(
课件网) Unit 2 Let’s celebrate! Developing ideas Put up/Paste Spring Festival couplets[ k pl t] and hang red lanterns Receive a red packet Play waist drum Let off/set off firecrackers[ fa rkr k r]鞭炮/fireworks烟花 Look and talk : the Spring Festival customs in English Guo-nian/have the Spring Festival Thoroughly[ θ r li] clean the house do Spring Festival shopping have family reunion dinner on New Year's Eve pay a New Year's visit watch Spring Festival Gala[ ɡɑ l ] on TV Many a custom accompanies the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened or changed. Learning aims 1.Understand the main idea of the passage. 2.Enrich our knowledge of Chinese Spring Festival traditions. 3.Improve the abilities of reading English and analyzing the English sentence structures. A family dinner is an important tradition to celebrate Spring Festival. Nowadays, some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone is keen on this idea. Socail Insights [ nsa t] （社会观察） 专栏文章 Social Insights A family dinner is an important tradition (to celebrate Spring Festival). Nowadays, some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone is keen on this idea. What do our readers think n.(C)(尤指对复杂情况、看法的）顿悟，猛醒 n.(U) 洞察力，眼光 choose to do sth 愿意做某事，情愿做某事 be keen on 喜欢,热爱 社会见解 年夜饭是春节的一项重要传统。如今，有些人选择在饭店吃年夜饭，不过，不是每个人都支持这一想法。读者朋友们，你们怎么看呢？ 不定式做后置定语 choose -chose-chosen Dear Editor, 1. We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner (for the last three years), and we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home. I don’t understand （why some people refuse to embrace the change.） n.(报纸、杂志的）主编，编辑 不比... ...差；多达 v. [ m bre s]拥抱; 欣然接受，乐意采纳（新思想、意见等） refuse to do 拒绝做某事 宾语从句 尊敬的编辑 最近三年，我家都是在外面吃年夜饭的，和在家吃比起来，在外面吃一样开心。我不理解为什么有些人拒绝接受改变。 在过去的三年里，常与完成时连用 2. Can’t they admit （that the preparations for the dinner are hard work）？I really don’t think （it’s worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning up the mess after it’s over.）We work all year, so why can’t one day be about spending time with family and relaxing adj.有...价值，值...钱；值得 spend…( in ) doing 表示“(某人)花费时间或金钱去做某事” adj.单一的，单独的 clean up打扫（或清除）干净 n.脏乱，凌乱，麻烦 宾语从句 难道他们不觉得准备年夜饭很辛苦吗？花这么长时间准备一顿饭，饭后再花一个小时收拾，我真心觉得不值。辛苦一年了，为什么不能用这一天的时间陪陪家人，放松放松呢？ prepare for 准备;为…作准备 worth n. 价值；财产；adj. 值……的 be worth sth. 值……钱，拥有……价值的财产 be worth doing sth. 值得做某事 这幅画值 500 美元。 The picture_____ $500. is worth 这台钟简直不值得修理。 The clock is hardly_____. worth repairing adj. ... ...
