1、LeadLead- -inin What is your favourite traditional Chinese festival? Look at the picture on page 40 and Look at the picture on page 40 and answer.answer. Which festival is the picture about? How do you know that? Title predictionTitle prediction Global readingGlobal reading Read the article and choo
2、se the best answer.Read the article and choose the best answer. How is the article organized?How is the article organized? A. In order of time. A. In order of time. B. With the change in the place. B. With the change in the place. C. With the development of feeling. C. With the development of feelin
3、g. D. All the above.D. All the above. D D Read the article again and fill in the table.Read the article again and fill in the table. Time On the way back home During the dinner _ dinner Close to _ Place On the _ In the house Feeling _ Happy Worried and _ _ train Excited In the house After hopeful mi
4、dnight Proud Outside the house 1.How does Luo Yan with his wife and son come back to his parents? 2.What are cooked on the Chinese New Years Eve? 3.What do the family do at midnight? Detailed reading : A few years ago, their journey was long and tiring. But now they come back by high-speed train, wh
5、ich costs only five-hour. Chicken, duck, pork, fish and vegetables. They gather around the television to watch the Spring Festival Gala, while eating snacks, chatting with each other and making dumplings that they will eat at the very start of the new year. Further readingFurther reading StepStep 5
6、5 Characteristics Characteristics of a feature articleof a feature article What do you think of the description of the scene? What tense does the author use? Why? The scene is vividly described, with a lot of details. The author uses the present tense to show what is happening in Luo Yans family to
7、make readers feel as if they were on the scene. On the Chinese New Years Eve throughout China, the same thing happens in other families. Vivid descriptions to help readers picture the scene in their minds How does the family feel? Can you find more sentences which show the feeling of the family? The
8、y feel happy and excited. Yans son, Bofeng, happily takes a bite of the chicken his grandfather has selected for him. (para. 1, lines 46) During the five-hour trip, they chatted excitedly with each other, their minds full of thoughts about their sweet home. (para. 3, lines 1516) On their arrival, th
9、ey find Luos parents eagerly waiting for them. (para. 4, line 17) Rich feelings to make readers involved in the story and sense how the characters feel What does the last sentence of the feature article imply? It implies that Chinese people are living a happy life and feel proud of their great count
10、ry. It also suggests that every familys happiness contributes to the countrys greatness and the countrys strength guarantees every familys happiness. Deep meanings to show the theme and give readers a sense of identity Critical thinking 1. What Spring Festival traditions do you observe? What are the
11、ir meanings? I go back to my hometown, visit my extended family and get red packets! The Chinese New Year is a time of family reunion. The annual reunion dinner with members of my extended family is the biggest event of the festival. We eat Spring Festival cakes, or niangao, which symbolize increasi
12、ng prosperity in each coming year. Red packets received from the elderly symbolize good luck and fortune. 2. Why do the Chinese people attach so much importance to reunion during the Spring Festival? The answer to this question is deeply rooted in the traditional Chinese culture, which is characteri
13、zed by a sense of family, or a sense of belonging. The concept of family has a great influence on the Chinese people, and three generations living under the same roof is good proof of a thriving family. Even if family members live apart, they must get back home at the Spring Festival and bring new y
14、ear greetings to the family elders. They tell the family about their experiences and achievements while away from home, feeling content that they can bring glory to the family. Family reunions are also good occasions when children learn about their cultural inheritance, who will pass it down to thei
15、r own children after they grow up. Traditionally, there are ceremonies of offering sacrifices to ancestors and people exchange new year greetings with their relatives and friends. Brought up in this harmonious atmosphere, children will naturally follow this tradition. 3. Luo Yan says, “Home is where all family members are together.” Do you agree? Why or why not? 4. With the development of society, many extended families have been replaced with nuclear families. What problems might this cause
