________ between the family members sitting around the table together ________________.
remains the same
where
what
the form of
the love
this tradition
Careful reading
GA :
Read the passage quickly and find out each person’s opinion.
3.GB:Read the passage on page28 quickly and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1 (the first sentence) I’m a bit (1) ________about having
the Spring Festival family dinner out.
Paragraph 2 (the first sentence) The happy memories of the dinner
on the (2) ___of Spring Festival.
Paragraph 3 (the first sentence) The (3) _______is even more
important than the dinner itself.
unhappy
eve
process
Skimming
Why is the writer unhappy about eating the Spring Festival family dinner out
A. Because he thinks it lacks the feeling of Spring Festival.
B. Because his son booked a table without his permission.
C. Because he can cook delicious food himself.
D. Because it is too expensive.
A
GB: Read the second passage on Page 28 and answer the questions.
Scanning
GB:What's Liu Yonghui's opinion
Careful reading
It just won't feel like Spring Festival_______________ .
_______________preparing the dinner together is
______________________ the dinner itself.
having the dinner out
The process of
more important than
Try to be a thinker
Phenomenon:Some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant to celebrate Spring festival.
GA: View 1:Be for the idea (Wang Peng).
Reasons:
1.
2.
3.
GB:View2:Be against the idea (Liu Yong Hui).
Reasons:
1.
2.
3.
8.Analyze and think about the reasons to support different views.
Time for a change
WangPeng
Liu Yonghui
Reasons:1.The(1) preparations for the dinner are hard.
2.Eating out has nothing to do with (2) loss of traditions.
3.The love between the family members sitting around the table together (3) remains the same.
Reasons:1.It just won’t (4) feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out.
2.The happy(5) memories of the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival.
3.The (6) process is even more important than the dinner itself.
Brainstorm in groups.
Add more reasons.
Time for a change
Group A- pros
Group B- cons
I think we should keep the old traditions that we should have dinner at home.
...
...
I think it is the time for a change.
...
...
Try to be a cultural ambassador
Summarize the wisdom from the passage:
1.Philosophy(哲学)
(1)Everything changes.
(2)Everyone is unique and has different lifestyle.
(3)Respect everybody and be brave enough to state your opinion(e.g.I feel, I believe, I think, I hope, in my opinion...).
2.Culture
(1)Chinese value family members and cherish the time of reunion.
(2)Be proud of being Chinese and have cultural confindence.
(3) Spread Spring Festival culture to foreigners,including our traditions, celebations,ideas and values.
Self -assessment
Tick the assessment in the table.
1. I have understood the main idea of the passage.
2. I have known different opinions and reasons.
3.I have improved my reading ability.
4.I have enriched the knowledge of Chinese Spring Festival traditons.
5. I am proud of being a chinese and can spread Chinese Spring Festival culture to foreigners.
Homework
1.Write an essay “Where to Have My Family Dinner on Lunar New Year Eve”, focusing on the reasons.
2.Share your opinion with famliy members.