Unit 2 Let’s celebrate：Developing ideas课件（共19张）--2024-2025学年高中《英语》必修2（外研版）

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Unit 2 Let’s celebrate!
Developing ideas
新标准《英语》高中必修第二册
Activity 1
1. What Spring Festival traditions do the pictures show
2. Do you know any other Spring Festival traditions
Activity 2
Read the passage quickly and find out each person’s point of view.
Activity 3
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
Think & Share
What do you think the retired teacher means by “To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself”
Which of the two opinions do you agree with Why
How would you describe a Spring Festival family dinner to a friend from overseas
Can you think of any other Chinese festival traditions Share them with the class.
Activity 4
Work in groups. Give a talk about the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.
Step 1 Make notes
Activity 4
Step 2 Organise your talk
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.
Activity 4
Step 3 Give your talk to the class
Useful expressions
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, …
Writing a letter to express ideas
Activity 5
Read the editorial and answer the questions.
1. Which countries are mentioned and how do they celebrate Chinese Spring Festival
2. Which event would you most like to attend Why
3. Why do you think Chinese Spring Festival is “going global” (group work)
Activity 6
Complete the notes.
Think about the reasons behind Chinese Spring Festival’s “going global” and your feelings about it.
Now write a letter to the editor to express your ideas. Use the expressions in the box to help you.
In my opinion / For me…
I (don’t ) think…
It’s not only…，but…
I hope…
Activity 7
Share your letter with the class.
Does the letter have a clear structure
Does it include the phenomenon, the reasons and feelings
Does the writer use sentence patterns that are learnt from the passage
Starting out
Activity 1
1. What festivals are mentioned in the video
2. Why do people celebrate these festivals
Activity 2
Read the festival descriptions and complete the sentences.
___________ is to celebrate the harvest.
___________ is to celebrate a season.
___________ is to honour an event.
____________________ is to honour a person.
Thanksgiving
May Day
Freedom Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Activity 3
Work in groups and talk about other festivals of each type and think about the reasons to celebrate these festivals.
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