1、 Leading-in: What are they about ? lion dance lucky money have the family reunion dinnerpay a new year call character Fu / jiaozi Read Line1-4 1. Where can you find the three passages ? 2. What do the three readers share ? Notes from the editor: Spring Festival is an important tradition in China. It
2、 has unique meanings. However, people may understand it differently. 3. Predict how they would understand Spring Festival according to photos. Pre-reading: Predict Tom JenkinsTom Jenkins a 16-year-old exchange student living in Nanjing Xu GangXu Gang a 28-year-old computer engineer working in Shangh
3、ai Li YanLi Yan a 70-year-old grandmother from Heilongjiang Predict and Match coming home and being with entire familycoming home and being with entire family excitement and a lot of funexcitement and a lot of fun family gatheringfamily gathering TimeActivityMeaning to sweep away the house happiness
4、 Fireworks to scare away a week before the festival first next was cleaned from top to bottom the dirt of the past year Fu was attached upside down to our front door were being let off across the city then the night before Spring festival the monster Nian We sat together to wishing everyone First Re
5、ading Tom arrives a happy new year enjoy a big dinner Toms attitude to Spring Festivals customs. The character looked really cool. Infer how Tom understands Spring Festival. The greatest excitement began the night before Spring Festival. The fireworks were a lot of fun ! coming home and being with e
6、ntire familycoming home and being with entire family excitement and a lot of funexcitement and a lot of fun family gatheringfamily gathering Spring Festival rush drinking culture local accent kid adult Share: Xu Gang TimeActivity a week _ Spring Festival l planning my trip _ to Shanxi l choosing _ f
7、or _ the moment I _the train Im _by Shanxi accents. When I get _My parents will _ whats been happening beforehome giftsmy parents get on surrounded homefill me in on empty-nest elderlygrandchildren adultsjiaozi Share: Li Yan TimeActivity weeks _ Spring Festival start _ their homecoming when everyone
8、 _ our home _activities l grandchildren run around,_ l adults _the table to _the past year When jiaozi _ great fun _ in the kitchen beforegetting ready for comes here buzzes with shouting and playing gather around talk about are being made is enjoyed Observe Second Reading The spirit of the festival
9、 the spirit of family has largely been kept. Tom Jenkins: It was my first time spending Spring Festival in China with my host family. Xu Gang: Coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it. Li Yan: To me, this is Spring Festival the joy of a family gathering. simple pa
10、st tense: to talk about the past simple present tense: to show an usual action Post-Reading Introduce Mid-Autumn Festival: meaning activity food l time l people of different ages family reunion family reunion and peace 家庭团聚和安宁 plan ones trip home 计划归家 appreciate / enjoy the full moon 赏月 mooncake 月饼 call on relatives 走亲戚 release sky lanterns 放孔明灯 choose gifts for relatives to have a family gathering Assignment Write a passage about 100 words to introduce Mid-Autumn Festival.
