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课件网) Unit 3 Celebrations Lesson 1 Spring Festival What does Spring Festival mean to Chinese people What does Spring Festival mean to you What words immediately come to your mind for describing its meaning 01 How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival 02 Use the phrases to help you to have a family gathering to get together to prepare snacks to make dumplings to put up decorations to let off fireworks Read the three readers’ accounts. Use a few words to summarize the meaning of Spring Festival for each account. Give your reasons. 03 Notes from the editor: Spring Festival is an important tradition in China. It has unique meanings. However, people may understand it differently, including those from other cultures. Here are three readers’ accounts to our magazine, in which the readers shared their experiences and views about it. 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 Read the three readers’ accounts quickly and answer the following questions. A.Tom Jenkins’experience of spending Spring Festival in China. B.Xu Gang’s journey to return home to spend Spring Festival. C. Accounts of Spring Festival from Tom, Xu Gang and Li Yan. D.The different ways of spending Spring Festival. 1. What’s the main idea of the text A．By giving examples. B．By following the order of time. C．By giving explanations. D．By comparison. 2. How does each part of the passage mainly develop Read again. Find out each person’s experience of Spring Festival in the three accounts, and complete the chart. 04 Tom Xu Gang Li Yan Where and with whom with his host family in Nanjing Preparations before Spring Festival Activities during Spring Festival Tom Xu Gang Li Yan Where and with whom with his host family in Nanjing Preparations before Spring Festival Activities during Spring Festival cleaning the house; attached Fu upside down to the front door setting off and watching fireworks, enjoying a big dinner booking travel ticket and choosing gifts for parents chatting with parents and having hotpot getting ready for children coming back, buying things and preparing dishes children running/ shouting/ playing; adults talking/ making jiaozi together at parents’ home at home with families Read the three people’s accounts again and try to figure out the three writers’ feelings about Spring Festival. means excitement, delight and freshness means coming home and being with the entire family means family gathering Example The moment I get on the train, I am surrounded by Shanxi accents. Pair Work Find at least three descriptive sentences in the accounts that provide a vivid picture of Spring Festival. Share with your partner. 05 Group Work Think and share. 06 What can you infer from Xu Gang's and Li Yan's accounts What does it mean in Chinese culture Complete the information with the words ... ...
