1、 Extended reading A precious family A precious family dinnerdinner Fast reading Fast reading: Read the feature article fast and answer questions (P39-40) 1. After reading the article, what is your first impression of it? 2. When may the story happen? Why? 3. Write down the main idea of each paragrap
2、h with your own words. Words Words ContentsContents ThemeTheme StructureStructure Fast reading: Read the feature article fast and answer questions (P39-40) 1. After reading the article, what is your first impression of it? Simple, powerful and beautiful Familiar, moving and warm Greatness in trivial
3、ness, beauty in honesty. ( (以小见大，以诚见美。以小见大，以诚见美。) ) Clever, clear and smooth Fast reading: Read the feature article fast and answer questions (P39-40) 2. When may the story happen? Why? The story may happen after 2008. Because the high-speed train has made it much more convenient to go back home. 中国
4、最早开通的高铁是京津城际铁路京津城际铁路( (Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway) )，是中国大陆第一条高标准、设计时速为350公里的 高速铁路，也是中长期铁路网规划中的第一个开通运营的 城际客运系统。京津城际铁路于2005年7月4日正式动工；于 20082008年年8 8月月1 1日正式开通运营日正式开通运营。 Fast reading: Read the feature article fast and answer questions (P39-40) 3. Write down the main idea of each paragraph with y
5、our own words. Para 1Para 1 Para 2Para 2 Para 3Para 3 The family members are enjoying the great dinner on the Chinese New Years Eve. Lou Yans family has moved into the big city and they come home once a year for the Spring Festival. The high-speed train shortens the journey home in the village. Fast
6、 reading: Read the feature article fast and answer questions (P39-40) 3. Write down the main idea of each paragraph with your own words. Para 4Para 4 Para 5Para 5 Para 6Para 6 The whole family has welcome the new year in the traditional way. Everyone expresses his best wish for the coming new year a
7、fter dinner on the New Years Eve. With midnight approaching, all the Chinese people as well as Lou Yans family are celebrating their happy new year. Fast reading: Read the feature article fast and answer questions (P39-40) The story is organized in chronological order ( (按时间顺序按时间顺序) ). During the di
8、nner on the New Years Eve in the house Para _: Para _: After dinner on the New Years Eve Para _: Close to midnight on the New Years eve outside the house Para _: Backgrounds behind the story 1 1 2,3,42,3,4 5 5 6 6 To make the story complete and attractive To make the structure ingenious ( (设计巧妙的设计巧妙
9、的) ) and not boring To make the characters vivid, lovely and easy to understand Intensive reading Intensive reading : Para1 1. Find out the vivid descriptions in Para 1. the dinner table is already covered with white china plates and bowls Luo Yan, 29, lifts the cover of a large bowl to breathe in t
10、he rich smell of the soup Bofeng, happily takes a bite of the chicken his grandfather has selected for him. From these descriptions, we can imagine a picture of a _ ordinary family. happy / harmonious Intensive reading : Para1 2. How is your familys dinner on the New Years Eve? (adjectives) plentifu
11、l crowded exciting warm happy cheerless ordinary uninteresting boring quiet Intensive reading : Para 2, 3, 4 1. What does the sentence “the whole family could not be happier to be together” mean in Para 2? The whole family was very happy to be together. e.g. 我完全同意你的意见。我完全同意你的意见。 I agree completely w
12、ith your idea. = I _ = I _ with your idea. couldnt agree more Intensive reading : Para 2, 3, 4 2. What details in Para 2 & 3 can make you feel the happiness of Lou Yans family? Despite the cold outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth while merry laughter rings throughout the house. Durin
13、g the five-hour trip, they chatted excitedly with each other, their minds full of thoughts about their sweet home. Intensive reading : Para 2, 3, 4 3. Many traditional decorations for the Spring Festival are mentioned in Para 4. What are they? From the neat designs of the paper-cuttings on the windo
14、ws, to the Spring Festival couplets on the door, and to the New Year paintings on the wall, everything represents joy, luck and happiness. Even the fish on the plate expresses a hope for nian nian you yu. Intensive reading : Para 2, 3, 4 4. Besides fish, what food do we have to prepare during the Sp
15、ring Festival? What do they mean? Desserts mean that life is full of sweet moments. Jiaozi stands for Chinas ancient money Yuanbao. Niangao means the progress in the coming future. Tangyuan shows the wish for tuanyan or harmony. Noodles mean being forever or no stop in doing some things. Intensive r
16、eading : Para 5 1. What is Luo Yans wish for the new year? Please say it in your own words. Children should keep parents company when parents are getting old. 2. How do you deal with the situation that “I hope we wont have to be separated again home is where all family members are together”? Childre
17、n should keep in touch with parents by Wechat or QQ frequently. / Parents may go to live with children once in a while. Intensive reading : Para 6 1. Para 6 is particularly beautiful with deep meaning. Please translate this paragraph into Chinese. 午夜来临，罗言一家人出来放鞭炮。整个山村都被绚丽的烟午夜来临，罗言一家人出来放鞭炮。整个山村都被绚丽的烟
18、 花照亮了。举国上下，全中国人都在此时此刻共同庆祝：人花照亮了。举国上下，全中国人都在此时此刻共同庆祝：人 民幸福，万家团圆，祖国昌盛。民幸福，万家团圆，祖国昌盛。 Intensive reading : Para 6 2. What kind of writing style is used in this paragraph? What is its function? Parallel structures which can make the expression more powerful, effective and meaningful. Post - reading Post-
19、reading: Fill the blanks with what you have learnt As midnight _, Luo Yan with his family members went out to _ the firecrackers. He stood on the hilltop, _(see) the whole village _(light) up with the flashes of fireworks. His thoughts wandered back to the past. approached set off seeing lit After h
20、e graduated from middle school, little Luo Yan was a_ to the best senior high school in the county town, so he went home once a month. At that time, the family could not a_ the tuition fees. Luo Yan had to do a part- time job at weekends. The three years hard work paid off. Luo Yan went to a famous
21、medical university and s_ in the big city. Afterwards, he got married and had a son dmitted fford ettled Post-reading: Fill the blanks with what you have learnt Bofeng. As a father, he couldnt stop m_ his ageing parents in the old, blocked mountain village. However, he had no o_ but to go back home
22、once a year. On one hand, his tight work s_ left him no extra time. On the other hand, the j_ from the city back to their hometown was too long and tiring. issing ption chedule ourney Post-reading: Fill the blanks with what you have learnt To everyones satisfaction, everything changed better. It was
23、 the high speed train in 2015 that made it c_ for them to go back home. During the five-hour trip, they often c_ happily with each other, their minds full of t_ about the sweet home. This year, Luo Yan came back to the hometown earlier than before, for the dream of “three g_ under the same roof”. on
24、veniemt hatted houghts enerations Post-reading: Fill the blanks with what you have learnt Luo Yan recalled the scene when he entered the familiar courtyard. On their a_, they found their parents e_ waiting for them. Their home had been d_ specially for the j_ occasion. Everything r_ joy, luck and ha
25、ppiness. At dinner, Luo Yan l_ the cover of a large china bowl to b_ in the rich smell of the soup. Yes, the taste of Mom, in heart for ever. Bofeng rrival agerly ecorated oyous epresented ifted reathe Post-reading: Fill the blanks with what you have learnt happily took a b_ of the chicken that his
26、grandfather s_ for him. D_ the cold outside, the happy faces fill the a_with warmth while merry laughter rang t_ the house. Indeed, the whole family could not be h_ to be together. elected espite ir hroughout appier ite Post-reading: Fill the blanks with what you have learnt After dinner, all people
27、 s_ up late on the New Years Eve, gathering around the television to watch the New Years Gala. This was the routine for every Chinese family, and no one could refuse to do it. Luo Yan sat beside his parents, seeing parents silver hair and ageing figures. He said in his heart, “I hope we wont be s_ a
28、gain. Home is w_ all family members are together.” tayed eparated here Post-reading: Fill the blanks with what you have learnt Now, Luo Yan stood on the hilltop, with complicated feelings in heart. There were colourful fireworks, tears and hopes in his eyes. All Chinese people were celebrating their
29、 good f_, celebrating their familys t_ and celebrating their nations s_. Luo Yan would like to m_ all the Chinese people _ (get) more than they wish for ever! ortune ogetherness trength ay get Post-reading: Fill the blanks with what you have learnt Language points 1 掀开碗盖 2 闻着香喷喷的饭 3 咬一口 4 尽管屋外寒冷 5 定
30、居在大城市 6 三代同堂 7 高铁 8 某人方便做某事 life the cover of a bowl breathe in the rich smell take a bite of despite the cold outside settle in the big city three generations under the same roof the high-speed train It is convenient for sb to do sth Language points 9 某人一到达的时候 10 焦急地等待某人 11 为了这个快乐的时刻 12 设计工整的剪纸 13
31、代表快乐、好运和幸福 14 表达对某事的希望 15 在除夕夜守岁 16 毕竟；终究 on ones arrival wait for sb eagerly for the joyous occasion the neat designs of the paper-cutting represent joy, luck and happiness express a hope for sth stay up late on the New Years Eve after all Language points 17 当午夜来临时 18 放鞭炮 19 A被B照亮 20 举国上下 21 庆祝某人的好
32、运 22 庆祝万家团圆 23 庆祝祖国昌盛 as midnight approaches set off firecrackers A be lit up with B all over the country celebrate ones good fortune celebrate the familys togetherness celebrate the nations strength Language points 1. The whole family could not be happier to be together. 语法功能：_ 2. Despite the cold
33、outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth while merry laughter rings throughout the house. 形容词比较级在否定句中的运用形容词比较级在否定句中的运用 翻译句子翻译句子 Language points 3. During the five-hour trip, they chatted excitedly with each other, their minds full of thoughts about their sweet home. 语法功能：_ 特殊句式特殊句式 4. May
34、 you get more than you wish for every year. 语法功能：_ may的用法的用法 Language points 语法功能：_ 5. They gather around the television to watch the New Years Gala, while eating snacks, chatting with each other and making dumplings that they will eat at the very start of the new year. 省略结构省略结构 语法功能：_ 6. Home is wh
35、ere all family members are together. 表语从句表语从句 Language points Why do the Chinese people attach so much Why do the Chinese people attach so much importance to reunion during the Spring importance to reunion during the Spring Festival?Festival? Free talk Homework Project: P41 Complete the task in Project. Making PPT slides about a festival
