1、What do you and your family do for Spring Festival?paste/put up Spring Festival Coupletsdo a thorough cleaning/thoroughly clean the house paste/put up character “fu”hang red lanternslet off firecrackersreceive red envelopespay a New Year visitdo Spring Festival shoppinghave a family reunion dinnerDo
2、 you know any other ways of celebrating the Spring Festival?Buying new clothesWatching CCTV Spring Festival GalaEating sweet dumplings for people in the southEating dumplings for people in the northLion dancing and dragon dancingLook at the picture and the title of the passage,and predict the conten
3、t of the passage.A family dinner is an important tradition to celebrate Spring Festival.Some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant,but not everyone is keen on this idea.Find out each persons point of view Eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this tradi
4、tion,but the love between the family members remains the same.It just wont feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out.The process of preparing the dinner together is more important than the dinner itself.1.What do you think the retired teacher means by“To me,the process is even more important t
5、han the dinner itself”?For him,the sweet memories of having the whole family getting together and preparing for dinner are more important than the delicious food itself.Think ShareThink Share2.Which of the two opinions do you agree with?Why?Open answers.eg I agree with the one of having the dinner a
6、t home,because I think the time spent doing sth together family at home is very precious.3.How would you describe a Spring Festival family dinner to a friend from overseas?4.Can you think of any other Chinese festival traditions?Share them with the class.no less thanembracerefuse to do sthhave nothi
7、ng to do withoccasiontoken(n.)toast(n.v.)value(v.)process(n.)不少于；多达不少于；多达欣然接受；乐意采纳欣然接受；乐意采纳拒绝做某事拒绝做某事和和无关无关场合；时刻场合；时刻象征；标志象征；标志干杯干杯重视重视过程过程1.,but not everyone is keen on this idea.，不过，不是每个人都支持这一想法。be keen on:to like someone or something热衷于，喜爱 be keen to do sth.渴望做某事 similar expressions:be into be cr
8、azy about be fond of eg Kate is keen on romantic comedies，while Tom is fond of martial arts movies.2.We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years,and we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.最近三年，我家都是在外面吃年夜饭的，和在家吃比起来，在外面吃一样开心。no less than 不少于，多达less than 少于，
9、不到，不超过少于，不到，不超过 more than 超过，非常，不仅仅超过，非常，不仅仅no more than 就是，正是就是，正是 more than与其说与其说不如说不如说eg We have to work on the project for no less than 3 months.He is more than a teacher.In fact,he is more of a friend than a teacher.3.Cant they admit that the preparations for the dinner are hard work?难道他们不觉得准备年
10、夜饭很辛苦吗？admit v.to agree that something is true,especially unwillingly （不情愿地）承认admit短语短语admit sth./doing sth.承认某事承认某事/做某事做某事 admit+n.+to be承认承认是是的的admit that承认承认admit sb./sth.into/to允许某人允许某人/物进物进be admited to/into被接纳进入被接纳进入【语境应用】完成句子。1)It is said that the excellent boy _ (已经被一所重点大学录取).2)Tom refused t
11、o _(承认打破了窗户).3)In that sense,Im pretty sure volunteering is more of a selfish act than Id freely like to _(承认).(2019.全国卷)has been admitted to a key universitywindowadmit breaking theadmit4.I really dont think its worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal,and then another
12、hour cleaning up the mess after its over.花这么长时间准备一顿饭，饭后再花一个小时收拾，我真心觉得不值。l its worth its over是主句中谓语动词是主句中谓语动词think后接的宾语从句。后接的宾语从句。l be worth sth 意为意为“值值钱；拥有钱；拥有价价值的财产值的财产”e.g.This art collection is worth a large amount of money.l be worth doing sth 意为意为“值得做某事值得做某事”e.g.The film is well worth seeing.ef
13、fort n.an attempt to do something,especially when this involves a lot of hard work or determination 努力，艰难的尝试努力，艰难的尝试a usually earnest attempt 尽力尽力e.g.Their efforts have been proven fruitful.with(an)effort 艰难地艰难地be well worth the effort 很值得努力很值得努力make every effort to do sth 尽一切努力做某事尽一切努力做某事make no ef
14、fort to do sth 不努力做某事不努力做某事spare no effort to do sth 不遗余力去做某事不遗余力去做某事in an effort to do sth 努力做某事努力做某事5.The occasion is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking,and the dishes taste better!用餐会更愉快，而且（饭店的）饭菜味道也好！occasion n.particular time(at which an event takes place)的时候，场合，机会，常与 介词介词on连用连用 eg
15、Its polite to wear suits on a formal occasion.注意：当当occasion后跟定语从句，且从句完整，需要关系副词时，如果后跟定语从句，且从句完整，需要关系副词时，如果意思为意思为“时机时机”则用则用when，如果意思为，如果意思为“场合场合”则用则用where。eg There are occasions when we dont talk but we understand each other.【拓展拓展】occasional adj.不时的不时的occasionally adv.有时候，不时地有时候，不时地on a occasion/on oc
16、casions 在在场合场合 6.It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat,but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together.不仅可以吃到平时难以吃到的美食，而且全家人能有机会团聚在一起。不仅可以吃到平时难以吃到的美食，而且全家人能有机会团聚在一起。在在not only.but also.连接的句子中，如果连接的句子中，如果not only位于句首，位于句首，则紧随其后的句子用则紧随其后的句子用部分倒装部分倒装，但，但but
17、 also后的句子则不用。后的句子则不用。e.g.They not only brought snacks and drinks,but also brought cards for entertainment when they had a picnic in the forest.“就近原则就近原则”，即，即but also后面的部分决定谓语动词的数。后面的部分决定谓语动词的数。e.g.Not only I but also Jane and Mary are tired of having one examination after another.7.When I was a litt
18、le boy,the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was what I looked forward to most.本句中含有一个状语从句本句中含有一个状语从句 when I was a little boy 和一个表语从句和一个表语从句what I looked forward to most本句话可改为：本句话可改为：When I was a little boy,what I looked forward to most was the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival.当我还是个孩子的时候，年夜饭是
19、我最期待的。I would run around the house,listening to the adults chatting about their year.Id get under my mothers feet in the kitchen,watching her make dumplings.In the evening,all of us would sit around the table,enjoying the food and being together again.Read the following three sentences and decide wh
20、at they have in common.三三个句子中均含有个句子中均含有现在分词短语现在分词短语，在句中作，在句中作伴随状语伴随状语，和句子主语，和句子主语存在逻辑上的存在逻辑上的主谓主谓关系。关系。How to celebrate Chinese Spring FestivalTraditionsof SpringFestivalDecorationsActivitiesFoodGiftsRed envelopesRed lanternsFu charactersCoupletsDumplingsFishTangyuanThorough cleaninglion dancepay a New Year visitFamily dinnerMind Mapfirecrackerstemple fair
