1、必修二 Unit 2 Developing ideas Reading高一年级 英语 本板块的语篇类型为专栏文章，课文由两封读者来信构成，针对在哪里吃年夜饭表达了不同的观点。第一位读者认为在外吃年夜饭为人们提供了便利，让人们有更多的时间陪伴家人。第二位读者认为一家人一起准备年夜饭的过程是最珍贵的回忆。通过这一板块的学习，同学们可以深入思考传统节日变迁，了解中国文化逐渐走向世界这一趋势，进一步思考传统习俗是否应该改变。Step 1:Analysis of the materialStep 2:Leading-in 资料资料资料资料Chinese Spring Festival tradition
2、spasting the character“fu”to the door,hanging red lanternsplaying drums tied to their waists资料资料Chinese Spring Festival traditionsletting off firecrackersgiving and receiving a red envelope资料资料thoroughly cleaning the housepasting Spring Festival coupletsgoing to temple fairwatching a lion dancepayin
3、g a New Year visitOther traditions during the Spring Festival扫房子贴春联逛庙会看舞狮拜年A family dinner资料资料1.How do you understand the name of this section Social Insights?2.What is the meaning of the title Time for a Change?Step 3:Knowledge learningSocial insights资料Time for a Change?资料Read the passage and find
4、out each persons point of view.资料Letter 1 from Wang Peng资料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.Letter 1:Wang Pengs point of viewLetter 2 from Liu Yonghui资料资料It just wont feel like Spring Fest
5、ival having the dinner out.The process of preparing the dinner together is more important than the dinner itself.Letter 2:Liu Yonghuis point of viewA fact is something that exists or has happened,for example,an object,event or experience.Facts are statements that can be proved by evidence.An opinion
6、 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”.Facts and OpinionsLetter 1 from Wang PengHow did Wang Peng show his point of view?资料Letter 1:Paragraph 1opinion资料Letter 1:Paragraph 2opinion资料Lett
7、er 1 from Wang Peng资料opinionLetter 1 from Wang Pengopinion资料Letter 1 from Wang Pengaccept the change three years experience enjoy it no less than eating at homepreparations:hard work preparing for a single meal cleaning up the messa good choice same people,different place enjoyable occasion,tastier
8、dishespoint of view change:the form of the tradition same:love between family membersLetter 2 from Liu YonghuiHow did Liu Yonghui express his point of view?资料Letter 2 from Liu Yonghuiopinion资料Letter 2 from Liu Yonghuifact资料Letter 2 from Liu Yonghuiopinion资料OpinionAdvantagesDisadvantagesOpinionWang P
9、engs Letter VS Liu Yonghuis LetterOpinionChildhood memoryOpinionStep 4:Language practice资料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 Festival Eve really doesnt matter._Letter A from Wang PengOO3.it just wont feel like Spring Festi
10、val having the dinner out._4.Id get under my mothers feet in the kitchen,watching her make dumplings._5.Shed put tokens in some dumplings._Letter B from Liu YonghuiOFF1.Think about why Chinese people value the Spring Festival family dinner and make notes of your ideas.Reason 1:It is a tradition whic
11、h has been kept for thousands of years.Reason 2:Chinese people value the importance of home and the respect to the elders.Reason 3:The family dinner provides an opportunity for people to express their love to family members.Reason 4:People enjoy the well-prepared delicious food and some specific foo
12、d has certain symbolic lucky meanings.Step 5:Practical applicationState the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.Explain why it is important.Share your personal experience about the family dinner.End by summarizing the main points in your talk.Organize your talk Spring
13、Festival is one of the most important festivals for Chinese people all over the world.During the Spring Festival,there are many traditions and people may celebrate in slightly different ways.Among these traditions,I think the family dinner on the Spring Festival Eve plays a leading role.My sample wr
14、iting-Paragraph 1 China is a country with more than 5,000 years history.Having a big dinner on the Spring Festival Eve is a tradition which has been kept for thousands of years and Chinese people value the importance of home and the respect to the elders.Nowadays,with the growing pace of life in cit
15、ies,we seldom have time to have dinner with our family.Therefore,the family dinner provides an opportunity for us to express our love to each other.We can also enjoy the well-prepared delicious food,especially some specific food that has certain symbolic lucky meanings.My sample writing-Paragraph 2
16、When I was a little boy,I was always looking forward to the family dinner on Spring Festival Eve.Interested in cooking,I could watch how the adults prepared for every tasty dish.Wandering in the kitchen,I would have a taste of every newly-cooked dish,a bite of this,a piece of that.When it was time f
17、or dinner,I had already had enough and couldnt eat anything,watching my cousins enjoying the feast.Seeing this,my grandma would jokingly say:“You will be a great chef when you grow up!Next Spring Festival,you should cook for us all.”The family all laughed and the dishes tasted more delicious.My samp
18、le writing-Paragraph 3 For Chinese people,the family dinner on the Spring Festival Eve means more than a meal.It connects every member in the family;it is heavy with sweet memories of the past;most importantly,it passes the traditions through generations forever.My sample writing-Paragraph 4Please o
19、rganize your talk and polish it before sharing it with your classmates.Step 6:HomeworkStructure1.The importance of the Spring Festival family dinner2.The reasons why it is important3.Your personal experience4.Summary of the main pointsFacts and OpinionsA fact:an object,event or experience,statements proved by evidenceAn opinion:a general or individual view,belief or impressionThanks for your attention.
