1、 To read and talk about the spring festival To read for general understanding To read for specific information and understanding words in context To express personal experience of the spring festivalCan you name these festivals?As the bright moon shines over the sea,From far away you share this mome
2、nt with me.海上生明月，天涯共此时。海上生明月，天涯共此时。Mid-autumn FestivalBut in the crowd once and again,I look for her in vain,When all at once I turn my head,I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.众里寻他千百度，蓦然回首，众里寻他千百度，蓦然回首，那人却在灯火阑珊处。那人却在灯火阑珊处。Lantern FestivalThe Crepitation of Firecrackers sends off the
3、last year,the spring wind brings warmth into the TuSu Wine.爆竹声中一岁除爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。春风送暖入屠苏。Spring Festival 春节春节What does Spring Festival mean to you?What words immediately come to your mind for describing its meaning?Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is Chinas most important festival and holiday ti
4、me.Its Lunar New Year,day 1 of Chinas lunar calendar,which is within a day of the second new moon before the spring equinox moon phase.Its oddly called Spring Festival,with it being in winter for most of China,but thats because it“looks forward to spring”.See more on Chinese New Year Dates.Chinese N
5、ew Year is celebrated for sixteen days(from New Years Eve to the Lantern Festival).The preparations start seven days before the New Years Eve.There are lots of other activities celebrating the Spring Festival,such as different evening parties and dancing,but the most popular ones are dragon dances a
6、nd lion dances.Look at the video.What festival is it?What are people doing at the moment?How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival?Use the phrases to help you.to have a family gathering to get togetherto prepare snacks to make dumplingsto put up decorations to let off fireworksMy family c
7、elebrates Spring Festival by making dumplings together.Whats the main idea of the passage?This passage is mainly about _ Spring Festival is an important tradition in China.It has unique meanings.However,people may understand it differently,including those from other cultures.What is the structure of
8、 passage?SPRING FESTIVALTom JenkinsHe spent Spring Festival with his host family in Nanjing.They let off fireworks,sat together to enjoy a big dinner and wished everyone a happy new year.Xu GangHe spent Spring Festival with his parents in Shanxi.He planned his trip home,chose gifts for his parents c
9、arefully.They had hotpot,came home and were with the entire family,talking of old times.Li YanThey cleaned the house and attached Fu upside down to the front doorShe spent Spring Festival with her husband and their children and grandchildren.They got ready for their children coming back,bought thing
10、s and prepared dishes.The children ran around and adults gathered around the table to talk about the past year.They made and had jiaozi.Below are the general ideas of three readers accounts with some content missing.Please read the text and fill in the blanks(one word for each blank).Account 1 tells
11、 us how Chinese celebrate Spring Festival in a(n)1._ eyes.Account 2 is mainly about what Xu Gang,who is working in another city,has done or experienced on his 2._ and at home during Spring Festival.Account 3 tells us how eager an old couple are to see their children and grandchildren and enjoy a fam
12、ily 3._ during Spring Festival.foreigners tripgatheringRead the three readers accounts.Use a few words to summarise the meaning of Spring Festival for each account.Give your reasons.For Tom,Spring Festival means excitement and a lot of fun.For Xu Gang,coming home and being with his entire family are
13、 most important parts of the Spring Festival.For Li Yan,Spring Festival is family time.For Tom,Spring Festival means excitement and a lot of fun.For Xu Gang,coming home and being with his entire family are most important parts of the Spring Festival.For Li Yan,Spring Festival is family time.Whether
14、you agree or disagree?Talk about your own familys traditions at Spring Festival and what Spring Festival means to you and other people in your family.Read again.Find out each persons experience of Spring Festival in the three accounts.Take notes.Tom Xu GangLi YanWhere and with whomwith his host fami
15、ly in Nanjingat parents homeat homeTom Xu GangLi YanPreparations before Spring Festivalgetting ready for children coming back,buying things and preparing dishesbooking travel tickets and choosing gifts for parentscleaning the house,attached Fu upside down to the front doorTom Xu GangLi YanActivities
16、 during Spring Festivalsetting off and watching fireworkschatting with his parents and having hotpotchildren running/shouting/playing,adults talking/making jiaozi togetherRead the three readers accounts again and fill in the blanks.ReaderWho he/she isWhat he/she experiencedHow he/she feltTom Jenkins
17、A 16-year-old 1._ living in NanjingPeople cleaned the house from top to bottom to 2._ the dirt of the past year.People attached the Chinese character Fu 3._ to the front door to hope happiness would come.The greatest excitement was to let 4._ off across the city to 5._ the monster Nian.The family sa
18、t together to enjoy a big 6._ on Chinese New Years Eve.Spring Festival is highly valued by every Chinese family.exchange student sweep awayupside down fireworksscare away dinnerReaderWho he/she isWhat he/she experiencedHow he/she feltXu GangA 28-year-old 7._working in ShanghaiHe has to 8._ train tic
19、kets or flights several weeks before Spring Festival.He takes great care in choosing 9._ for his parents.Each time he gets home his parents always 10._ him in on whats been happening during the year.They usually have tasty 11._.12._ and being with his entire family is the most important part of Spri
20、ng Fputer engineerbookgifts/presents fillhotpotComing homeReader Who he/she is What he/she experiencedHow he/she feltLi YanA 70-year-old grandmother from 13._14._ before Spring Festival,she and her husband began to prepare what children like to eat.Their house buzzes with 15._ when everyone comes ho
21、me during this occasion.Spring Festival for them is all about the 16._ of a family gathering.HeilongjiangWeeks activitiesjoyAnswer the following questions.1.Why was the house cleaned from top to bottom before the festival according to Mrs Chen?Because this was to sweep away the dirt of the past year
22、 and get ready for the new year.2.How is the Chinese character Fu usually attached to the front door?Do you know why?Chinese character Fu was attached upside down to front door.It is believed that when Fu is put upside down,happiness arrives.3.What do people usually do to scare away the monster Nian
23、?People usually let off the fireworks across the city.4.Why does Xu Gang usually start planning his trip home weeks before the festival?Because it is very difficult to book train tickets or flights during the Spring Festival.5.What does Xu Gang want to tell us by saying“Whats important is who we eat
24、 with.”?Open.Read the text carefully and find out what the underlined word in each sentence refers to.1.My host mother Mrs Chen said this was to sweep away the dirt of the past year and get ready for the new year._2.Mrs Chen said it was to scare away the monster Nian._The house was cleaned from top
25、to bottom.Letting off fireworks.3.As I get older,coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it._4.We always have jiaozi during this time,as they mean something special on this occasion._Spring Festival.Jiaozi.Find at least three descriptive sentences in the accounts th
26、at provide a vivid picture of Spring Festival.Share with your partner.The moment I get on the train,I am surrounded by Shanxi accents.n.装饰物装饰物n.鞭炮，爆竹鞭炮，爆竹 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,sweet
27、s and decorations.As I get older,coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it.Our house buzzes with activities when everyone comes home.使某物爆炸使某物爆炸vt.闹哄哄，喧闹闹哄哄，喧闹Think and share.What can you infer from Xu Gangs and Li Yans accounts?What does it mean in Chinese culture?
28、Family reunion is the central theme of both accounts.This shows the importance of family in Chinese culture.Complete the information with the words or phrases you have learnt.Tom Jenkins spent his first Spring Festival with his host family.A week before the festival,the host mother Mrs Chen began pr
29、eparations.She 1_ the 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.sweptattachedcharacterupside downTom also learnt that playing fireworks was to scare away the monster Nian.Xu Gang usually books the
30、 ticket of trains or 5 _ for his trip home weeks before Spring 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.flightssurroundedacce
31、ntsfill him in onentireLi 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 Fes
32、tival throughout history.retiredbuzzesspiritWhere and with whom did you spend the last Spring Festival?What preparations did you make?What activities did you do?How do you feel about it?Compare among group members the different experiences and feelings about the last Spring Festival.Then report to the class.Write a short passage to talk about the Spring Festival in China.
