1、Extended readingA precious family A precious family dinnerdinnerFast readingFast reading:Read the feature article fast and answer questions(P39-40)1.After reading the article,what is your first impression of it?2.When may the story happen?Why?3.Write down the main idea of each paragraph with your ow
2、n words.Words Words ContentsContentsThemeThemeStructureStructureFast reading:Read the feature article fast and answer questions(P39-40)1.After reading the article,what is your first impression of it?Simple,powerful and beautifulFamiliar,moving and warm Greatness in trivialness,beauty in honesty.(以小见
3、大，以诚见美。以小见大，以诚见美。)Clever,clear and smoothFast reading:Read the feature article fast and answer questions(P39-40)2.When may the story happen?Why?The story may happen after 2008.Because the high-speed train has made it much more convenient to go back home.中国最早开通的高铁是京津城际铁路京津城际铁路(Beijing-Tianjin Interci
4、ty Railway)，是中国大陆第一条高标准、设计时速为350公里的高速铁路，也是中长期铁路网规划中的第一个开通运营的城际客运系统。京津城际铁路于2005年7月4日正式动工；于20082008年年8 8月月1 1日正式开通运营日正式开通运营。Fast reading:Read the feature article fast and answer questions(P39-40)3.Write down the main idea of each paragraph with your own words.Para 1Para 1Para 2Para 2Para 3Para 3The fa
5、mily members are enjoying the great dinner on the Chinese New Years Eve.Lou Yans family has moved into the big city and they come home once a year for the Spring Festival.The high-speed train shortens the journey home in the village.Fast reading:Read the feature article fast and answer questions(P39
6、-40)3.Write down the main idea of each paragraph with your own words.Para 4Para 4Para 5Para 5Para 6Para 6The whole family has welcome the new year in the traditional way.Everyone expresses his best wish for the coming new year after dinner on the New Years Eve.With midnight approaching,all the Chine
7、se people as well as Lou Yans family are celebrating their happy new year.Fast reading:Read the feature article fast and answer questions(P39-40)The story is organized in chronological order(按时间顺序按时间顺序).on the New Years Eve in the house Para _:Para _:on the New Years Eve Para _:on the New Years eve
8、outside the housePara _:1 12,3,42,3,45 56 6To make the story complete and attractive To make the structure ingenious(设计巧妙的设计巧妙的)and not boringTo make the characters vivid,lovely and easy to understand Intensive readingIntensive reading:Para11.Find out the vivid descriptions in Para 1.the dinner tabl
9、e is already covered with white china plates and bowls Luo Yan,29,lifts the cover of a large bowl to breathe in the rich smell of the soup Bofeng,happily takes a bite of the chicken his grandfather has selected for him.From these descriptions,we can imagine a picture of a _ ordinary family.happy/har
10、moniousIntensive reading:Para12.How is your familys dinner on the New Years Eve?(adjectives)plentiful crowded exciting warm happy cheerless ordinary uninteresting boring quiet Intensive reading:Para 2,3,41.What does the sentence“the whole family could not be happier to be together”mean in Para 2?The
11、 whole family was very happy to be together.e.g.我完全同意你的意见。我完全同意你的意见。I agree completely with your idea.=I _=I _ with your idea.couldnt agree moreIntensive reading:Para 2,3,42.What details in Para 2&3 can make you feel the happiness of Lou Yans family?Despite the cold outside,their happy faces fill th
12、e air with warmth while merry laughter rings throughout the house.During the five-hour trip,they chatted excitedly with each other,their minds full of thoughts about their sweet home.Intensive reading:Para 2,3,43.Many traditional decorations for the Spring Festival are mentioned in Para 4.What are t
13、hey?From the neat designs of the paper-cuttings on the windows,to the Spring Festival couplets on the door,and to the New Year paintings on the wall,everything represents joy,luck and happiness.Even the fish on the plate expresses a hope for nian nian you yu.Intensive reading:Para 2,3,44.Besides fis
14、h,what food do we have to prepare during the Spring Festival?What do they mean?Desserts mean that life is full of sweet moments.Jiaozi stands for Chinas ancient money Yuanbao.Niangao means the progress in the coming future.Tangyuan shows the wish for tuanyan or harmony.Noodles mean being forever or
15、no stop in doing some things.Intensive reading:Para 51.What is Luo Yans wish for the new year?Please say it in your own words.Children should keep parents company when parents are getting old.2.How do you deal with the situation that“I hope we wont have to be separated again home is where all family
16、 members are together”?Children should keep in touch with parents by Wechat or QQ frequently./Parents may go to live with children once in a while.Intensive reading:Para 61.Para 6 is particularly beautiful with deep meaning.Please translate this paragraph into Chinese.午夜来临，罗言一家人出来放鞭炮。整个山村都被绚丽的烟午夜来临，
17、罗言一家人出来放鞭炮。整个山村都被绚丽的烟花照亮了。举国上下，全中国人都在此时此刻共同庆祝：人花照亮了。举国上下，全中国人都在此时此刻共同庆祝：人民幸福，万家团圆，祖国昌盛。民幸福，万家团圆，祖国昌盛。Intensive reading:Para 62.What kind of writing style is used in this paragraph?What is its function?Parallel structures which can make the expression more powerful,effective and meaningful.Post-readi
18、ngPost-reading:Fill the blanks with what you have learntAs midnight _,Luo Yan with his family members went out to _ the firecrackers.He stood on the hilltop,_(see)the whole village _(light)up with the flashes of fireworks.His thoughts wandered back to the past.approachedset offseeinglitAfter he grad
19、uated from middle school,little Luo Yan was a_ to the best senior high school in the county town,so he went home once a month.At that time,the family could not a_ the tuition fees.Luo Yan had to do a part-time job at weekends.The three years hard work paid off.Luo Yan went to a famous medical univer
20、sity and s_ in the big city.Afterwards,he got married and had a sondmitted ffordettledPost-reading:Fill the blanks with what you have learntBofeng.As a father,he couldnt stop m_ his ageing parents in the old,blocked mountain village.However,he had no o_ but to go back home once a year.On one hand,hi
21、s tight work s_ left him no extra time.On the other hand,the j_ from the city back to their hometown was too long and tiring.issingptioncheduleourneyPost-reading:Fill the blanks with what you have learntTo everyones satisfaction,everything changed better.It was the high speed train in 2015 that made
22、 it c_ for them to go back home.During the five-hour trip,they often c_ happily with each other,their minds full of t_ about the sweet home.This year,Luo Yan came back to the hometown earlier than before,for the dream of“three g_ under the same roof”.onveniemthattedhoughtsenerationsPost-reading:Fill
23、 the blanks with what you have learntLuo Yan recalled the scene when he entered the familiar courtyard.On their a_,they found their parents e_ waiting for them.Their home had been d_ specially for the j_ occasion.Everything r_ joy,luck and happiness.At dinner,Luo Yan l_ the cover of a large china bo
24、wl to b_ in the rich smell of the soup.Yes,the taste of Mom,in heart for ever.Bofeng rrivalagerlyecoratedoyousepresentediftedreathePost-reading:Fill the blanks with what you have learnthappily took a b_ of the chicken that his grandfather s_ for him.D_ the cold outside,the happy faces fill the a_wit
25、h warmth while merry laughter rang t_ the house.Indeed,the whole family could not be h_ to be together.electedespiteirhroughoutappieritePost-reading:Fill the blanks with what you have learntAfter dinner,all people s_ up late on the New Years Eve,gathering around the television to watch the New Years
26、 Gala.This was the routine for every Chinese family,and no one could refuse to do it.Luo Yan sat beside his parents,seeing parents silver hair and ageing figures.He said in his heart,“I hope we wont be s_ again.Home is w_ all family members are together.”tayedeparatedherePost-reading:Fill the blanks
27、 with what you have learnt Now,Luo Yan stood on the hilltop,with complicated feelings in heart.There were colourful fireworks,tears and hopes in his eyes.All Chinese people were celebrating their good f_,celebrating their familys t_ and celebrating their nations s_.Luo Yan would like to m_ all the C
28、hinese people _(get)more than they wish for ever!ortuneogethernesstrengthaygetPost-reading:Fill the blanks with what you have learntLanguage points1掀开碗盖2闻着香喷喷的饭3咬一口4尽管屋外寒冷5定居在大城市6三代同堂7高铁8某人方便做某事life the cover of a bowlbreathe in the rich smelltake a bite ofdespite the cold outsidesettle in the big c
29、itythree generations under the same roofthe high-speed trainIt is convenient for sb to do sthLanguage points 9某人一到达的时候10焦急地等待某人11为了这个快乐的时刻12设计工整的剪纸13代表快乐、好运和幸福14表达对某事的希望15在除夕夜守岁16毕竟；终究on ones arrivalwait for sb eagerlyfor the joyous occasionthe neat designs of the paper-cuttingrepresent joy,luck and
30、 happinessexpress a hope for sthstay up late on the New Years Eveafter all Language points 17当午夜来临时18放鞭炮19A被B照亮20举国上下21庆祝某人的好运22庆祝万家团圆23庆祝祖国昌盛as midnight approachesset off firecrackersA be lit up with Ball over the countrycelebrate ones good fortunecelebrate the familys togethernesscelebrate the nat
31、ions strengthLanguage points 1.The whole family could not be happier to be together.语法功能：_ 2.Despite the cold outside,their happy faces fill the air with warmth while merry laughter rings throughout the house.Language points 3.During the five-hour trip,they chatted excitedly with eachother,their min
32、ds full of thoughts about their sweet home.语法功能：_ 4.May you get more than you wish for every year.语法功能：_Language points 语法功能：_ 5.They gather around the television to watch the New Years Gala,while eating snacks,chatting with each other and making dumplings that they will eat at the very start of the
33、 new year.语法功能：_6.Home is where all family members are together.Language points Why do the Chinese people attach so much Why do the Chinese people attach so much importance to reunion during the Spring importance to reunion during the Spring Festival?Festival?Free talk HomeworkProject:P41Complete the task in Making PPT slides about a festival
