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课件网) Happy Holiday ! Unit 4: Starting our + Understanding ideas + Grammar Time to celebrate Unit 4 Lead-in When/Why do we usually celebrate For birthdays For festivals For victory For good news What festival do we Chinese people usually celebrate 01 02 03 04 05 Lead-in Lead-in What festival do these pictures show Nadam Fair(那达慕大会) Water-Splashing Festival(泼水节) Tomb-sweeping Day (清明节) The Dai people’s most important festival. People splash water on each other as a way to express blessings and joy. people go to clean their ancestors’（祖先）tombs and honour（纪念）the ancestors. A traditional Mongolian(蒙古的) festival. It's a time for people to enjoy sports, such as wrestling and racing horses. Lead-in What festival or holiday around the world do you know Which one do you think is the most special Christmas Halloween Thanksgiving Day Easter Day When talking about festivals: Place; Time; Meaning/Reason; Activities Pre-reading Look at the picture and try to describe what you see in it. The people are having a family reunion dinner during the Spring Festival. They are smiling and waving at the camera, with many delicious dishes on the table. While-reading What’s the title of this passage Why it is an unusual Spring Festival for the writer While-reading It was my first Spring Festival in the UK. My English friend, Emilia, is a nice girl. Sometimes, she cooks British food for me. Today is the Spring Festival, so I want to treat her to a Chinese dinner. At home, I often watch Grandma cook. I never realised cooking was so difficult. How I wish to have four hands now! Main idea: Why does the writer want to cook a Chinese dinner Why was it so difficult for the writer to cook Background information + the writer’s problem While-reading It was midnight in China -- time for dumplings. My whole family come to my help on the phone. Step by step, they teach me. I even made some cucumber flowers. After Emilia hangs balloons and lanterns in the dining room, I put the last dish on the table."This is the lion's head!" “Are you joking Isn't that against the law ” Emilia was shocked. I laugh."It's a pork meatball. My family always have it at the Spring Festival. Its round shape stands for family reunions. Try it!" Main idea: What tradition for Spring Festival can you find from this part Why do people enjoy the “lion’s head” --the pork meatball in this festival the writer’s solution What do you think of the writer’s family While-reading Emilia cut a piece of it with her knife and put it into her mouth."I love it!" she says. The smell of the dishes and the sound of our laughing fill the room. I feel like I am back home. _____ Main idea: What’s the best ending of this passage a I don’t like having the Spring Festival all by myself. b I miss my family so much. c It’s really an unusual but happy Spring Festival. the result Post-reading Why it is an unusual Spring Festival for the writer It ... ...
