Unit 2 Let’s celebrate Developing ideas 课件（共45张PPT，内嵌视频）-2025-2026学年外研版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 2 Let’s celebrate!
Developing ideas
Time for a Change?
By the end of class, we are able to:
1. learn about Chinese Spring Festival traditions;
2. know the type of the passage and distinguish a fact and an opinion in the passage;
3. express own comments on different opinions.
Learning objectives
Which festival is the most important to all the Chinese?
On Dec 4, 2024, UNESCO added “Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional new year” to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
中国春节申遗成功
Lead in
The Spring Festival or the Chinese New Year.
Pre-reading
Learn relevant expressions about the traditions of the Spring Festival.
pay a New Year visit
make
dumplings
post Spring Festival couplets
give and receive a red envelope
Learn relevant expressions about the traditions of the Spring Festival.
thoroughly clean the house
watch a lion dance
set off fireworks/
firecrackers
play
flower-drum
have a family reunion dinner on the eve of Spring Festival
吃年夜饭
Where do you have a family reunion dinner?
at home
i
in a restaurant/eat out
or
make a prediction
Time for a Change ?
Is time for a change?
How does it change?
Read the Social Insight(社会洞察） and find out the source and the genre of this passage.
source: A column of magazine or newspaper
genre: argumentation
Nowadays, some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone is keen on this idea. What do our readers think?
Wang Peng chooses____________ the tradition.
He chooses to have the New Year Eve dinner _________________.
Wang Peng (software engineer)
Liu Yonghui (retired teacher)

Liu Yonghui chooses___________ the tradition.
He chooses to have the New Year Eve dinner________.
to change
not to change
in a restaurant
at home
Task 1:Read the passage quickly and find each author’s choice .
To get their choice, you should pay attention to the first paragraph or the last paragraph
learning to learn
Task3:Read the passage on page27 carefully and answer the questions.
(1)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.
(2)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
Task4:Read the second passage on Page 28 and answer the questions.
(1)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.
(2)Which of the following statements is NOT true according to Paragraph 2?
A. The wrtier’s mother made dumplings in the kitchen.
B. The wrtier’s mother put candies and peanuts into the dumplings to make them more delicious.
C. Adults often chatted with each other in Spring Festival.
D. The home-made dishes tasted the most delicious to the writer.
{10A1B5D5-9B99-4C35-A422-299274C87663}Opinion
Time for a Change
Wang Peng: eating (1)
__ __
Para. 1: He enjoys eating out (2) _______ than eating at home.
Para. 2: The preparations for the dinner are (3) ___________.
Para. 3: Eating out has nothing to do with (4) ______ of traditions.
Para. 4: The love between the family members remains (5) ________.
out
no less
hard work
loss
the same
{10A1B5D5-9B99-4C35-A422-299274C87663}Opinion
Time for a Change
LiuYonghui: eating (6) ____ ___
Para. 1: He was (7) __________ about having the dinner out.
Para. 2: The happy memory of the dinner on the (8) ______of Spring Festival.
Para. 3: The (9) _________ is more important than the dinner itself.
at home
unhappy
eve
process
ead the first paragraph of the two letters and make a prediction about the main idea of the two letters.
Reasons for eating out
convenient
relaxing
enjoyable
delicious
the love remains the same
Listen and fill in the blanks
I would like to because it is ,relaxing, ,
and .
Besides, the between the family members sitting around the table together .
eat out
convenient
the dishes taste delicious
enjoyable
love
remains the same
Reasons for eating at home
get together
the happy preparing process
homemade dishes
I would like to because the whole family can , can , and .tasted more delicious . Besides, I think the . is even more important than the . itself.
Listen and fill in the blanks
eat at home
get together
have a happy preparing process
homemade dishes
process
dinner
Read between the lines
the second passage
Who have shared his insights?
Liu Yonghui, retired teacher
What is his point of view?
eating at home
Read para.2 aloud with emotion, imagine the scene and underline the verbs.
when I was a little boy
my mother
All of us
Look forward to
run around
listen to
get under mother’s feet
watch
put tokens in
sit around
be together
enjoy
toast
visualization
love& reunion
Read beyond the lines
What are the similarity and difference in their understanding of family dinner?
difference: the form of the tradition
eating at home
eating out
similarity: the spirit of the tradition
make a summary
eat out
eat at home
convenient
relaxing
enjoyable
delicious
the love remains the same
get together
the happy preparing process
homemade dishes
ead the first paragraph of the two letters and idea of the two letters.
Read the first article again and figure out its structure(结构).
________
________
Paragraph
Part
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Part. 1
Part. 2
Part. 3
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Restatement(重申) of author’s opinion
Reason
Opinion
Strucutre
The basic structure of a short argumentation.
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
an introduction of the topic and state your opinions
evidence or facts to support the opinion
conclude your idea
the first article
Introduction (Para. 1)
1._________ the change-----three years’ experience of eating out proves we enjoy it 2.________ than eating at home.
Embrace
no less
the first article
Body(Para. 2-3)
advantages of eating out
disadvantages of eating at home
It takes so much time to prepare for a
single meal and clean up the mess,
(1) the same people but different places
(2) more enjoyable occasion without
tiring cooking
(3) tastier dishes
What are they?
What are they?
comparison
the first article
Conclusion（Para. 4）
What does eating out change? What is the same ?

the form of the tradition

the love between family members
the first article
An argumentation usually includes one’s opinions and facts .
A fact is something that exists or has happened, for example, an object, event or experience. Facts are statements that can be proved by evidence.
An opinion can be a general or individual view, belief or impression. Opinions can sometimes be identified by the presence of words such as “feel”, “believe” and “think”.
Learning to learn
the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts(F) or opinions (O).
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. ___
... it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. ___
I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings. ___
She’d put tokens in some dumplings... ___
O
O
O
F
F
Share your insights
Which side are you on? Try to organize your idea to be persuasive!
Structure
1: State your ideas.
2.Opinion 1+fact 1
3.Opinion 2+fact 2
4. Summarize.
Useful expressions
It has nothing to do with loss of tradition.
It won’t feel like the festival.
Our memories of …should be valued.
…is more important than…
… may change, but …remain the same.
Watch firework show
onsite?
Watch online?
ead the first paragraph of the two letters and make a prediction about the main idea of the two letters.
Where and what we eat doesn’t matter. The love between family members remains the same.

think and share
What we should do is to inherit tradition while embracing development.
No matter what _________,the Spring Festival is the most important tradition festival in China and the core of the family reunion will remain the same.
changes
Write and share
Time for a change?
No matter what _________,the Spring Festival is the most important tradition festival in China and the core of the family reunion will remain the same.
changes
假定你是李华，你的英国朋友John来信询问中国人过春节的风俗习惯。请你结合自己家乡的实际情况给他回信，内容包括：
1．春节的简介；
2．过节的风俗习惯；
3．邀请他来中国过春节。
注意：
1．词数80左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头已为你写好
Homework
Unit 2 Developing ideas
Time for a Change?
Language points
Words and expressions
UNIT 2
occasion n.场合，时刻 25
editor n.(报纸、杂志的)主编，编辑 27
* embrace v.欣然接受，乐意采纳(新思想、意见等) 27
admit v.(不情愿地)承认 27
effort n.力气，精力 27
loss n.失去，丧失 27
eve n.前夕，前一天 27
software n.(计算机)软件 27
adult n.成人，成年人 28
* token n.象征，标志 28
process n.(为达到某目标的)过程，进程 27
retired adj.退休的 28
exist v.存在，实际上有 29
overseas adv.在海外，在外国 29
global adj.全球的，全世界的 30
□ citizen n.公民，市民 30
nationality n.国籍;民族 30
audience n.听众，观众 30
□ interact v.互动 30
joy n.欢欣，愉快，喜悦 30
□ phenomenon n.现象(pl. phenomena) 30
no less than __________________
embrace __________________
refuse to do __________________
have nothing to do with __________________
occasion __________________
不少于；多达
欣然接受；乐意采纳
拒绝做某事
和……无关
场合；时刻
Language points: Important words and phrases
Find the following words and phrases in the passage and work out their meanings.
token ___________
toast ___________
value ___________
process ___________
象征；标志
干杯
重视
过程
Find the following words and phrases in the passage and work out their meanings.
Language points: Important words and phrases
Time for a Change?
A family dinner (家宴/年夜饭) is an important tradition to celebrate Spring Festival. Nowadays, some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone is keen on this idea(不是每个人都支持这个想法). What do our readers think?
Dear Editor,
We have eaten out (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 why some people refuse to embrace the change(接受改变).
Can’t they admit that the preparations for the dinner are hard work? I really don’t think it’s worth the effort (值得花精力）of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning up the mess (收拾残局;收拾干净) after it’s over. We work all year, so why can’t one day be about spending time with family and relaxing?
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions(和丢弃传统无关). We still have the dinner with the same people, just in a different place. The occasion (场合) is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better!
In my opinion, what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn’t matter. Eating out may change the form of this tradition(这种传统的形式), but the love between the family members sitting around the table together remains (仍然是) the same.
Wang Peng, software engineer
Dear Editor,
For this year’s Spring Festival family dinner, my son has booked (预定) a table at the best restaurant in town, but I’m a bit unhappy about it. For me, it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the diner out.
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(让全家人团聚在一起). I would run around the house, listening to the adults chatting about their year. I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings. She’d put tokens (象征; “彩头”) in some dumplings: candies for a sweet life and peanuts (坚果) for a long and healthy one. In the evening, all of us would sit around the table, enjoying the food and being together again. We toasted each other(互相敬酒), we laughed, and the simple, homemade dishes (家常菜) tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef.
I hope my children and their children will still value our memories of preparing the dinner together(珍视全家人一起准备年夜饭的回忆). To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
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Liu Yonghui, retired teacher
v
v
v
v
v
v
2. 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.
宾语从句
①This art collection is worth a large amount of money.
这件艺术收藏品值一大笔钱。
②This idea is well worth considering.
这个想法很值得考虑。
be worth sth/doing sth
值得(做某事)，有价值
①Most of her life was spent (in) caring for others.
她大半辈子的时间都用来照顾别人了。
②She spent a lot of time travelling.
她花大量时间旅游。
spend some time (in) doing sth
花时间做某事
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。
3. When I was a little boy, the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was what I looked forward to most.
表语从句
时间状语从句
what 起引导作用，并做look forward to的宾语，不能换成that
Paraphrase: When I was a little boy, what I looked forward to most was the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival .
小时候，我最期待的就是除夕的年夜饭。
4.get under one’s feet 蹲在某人脚下 （这里的get是系动词，相当于be，但get动作性更强。）

be under one’s feet 靠在某人的脚下
1.When I was a child, I would get under my mother’s feet to ask her to tell stories.我小时候，总是缠着妈妈给我讲故事。
2.The babies are playing their toys under their parents’ feet.
这些婴儿正蹲在父母脚下玩玩具。
6.more delicious than anything 比……都美味 ；比什么都好吃
more + adj.（原级） +than + sth. 比……更……
1. This piece of candy she gave to him was more delicious than anything he had ever tasted.
她送给他的这颗，比任何东西都好吃的糖，这是他以前从未尝过的。
2.Nowadays money seems to be more important than anything.
现如今似乎钱比什么都重要。
3. You should keep in mind that success is more important than anything.
你一定要记住成功比什么都重要。
【译文】 传统该不该变？
年夜饭是春节的一项重要传统。如今，有些人选择在饭店吃年夜饭，不过，不是每个人都支持这一想法。读者朋友们，你们怎么看呢？
尊敬的编辑，
最近三年，我家都是在外面吃年夜饭的，和在家吃比起来，在外面吃一样开心。我不理解为什么有些人拒绝接受改变。
难道他们不觉得准备年夜饭很辛苦吗？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。辛苦一年了，为什么不能用这一天的时间陪陪家人，放松放松呢？
在外面吃年夜饭是个挺好的选择，而且也谈不上丢弃传统。我们还是和同样的人一起吃饭，只是换了地方而已。不用辛苦地做饭，用餐会更加愉快，而且（饭店的）饭菜味道也更好！
在我看来，除夕夜我们吃什么、在哪里吃，真的不重要。在外面的饭店吃年夜饭可能改变了这个传统的表现形式，但是围坐在餐桌前的家人之间的亲情并没有改变。
王鹏，软件工程师
尊敬的编辑，
今年我儿子在城里最好的饭店订了桌年夜饭，可我不怎么高兴。对我来说，在外面吃年夜饭就不像过年。
小时候，我最期待的就是除夕的年夜饭，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。那时我会在家里跑来跑去，听大人们闲聊他们这一年的情况。我还会缠着在厨房做饭的妈妈，看她包饺子。她会在有些饺子里放点“彩头”：糖果寓意生活甜美，花生代表健康长寿。到了晚上，我们都围坐在餐桌前，享受美食和团圆的乐趣。大家互相敬酒，谈笑风生，简简单单的家常菜吃起来比顶级大厨做的菜都要美味。
我希望我的子孙后代依旧珍视全家人一起做年夜饭的回忆。对我来说，准备的过程甚至比年夜饭本身更重要。
刘永辉，退休教师
1. nowadays
2. not everyone
3.be keen on sth./sb.
4. eat out
5. no less than
6. admit that...
7. the preparations for...
8. I really don't think (that) ...
9. be worth sth./doing sth.
10. clean up
11. have nothing to do with sb./sth.
12. have the dinner with sb.
13. in one's opinion
14. doesn't matter
adv. 现在；现时；现今
喜爱某事/某人；热衷于某事
外出用餐；出去吃；下馆子
不少于，多达……； 不亚于
承认……
为...做准备 ；……准备工作
值得……做某事
清理；清除；打扫干净
与某人/某事无关
与……一块进餐
并非人人都
复习回顾
在某人看来；依某人看
不要紧，无所谓
我认为并不……
15. a bit
16. feel like sth./doing sth.
17.have the dinner out
18. not only....but (also)...
19. run around
20. chat about
21. get under one's feet
22. as a token of ...
23. sit around
24. more + adj.（原级） +than + sth.
25. value our memories of...
26. be of little/no value to sb.
27. be even more important than...
28. retired
adv. 一点儿，有点儿
出去吃饭，外出吃大餐
不但……而且……
东奔西跑；（特指孩子）到处玩耍游逛
闲聊；闲谈
蹲在某人脚下
作为……的标志（象征）
无所事事；闲坐着
比……更……
珍惜我们的……记忆
对某人没什么/毫无帮助/价值
想要（做某事），感到想要做某事
复习回顾
比……更重要
adj.退休的，退役的