(
课件网) Unit 3 Celebrations Lesson 1 Spring festivals Warming-up Choose a festival or a special occasion that you like. Talk about when and how it is celebrated. When is it Is there any activities on that day How to celebrate it Festival or Occasion .... Warming-up Listen to Dialogue 1. Complete the information in the Sentence Builder. Sentence Builder Celebrations I love celebrating _____. (festivals/occasions) It is celebrated _____. (time) We usually celebrate it by_____. Usually, children_____ while the adults sit together, _____. (activities) Warming-up Use the Sentence Builder to write 3-5 sentences about your favourite festival/occasion. Then read aloud to other students. Warming-up Use the language you learnt to introduce a festival to a foreign friend. Amid the boom of firecrackers a year has come to an end, and the spring wind has wafted warm breath to the wine. — Wang Anshi New Year's Day is every man's birthday. -- Charles Lamb Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. -- Benjamin Franklin Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling. -- Edna Ferber QUOTE&UNQUOTE Lead-in Talk about what the Spring Festival means to you And what words immediately come to your mind for describing its meaning Pre-reading How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival Use the phrases to help you. to have a family gathering to get together to prepare snacks to make dumplings to put up decorations to let off fireworks Fast-reading Spring Festival can mean different things for different people. Read the three reader’s accounts on Page 52. Then use one or two words or phrases to summarise the meaning of the Spring Festival for each other. Careful-reading Read again. Find out each person's experience of the Spring Festival in the three accounts. Take notes. Careful-reading 1. Work in pairs and choose one of the people above and talk about his/her experience of the Spring Festival. 2. What central meaning underlies Xu Gang’s and Li Yan’s accounts What does it mean in Chinese culture Post-reading Find at least three descriptions from the accounts which provide you with a vivid picture of the scenes of the Spring Festival. Share with your partners. Post-reading Complete the summary with the information you have learnt. Focus on Language: The Passive Look at the following examples. Find out the structure of passive voice, and underline more examples in the text. 1. The house was cleaned from top to bottom. 2. It is believed that when Fu is put upside down, happiness arrives. 3. Train tickets or flights have to be booked as early as possible. 4. The spirit of the festival--the spirit of family--has large been kept. Focus on Language: The Passive Choose the best way to continue the following sentences. Explain why. My frined George draws landscape pictures. a. He sells them for money. b. They are sold by him for money. 2. There's somebody behin ... ...
