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Unit 2
Unit 2
Let’s celebrate!
Time for a Change
To talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions
To understand the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese
To understand why Chinese people value the Spring Festival family reunion dinner
To know what a fact is and what an opinion is
Watch the video and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
Pasting Spring Festival couplets and hanging red lanterns
Receiving red envelopes
Performing waist drumming
Letting off firecrackers
People clean and decorate their homes with red items.
Families have a New Year’s Eve dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala.
play a New Year visit
go to the temple fair
watch a lion dance
…
Other Chinese Spring Festival traditions：
It is a celebration for the start of the lunar new year.
It means happy family reunions.
People wish for good luck and happiness in the coming year.
…
Why do people celebrate this festival
Look at the title and the social insight and talk about what CHANGE might be discussed in the passage.
deep understanding of sth. within a social context
family dinner
_____________ vs. __________
at home
in a restaurant
Read the passage and find out each person’s point of view.
本文的语篇类型为专栏文章。课文由两封读者来信构成，针对在哪里吃年夜饭表达了不同的观点，引发学生思考传统习俗是否应该改变。
Wang Peng
Liu Yonghui
It just won't feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. The process of preparing the dinner together is more important than the dinner itself.
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Liu Yonghui retired teacher
Wang Peng software engineer
eating at home
eating out
Eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members remains the same.
1. How long has Wang Peng eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner
2. What does Wang Peng think of the relationship between eating out and the tradition of the Spring Festival family dinner
Read the first letter and answer the questions.
Three years.
He thinks eating out is just a change in the form of the tradition, and the love between family members remains the same.
3. Why does Wang Peng consider eating out a good choice
4. What is Wang Peng's main point about the Spring Festival family dinner
What or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve doesn't matter; the love between family members remains the same despite the change of the dinner's form.
Because it has nothing to do with loss of traditions, the occasion is more enjoyable without tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better.
1. How does Liu Yonghui feel about having the Spring Festival family dinner out
2. What did Liu Yonghui look forward to most when he was a little boy during the Spring Festival
The dinner on the eve of Spring Festival.
He is a bit unhappy about it.
Read the second letter and answer the questions.
3. Why did Liu Yonghui think the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was important when he was young
4. What does Liu Yonghui hope his children and their children will value
The memories of preparing the dinner together.
Because it was not only for the delicious food but also for the opportunity to have the whole family gathered together.
What do Wang Peng and Liu Yonghui both value
Family Bonds
“The love between the family members sitting around the table together remains the same.”
“I hope my children and their children will still value our memories of preparing the dinner together.”
They both value the love and shared moments of the family reunion on Spring Festival Eve.
Which of the two opinions do you agree with Why
I think; I believe; From my eyes; In my view;
From where I stand; I agree with; I disagree with …
What is a fact
A fact is something that exists or has happened, for example, an object, event or experience. Facts are statements that can be proved by evidence.
What is an opinion
An opinion can be a general or individual view, belief or impression. Opinions can sometimes be identified by the presence of words such as “feel”, “believe” and “think”.
Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
1. Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions. _____
2. … what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn’t matter. _____
O
O
3. … it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. _____
4. I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings. _____
5. She’d put tokens in some dumplings… ____
F
F
O
What do you think the retired teacher means by “To me, the
process is even more important than the dinner itself”
For him, the sweet memories of having the whole family getting together and preparing for the dinner are more important than the delicious food itself.
2. How would you describe a Spring Festival family dinner to a friend from overseas
It’s a very meaningful reunion dinner for a family to get together, especially for those who cannot see each other for a whole year.
3. Can you think of any other Chinese festival traditions Share them with the class.
The Mid-Autumn Festival. The full moon symbolizes family reunion and completeness. Families gather to admire the bright moon and share mooncakes. The round shape of both the moon and the mooncakes represents wholeness and unity.
Work in groups. Give a talk about the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.
Reasons:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Think about why Chinese people value the Spring Festival family dinner and make notes.
2. Organise your talk following the steps below.
State the importance of Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.
Explain why it is important.
Share your personal experience about the family dinner.
End by summarising the main points in your talk.
3. Give your talk to class.
Research more changes in Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
2. Write down your own opinion on whether Chinese
Spring Festival should adapt to modern times.

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