1、3Warming-upChoose a festival or a special occasion that you like.Talk about when and how it is celebrated.When is it?Is there any activities on that day?How to celebrate it?Festival or OccasionWarming-upListen to Dialogue 1.Complete the information in the Sentence Builder.Sentence BuilderCelebration
2、s I love celebrating _.(festivals/occasions)It is celebrated _.(time)We usually celebrate it by_.Usually,children_ while the adults sit together,_.(activities)Warming-upUse the Sentence Builder to write 3-5 sentences about your favourite festival/occasion.Then read aloud to other students.Warming-up
3、Use the language you learnt to introduce a festival to a foreign friend.Amid the boom of firecrackers a year has come to an end,and the spring wind has wafted warm breath to the wine.Wang AnshiNew Years Day is every mans birthday.-Charles LambBe at war with your vices,at peace with your neighbors,an
4、d let every new year find you a better man.-Benjamin FranklinChristmas isnt a season.Its a feeling.-Edna FerberLead-inTalk about what the Spring Festival means to you?And what words immediately come to your mind for describing its meaning?Pre-readingHow do you and your family celebrate Spring Festiv
5、al?Use the phrases to help you.to have a family gathering to get together to prepare snacks to make dumplings to put up decorations to let off fireworksFast-readingSpring Festival can mean different things for different people.Read the three readers accounts on Page 52.Then use one or two words or p
6、hrases to summarise the meaning of the Spring Festival for each other.Careful-reading Read again.Find out each persons experience of the Spring Festival in the three accounts.Take notes.Careful-reading1.Work in pairs and choose one of the people above and talk about his/her experience of the Spring
7、Festival.2.What central meaning underlies Xu Gangs and Li Yans accounts?What does it mean in Chinese culture?Post-readingFind at least three descriptions from the accounts which provide you with a vivid picture of the scenes of the Spring Festival.Share with your partners.Post-readingComplete the su
8、mmary with the information you have learnt.Focus on Language:The PassiveLook at the following examples.Find out the structure of passive voice,and underline more examples in the text.1.The house was cleaned from top to bottom.2.It is believed that when Fu is put upside down,happiness arrives.3.Train
9、 tickets or flights have to be booked as early as possible.4.The spirit of the festival-the spirit of family-has large been kept.Focus on Language:The PassiveChoose the best way to continue the following sentences.Explain why.1.My frined George draws landscape pictures.a.He sells them for money.b.Th
10、ey are sold by him for money.2.Theres somebody behind us.a.I think were being followed.b.I think someone is following us.3.This orange juice tastes awful.a.I think someone has left it outside the fridge for a long time.b.I think its been left outside the fridge for a long time.4.Tommy takes good car
11、e of his car.a.He washes the car every week.b.The car is washed by him every week.5.The old lady rented an old house.a.Somebody built it in 1990.b.It was built in 1990.Focus on Language:The PassiveRead the news report on Page 55 and rewrite the underline sections in passive voice.HomeworkGroup work.Where and with whom did you spend the last Spring Festival?What preparations did you go?What activities did you enjoy?How do you feel about the festival?
