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课件网) Developing ideas —Reading comprehension Time for a change Unit 2 Let’s celebrate! By the end of this period, you will be able to: get the main idea and find out each person’s point of view; voice your opinions towards the Spring Festival family dinner; understand why Chinese people value the Spring Festival family reunion dinner. CONTENTS I Pre-reading II While-reading III Post-reading IV Sentences analysis Food Gifts Activities Decorations Dumplings, Tangyuan, Fish Red envelopes lion dance, firecrackers, pay a New Year visit, Family dinner, temple fair, Thorough cleaning Red lanterns, Fu characters, Couplets Pre-reading A family dinner is an important tradition to celebrate spring festival. Nowadays, some people choose to have dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone is keen on this idea. What do our readers think What tradition might be changed Read the section “social insights” above the letter and figure it out. 社会观察 like it a lot and are very enthusiastic about it Let’s read the passage and find out people’s different point of views. While-reading Activity 1 Fast- reading for basic information Ⅰ. What’s the main idea of the passage A．Eating out is a good choice to celebrate Spring Festival. B．A family dinner is an important tradition to celebrate. C．Having the dinner at home is the best on Spring Festival Eve. D．Different ideas about having the dinner in a restaurant to celebrate Spring Festival. √ Ⅱ.Read the text quickly to match the main idea with each paragraph. Letter 1 1．Para.1 A．Disadvantages of eating at home. 2．Para.2 B．Advantages of eating out. 3．Para.3 C．Eating out may change the form of the tradition but the love remains the same. 4．Para.4 D．We enjoy eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner. Letter 2 5．Para.1 A．The process is more important than dinner itself. 6．Para.2 B．Having the dinner out makes me unhappy. 7．Para.3 C．My childhood memory. Activity 2 Careful- reading for details Read the first letter carefully and do the following exercises. Name of the person Wang Peng Opinions Evidence Conclusion Enjoy eating out on Spring Festival 1. Preparations for dinner are hard work and they take too much time and effort. 2. The occasion is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking and the dishes taste better. Eating out may change the form of the tradition but the love remains the same. Ⅰ.Read Para.1 in the first letter and do the following exercise. 1. What’s the meaning of “embrace” in the first paragraph A. hug B. accept C. include D. hold √ 2. 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. √ Ⅱ.Read Paras.2－3 in the first letter and do the following exercises. 1．Why does ... ...
