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课件网) Unit 3 Celebrations lesson 1 Spring Festival Learning aims 了解春节相关话题的词汇短语； 讨论三名读者各自对春节的感受； 能够理解文章大意，梳理文章信息并完成课本54页表格； Lead in 1.What does Spring Festival mean to you 2.What words immediately come to your mind for describing its meaning 春节习俗 Spring Festival travel rush 春运 Pre reading book train tickets or flights 预订火车票或机票 special puechases for the Spring Festival 买年货 prepare snacks Clean the house from top to bottom put up couplets make dumplings have a family reunion dinner watch the Spring Festival Gala let off fireworks visit relatives and friends give lucky money to kids How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival to prepare snacks to put up decorations to make dumplings to get together let off fireworks to have a family gathering Example: My family celebrates Spring Festival by making dumplings together. Read notes from the author Spring Festival is an important tradition in China. It has unique meaning. However, people may understand it differently, including those from other cultures. Here are three readers’ accounts to our magazine, who shared their experiences and views about it. 独特的 描述，报道 Tom Jenkins a 16-year-old exchange student living in Nanjing Xu Gang a 28-year-old computer engineer working in Shanghai Li Yan a 70-year-old grandmother from Heilongjiang There are three readers’ accounts to the magazine. The three accounts all follow the order(顺序） of _____. Can you find any evidence（证据） time Tom: Preparations began a week before the festival. First ,……Next… The greatest excitement began the night before Spring Festival. Xu Gang …weeks before Spring Festival … The moment I get on the train… When I get home… Li Yan …weeks before Spring Festival … …when everyone comes home. They all share a similar structure, which is 1.preparations before the Spring Festival 2.activities during the Spring Festival 3.meaning of the Spring Festival Fast reading Careful reading Part 1 1.Tom celebrated Spring Festival with… his host family in China. 2.What do they need to do to prepare before the Spring Festival Why clean the house from top to bottom put up the Chinese character FU 3.During Spring Festival… let off fireworks enjoy a big dinner with host family Read and underline Tom’s experiences Where and with whom Preparations before Spring Festival Activities during Spring Festival What does Spring Festival mean to Tom For Tom, Spring Festival means _____ and a lot of _____. excitement fun Tom Jenkins a 16-year-old exchange student living in Nanjing Careful reading Part 2 1.Before Spring Festival, he … book a ticket buy gifts for parents 2.What did Xu Gang buy for his parents a bottle of wine for father a beautiful sweater for mother 3.When the family get together… talk about what’s been happening eat hotpot Xu Gang a 28-year-old computer engineer working in Shanghai Careful readin ... ...
