(
课件网) Unit 2 Festivals and holidays Lesson 5 Special New Year celebration 学习目标 1 2 3 能够掌握本课时的短语和句型。 能够通过阅读，了解四个国家的新年庆祝方式。 能够通过网络搜索，了解更多国家的新年庆祝方式并用英语进行介绍。 Different people celebrate the New Year in different ways. Here are some special and fun New Year traditions from around the world. China On Chinese New Year ’s Day, the whole family gets together for a reunion dinner. The elders give the children lucky money, wishing them safety and health. Thailand Thai people call their new year Songkran. It is on the 13th of April. This is one of the hottest months in Thailand! People celebrate the New Year with street parties and even giant water fights. Spain When the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, the Spanish eat 12 grapes, one for each month of the year. Eating all 12 grapes is believed to bring good luck. Ecuador Some people walk around the block with an empty suitcase on New Year’s Eve. This shows that the next year will be full of adventures. Reading 新课讲授 A When is the New Year in Thailand Does it fall on the same day as the New Year in China B Can you find anything in common in these different celebrations On the 13th of April. No, it doesn’t. Yes, I can. People celebrate the New Year with family and friends, and there are special activities and traditions. Read the passage and answer the questions. 2 Match each country with its New Year celebrations. China Thailand Spain Ecuador walk around with an empty suitcase get together for a reunion dinner have street parties and water fights eat 12 grapes with the strike of the clock 1. Here are some special and fun New Year’s traditions from around the world. 分析结构：本句是一个倒装句，用于强调或突出句子的内容。 本句中，谓语are 被放在了主语some special and fun New Year’s traditions 之前用于强调；from around the world 是对主 语的修饰或补充，说明了这些新年传统的来源。 Language points 句型结构：倒装结构+ 主语+ 介词短语。 在以here、there、out、in、down、away 等表示方位的副词开头的句子中，当主语是名词时要用倒装，谓语动词的形式由位于倒装句句尾的主语决定。如果主语是代词，则不用倒装。 e.g. Here comes the bus. 公交车来了。 Here is the book you asked for. 这是你要的书。 There lies the problem. 问题就在这里。 There stands a tall building in front of the park. 公园前面矗立着一座高楼。 Out rushed the children. 孩子们冲了出去。 Away went the football fans. 足球迷们走了。 Here it is. 在这里。 2. The elders give the children lucky money, wishing them safety and health. (1) wishing them safety and health为现在分词短语作伴随状语，表示长辈给孩子们压岁钱的同时，“祝愿他们平安健康”。 (2) elder [ eld (r)] n. 长者，长辈 adj. 年长的 （old的比较级） (3) wish [w ] v. 祝愿 wish sb. sth. 祝愿某人... wish sb. to do sth. 祝愿某人做某事 3. Spain [spe n] n. 西班牙 Spanish [spe n ] n. 西班牙人 adj. 西班牙(人)的 e.g. Millie is interested in Spanish. = Millie is interested in the language spo ... ...
