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课件网) Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious! Section A 3a-3b Learning objectives At the end of the class, you will be able to master the new words and phrases folk, goddess, whoever, steal, lay, dessert, garden, tradition, admire and lay out. know the structure of the passage Find the main idea and some details of the passage through reading. have a deeper understanding Understand the true meaning of the Mid-Autumn Festival. 1 2 3 The Mid-Autumn Festival 1. When do Chinese people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival A. On the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. B. On the 5th day of the fifth lunar month. 2. What does the moon look like on the Mid-Autumn night A. A full moon B. A first quarter. 3. Folk stories about the Mid-Autumn Festival are _____. A. Wu Gang Cuts the Tree. B. Chang’e Flies to the Moon. C. Cao’e Looks for her father A. B. C. Quick answer. Date Shape Stories folk /f k/ Predict: 1. Who is the woman 2. What is she doing 3. What may the passage talk about Full Moon, Full Feelings Read and Match. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Why people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. When people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. How people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival now. A story about Chang’e. A poem(诗歌) about the Mid-Autumn Festival. I think that para.1 talks about _____. We can find the main idea from the first sentence of each paragraph. Read para.1 and answer. 1. How long have Chinese people had mooncakes 2. What do mooncakes look like 3. Why do Chinese people eat mooncakes 4. What does the word “They” mean in the sentence Inferring: Reading the sentences before and after it can help you . History Symbol Shape Meaning For centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss. Mooncakes. Read para.3 and answer. After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. 1. How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival traditional activities osmanthus / z'm nθ s/ 桂花酒 2. Why did people start this tradition admire / d ma / tradition /tr d n/ It is related to a story about Chang’e. Read para.2 for characters. There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever took this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to take it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give him and took it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the gar ... ...
