(
课件网) Unit 4 Time to celebrate 第2课时 Understanding ideas What is your favourite traditional Chinese festivals Lead in Dragon Boat Festival the Spring Festival Mid-Autumn Festival Tomb-sweeping Day Dongzhi Festival What are these traditional Chinese festivals Lantern Festival What do you usually do at the Spring Festival clean the house stay up late go New Year shopping put up the spring couplets have a big dinner get lucky money Lead in What do you usually do during the Spring Festival What do you often eat A few days before the Spring Festival, we clean the house and cook a lot of food. In the evening before the Spring Festival, my family get together and have a big meal. We often have fish and dumplings on the table. We also set off fireworks. On the first day of the Chinese New Year, we wear new clothes and visit our relatives and friends. … Lead-in What dish (菜) do you often eat at the Spring Festival I often eat _____. surplus wealth (财富) family reunion wealth (财富) a higher position (地位) longevity (长寿) Lead in /ri ju nj n/ 1. Can you guess what festival it is The Spring Festival. 2. What are the people doing 3. What is on the table They are having a dinner together and enjoying family reunion in the Spring Festival. There are many dishes like fish and vegetables on the table. Use the words and expressions to describe the picture. Spring Festival dinner family reunion dish The family celebrates the Spring Festival and has a family reunion dinner. We can see many Chinese dishes. They are having a video chat with someone. They are so happy. Guess: what did the writer do during the Spring Festival not usual Why is the Spring Festival unusual Before-reading Background: The lion’s head People in Jiang Su province usually eat the lion's head. It’s a _____ /p k/ meatball. It is big and _____ /ra nd/, like a lion's head. Its _____ shape stands for family_____ /ri ju nj n/. So it is a popular _____ /d / for festivals like the Spring Festival. pork round reunion round dish While-reading 1.What text type is this passage 2.How many parts are there 3.What is the main idea of each paragraph A story. Three parts. The result The writer’s solution The writer’s problem para.1 para.2-3 para.4-8 Scan and check 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 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 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 ... ...
