1、Unit 3 Celebrations Lesson 1 Spring Festival Warming up 1. What does Spring Festival mean to you? What words immediately come to your mind for describing its meaning? 2. How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival? Use the phrases to help you. to have a family gathering to get together to p
2、repare snacks to make dumplings to put up decorations to let off fireworks Task 1 Read the three readers accounts. Use a few words to summarise the meaning of Spring Festival for each account. Give your reasons. Answers: For Tom, Spring Festival means excitement and a lot of fun. For Xu Gang, coming
3、 home and being with his entire family is the most important part of the Spring Festival. For Li Yan, Spring Festival is family time. Task 2 Read again. Find out each persons experience of Spring Festival in the three accounts. Take notes. TomXu GangLi Yan Where and with whom within his hast family
4、in Nanjing Preparations before Spring Festival Activities during Spring Festival cleaning the house, attaching Fu upside down to the front door setting off and watching fireworks, enjoying a big dinner at parents home at home booking travel tickets and choosing gifts for parents getting ready for ch
5、ildren coming back, buying things and preparing dishes chatting with his parents and having hotpot children running/shouting/ playing, adults talking/ making jiaozi together Pair Work Find at least three descriptive sentences in the accounts that provide a vivid picture of Spring Festival. Share wit
6、h your partner. Example The moment I get on the train, I am surrounded by Shanxi accents. Task 3 Answers: Fireworks were being let off across the city, suddenly lighting up the night sky. When I was a kid, Spring Festival was all about firecrackers, sweets and decorations. As I get older, coming hom
7、e and being with my entire family is the most important part of it. Our house buzzes with activities when everyone comes home. Task 4 Group Work Think and Share. What can you infer from Xu Gangs and Li Yans accounts? What does it mean in Chinese culture? Answers: Family reunion is the central theme
8、of both accounts. This shows the importance of family in Chinese culture. Complete the information with the words or phrases you have learnt. Homework（1） Tom Jenkins spent his first Spring Festival with his host family. A week before the festival, the host mother Mrs Chen began preparations. She 1 t
9、he dirt of the house from top to bottom to make it ready for the new year. She also 2 the Chinese 3 Fu 4 on the front door to welcome happiness. Tom also learnt that playing fireworks was to scare away the monster Nian. Xu Gang usually books the ticket of trains or 5 for his trip home weeks before S
10、pring Festival. When he gets on the train, he is 6 by Shanxi 7 . When he gets home, his parents always 8 what happened to the people he knows. Being with his 9 family is the most important part of Spring Festival for him. Li Yan and her husband are 10 . They start preparing for their familys return
11、weeks before Spring Festival. When everyone gets home, their house 11 with activities. One of their favourite family traditions is to make jiaozi. Family being together is one of the 12 of Spring Festival throughout history. Homework（2） Group Work Where and with whom did you spend the last Spring Fe
12、stival? What preparations did you make? What activities did you do? How do you feel about it? Group Work Compare among group members the different experiences and feelings about the last Spring Festival. Then report to the class. Answers: 1. swept 2. attached 3. character 4. upside down 5. flights 6
13、. surrounded 7. accents 8. fill him in on 9. entire 10. retired 11. buzzes 12. spirit 重点词汇讲解重点词汇讲解 1. occasion n重要的社交活动；时刻；时候 (1)on one occasion 有一次 on that occasion 那时；在那种情况下 on occasion 偶尔 (2)occasional adj. 偶尔的；不经常的；特殊场合的 occasionally adv. 偶然地；偶尔；有时 On one occasion, she called me in the middle of
14、 the night. 有一次，她半夜给我打电话。 He has been known on occasion to lose his temper. 大家都知道他有时会发脾气。 He managed to remain cool by swimming occasionally(occasion) 他不时地游泳来使自己保持凉快。 2. congratulation n 恭喜；祝贺 (1)congratulation n祝贺，恭贺(常用复数形式) Congratulations (to sb.) on sth.祝贺(某人)某事 (2) congratulate sb. on sth. 祝贺某人
15、某事 congratulate oneself on(doing) sth. 庆幸自己(做)某事 He congratulated himself on having survived the air crash. 他庆幸自己在空难中幸免于难。 We congratulated him on having passed (pass) the examination. 我们祝贺他通过了考试。 I send you my warmest congratulations (congratulate)on your success. 我对你的成功致以最热烈的祝贺。 3. account vt.认为是，
16、视为 n描述，报道；(银行)账户；账目；解释，说明 (教材P52) Read the three readers accounts. 读三位读者的描述。 (1)account for 说明(原因等)；做出解释；占(比例) (2)on account of 由于，因为 on any account 无论如何 on no account 绝不 take account of/take.into accounttake.into consideration 考虑 You should take these facts into account. These facts should be taken
17、 into account. 你应将这些事实加以考虑。 How do you account for making so many mistakes in your homework? 你如何解释作业中出现了这么多错误？ 4. let off 使某物爆炸 (教材P52) Fireworks were being let off across the city. 烟花在城市上空燃放。 let out放出；泄露 let sb. down 使某人失望 let in 让进来，放进 let alone 更不用说，更谈不上 let.alone 不打扰，不惊动 Im afraid she let us do
18、wn badly. 很遗憾，她让我们大失所望。 The boys were letting off fireworks. 那些男孩在放烟花。 With each bump of the airplane he would let out a giggle of delight. 飞机的每一次颠簸都让他发出咯咯的笑声。 8. surround vt. 环绕；围绕 (教材P53)Every year, the moment I get on the train, I am surrounded by Shanxi accentsand I know that I am heading home t
19、o my family. 每年，一坐上火车，就会被山西方言包围，我意识到我踏上了与回家 的路。 (1)surround sb./sth.with.使包围某人/某物 be surrounded by/with. 被包围/环绕 surround反身代词with. 喜欢结交(某类人)；喜欢身边总有 (某类东 西) (2)surrounding adj. 周围的，附近的 surroundings n. 周围的事物；环境；气氛 People say it is Canadas most beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and the Pacific Oce
20、an. 人们说它是加拿大最美丽的城市，被大山和太平洋环抱。 He loves to surround himself with his family and friends. 他喜欢与家人和朋友在一起。 Id like to bring up my child in healthy surroundings(surround) 我想在健康的环境中养育我的孩子。 知识巩固知识巩固 .单词拼写 根据汉语，写出下列单词。 1Her strong local (口音)betrayed her hometown. 2I (扫除)rainwater off the flat top of a graves
21、tone. 3We talked about the (龙) Boat Festival holiday and Childrens Day. 4There is an ice (灯笼)show in Harbin every year in winter. 5Could you (概括)the strengths of your proposal for us? . 拓展词汇 根据词性和汉语提示，写出下列单词 1occasion n occasional adj.偶然的；临时的 occasionally adv.偶尔地 2graduate n毕业生 vi.毕业 n毕业 3congratula
22、te vt.祝贺congratulation n 4tradition n传统 adj.传统的traditionally adv.传 统地 5surround vt.环绕，围绕surrounding adj.周围的；四周 的 n周围的环境 . 选词填空 up to; come to an end; at war; let off; put up 选用上述短语的适当形式填空 1The cafe owner has the required “no smoking” sign. 2England and Germany used to be . 3They must have known what
23、 their father was . 4Terrorists a car bomb in a crowded shopping centre. 5The fight between the two countries finally . . 1. accent 2. swept 3. Dragon 4. lantern 5. summarise . 1. 重要的社交活动；时刻，时候2. graduation 3. 恭喜， 祝贺4. traditional 5. surroundings . 1. put up; 2. at war; 3. up to; 4. let off; 5. came to an end 参考答案：参考答案： THANK YOU
