1、Unit 3 Celebrations1.What festival is it?2.What do people do during the festival?Watch a video and answer the following questions.Lead inWhat else do people do to prepare What else do people do to prepare and celebrate Spring Festival?and celebrate Spring Festival?Brainstorming book train tickets or
2、 book train tickets or flightsflights Spring Festival travel rush Spring Festival travel rush 春运春运Clean the house from top to bottomClean the house from top to bottomdo shopping for the Spring do shopping for the Spring Festival Festival buy some flowers in the flower marketwrite write coupletscoupl
3、etsput upput upcoupletscouplets prepare snacksoffer sacrifices to ancestors 祭祀祖先祭祀祖先make dumplingshave a family reunion dinnerwatch the Spring Festival Gala let off fireworks visit relatives and friendsgive red envelopes(lucky money)to kids Learning We would like to collect We would like to collect
4、some accounts about some accounts about Spring Festival,looking Spring Festival,looking forward to your accounts!forward to your accounts!Notes from the editor:Notes from the editor:Spring Festival in China is an Spring Festival in China is an important tradition in China.important tradition in Chin
5、a.It has unique meanings.It has unique meanings.However,people may understand However,people may understand it differently,including it differently,including those from other culture.Here those from other culture.Here are three readers accounts are three readers accounts to our magazine,in which the
6、 to our magazine,in which the readers shared their readers shared their experiences and views about it.experiences and views about it.Tom Jenkins a 16-year-oldexchange studentliving in Nanjing Xu Gang a 28-year-old computer engineerworking in Shanghai Li Yan a 70-year-old grandmotherfrom Heilongjian
7、g There are three readers accounts to the magazine.a description of an event or experienceFast reading The three accounts all follow the order(顺序）顺序）of _Can you find any evidence（证据）（证据）?timeTom:Preparations began a week before the festival.First,NextThe greatest excitement began the night before Sp
8、ring Festival.Xu Gangweeks before Spring Festival The moment I get on the trainWhen I get homeLi Yanweeks before Spring Festival when everyone comes home.They all share a similar structure,which is1.preparations before the Spring Festival2.activities during the Spring Festival3.meaning of the Spring
9、 FestivalFind out each persons experience of Spring Festival in the three accounts.Where and with whom preparations before Spring Festivalactivities during Spring Festivalpurposes of these preparations/activities1.The house was cleaned from top to bottom1.to sweep away the dirt of the past year and
10、get ready for the new year2.the Chinese character Fu was attached upside down to our front door2.happiness arrives3.Fireworks were being let off 3.to scare away the monster NianTom Jenkins with his host family in NanjingDetail reading 4.set together and enjoy a big dinnerWhere and with whom preparat
11、ions before Spring Festivalactivities during Spring FestivalXu Gangat home in Shanxi,with his family1.book travel tickets 2.choose gifts for parents3.chat with his parents and have hotpotWhere and with whom preparations before Spring Festivalactivities during Spring Festivalat home in Heilongjiang,w
12、ith her children and grandchildren1.get ready for their homecomingLi Yan 3.grandchildren:running,shouting,playing2.buy things and prepare dishes4.adults:gather around talking about the past year5.make&have jiaozi together Exploration III1.Do they have the same feeling of the Spring Festival?2.If not
13、,what does Spring Festival mean to them?Further Further thinkingthinkingTom Jenkins Xu GangLi YanTom Jenkins For Tom,Spring Festival means e_ and a lot of f_.Xu GangFor Xu Gang,_are the most important part of the Spring Festival.Li YanFor Li Yan,Spring Festival is_coming home and being with his enti
14、re familythe joy of a family gathering.excitementfun 1.What does Spring Festival mean to them?2.Why do they have different feelings?Further Further thinkingthinking TomXu Gang Li YanTense(时态）时态）:more simple present/simple past tenseVoice(语态）：语态）：more active voice/Passive voicemore simple past tensem
15、ore simple present tensemore simple present tense more passive voice more active voice more active voiceFrom tense and voice，we can see that Tom is just an outsider.2.Why do they have different feelings?Further Further thinkingthinkingdifferent agesdifferent social experiencesdifferent culturesPrese
16、ntationIVPlease share your own experience of celebrating the festival with your group members,and then present to the class one by one as a group.You can refer to the following picture.Group workGroup workPresentation Presentation 展展示示SummaryVThroughout history,Some of the original customs have chan
17、ged.Critical Critical thinkingthinkingNowadays,it is a fashion to grab red envelopes on WeChat during the Spring Festival.Now more and more families have New Years Eve Now more and more families have New Years Eve Dinner at the restaurant instead of eating the Dinner at the restaurant instead of eat
18、ing the traditional family reunion dinner at home.traditional family reunion dinner at home.During the Spring Festival,many During the Spring Festival,many families choose to travel.families choose to travel.Throughout history,some of the original customs have changed,but the spirit of the festival-the spirit of family-has largely been kept.Summary.Summarythe joy of the joy of a family a family gatheringgatheringHomeworkHomeworkWrote down you and your familys experience of Spring Festival and you opinion about it.
