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课件网) （外研版）七年级 上 Understanding ideas(第一课时) Time to celebrate Unit 4 What festival do we Chinese people usually celebrate Dragon Boat Festival Mid-autumn Festival Lantern Festival Tomb-Sweeping Day Spring Festival National Day Warming-up Spring Festival clean the house put up couplets and hang lanterns watch Spring Festival Gala set off fireworks have a traditional family dinner do shopping get hongbao eat dumplings ... Lead-in What do people usually do in the Spring Festival Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1. Can you guess what festival it is 2. What are the people doing 3. What is on the table They are having dinner. Dishes for the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival. Pre-reading While-reading What’s the title of this passage Why it is an unusual Spring Festival for the writer Tip 1: Get the main idea of the passage according to the title. Read Para. 1 and answer the questions. 1. Where does the writer celebrate the Spring Festival 2. How does the writer want to celebrate this festival In the UK. The writer wants to treat her British friend, Emilia, to a Chinese dinner. treat sb. to sth. 用…招待某人 While-reading Read Paras. 2&3 and choose. 1. What problem does the writer meet A. She can’t make dumplings B. She can’t make the dinner. C. She doesn’t become a chef. 2. How does the writer make it at last A. Her British friend comes to help. B. She learns to cook on the Internet. C. Her whole family comes to help her on the phone. While-reading Read Paras. 3-5 and finish the tasks. 3. What does Emilia think of it 红烧狮子头象征着团团圆圆。 She_____ the taste. loves She thinks it _____the law. is against She is_____ at the name. shocked At first Why Finally 1. What is the last dish The lion’s head. 2. Why does the writer make this dish Because its round shape stands for family reunions. While-reading 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. Choose the best ending of the passage. P66 3 Inferring(推断)：仔细阅读语篇中作者提供的线索或信息，推断作者过了_____ _____春节。 an unusual but happy While-reading Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. the Spring Festival Chinese dinner whole family dish shocked back home While-reading Place: in the UK People: be with a friend; her whole family on the phone What she does: cooks for the first time Post-reading Think and share. Why is it “unusual ” 1. What is unusual about the writer’s Spring Festival It is the first time for her to celebrate the Spring Festival in a foreign country. But with the help of her whole family, she learns to cook her family’s traditional dishes to treat her British friend. Steamed fish (清蒸鱼) is a traditional Spring Festival dish of my family. It stands for wealth (财富) and success. It is so easy. I can cook it myself. 2 What is your family’s traditional dish for t ... ...
