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课件网) Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious! The Second Period Section A(3a—3c) Warming up 1. What festivals do you know 2. What do you know about the festival Read the passage about the Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions. 1. How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival _____ _____ 2. What story is the reading about _____ _____ 3a The reading is about the traditional folk story of Hou Yi and Chang’e. They celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. Full Moon, Full Feelings Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes 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. 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 it to 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 garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back! After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. Read the passage again. Put the events in the correct order. _____ Pang Meng tried to steal the medicine. _____ A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving him a magic medicine. _____ Chang’e refused to give Pang Meng the medicine and took it all. _____ Hou Yi shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth. _____ Hou Yi was very sad and watched the moon at night, and wished his wife could come back. _____ As a result, Chang’e became light and flew up to the sky. _____ Hou Yi planned to take the medicine with his wife. 1 4 2 5 7 6 3 3b Without looking at the passage, try to complete the sentences with the correct words. 1. People like to a_____ the full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. 2. The story of Chang’e is one of many t_____ folk stories. 3. Hou Yi got m_____ medicine for shooting down the nine suns. 4. Pang Meng wanted to s____the medicine. 5. Hou Yi l____ out fruits and desserts in the garden. dmire agic raditional aid teal 3c 1. Chang’e refused to give it to him and took it all. 嫦娥拒绝把仙药给 他并全部吞下了。（教材第11页） refuse 动词，意为“拒绝，回绝，推却”。其后接动词不定式，即 refuse to do sth.，意为“拒绝做某事”。 e.g. They refused to let me go. 他们拒绝让我走。 Language Points 2. Hou Yi was so sad that he c ... ...
