(
课件网) Unit 4 Time to celebrate (Reading) Learn more about Spring Festival ; Understand the passage and the cultural meanings behind it; Give some new ideas about how to follow the traditions and think of a new way to celebrate it. Brainstorm Do you know these festivals Listen and guess. Can you guess what festival it is ？ Spring Festival. New Year What do you know about Spring Festival When is it What do people do What do people eat People usually hang . balloons and lanterns People always have a . family reunion /ri ju nj n/ 团圆，团聚 big dinner What can you see on the table meatballs dumplings round shapes pork Do you know the special meanings behind these dishes 204 “鱼“ 和”余“ 的发音相同，吃鱼就寓意着 “年年有余”(more than we have )。 “鸡“ 的谐音是“吉”(good luck)，吃鸡也就寓意着“大吉大利，吉祥如意”(good luck and happiness) They stand for family reunion! The smell of the dishes and their laughing fill the room. Is there anything unusual Pridict : How is the Spring Festival unusual 1 It is my first year of university 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. 2 At home, I often watch Grandma cook. I never realised cooking was so difficult. How I wish to have four hands now! 3 It is midnight in China - time for dumplings My whole family come to help me on the phone. Step by step, they teach me. I even make some cucumber flowers. 4 After Emilia hangs balloons and lanterns in the dining room, I put the last dish on the table.“This is the lion's head!" 5 “Are you j joking Isn't that against the law " Emilia is shocked 6 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!” 7 Emilia cuts a piece of it with her knife and puts it into her mouth. “I love it!" she says. The smell of the dishes and the sound of our laughing fill the room . 8 I feel like I am back home._____ Fast reading What’s the main idea of the passage A. It's about Emilia's Spring Festival in the UK. B. It’s about an unusual Spring Festival in the UK. C. The writer became a chef. 4 After Emilia hangs balloons and lanterns in the dining room, I put the last dish on the table.“This is the lion's head!" 5 “Are you j joking Isn't that against the law " Emilia is shocked 6 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!” 7 Emilia cuts a piece of it with her knife and puts it into her mouth. “I love it!" she says. The smell of the dishes and the sound of our laughing fill the room . 8 I feel like I am back home._____ 1 The writer’s problem Fast reading （match main ideas） 3 The result (结果) 2 The writer’s solution （解决办法） 1 It is my first year of university in the UK.My English friend, Emilia, is a nice girl. Somet ... ...
