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Unit 4 Time to celebrate!
Understanding ideas (1)
英语外研版七年级上册
Learning objectives
通过本课时学习，学生能够：
1. 读懂描写春节经历的文章，并提取关键信息。
2. 通过分析作者经历的特殊性，对比国内庆祝春节的方式，加强对
传统节日的理解。
3. 通过角色扮演，体验文化差异，逐步形成跨文化交流意识。
重点
Free talk
Tomb-Sweeping Day
National Day
the Lantern Festival
the Dragon Boat Festival
May Day
What festival or holiday do you think is special
the Spring Festival
Which festival is the most important traditional festival in China
The Spring Festival.
Look and answer
What are the people doing
What is on the table
Look at the picture and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you.
There are some Chinese dishes on the table.
They are celebrating the Spring Festival and having a family reunion dinner.
Look and predict
What is the passage about
Why is the Spring Festival unusual
Skim and choose
What text type is this passage
A letter
A
A story
B
A piece of news
C
How do you know it’s a story
Skim and answer
Paras. 1-2:
The writer’s problem
and the writer’s solution
1. How many parts are there in the passage
There are two parts.
2. What are they about
Paras. 3-5:
The result
Read and answer
Read paras 1-2 and answer the questions.
1. Where did the writer celebrate the Spring Festival
2. How did the writer want to celebrate this festival
She wanted to treat her British friend, Emilia, to a Chinese dinner.
In the UK.
3. What’s the writer’s problem
She couldn’t make the Chinese dinner.
4. How did she solve the problem
Her whole family came to her help on the phone. And she became a chef in one hour!
Read and answer
Read paras 3-5 and answer the questions.
1. What is the last dish
The last dish is the lion’s head.
3. What did Emilia think of the last dish
She was shocked at the name, but she liked the taste.
4. How did the writer and her friend feel
They enjoyed the dinner and felt happy.
2. What does the last dish stand for
Its round shape stands for family reunions.
Read and complete
Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage.
Spring Festival
Chinese dinner
midnight
whole family
dish
shocked
back home
Read and choose
Choose the best ending of the passage.
a. I don’t like having the Spring Festival all by myself.
b. I miss my family so much.
c. It’s really an unusual but happy Spring Festival.
√
Think and share
1. What is unusual about the writer’s Spring Festival
The writer celebrated the Spring Festival in the UK, far away from China.
It’s the first time for the writer to cook Spring Festival dinner.
The dinner was done by her family’s help on the phone.
Emilia ate Chinese dinner with her knife and fork.
...
What’s the common way of celebrating the Spring Festival
How does the writer celebrate the Spring Festival
2. What is your family’s traditional dish for the Spring Festival Can you cook it
chicken
spring rolls
jiaozi
Fish — an increase in prosperity (年年有余)
Niangao — a higher income or a higher position (步步高升)
Think and share
This is the lion’s head!
Role-play
Work in pairs to role-play the conversation about the lion’s head.
Are you joking Isn’t that against the law
...
...
Pay attention to your body language and emotions.
Fill and retell
Fill in the blanks and retell the passage.
I wanted to 1. ______________ _________________ for Emilia.
I never 2. _________
________________.
I became 3. ________ with my family’s help!
We had a 4. ______ Spring Festival!
a chef
cooked
anything myself
cook
a Chinese dinner
happy
Think and say
What’s the common way of celebrating the Spring Festival
dumplings
fish
Spring Festival Gala
...
family reunion
fireworks
If you were the author, what dish would you prepare for Emilia Why
Let’s discuss
Work in groups and discuss.
Let’s share
I choose ...
Because ...
Homework
1. Explain the meaning of “the lion’s head” to your partner in English.
2. Preview Activity 5 Grammar rules on page 67.
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