1、Unit 2 Lets celebrate!softwareadulttokenprocessretiredexistoverseasn.（计算机）软件（计算机）软件n.成人，成年人成人，成年人n.象征，标志象征，标志n.(为达到某目标的为达到某目标的)过程，进程过程，进程adj.退休的退休的v.存在，实际上有存在，实际上有adv.在海外，在外国在海外，在外国occasioneditorembraceadmiteffortlosseven.场合，时刻场合，时刻n.(报纸，杂志的报纸，杂志的)主编，编辑主编，编辑v.欣然接受，乐意采纳（新思欣然接受，乐意采纳（新思 想，意见等）想，意见等）v.（
2、不情愿地）承认（不情愿地）承认n.力气，精力力气，精力n.失去，丧失失去，丧失n.前夕，前一天前夕，前一天Paste Spring Festival couplets and hang red lanternsReceive/Give a red envelopePlay waist drumLet off firecrackers/fireworksWhat are the following Chinese Spring Festival traditions?What other Chinese Spring Festival traditions can you think of?ot
3、her activities：thoroughly(彻底地彻底地)clean the housepaste the character fu /Spring Festival couplets贴福字贴福字/春联春联go to the temple fair 逛庙会逛庙会let off fireworks/firecrackers 放烟花放烟花/鞭炮鞭炮watch a lion dance 观看舞狮表演观看舞狮表演watch the Spring Festival Gala 看春晚看春晚have family reunion dinner on Spring Festival Eve 吃年夜饭吃
4、年夜饭 A family reunion dinner is an important tradition to celebrate Spring Festival.Nowadays,some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant.Are you keen on this idea.Where do your family prefer to have reunion dinner?At home?Or in a restaurant?Lets read the passage and find out other peoples p
5、oint of view.Read the letter on page 27 and answer the question.Whats Wang Pengs opinion?In his opinion,_ or _ we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesnt matter.Eating out may change the _,but _ between the family members sitting around the table together _.remains the samewherewhatthe form of this
6、 tradition the loveThe preparations for the dinner are hard work.Its not worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal and another hour cleaning up the mess after its over.We could spend the preparation time with our family and relaxing.The occasion is more enjoyable without
7、all that tiring cooking and the dishes taste better.Why does he think so?However,a retired teacher named Liu Yonghui thinks totally different.Lets find out his opinions.1.Whats Liu Yonghuis feeling about having the Spring Festival family dinner out?2.Why did he look forward to the dinner on the eve
8、of Spring Festival most when he was a little boy?3.What do you think the retired teacher means by“To me,the process is even more important than the dinner itself”?Read the letter on page 28 and answer the questions.He feels a bit unhappy.Its not only for the delicious food that they seldom got to ea
9、t,but for the opportunity to have the whole family gathered together.For him,the sweet memories of having the whole family getting together and preparing for the dinner are more important than the delicious food itself.Which of the two opinions do you agree with?Why?Group A-Wang PengGroup B-Liu Yong
10、huiEating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this traditionIt just wont feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out Eating out is a good choice and 5._ has nothing to do with 6._(lose)of traditions.We still have the dinner with the same people,just in a different
11、place.The occasion is more 7._without all that tiring cooking,and the dishes taste 8._!In my opinion,9_ we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesnt matter.Eating out may change the form of this tradition,but the love between the family members sitting around the table together 10._ the same.it losse
12、njoyable betterwhat or where remains We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years,and we have enjoyed it 1._ eating at home.I dont understand why some people refuse 2._(embrace)the change.Cant they admit that the 3._(preparation)for the dinner are hard work?I real
13、ly dont think its worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal,and then another hour 4._the mess after its over.We work all year,so why cant one day be about spending time with family and relaxing?no less than to embracepreparationscleaning up根据课文，在空白处填入根据课文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号
14、内单词的正确形式。个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts(F)or opinions(O).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._3.it just wont feel like Spring Festival ha
15、ving the dinner out._4.Id get under my mothers feet in the kitchen,watching her make dumplings._5.Shed put tokens in some dumplings._OOOFFP22 3Work in groups.Give a talk about the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.P29 4Think about why Chinese people value the Spring
16、Festival family dinner and make notes.ReasonsOrganise your talk following the steps below.State 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 summarising the main points in your talk.Give your talk to the class.P22 3How would you describe a Spring Festival family dinner to a friend from overseas?Write a passage about your opinions on the changes of Spring Festival traditions.
