Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!Section B Reading 课件(共16张PPT，内嵌音视频）2024-2025学年人教版英语九年级全册

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Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious.
Period 5 Section B （2a-2e）
Lead -in
What kind of festival is it
Chinese New Year
the Spring Festival
Free talk
How does your family celebrate the Spring Festival
have a clean-up
get together to have a big meal
visit relatives
and friends
get lucky money
set off firecrackers
go shopping
watch the Spring
Festival Gala
paste/hang couplets
Pre-reading
Look at the title, and find
what may the passage talk about
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Read the passage quickly and find the structure of the passage.
New Year Celebrations.
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People around the world celebrate New Year, but at different times.
B. New Year celebrations around the world have one thing in common.
C. The Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese people.
D. In the UK and the US, celebrations take place around midnight on New Year’s Eve.
E. In Egypt, Sham El-Nessim marks the beginning of spring.
While-Reading: Read carefully and answer questions:
Para. 1
1. Why do people celebrate New Year
2. How do people celebrate it
To say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one.
People celebrate it with music, special food and fireworks.
While-Reading: Read carefully and fill in blands:
Para. 2
Country (Where) Time (When) Custom(What)
the UK
Dec. 31st
see the famous Big Ben clock tower and count down to midnight;
at midnight they sing Auld Lang Syne
the US
Dec. 31st
It involves the dropping of a big ball in New York’s Time Square.
While-Reading: Read carefully and do the task with T/F.
Para. 3
1. This Para is about how Chinese people celebrate the New Year.
2. According to the Para, eating long noodles is the custom of Chinese New Year.
3. People will try to return home and have a big meal on the New Year.
4. The customs show that family is really important in our culture.
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While-Reading: Read carefully and fill in the blanks.
Para. 4
Country
Name of the festival
Meaning of the festival
Activities
Egypt
Sham EL-Nessim
Smelling the breeze.
Paint eggs, go out and enjoy picnics, dance, sing, and watch plays in the theater.
While-Reading: Read carefully and fill in the blanks.
Para. 5
What do New Year celebrations
have in common
It is a special time to connect with family and friends and show hope for the coming year.
Exercises
New Year is a _____________ time when family and friends come together to say goodbye to the old year and ____________ the new one. People all over the world celebrate it with music, ________ food, and fireworks. __________, the celebration may ___________ at different times.
In the UK, lots of people _________ in London on December 31 to see the famous Big Ben clock tower and count down to __________. They sing a ____________ Scottish song, Auld Lang Syne, to ___________ their family and friends. Similarly, in the US, people gather at New York’s Time Square to see a big ball ________. When the ball _________ the bottom, they say “Happy New Year!” to _____________.
wonderful
welcome
special
However
take place
gather
midnight
traditional
remember
drop
reaches
each other
Exercises
The Spring Festival holds great ____________ to Chinese people. People _____________ dust from their houses, put up _________, ___________ fireworks, and _________ lion or dragon dances. There is an important __________ during the Spring Festival — people try to _________ home and have the _______________ on the eve of the Spring Festival. Members in one family ________ together to enjoy delicious food and express their best wishes for the ______________. The ________ shows that family is of ________ importance in Chinese culture.
importance
sweep out
couplets
set off
enjoy
custom
return
family dinner
gather
whole family
reunion
huge
Exercises
In Egypt, the ___________ of Sham EI-Nessim in April _______ the beginning of spring. The name of the festival ________ “smelling the breeze”. At this time, the weather becomes ___________, and flowers and trees begin to show their ________. _________ eggs are symbols of new life and new beginnings. People also ___________ and enjoy picnics, dance, sing, and watch ________ in the theater.
New Year festivals are ____________ all over the world, _______ they have one thing in common. People in almost all ___________ believe that it is a special time to __________ with their family and friends and show their ________ for the coming year.
celebration
marks
means
brighter
colors
Painted
go out
plays
different
but
countries
connect
hope
Para. 2
sing Auld Lang Syne
a traditional Scottish song, to remember friends and family
友谊地久天长（Auld Lang Syne）是由十八世纪苏格兰诗人罗伯特·彭斯（Robert Burns）根据当地父老口传录下的。这首诗原是苏格兰民间歌曲，后来被谱了乐曲，除了原文盖尔语版本外，这首歌亦被许多国家谱上了当地语言，可以说是流传广泛，妇孺皆知，绝对是一首脍炙人口的世界经典名曲。
Para. 2
the dropping of a big ball in New York’s Time Square
Huge crowds gather to watch, and when the ball reaches the bottom, everyone wishes each other “Happy New Year!”
Homework
Recite the useful expressions.
Retell the passage.