(共40张PPT)
Developing ideas
UNIT 2
Let’s celebrate!
Time for a Change
To learn about the structure of the passage.
To distinguish a fact and an opinion in the passage.
To learn about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
Learning Objectives
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To understand why Chinese people value the Spring Festival family reunion dinner.
Activity 1: Watch the video and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
Activity 1: What traditions do we have in the Spring Festival
paste
the couplets
Spring Festival rush
worship the Kitchen God
Chinese New Year Shopping
Clean Up the House
receive lucky money
have family dinner
Spring Festival gala
set off fireworks
Activity 1: What traditions do we have in the Spring Festival
pay a New Year visit
go to the temple fair
Activity 1: Do you know other traditions?
(社会观察)
Where might this article come from
Column:专栏文章
Before-reading
What is this change
Time for a Change
______ to have the family dinner
where
While-reading
Read the passage quickly and find out each person’s point of view.
While reading
Name of the person
,software engineer
opinions
Enjoy eating on Spring Festival
Wang Peng
out
Name of the person
,retired teacher
opinions
Prefer to eat at ( )
home
Liu Yonghui
evidence 1.Preparations for dinner are and they spend too much .
2. The occasion is more without all that tiring taste better.
conclusion Eating out may change the of the tradition but the remains the same.
hard work
time and effort
enjoyable
cooking and the dishes
form
love
evidence The dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was not only for the that we seldom got to eat, but for the opportunity to have our whole family .
conclusion The is even more important than dinner itself.
delicious food
gathered together
process
Why does Wang Peng think eating out still remains the tradition
What do you think the retired teacher means by “to me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself”
What do you think the retired teacher means by “to me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself”
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.
While reading
Explore further: structure
How does each writer present his argument
Introduction/Argument/opinion
Supporting paragraph(s)
Conclusion/
Restatement (重述) of the argument
While reading
How to make your argument more persuasive (adj.有说服力的)
Introduction/Argument/opinion
Conclusion/Restatement of the argument
Supporting para.
Facts/Statistics (统计数据)
Quotations/Reasoning
引文;引用语/推理
Examples/
Experience
Fact
While reading
While reading
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
Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
While reading
Learn to find more facts and opinions in the passage.
While reading
Wang Peng
(software engineer)
O1
O2
O3
O4
we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
Opinion
preparations for the dinner are hard work
Facts
it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.
Facts
Eating out may change the form, but the love remains the same.
Opinion
Learn to find more facts and opinions in the passage.
While reading
O1
O2
O2
O4
Opinion
Facts
Facts
Opinion
Liu Yonghui (retired teacher)
it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out
for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together
homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef
the process is even more important than the dinner itself
Which of the two opinions do you agree with Why
Eg. I agree with the one of having the dinner at home, because I think the time spent doing something together with family at home is very precious.
Eg. I agree with Wang Peng. It doesn’t matter what or where you eat on Spring Festival Eve as long as you are with your family.
Post-reading
Enjoy eating out on Spring Festival
Prefer to eat at home
importance of the Spring Festival family dinner
Homemade food is a relief for those who work outside their hometown.
It is a great chance for family reunion (n.重聚).
It is the emotional bonds (情感纽带) 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.
Language points
Social Insights
社会见解
A family dinner 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. What do our readers think
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?
2.Be keen on=like/ love /be fond of /adore
1.keen adj. 热衷的, 渴望的, 敏锐的, 敏捷的
3.be keen on (doing) sth. 喜爱/热衷于(做)某事
4.be keen to do sth. 急切/热切希望做某事
1. not everyone 并非每个人都……,当not与all, both, every, everything, everybody, everyone等表示“全部”或“每个”的词连用时,表示的是“并非全部/每个……都……”,即部分否定。
类似用法有:all, both, every, everything, everybody, everyone等与not连用。
Eg. Not all students like math. (并非所有学生都喜欢数学。)
All that glitters is not gold. (发光的未必都是金子。)
Social Insights
社会见解
A family dinner 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. What do our readers think
We have eaten 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.
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。
1.no less than 不少于,多达 (强调多)
e.g. There were no less than a thousand people there buying tickets.
2.Refuse to do sth 拒绝做某事
短语 意义
less than 少于 The project cost less than $10,000.
(这个项目花费少于1万美元。)
not less than 不少于,至少(强调最低限度) You need not less than 8 hours of sleep daily. (你每天需要至少8小时睡眠。)
no less than 不少于,多达(强调多) The event attracted no less than 5,000 people. (活动吸引了多达5000人。)
more than 多于 She has more than 100 books. (她有超过100本书。)
not more than 不超过,至多(强调最高限度) The task will take not more than 2 hours. (这项任务至多需要2小时。)
no more than 仅仅(强调少) He gave me no more than $10. (他只给了我仅仅10美元。)
Can’ t they admit that the preparations for the dinner are hard work 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. We work all year, so why can’ t one day be about spending time with family and relaxing
难道他们不觉得准备年夜饭很辛苦吗?花这么长的时间准备一顿饭,然后饭后再花一个小时来收拾,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,放松一下呢?
admit v.
① (不情愿地)承认
② 允许……进入
③ 准许……加入
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.
think后接的宾语从句
1.be worth sth 值……钱,拥有……价值的财产
be worth doing sth 值得做某事
eg This art collection is worth a large amount of money.
The movie The Wandering Earth is well worth seeing.
effort n. ① 努力,艰难的尝试
② 尽力
翻译下面句子。
1) 我要不遗余力地帮助穷人。
2) 许多女士正在努力减肥。
3) 他们没费劲就把那块沉重的石头抬起来了。
I will spare no effort to help the poor.
Lots of ladies are making efforts to lose weight.
They lifted the heavy rock without effort.
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions. We still have the dinner with the same people, just in a different place. The occasion is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better!
在外面吃年夜饭是个不错的选择,而且这也谈不上丢弃传统。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,用餐会更加令人愉悦,而且(饭店的)饭菜味道也更好!
1. have nothing to do with sb/sth: 与……无关
have something/little/much to do with sb/sth
与……有些/些许/很大的关系
Eg. It might have something to do with the way it’s made.
The teacher asked some questions which had nothing to do with his lessons.
2.occasion n.时刻;场合
on occasion 有时,偶尔
on no occasion 决不
occasional adj.有时的,偶尔的
occasionally adv.有时地,偶尔地
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions. We still have the dinner with the same people, just in a different place. The occasion is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better!
在外面吃年夜饭是个不错的选择,而且这也谈不上丢弃传统。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,用餐会更加令人愉悦,而且(饭店的)饭菜味道也更好!
3.loss n.
失去;亏损;损失;死亡;去世;
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, but the love between the family members sitting around the table together remains the same.
在我看来,除夕夜我们吃什么、在哪里吃并不重要。在外面的饭店吃年夜饭可能会改变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。
现在分词短语作后置定语
主语从句
For this year’s Spring Festival family dinner, my son has booked 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 dinner out.
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,在外面吃年夜饭感觉不像过年。
1.book a table:预订餐桌
2.a bit:稍稍;有点;一点儿;小部分
3.Feel like:想要;渴望;感觉像;感觉就像
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. 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.
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,看着她包饺子。
Get under someone's feet" 是一个英语习语,字面意思是「跑到某人脚底下」,实际含义为:妨碍某人、碍手碍脚。
When I was a little boy, the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was what I looked forward to most.
小时候,我最期待的就是除夕的年夜饭。
look forward to 期待,盼望,to是介词,后接名词或动词-ing形式。
eg The children were looking forward to the party.
They looked forward to seeing him again.
what引导的表语从句,what在从句中作宾语
含介词to的短语:
belong to 属于 be used to 习惯于 lead to 导致;通向
get down to 开始做 stick to 坚持 pay attention to 注意
refer to 提到;参考;涉及 object to 反对
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.
句意: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。
that 引导的定语从句,修饰the delicious food
不定式短语作后置定语
not only ... but also ... 不仅……而且……
当它连接主语时, 谓语动词的数应服从就近原则:由最靠近谓语动词的部分即but also后面的部分(名词或代词)决定谓语动词的数。
We not only watch TV but also read books and newspapers after supper.
Not only Tom but also I am an engineer.
not only位于句首时,主谓要倒装。如:
Not only had the poor man been arrested, but also he had been sent to prison.
Not only is food production important but also taking care of the environment is important.
She’d put tokens in some dumplings: candies for a sweet life and peanuts 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, we laughed, and the simple, homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef.
她会在有些饺子里放一点儿“彩头”:糖果寓意生活甜美,花生寓意健康长寿。到了晚上,我们都围坐在餐桌前,享受美食和团聚的乐趣。大家互相敬酒,谈笑风生,简简单单的家常菜吃起来比顶级厨师做的饭菜都要美味。
I hope my children and their children will still value our memories of preparing the dinner together. To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
我希望我的子孙后代依旧珍视全家人一起准备年夜饭的回忆。对我来说,准备的过程比年夜饭本身更重要。
1.value v.重视,给...估价 n.价值;重要性;价值观
2. valuable adj.贵重的;宝贵的;珍贵的;有用的
3. process n. (为达到某目标的) 过程,进程.变化过程,制作法,工序,工艺流程
4.in the process of (doing) sth. 在做某事的过程中,某事在进行中
in the process 同时,在……过程中