1、Lesson 1 Spring Festival新新北师大必修北师大必修Book 1 Unit 3 Celebrations Pre-readingHow do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival?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 Festi
2、val can mean different things for different people.Read the three readers accounts on Page 52.Then summarize the meaning of the Spring Festival for each other.Notes from the editor.Spring Festival is an important tradition in China.It has unique meanings.However,people may understand it differently,
3、including those from other cultures.Here are three readers accounts to our magazine,who shared their experiences and views about it.began the night before Spring Festival.Fireworks were being let off across the city,suddenly lighting up the night sky.Children were covering their ears but with an exp
4、ectant look on their faces.Mrs Chen said that it was to scare away the monster Nian.The fireworks were We then sat together to enjoy a big dinner,Wishing everyone a happy new year.The greatest excitement a lot of fun!We eat is not the most important thing.What is important is who we eat it with.It i
5、s a wonderful thing and talk of old times.When I was a kid,Spring Festival was all about firecrackers,sweets s and decorations.As I get older,coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it.to be back together with my family for us.My husband and I are both retired.We do
6、 not see our children and grandchildren very often and we miss them a lot.Weeks before Spring Festival,we start getting ready for their homecoming.Things start to get really busy.We think about what the children would like to eat,what we need to buy and what dishes need to be prepared.Li YanLi Yana
7、70-year-oldgrandmother from HeilongjiangSpring Festival is family time To me,this is Spring Festival the joy of a family gathering.Throughout history,some of the original customs have changed,but the spirit of the festival-the spirit of family-has largely been kept.Most of the important SpringFestiv
8、al traditions are still being practised by people across the country.Read carefully.Find out each persons experience of Spring Festival in the three accounts.Take notes.TomXu GangWhere and with whomwith his host family in Nanjing Preparations before Spring Festival Activities during Spring Festivala
9、t parents home with his parentscleaning the house,attaching Fu upside down to the front doorbooking travel tickets and choosing gifts for parentssetting off and watching fireworkschatting with his parents and having hotpotLi Yanat home with her husband and childrengetting ready for children coming b
10、ack,buying things and preparing disheschildren running/shouting/playing,adults talking/making jiaozi together45Find at least three descriptive sentences inthe accounts that provide a vivid picture of Spring Festival.Share with your partner.ExampleThe moment I get on the train,I am surrounded by Shan
11、xi accents.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 home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it.Our house buzzes with activities w
12、hen everyone comes home.Our grandchildren run around shouting and playing,and the adults gather around the table to talk about the past year6Think and share.Group WorkWhat can you infer from Xu Gangs and Li Yans accounts?What does it mean in Chinese culture?Family reunion is the central theme of bot
13、h accounts.This shows the importance of family in Chinese culture.As we all know,China has a wide variety of traditional ways to celebrate Spring Festival.After watching the video,discuss with your partner about how to carry forward traditional Chinese culture as a Chinese.Post-readingIt is universa
14、lly acknowledged that Chinese culture has a history of more than 5,000 years,which has a great effect on the world.Whatever your job is,as a Chinese we have the responsibility to carry forward traditional Chinese culture.Firstly,we should have a good knowledge of Chinese culture.Secondly,its high ti
15、me that we should protect and inherit it,like promoting cultural exchange,and establishing Confucius institutes all over the world.Attracting more foreigners to China to experience Chinese culture will have a far-reaching impact.HomeworkWhere and with whom did you spend the last Spring Festival?What
16、 preparations did you make?What activities did you do?How do you feel about it?恭喜发财恭喜发财事业发达事业发达May you business flourish.May your studies improve.May all your wishes come true.May you be prosperous.May your career take off.生意兴隆生意兴隆.学业进步学业进步心想事成心想事成Best Wishes!Thank you!Tom JenkinsTom Jenkinsa 16-yea
17、r-oldexchange studentliving in NanjingXu GangXu Ganga 28-year-oldcomputer engineerworking in ShanghaiHave a tryLi YanLi Yana 70-year-oldgrandmother from HeilongjiangGet excitement and joy.Come home and reunite with his family.Spring Festival is family time.What is the meaning of Spring Festival for them?
