1、Unit 3 Celebrations Lesson 1 Spring Festival 目录页contentsPre-readingIPost-readingIVFast ReadingIILanguage and Grammar VIIIIntensive Reading HomeworkPre-readingHow do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival?Use the phrases to help you.to have a family gathering to get togetherto prepare snacks t
2、o make dumplings to put up decorations to let off fireworksPre-reading:Answer the following questionExample:My family celebrates Spring Festival by making dumplings together.Fast ReadingFast Reading There are three readers accounts to the magazine.Who are they and what do they do?Where do they celeb
3、rate Spring Festival?Tom Jenkins a 16-year-oldexchange studentliving in NanjingXu Ganga 28-year-old computer engineerworking in ShanghaiLi Yan a 70-year-old grandmotherfrom Heilongjiang Fast Reading In NanjingAt parents homein ShanxiAt home in Heilongjiang Intensive ReadingIntensive Reading:Fill in
4、the blanksTomXu GangLi YanWhere and with whomPreparations before Spring FestivalActivities during Spring Festivalwith his host family in Nanjinggetting ready for children coming back,buying things and preparing dishesat homecleaning the house,attached Fu upside down to the front doorbooking travel t
5、ickets and choosing gifts for parentssetting off and watching fireworksat parents homechatting with his parents and having hotpotchildren running/shouting/playing,adults talking/making jiaozi togetherIntensive Reading:Think about the following questions1.Find at least three descriptive sentences in
6、the accounts that provide a vivid picture of Spring Festival.Example:The moment I get on the train,I am surrounded by Shanxi accents.Intensive Reading:Think about the following questions1.Find at least three descriptive sentences in the accounts that provide a vivid picture of Spring Festival.1.Fire
7、works were being let off across the city,suddenly lighting up in the night sky.2.When I was a kid,Spring Festival was all about firecrackers,sweets and decorations.As I get older,coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it.3.Our house buzzes with activities when ever
8、yone comes home.Intensive Reading:Think about the following questions2.Do they have the same feeling about the Spring Festival?What does Spring Festival mean to each one?No,they dont have the same feeling about the Spring Festival.For Tom,Spring Festival means excitement and a lot of fun.For Xu Gang
9、,coming home and being with his entire family are the most important part of the Spring Festival.For Li Yan,Spring Festival is family time.Post-readingWhat can you infer from Xu Gangs and Li Yans accounts?What does it mean in Chinese culture?Post-reading:Think and share Family reunion is the central
10、 theme of both accounts.This shows the importance of family in Chinese culture.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._ the dirt of the house from top to bottom to make it ready for the new year.Sh
11、e 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.Post-reading:Summary and practiceswept attachedcharacterupside down Xu Gang usually books the ticket of trains or 5._ for his trip home weeks before Spri
12、ng 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.Post-reading:Summary and practiceflightssurroundedaccentsfill him in on entire L
13、i Yan and her husband are 10._.They start preparing for their familys return 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
14、.Post-reading:Summary and practiceretiredbuzzes spiritLanguage and Grammar 1.It is believed that when Fu is put upside down,happiness arrives.人们相信当人们相信当“福福”倒着贴，福气就会随之而来。倒着贴，福气就会随之而来。这一句型中，it是形式主语，that从句是真正的主语。相同句型还有It is said/known/reported that据说、众所周知、据报道.这一句型可以改写成：Sb./Sth.be believed/said/known/re
15、ported to do/to have done/to be/to be doing.Page52Language and Grammar:Difficult sentences1.It is known that any English conversation begins with the weather.2.It is said that we will hold an English speech competition next week.Language and Grammar:PracticeAny English conversation is known to begin
16、 with the weather.An English speech competition is said to be held next week.Rewrite the following sentences.3.Mr.Mike is reported to be making an important experiment in the lab.4.It is known that China is a great country with the largest population in the world.Language and Grammar:PracticeChina i
17、s known to be a great country with the largest population in the world.It is reported that Mr.Mike is making an important experiment in the lab.Rewrite the following sentences.2.I usually start planning my trip home to Shanxi weeks before Spring Festival,as train tickets or flights have to be booked
18、 as early as possible.我通常春节前数周就开始计划回山西的行程，因为要尽早我通常春节前数周就开始计划回山西的行程，因为要尽早订火车票或机票。订火车票或机票。as表示因为，引导原因状语从句。as作为连词主要有“当时候”，“尽管、虽然”，“像一样”，“随着”等意思。Page53Language and Grammar:Difficult sentences1.As the spring festival is approaching,I am becoming more homesick.2.We didnt know what to do as we were just vi
19、siting there.3.Frightened as she was,Pandora cautiously opened the box in time.4.You ought to study harder as your teacher tells you.Language and Grammar:Practice随着因为尽管正如，就像Write down the meanings of“as”3.Every year,the moment I get on the train,I am surrounded by Shanxi accents I know that I am hea
20、ding home to my family.the moment在此处作连词,意为“一就”,引导时间状语从句。the moment 可以和 the minute,the second,immediately,directly,instantly,as soon as 等连词互换,表示主句动作在从句动作之后发生。As soon as the chairman took his seat,the meeting began.Page53Language and Grammar:Difficult sentences每年，每年，我一坐上火车，就会被山西方言包围，我意识到我我一坐上火车，就会被山西方
21、言包围，我意识到我踏上了返乡之路。踏上了返乡之路。当主语是动作的执行者时，动词用主动语态当主语是动作的执行者时，动词用主动语态（Active Voice）；当主语是动作的承受者，动）；当主语是动作的承受者，动词用被动语态（词用被动语态（Passive Voice）。）。We cleaned the classroom yesterday.昨天我们打扫了教室。昨天我们打扫了教室。The classroom was cleaned by us yesterday.昨天教室被我们打扫了。昨天教室被我们打扫了。Language and Grammar:Passive Voice 动词的被动语态由“助动
22、词助动词be+及物动词的过去分词及物动词的过去分词”构成。当主动句变为被动句时，原来的宾语变成了主语，原来的主语变成了介词 by 的宾语。特别提醒特别提醒 英语中有很多动词,如 break,catch,clean,drive,lock,open,sell,read,write,wash等,当它们被用作不及物动词来描述主语特征时,常用其主动形式表达被动意义,主语通常是物。This kind of cloth washes well.这种布很好洗。Language and Grammar:Passive Voice一般现在时一般现在时am/is/are done一般过去时一般过去时was/were
23、 done现在进行时现在进行时am/is/are being done过去进行时过去进行时was/were being done现在完成时现在完成时have/has been doneTense 时态时态Passive Form 被动形式被动形式Language and Grammar:Passive Voice1.The house was cleaned from top to bottom.2.It is believed that when Fu is put upside down,happiness arrives.3.Train tickets or flights have t
24、o be booked as early as possible.4.The spirit of the festival the spirit of family has largely been kept.Underline the structure of passive voice in these sentences.Language and Grammar:Passive Voice1.They make moon cakes with bean paste._2.They were showing her around New York yesterday morning._3.
25、They say that she is one of the greatest living writers._4.This is an imitation of the painting,because someone destroyed the original._ _Moon cakes with bean paste are made by them.She was being showed around New York by them yesterday morning.It is said that she is one of the greatest living write
26、rs.This is an imitation of the painting,because the original was destroyed by someone.Language and Grammar:Passive VoiceRewrite the sentences in passive voice.5.Strong winds blew off the roofs of many houses in the area._6.The children gave the foreign guests a warm welcome._7.They are translating t
27、he film into several foreign languages._8.One of her former students invited her to give a speech at the conference._ _The roofs of many houses were blown off by strong winds in the area.The foreign guests were given a warm welcome by the children.The film is being translated by them into several fo
28、reign languages.She was invited by one of her former students to give a speech at the conference.Language and Grammar:Passive VoiceRewrite the sentences in passive voice.1.(2020全国)It means we have the chance to obtain information about how the moon_(construct)2.(2017全国)When fat and salt _(remove)fro
29、m food,the food tastes as if is missing something.3.(2017全国)Steam engines _(use)to pull the carriages and it must have been fairly unpleasant for the passengers,with all the smoke and noise.4.(2016全国)Every day he makes sure that fresh vegetables and high quality oil _(use)for cooking.is constructed are removedwere usedare usedLanguage and Grammar:Fill in the blanksVIHomeworkWrite an essay about your last Spring Festival with no more than 150 words.Where and with whom did you spend it?What preparations did you make?What activities did you do?How do you feel about it?Homework
