(
课件网) Unit 2 Festivals and holidays Lesson 3 The Spring Festival 学习目标 能够掌握本课时单词、短语和句型。 能读懂文章，掌握春节的相关知识。 能掌握状语的用法。 What festival is it on the picture It’s the Spring Festival. Lead in A When is the Spring Festival this year It’s on February 17th, 2026. 新课讲授 Read and answer B What do you want to do during the Spring Festival buy special purchases for the Spring Festival buy special purchases for the Spring Festival have a general cleaning up put up the Spring Festival couplets Read the passage and complete the mind map. Reading Spring Festival legend Nian was afraid of: What people did to drive away Nian: customs clean homes, The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, falls on the first day of the first lunar month. It is the most important traditional festival in China. There is a legend about the Spring Festival. Nian, the monster, came out on the last night of every year to eat humans and animals. But people discovered a secret: Nian was afraid of loud noises, bright lights, and the colour red. So people set off fireworks and firecrackers, hung red lanterns, and put Spring Festival couplets on the doors. This way, they could drive away Nian and bring good luck for the coming year. There are lots of customs for the Spring Festival. People always clean their homes and buy new clothes for a fresh start to the new year. They prepare delicious dishes with care and love. In northern China, almost every family makes dumplings. Many people stay up late on the eve of the Festival and set off firecrackers at midnight for good luck. Parents or grandparents give lucky money to children. People go to temple fairs and watch dragon and lion dances. The Spring Festival is a wonderful opportunity for family members to gather, enjoy a meal, and celebrate the New Year together! Read the passage and complete the mind map. Spring Festival legend Nian was afraid of: What people did to drive away Nian: customs clean homes, loud noises, bright lights, and the colour red set off fireworks and firecrackers, hung red lanterns, and put Spring Festival couplets on the doors buy new clothes, prepare delicious dishes, makes dumplings, stay up late, set off firecrackers, give lucky money, go to temple fairs, watch dragon and lion dances Language points fall on常用于表示某个特定日子或事件与某一时间点重合，此用法强调自然的时间安排，无主动干预，多用于节日、纪念日等固定日期。其核心用法为“节日/事件+fall on+具体日期/星期"。 1. The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, falls on the first day of the first lunar month. e.g. Christmas falls on a Friday this year. 今年圣诞节恰逢周五。 2. Nian was afraid of loud noises, bright lights, and the colour red. (1) be afraid of sth./doing sth. 害怕某事/做某事 e.g. I am not afraid of darkness. 我不怕黑暗。 She is afraid of swimming in deep water. 她害怕在深水区游泳。 (2)“noise n. 响声；噪声”，既可作可数名词，又可作不可数名词 make a nois ... ...
