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课件网) Unit 4 Time to celebrate Understanding ideas P64-68 1 2 3 talk about your ways to celebrate a traditional festival. Learning Objectives In this class, you will learn more about the Spring Festival. read a passage and understand the unusual Spring Festival. 4 summarise the grammar rules of frequency adverbs and practice using it. Reading What is the festival in the picture The Spring Festival. What do you know about the festival The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China. It is on the first day of the first lunar month. What do people do during the festival clean the house put up couplets get lucky money watch the Spring Festival Gala wear new clothes have a family reunion dinner Activity 1〔Pre-reading〕 Look at the picture on the right and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. Spring Festival dinner family reunion dish 1. What are the people doing They are celebrating the Spring Festival and having a family reunion dinner. There are some Chinese dishes on the table. 2. What’s on the table Activity 1〔Pre-reading〕 Look at the picture and the title. Predict what the passage is about. unusual / n ju u l/ adj. 与众不同的，独特的 Let’s explore this unusual Spring Festival. Activity 2〔While-reading〕 Read for structure. Paras 1-2: The writer’s problem + The writer’s solution Paras 3-5: The result Activity 2〔While-reading〕 Read for details. 1 It was my first Spring Festival in the UK. I wanted to treat my British friend, Emilia, to a Chinese dinner. She is a nice girl. Sometimes, she cooks for me. 1. Where did the writer celebrate the Spring Festival 2. How did she want to celebrate this festival She wanted to treat her British friend, Emilia, to a Chinese dinner. In the UK. sometimes adv. 有时, 偶尔 (频度副词) Activity 2〔While-reading〕 Read for details. 2 However, I just couldn't make it. I often watched Grandma cook, but I never cooked anything myself. It was midnight in China, time for dumplings. But my whole family came to my help on the phone. And I became a chef in one hour! I even made some cucumber flowers. 1. What’s the writer’s problem She couldn’t make the Chinese dinner. 2. How did she solve the problem Her whole family came to her help on the phone. And she became a chef in one hour! often adv. 经常, 时常 (频度副词) never adv. 决不, 从不 (频度副词) Activity 2〔While-reading〕 Read for details. 3 After Emilia hung balloons and lanterns in the dining room, I put the last dish on the table. "This is the lion's head!” 4 “Are you joking Isn't that against the law ” Emilia was shocked. 5 I laughed. “It's a pork meatball. My family always have it at the Spring Festival. Its round shape stands for family reunions. Try it!" Emilia cut a piece of it with her knife and put it into her mouth. "I love it!" she said. The smell of the dishes and our laughter filled the room. I felt like I was back home. 1. What is the ... ...
