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Unit 2 Let’s celebrate
Developing ideas
【教材分析】
本板块呈现了从另一角度反映单元主题的课文，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。读写部分的范文是一篇报刊社论，简单介绍了中国春节走向世界这一现象，要求学生给编辑写信，谈谈自己对这一现象的看法。通过这一板块的学习，学生能够深入思考传统节日的变迁，了解中国文化逐渐走向世界这一趋势，并且初步掌握书信的文体特点和写法。
【教学目标】
1. 掌握本课的重要词汇与句式；
2. 引导学生通过快速阅读，获取课文中不同人物的观点，并对不同的观点做出评价。
【教学重难点】
1. 重点：本课时的重要词汇与句式；
2. 难点：通过快速阅读，获取课文中不同人物的观点，并对不同的观点做出评价。
【教学过程】
Step 1 Lead in
Have the Ss look at the pictures and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions in Activity 1. And discuss the way of celebration and share their view in groups. Then ask several Ss to share their idea in class.
Teacher is supposed to support some words or expressions that are related with Spring Festival, such as let off fireworks/firecrackers, thoroughly clean the house, pay a New Year visit, paste Spring Festival couplets, hang red lanterns, paste the character “fu” to the door, go to the temple fair, give and receive a red envelope, watch a lion dance and so on。
Step 2 Reading
1. Read the passage and find out each person’s point of view in Activity 2.
(1) Have the Ss read the passage carefully by themselves and pay attention to people’s view. Then share in whole class.
(2) Get the Ss to read again quickly and summarize the main idea and purpose of the passage, and then share with the class.
2. Pay attention to the language points in the passage:
(1) We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
no less than意为“不少于，多达”，这里可以理解为我们在外面吃春节团圆饭的乐趣不亚于在家吃。类似的用法还有no more than，意为“就是，正是”。例如：
It's no more than you deserve. (这完全是你应该得到的。）
(2) 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.
这个句子结构略复杂，教师应首先引导学生弄清楚句子的结构，以便学生能够更好地理解句意。
it's worth...it's over是主句中谓语动词think后接的宾语从句。be worth sth是固定搭配，意为“值……钱；拥有……价值的财产”。例如：This art collection is worth a large amount of money.（这批艺术收藏品值一大笔钱。）
be worth doing sth意为“值得做某事”。例如：The film is well worth seeing. (这部影片很值得一看。）
(3) Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.
Paraphrase: Eating out is a good choice and it is not connected with loss of traditions.这里要让学生掌握 have nothing to do with sb/sth这一固定搭配，其意为 someone or something is not connected with or involved in a particular fact or situation。类似的固定搭配还有have something/little/much to do with sb/sth。
(4) When I was a little boy, the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was what I looked forward to most.
本句包含一个状语从句（when I was a little boy)和一个表语从句（what I looked forward to most)。一方面，教师可以引导学生换一种方式表达主句的意思，以帮助学生更好地理解句意和表语从句的句式结构。比如，学生可以说：When I was a little boy, what I looked forward to most was the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival.另一方面，教师可以引导学生思考能否把表语从句中的what换成that或其他词并给出理由，从而让学生认识到what在这里既起引导作用又充当表语从句中的宾语。
Step 3 Activity 3
1. Ask Ss to go through “Learning to learn” and know what a fact is and what an opinion is.
2. Go through the sentences from the passage and in groups decide if they’re facts or opinions. Then check the answers.
Step 4 Think and share
Have the Ss think or discuss the questions and then share their answers with the class.
1. What do you think the retired teacher means by “To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself”
2. Which of the two opinions do you agree with Why
3. How would you describe a Spring Festival family dinner to a friend from overseas
4 Can you think of any other Chinese festival traditions Share them with the class.
Step 5 Group work
Get the Ss to work in groups and have them give a talk about the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.
1. Have them think about why Chinese people value the Spring Festival family dinner and make notes.
2. Organize your talk following the steps below.
·State the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.
·Explain why it is important.
·Share your personal experience about the family dinner.
·End by summarizing the main points in your talk.
3. Finally have some Ss to give his/her talk to the class.
Step 6 Homework
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