Unit 2 My mother’s cleaning our houses and sweeping away bad luck.（共37张PPT无素材）

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M10 U2
My mother is cleaning our house and sweeping away bad luck.
Christmas
February
January
before
sweep away
luck
table
celebrate
n. 圣诞节
n. 二月
n. 一月
prep. 在……之前
扫去
n. 运气
n. 桌子
v. 庆祝
traditional
dumpling
programme
sweater
coat
mean
lucky
merry
Merry Christamas
adj. 传统的
n. 饺子；团子
n. (电视)节目
n. 厚运动衫；毛线衣
n. 外套
v.
adj. 幸运的
adj. 愉快的；高兴的
圣诞快乐
意思是; 意味着
Spring Festival is coming. Lingling's family
are getting ready for it.
Can you remember:What are they doing now?

Before the New Year
On New Year’s Eve 除夕夜
On New Year’s Day 年初一
VIDEO
Read the passage and match the paragraphs with the pictures in activity 1. (1')
1.Spring Festival is very ________ in my country.
2.It usually comes in ________, but sometimes it comes in _______.
Read the paragraph 1 by yourself and fill in the blanks. (2')
important
February
January
1.在同一天
2.一些照片
3.看一看
1. on the same day
2. some photos
3. have a look
Pairs work. Read the paragraph Aand answer the questions.(2')
1.What's her mother doing?


2. What do they usually buy before the festival?
She is cleaning the house and sweeping away bad luck.
They usually buy a lot of food before the festival.
1.春节前几天
2.扫走霉运
1. a few days before Spring Festival
2.sweep away bad luck
clean the house
sweep away bad luck
buy a lot of food
a few days before Spring Festival

on the eveing before Spring Festival

on Spring Festival

F
1. They are celebrating the festival with watching a special programme on TV.
2. We eat the traditional family dinner on the evening before Spring Festival.
Read the paragraph B in groups of 4 and do the 'T' or 'F'. (2')
a traditional family dinner
T
1.庆祝春节
2.在除夕夜
3.一个特别的
电视节目
1. celebrate Spring Festival
2. on the evening before Spring Festival
3. a special programme on TV
celebrate with a dinner
eat jiaozi
watch a special programme on TV
a few days before Spring Festival

on the eveing before Spring Festival

on Spring Festival

Read the paragraph C together and answer the questions. (2')
1.Who are they visiting?

2. What does hongbao means?
They are visiting her uncles and aunts.
It means lucky money.
1.拜访叔叔阿姨
2.穿着新毛衣
3.利是
1. visit my uncles and aunts
2. weat new sweaters
3. lucky money
visit uncles and aunts
wear new sweaters and coats
get a hongbao
a few days before Spring Festival

on the eveing before Spring Festival

on Spring Festival

Complete the passage with the correct words and expression from the box.
We (1) _________ Spring Festival in January or February. A (2) ______ days before Spring Festival we clean our homes and (3) ____________ all the bad (4) _____. In the evening before Spring Festival we have a big family dinner. We eat lots of (5) _________ food, such as jiaozi – a kind of (6) __________. We usually watch a special (7) ___________ on television, and parents usually give their children a hongbao. It (8) ________ lucky money.
celebrate
few
sweep away
luck
traditional
dumplings
programme
means
A. Translate these phrases into English.
good luck
bad luck
Happy New Year
a kind of
1. 好运
2. 倒霉
3. 新年快乐
4. 一种　　　
5. 在午夜
6. 在元宵节
7. 一年到头
8. 在除夕
9. 扫去
at midnight
at Lantern Festival
all the year round
on Spring Festival’s Eve
sweep away
B. 按要求改写句子。
Is your uncle making lanterns?
(否定回答)
_________________________________
2. She’s sweeping the floor at the moment.
(一般疑问句)
__________________________________
No, he isn’t.
Is she sweeping the floor at the moment?
3. They’re getting ready for the Lantern
Festival. (划线部分提问)
________________________________
4. They go shopping for presents. They get
lots of food ready. (用and合成一句话)
________________________________
________________________________
What are they getting ready for?
They go shopping for the presents and get lots of food ready.
Game
At the Lantern Festival, Chinese usually eat zongzi.
yuanxiao
Everyone can get lucky money at the Spring Festival.
Children
On Mid-autumn Day, people eat moon cakes and watch the moon in the open air.
At the Qingming Festival, people usually sweep the tombs, and cherish the memory of ancestors(怀念祖先).
Our National Day is October 1st.
On Thanks-giving Day, foreigners eat noodles.
turkeys(火鸡)
On Christmas Day, people will buy a christmas tree to decorate(装饰) their home.
Western countries(西方国家) don’t have Women’s Day.
have
Father’s Day and Mother’s Day are both in May.
Chocolate and roses(玫瑰)
are the best presents
on Valentine’s Day(情人节).
This is my student Lucy. She asked me for help several days ago.(几天前,她向我求助)
Lucy 19:09:32
Hi, Miss Zhen! Are you there?
I have a pen friend in Canada. She wants to know something about the Spring Festival. Can you help me?
(你好，甄老师。在吗？我在加拿大有个笔友，她想知道一些有关于春节的事情。我不会写，你能帮我吗？)
Dear Mary,
We have lots of _______ (传统). At the Spring Festival, our parents and grandparents give us New Year presents. They are usually new clothes. On ___________ (新年), we put on our new clothes and visit our family and friends. There is_________________ (舞龙舞狮表演).
The family has dinner and we eat jiaozi—a kind of dumpling，or a sweet rice pudding. We watch TV and _______ (在午夜)there are usually fireworks. We don’t clean the house for a few days. We don’t want to________________ (赶走好运). And we have lots of food for good luck.
Yours,
Lucy
dragon and lion dancing
at midnight
New Year’s Day
traditions
sweep away good luck
The notes about Christmas in Britain.
a) go shopping for presents
b) have a traditional family dinner
c) open presents on Christmas Day
d) put the presents next to the Christmas tree
e) get lots of food ready
f) sing Christmas songs
g) say Merry Christmas to family and friends
h) have a Christmas tree
Look at the notes about Christmas in Britain. Match the notes with the headings.
Before Christmas Day ____________
On Christmas Day_____________
a, d, e, h
b, c, d, f, g

Join two notes into one sentences with and.
go shopping for presents; get lots of food ready
→ They go shopping for presents and get lots of food ready.
Writing skill
Now try to write an article about Christmas Day with the giving beginning.
Christmas Day is very important for western country. Before it, they go shopping for presents and get lots of food ready...... On Christmas Day, they...__________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________.
Write an article