Unit+2+Developing+ideas+（ppt课件）-新外研版（2019）《高中英语》必修第二册.pptx

1、 To know Chinese Spring Festival traditions.To understand the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese.To understand why Chinese people value the Spring Festival family reunion dinner.To know what is a fact and what is an opinion.The Spring Festival The Spring Festival,also known

2、as the lunar New Year,is the most important traditional festival in China.According to Chinese legends,Nian was originally the name of a monster beast.On the eve of the Spring Festival,it is a folk custom to stay up late or even all night.A get-together banquet is usually a must for every Chinese fa

3、mily.The most popular food is jiaozi,or dumplings.People wear new clothes,set off firecrackers and post couplets on the gates.Moreover,people go out to visit relatives and friends.For many children,The Spring Festival offers them a special chance to receive“lucky money”.paste the character“fu”to the

4、 door hang red lanternspaste Spring Festival coupletsplay drumsset off fireworksgive and receive a red envelopewear new clothesput up paper cuttingsclean up the housepay a New Year visit go to the temple fair watch a lion dancewatch the Spring Festival Galapasting the character“fu”to the door,hangin

5、g red lanternsplaying drums tied to their waistssetting off firecrackersgiving and receiving a red envelopeThe painting journeyA family reunion 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 thi

6、s idea.Wang peng,software engineerEating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this tradition,but the love between the family members remains the same.Disadvantages of eating at home:prepare clean upAdvantages of eating out:a good choicehave nothing to dothe same peoplew

7、ithout tiring cookingthe dishes taste betterLiu Yonghui,retired teacherThe process is even more important than the dinner itself.look forward to gather together not only for food but for the opportunity run around listen to make dumplings put tokens in candies for peanuts for sit around the table en

8、joy the food toast each otherIt just wont feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out.The process of preparing the dinner together is more important than the dinner itself.OOFFOn.(为达到某种目为达到某种目标的标的)过程，进程过程，进程1.What do you think the retired teacher means by“to me,the process is even more important

9、 than the dinner itself”?For him,the sweet memories of having the whole family getting together and preparing for the dinner are more important than the delicious food itself.2.Which of the two opinions do you agree with?Why?Open answers.eg I agree with the one of having the dinner at home,because I

10、 think the time spent doing sth together with family members at home is very precious.or I am in favor of Wang Pengs opinion.Our world is developing and we need to change with the times.I think eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner is a good choice,because we can get rid of the tiring coo

11、king and we neednt clean up after the dinner,and the dishes taste better!Besides,I believe that eating out doesnt change the love between family members.3.How would you describe a Spring Festival family dinner to a friend from overseas?Open answers.eg.Chinese People attach great importance to Spring

12、 Festival Eve.At that time,all family members have a reunion dinner together.The meal is more luxurious than usual.Dishes such as chicken,fish and bean curd cannot be excluded,for in Chinese,their pronunciations,respectively ji,yu and doufu,mean auspiciousness,abundance and wealth.adv.在海外，在海外，在外国在外国

13、4.Can you think of any other Chinese festival traditions?Share them with the class.Open answers.The Chinese character fu(meaning blessing or happiness)is a must.The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down,for in Chinese the reversed fu is homophonic with fu comes,both being pron

14、ounced as fudaole.Whats more,two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door.Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass.Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals for Chinese people all over the world.During the Spring Festival,there are many traditions and people

15、may celebrate in slightly different ways.Among these traditions,I think the family dinner on the Spring Festival Eve plays a leading role.China is a country with more than 5,000 years history.Having a big dinner on the Spring Festival Eve is a tradition which has been kept for thousands of years and

16、 Chinese people value the importance of home and the respect to the elders.Nowadays,with the growing pace of life in cities,we seldom have time to have dinner with our family.Therefore,the family dinner provides an opportunity for us to express our love to each other.We can also enjoy the well-prepa

17、red delicious food,especially some specific food that has certain symbolic lucky meanings.One Sample When I was a little boy,I was always looking forward to the family dinner on Spring Festival Eve.Interested in cooking,I could watch how the adults prepared for every tasty dish.Wandering in the kitc

18、hen,I would have a taste of every newly-cooked dish,a bite of this,a piece of that.When it was time for dinner,I had already had enough and couldnt eat anything,watching my cousins enjoying the feast.Seeing this,my grandma would jokingly say:“You will be a great chef when you grow up!Next Spring Fes

19、tival,you should cook for us all.”The family all laughed and the dishes tasted more delicious.For Chinese people,the family dinner on the Spring Festival Eve means more than a meal.It connects every member in the family;it is heavy with sweet memories of the past;most importantly,it passes the traditions through generations forever.