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春节
Unit 3 Celebrations Lesson 1 Spring Festival
Learning objectives
To master some words and expressions about Spring Festival.
To learn about the meaning, custom and some common activities of Spring Festival.
To understand the true spirit of Spring Festival.
Spring Festival
the beginning of a new year
China's biggest festival
a day for family reunion
…
to have a family gathering
to get together
to prepare snacks
to make dumplings
to put up decorations
to let off fireworks
How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival
My family celebrates Spring Festival by making dumplings together.
to watch the Spring Festival Gala
to visit relatives and friends
to watch dragon or lion dance
to express greetings and get lucky money from seniors
Read the notes from the editor and look at the three pictures, and try to make predictions of the main idea of the text.
Tom Jenkins
a 16-year-old
exchange student
living in Nanjing
Xu Gang
a 28-year-old
computer engineer
working in Shanghai
Li Yan
a 70-year-old
grandmother from Heilongjiang
Notes from the editor: Spring Festival is an important tradition in China. It has unique meanings. However, people may understand it differently, including those from other cultures. Here are three readers’ accounts to our magazine, in which the readers shared their experiences and views about it.
Activity1 prediction
How does each part of the passage mainly develop
A.By giving examples.
B.By following the order of time.
C.By giving explanations.
D.By comparison.
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Activity 2 Fast reading
Can you find any evidence(证据)
The time order of accounts
a week before
the festival
the night before
Spring Festival
first,……Next
weeks before
Spring Festival
When I get
home
The moment I
get on the train
weeks before
Spring Festival
when everyone
comes home.
Tom Xu Gang Li Yan
Where and with whom
Preparations before Spring Festival
Activities during Spring Festival
cleaning the house, attaching Fu upside down to the front door
setting off and watching fireworks, enjoying a big dinner
at his parents’ home
booking travel tickets and choosing gifts for his parents
at home
children running/ shouting/ playing, adults talking / making jiaozi together
1. Find out each person’s experience of Spring Festival in the three accounts.
with his host family in Nanjing
chatting with his parents and having hotpot
getting ready for children coming back, buying things and preparing dishes
Activity 3 Detailed reading
2. How did Tom Jenkins feel when he talked about Spring Festival
What did Spring Festival mean to him
excited
expectant
funny
happy
Spring Festival
meant excitement
and a lot fun.
How did Xu Gang feel when he talked about Spring Festival
What did Spring Festival mean to him
desperate
expectant
familiar
great
wonderful
Spring Festival
means coming
home and being
with his family.
How did Li Yan feel when she talked about Spring Festival
What did Spring Festival mean to her
expectant
excited
busy
funny
happy
joyous
Spring Festival
means joy of
family gathering.
1. Why did Spring Festival have different meanings in their eyes
different places
different ages
different cultures
different identies
…
Activity4 Further Thinking
2.How does the text show their different views about Spring Festival
Appreciate some sentences, pay attention to the tense and voice.
Tom:
The house was cleaned from top to bottom.
Fu was attached upside down to our front door.
Xu Gang:
I take great care in choosing gifts for my parents.
We usually have hotpot--it’s so tasty!
Li yan:
our grandchildren run around shouting and playing,and the adults gather around the table to talk about the past year.
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Spring
Festival
presentation
Where and with whom did you spend last Spring Festival
What preparations did you make
What activities did you do
What did Spring Festival mean to you
Activity5 Critical Thinking
Chinese New Year is the most important traditional festival in China‘s history and culture, which occupies a very important position in everyone’s mind. However, in recent years, some people believe that the atmosphere of Spring Festival has faded.
1. Do you agree with them why
2. What should we do
Spring festival can not only bring people joy and fun, but also convey important cultural meaning. Well, east or west, home is the best.
As a chinese, we shouldn't worship foreign things blindly, but cherish our good traditional culture and pass it down from generation to generation.
Summary
Homework
Write a passage about how your family celebrate Spring Festival.
Design a poster to introduce Spring Festival.
Thank you for your listening!