1、 Unit 3 Lesson One Spring Festival Spring Festival What words come to your mind when speaking of Spring Festival? What activities can these pictures remind you of ? book train or flight ticket come a long way back home get together have a family gathering have a family reunion paste the Spring Festi
2、val couplets attach the Chinese character Fu upside down put up decorations like paper- cuts on the window or wall buy necessities make dumplings cook dishes have hotpot eat niangao get lucky money from seniors watch Spring Festival gala let off fireworks/set off firecrackers visit relatives go to t
3、he temple fair watch the lion dance book train or flight ticket come a long way back home get together/have a family gathering/have a family reunion paste the Spring Festival couplets attach the Chinese character Fu upside down put up decorations buy necessities make dumplings have hotpot eat nianga
4、o get lucky money from seniors watch Spring Festival gala let off fireworks/set off firecrackers visit relatives go to the temple fair watch the dragon dance Repeat What words come to your mind when speaking of Spring Festival? How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival? Three accounts fro
5、m different cultures. Three people are talking about their experiences of Spring Festival. Tom Jenkins a 16-year old exchange student from Nanjing Xugang a 28-year-old computer engineer working in Shanghai Li Yan a 70-year-old grandmother from Heilongjiang Province Read again. Find out each persons
6、experiences of Spring Festival(P54 Ex4) Tom Xu Gang Li Yan Where and with whom with his host family in Nanjing Preparations before Spring Festival Activities during Spring Festival cleaning the house,attach ed Fu upside down to the front door setting off and watching fireworks at parents home bookin
7、g tickets and choosing gifts for parents chatting with his parents and having hotpot at home getting ready for children coming back children running, shouting,playing; adults talking and making Jiaozi together Find three descriptive sentences that showed the vivid scene of the Spring Festival. Read
8、the passage again, as Spring Festival means differently to them. Lets find out what Spring Festival means to them and also find out the reasons. Meaning Reasons Tom Jeckins Xu Gang Li Yan excitement and a lot of fun The character looked really cool The great excitement began. The fireworks were a lo
9、t of fun (throughout the passage) coming home and being with the entire family is the most important part the last paragraph especially the last sentence Spring festival is a family time Spring Festival is a family time for us(the first sentence) To me, this is Spring Festival-the joy of a family ga
10、thering(the last sentence) Text analysis Xu Gang: However, what we eat isnt the most important thing. What is important is who we eat with. Its a wonderful thing to be back together with my family and talk of old times. When I was a kid, Spring Festival was all about firecrackers, sweets and decorat
11、ions. As I get older, coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it. Li Yan: Spring Festival is a family time for us. To me, this is Spring Festival- the joy of a family gathering. What does Spring Festival mean in Chiese Culture? family reunion Think and share So as y
12、ou can see, throughout history, some of the original customs have changed, but the spirit of family remains. so what should be the spirit of festivals besides family reunion? given festival Its a time to spread love 福音福音 牧羊人牧羊人 Its time to show kindness Its a time to offer help Its a time to spread
13、care Its a time to spread joy, promote relationship and enhance the harmony of a family Have a reflection of or recall the National Day that you already had, what activities did you plan during the National day? What activities should you plan to enhance the spirit of the festival? Sing the national anthem Watch the national flag-raising ceremony Find the changes of our country after the 70 years foundation So plan your holiday next time to make it more meaningful.
