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To know Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
2. To understand the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese.
3. To understand why Chinese people value the Spring Festival family reunion dinner.
4. To know what is a fact and what is an opinion.
5. To learn some words and expressions.
hang red lanterns.
What do you and your family do for Spring Festival
let off fireworks / firecrackers
pay a New Year visit
thoroughly clean the house
buy things
paste the character “fu”
watch a lion dance
red packet
Paste Spring Festival couplets
A traditional family dinner on the evening before Spring Festival.
Look at the video. What festival is it What are people doing at the moment
Do you know any other ways of celebrating the Spring Festival
Buying new clothes
Eating a family reunion dinner
Watching CCTV Spring Festival Gala
Eating sweet dumplings for people in the south
Eating dumplings for people in the north
Visiting relatives and friends
Lion dancing and dragon dancing
Look at the pictures and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
Paste the antithetical couplet
Shoot off fireworks
Giving & receiving
red packet
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。
Read the passage and find out each person’s point of view.
Wang Peng:
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.
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.
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 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”.
Think & Share
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. Which of the two opinions do you agree with
Why
Open answers.
eg I agree with the one of having the dinner
at home, because I think the time spent
doing sth together family at home is very
precious.
3. How would you describe a Spring Festival
family dinner to a friend from overseas
Open answers.
eg It’s a very meaningful reunion dinner for a
family to get together, especially some of
whom can not see each other for a whole
year.
4. Can you think of any other Chinese festival
traditions Share them with the class.
Open answers.
1. …, but not everyone is keen on this idea.
……，不过，不是每个人都支持这一想法。
be keen on 热衷于，喜爱
similar expressions:
be into
be crazy about
be fond of
eg Kate is keen on romantic comedies
while Tom is fond of martial arts movies.
2. We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
最近三年，我家都是在外面吃年夜饭的，和在家吃比起来，在外面吃一样开心。
for/over/during/in the last/past +a period of time 应与现在完成时连用。
eg Great changes have taken place in China
in the past seventy years.
I have learned many festivals around the
world during the last two days.
no less than 不少于，多达
less than 少于，不到，不超过
more than 超过，非常，不仅仅
no more than 就是，正是
more… than…与其说…不如说…
eg We have to work on the project for no less
than 3 months.
He is more than a teacher. In fact, he is
more of a friend than a teacher.
3. Can’t they admit that the preparations for the dinner are hard work
难道他们不觉得准备年夜饭很辛苦吗？
admit是动词。
作“承认”讲时，常用于以下结构：admit
(to) sth.; admit (to) doing sth.; admit (to sb.)
+ that从句。
eg Don’t be afraid to admit (to) your
mistakes.
George would never admit (to) being
wrong.
She admitted (to her teacher) that she had
made a mistake.
作“允许（进入），接纳”讲时，常用于以下结构：admit sb. / sth. to / into sth.。
eg Spain was admitted to / into the European
Community in 1986.
Each ticket admits two people to the party.
作“（某一范围内）可容纳”讲时，常用于以下结构：admit sb. / sth.。
eg The theatre admits only 250 people.
The harbour can admit large boats.
【语境应用】根据括号内的汉语提示补全下面句子（每空一词）。
1) Drake _______ _______ _______ _______
_______ (被允许进入这个俱乐部) in 2017.
2) Tom refused to ________ ________ ________
________ (承认打破了窗户).
3) The cinema ________ ________ ________
________ (大约可坐 2000 人).
was admitted to / into the
club
admit breaking the
window
admits about 2,000
people
4. I really don’t think it’s worth the effort of
spending so much time preparing for a
single meal, and then another hour cleaning
up the mess after it’s over.
花这么长时间准备一顿饭，饭后再花一个小
时收拾，我真心觉得不值。
be worth sth是固定搭配，意为“值……钱，
拥有……价值的财产”。Be worth doing sth
意为“值得做某事”。其中doing是主动形式
表示被动意义，worth常用well修饰。
eg This art collection is worth a large
amount of money.
The movie The Wandering Earth is well
worth seeing.
mess既可作名词也可作动词。
mess作名词时，意为：①肮脏，杂乱，不整洁（常用搭配：in a mess）；②（组织欠佳等导致的）麻烦，困境，混乱（常用搭配：make a mess of）；③不整洁（或邋遢、不修边幅）的人。
eg Sam’s house is always in a mess.
I feel I’ve made a mess of things.
I got myself into a mess by telling a lie.
He was a real mess and drinking too much.
mess作动词时，意为“使不整洁，弄脏，弄乱”。
eg Careful — you’re messing my hair.
【拓展】
messy adj. 意为：①肮脏的，凌乱的，不整洁的；②使脏乱的，使不整洁的；③混乱的，难以处理的，令人厌烦的。
eg The children got really messy playing in the
woods.
Vicky cooks really well but she’s rather
messy.
A war will be a long and messy business.
5. Eat out is a good choice and it has nothing to
do with loss of traditions.
在外面吃年夜饭是个挺好的选择，而且这也
谈不上丢弃传统。
has nothing to do with…与…没有关系
has/have something/anything to do with与…
有关系
be related to, be connected with, be linked to,
have connection with, etc 与…有关系的
eg My choice doesn’t have anything to do
with your taste.
His disability is related to the car
accident.
6. The occasion is more enjoyable without all
that tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better!
用餐会更愉快，而且（饭店的）饭菜味道也
更好！
occasion名词，意为“……的时候，场合，机
会”，常与介词on连用。
eg It’s polite to wear suits on a formal
occasion.
注意：当occasion后跟定语从句，且从句完整，需要关系副词时，如果意思为“时机” 则用when，如果意思为 “场合”则用where。
eg There are occasions when we don’t talk but
we understand each other.
【拓展】
occasional adj. 不时的
occasionally adv. 有时候，不时地
on a …occasion/on …occasions 在…场合
7. …, but the love between the family members
sitting around the table together remains the
same.
……，但是围坐在餐桌前的家人之间的亲情
并没有改变。
remain可以作连系动词，意为：仍然是。后
接形容词、名词、过去分词 、介词短语等作
表语。
eg Though he hasn’t slept for three days, he
remains energetic.
Bob remains a teacher, while some of his
classmates have become bosses.
The boy remained seated until his father
came in.
He has remained in power for more than \
10 years.
remain可以作不及物动词，意为：逗留，留下，遗留，剩下。
eg Most guests left, but Mary and Susan
remained to help do the dishes.
Only the walls of the building remained
after the fire.
remain to be done意为：留待以后去做 / 看
eg A number of problems remain to be solved.
remain可以作名词，意为：残余，遗迹，常用复数形式。
eg They have found some remains of Tang
Dynasty in that city.
【拓展】
remain没有被动语态。
remain常用it作形式主语，而把真正主语 放在其后。
eg It remains true that sport is about
competing well, not winning.
remain也可以和there连用构成There remains ...。
eg There remained one significant problem.
8. When I was a little boy, the dinner on the
eve of Spring Festival was what I looked
forward to most.
小时候，我最期待的就是除夕的年夜饭。
look forward to意为“期待，盼望”，其后接
名词或动词-ing形式。
eg The children were looking forward to
the party.
They looked forward to seeing him again.
【拓展】
常见的其它含look的短语：
look after 照看，照顾
look at 朝……看
look for 寻找
look up（在词典或参考书中）查阅
look out 小心，当心
look over 翻阅，检查
Work in groups. Give a talk about the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.
Reasons:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
First, it’s not easy for every family member to have a holiday. Second, Chinese people think reunion is of vital importance for a family. Third, …
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.
1.Read Time for a Change three times.
2.Try to recite at least one letter in the article.
3. Do you think a family dinner is necessary
Why
Write your opinions down, giving at least 3 reasons.

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