1、Unit 3 Festivals and customsExtended reading A precious family dinnerLead-in Where are these people heading for?Why are they so hurried?Reading Read the passage quickly and find out the answers to the following questions:1.What does the passage talk about?2.How often do Luos family reunite?3.What is
2、 the change in Luos journey back home?4.What does this change imply?.Read the passage on P3940 quickly and fill in the following blanks with suitable words.语 篇 理 解精读演练 萃取文本精华long andtiringconvenientdecoratedoccasiondinnereatingchattingfuturetogethernessstrength1.What does the passage talk about?The
3、passage talks about the celebration of Chinese New Year of Luo Yans family.Reading 2.How often do Luos family reunite?They reunite once a year.3.What is the change in Luos journey back home?It used to be a long and tiring one while now it takes only 5 hours to reach his home town.Reading 4.What does
4、 this change imply?It implies the high speed of development in modern transportation of China.It also implies how powerful our country is.Go through the feature article again and summarize it orally with the help of the chart on Page 40.Time Place Feeling On the way back homeDuring the dinner After
5、dinnerClose tomidnight On the train In the house Outside thehouse Exited Happy Worried and hopefulReading Luo Yan,his wife and his son Bofeng came back from their home in the city to see Luo Yans parents.On the train,they chatted with each other,full of excitement.When they finally arrived,Luo Yans
6、parents were glad to see them.They had put up beautiful decorations around the house for the festival.On the Chinese New Years Eve they had a big dinner together happily and then everyone stayed inside and watched the Spring Festival Gala.They felt comfortable in the warmth,but Luo Yan was also a li
7、ttle worried and hoped he could take his parents to live with him in the city in the future.Close to midnight,the whole family went outside to set off firecrackers.It was a time to celebrate their togetherness and look forward to the future with hope.Reading Sample answerFocus on the activities Chin
8、ese families do and get to know more about the meaning of the Spring Festival to Chinese people.1.What traditions did Luos family observe?Reading 2.Why do Chinese people decorate the house on such an occasion?Reading 3.What is the special meaning of doing these activities like watching TV,eating sna
9、cks,and making dumplings together on such an occasion?Can you make up other sentences to describe what home is for you?Home is where _.Home is a place _.Reading Read the last paragraph and find out:What is the true meaning of celebrating the Chinese New Year?Reading Focus on the title:A precious fam
10、ily dinnerDo you think the adjective“precious”is appropriately used?And why?AppreciationWhat Spring Festival traditions do you observe?What are their meanings?AppreciationSample answer：I go back to my hometown,visit my extended family and get red packets!The Chinese New Year is a time of family reun
11、ion.The annual reunion dinner with members of my extended family is the biggest event of the festival.We eat Spring Festival cakes,or niangao,which symbolize increasing prosperity in each coming year.Red packets received from the elderly symbolize good luck and fortune.Are there any differences betw
12、een the way you celebrate Spring Festival now and the way in the past?What do you think of these changes?Exchange your ideas with your partners.AppreciationWhy do the Chinese people attach so much importance to reunion during the Spring Festival?AppreciationSample answer:The answer to this question
13、is deeply rooted in the traditional Chinese culture,which is characterized by a sense of family,or a sense of belonging.AppreciationThe concept of family has a great influence on the Chinese people,and three generations living under the same roof is good proof of a thriving family.Even if family mem
14、bers live apart,they must get back home at the Spring Festival and bring new year greetings to the family elders.They tell the family about their experiences and achievements while away from home,feeling content that they can bring glory to the family.AppreciationFamily reunions are also good occasi
15、ons when children learn about their cultural inheritance,who will pass it down to their own children after they grow up.Traditionally,there are ceremonies of offering sacrifices to ancestors and people exchange new year greetings with their relatives and friends.Brought up in this harmonious atmosphere,children will naturally follow this tradition.HomeworkWrite an essay on the changes of activities in which the Chinese people celebrate the Chinese New Year and your attitudes towards these changes.Homework1.Read this article aloud.2.Finish the workbook.谢谢 谢谢
