1、必修二 Unit 2 Lets celebrate (4) 高一年级 英语 Developing ideas Time for a Change? Reading Learning Objectives By the end of the class, youll be able to: 1. get the main idea and find out each persons point of view 2. tell opinions from facts 3. voice your opinions towards the Spring Festival family dinner 4
2、. talk about the importance of Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people Lead-in Look at the pictures on pages 20 & 21 and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions. Please talk about your own way of celebrating the festival. Lead-in Chinese Spring Festival traditions: thoroughly clean th
3、e house paste Spring Festival couplets hang red lanterns paste the character “fu” to the door let off fireworks/firecrackers Lead-in Chinese Spring Festival traditions: pay a New Year visit give and receive a red envelope watch a lion dance go to the temple fair Lead-in How do you celebrate the Spri
4、ng Festival? In my family, all the family members go back home on Spring Festival Eve and we have a big dinner together. After that, we sit in front of the TV to watch Spring Festival Gala. Lead-in How do you celebrate the Spring Festival? Besides, we often stay up all night to welcome the New Year.
5、 On the New Year morning, we pay a New Year visit to our relatives and neighbors. What makes us happy is that we can get lucky money in red envelopes from the elders. Lead-in How do you celebrate the Spring Festival? In the past, we often celebrated the Spring Festival at home. We gathered together,
6、 chatted, shared our experiences and had a big dinner together. But now, we often go travelling to celebrate the Spring Festival. We go to different places to enjoy the beautiful scenery together. I think it is an interesting way to celebrate our traditional festival. Time for a Change? Reading for
7、main idea Look at the pictures and the title on pages 20 & 21 to predict what the passage is mainly about. The passage is mainly about two different views of eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner. Read the passage quickly and check your prediction. Reading for opinions Read the passage an
8、d find out each persons point of view. Wang Peng: Eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members remains the same. Liu Yonghui: It just wont feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. The process of preparing th
9、e dinner together is more important than the dinner itself. Reading for information Learning to learn A fact is something that exists or has happened, for example, an object, event or experience. Facts are statements that can be proved by evidence. e.g. My house was painted last year. My parents wer
10、e very strict with me during my childhood. Reading for information Learning to learn An opinion can be a general or individual view, belief or impression. Opinions can sometimes be identified by the presence of words such as “feel”, “believe” and “think”. e.g. I believe that this book is of great va
11、lue. Some people think that parents should be strict with their children. Reading for information Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O). 1. Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions. 2. What or where we eat on Spring F
12、estival Eve really doesnt matter. O O Reading for information Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O). 3. it just wont feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. 4. Id get under my mothers feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings. 5. Shed pu
13、t tokens in some dumplings O F F Application Read the passage to get more facts and opinions in the passage. Facts: 1. We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for last three years 2. my son has booked a table at the best restaurant in town. 3. In the evening, all of us would sit arou
14、nd the table, enjoying the food and being together again. Application Read the passage to get more facts and opinions in the passage. Opinions: 1. I really dont think its worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal 2. To me, the process is even more important than the dinne
15、r itself. Thinking & Sharing Read the passage again and talk about the questions. 1. What do you think the retired teacher means by “To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself”? 2. Which of the two opinions do you agree with? Why? Thinking & Sharing Read the passage again and t
16、alk about the questions. 3. How would you describe a Spring Festival family dinner to a friend from overseas? 4. Can you think of any other Chinese festival traditions? Share them with the class. Thinking & Sharing 1. What do you think the retired teacher means by “To me, the process is even more im
17、portant 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. Thinking & Sharing 2. Which of the two opinions do you agree with? Why? I agree with Liu Yonghuis opinion. I think
18、we should celebrate the traditional festival in a traditional way. We can enjoy the process of preparing the dinner together, which is more important than eating out for more delicious food. Besides, eating out takes away the meaning of the tradition. I like the atmosphere of all family members gath
19、ering together at home. Thinking & Sharing 2. Which of the two opinions do you agree with? Why? 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
20、tiring cooking 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. Thinking & Sharing 2. Which of the two opinions do you agree with? Why? I think both of the opinions are reasonable. Different people
21、 have different lifestyles. We can choose our favorite way to celebrate the festival. Besides, I dont think the form of celebrating the festival matters so much. What matters most is the love between us. Thinking & Sharing 3. How would you describe a Spring Festival family dinner to a friend from ov
22、erseas? Its a very meaningful reunion dinner for a family to get together, especially for those who cant see each other for a whole year. Thinking & Sharing 4. Can you think of any other Chinese festival traditions? Share them with the class. We eat mooncakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon is
23、said to be its biggest and brightest. We like to meet in the evening and watch the moon together. Thinking & Sharing 4. Can you think of any other Chinese festival traditions? Share them with the class. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar year. We organize
24、 dragon boat races and eat a special food called zongzi, which is sticky rice in fresh bamboo leaves. Thinking & Sharing 4. Can you think of any other Chinese festival traditions? Share them with the class. We used to light lanterns to celebrate the Lantern Festival. Nowadays, most lanterns are made
25、 with light bulbs and batteries, and they come in many shapes and sizes. In the north-eastern part of China, there are even ice-lanterns. Discussion Work in groups. Give a talk about the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people. Organise your talk following the steps below.
26、 1. State the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people. 2. Explain why it is important. Discussion Work in groups. Give a talk about the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people. Organise your talk following the steps below. 3. Share your experienc
27、e about the family dinner. 4. End by summarizing the main points in your talk. Discussion The importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people. The Spring Festival family dinner is one of the most important and traditional ways of celebrating the Spring Festival, because it is not
28、only for people to get together with their families, but also offers the time and space for people to relax themselves. Discussion The importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people. In my family, we have the Spring Festival family dinner together every year. All family members l
29、iving far away go back home. The meal is much richer than usual. We eat a lot of traditional foods, such as dumplings, Niangao, delicious fish, etc. Discussion The importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people. If somebody can find a coin in his dumplings, it means hell have goo
30、d luck in the new year. And during the dinner, family members toast each other in order to wish for joy, peace, health and fortune for the coming year. We also express our gratitude to the elders. Discussion The importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people. Above all, the Sprin
31、g Festival family dinner has a long history. It is a time for family reunion and a time for us to ring out the old year and ring in the new together. Summary There are a lot of traditional festivals in China and we have some traditional ways to celebrate them. Recently, the ways of the festival cele
32、brations are changing along with the development of the society. In my opinion, no matter how we celebrate the festivals, the meaning of the traditional customs will last forever. We should remember the traditions and spread our traditional culture to the world. Homework Option 1. Describe a Spring Festival family dinner to a friend from overseas. Option 2. Write a short passage to state the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.
