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Unit 6 Celebrating the Big Days
In this unit, you will learn to:
● introduce festivals and holidays.
● understand important Chinese and foreign festivals.
● use a chart to analyze the plot of a story.
● use the reading strategy of making connections.
● make a poster of a traditional festival.
Big Questions: What makes our festivals wonderful?
Unit 6 Celebrating the Big Days
Exploring the Topic
Theme Reading
Look and guess.
Which festival is this？
The Spring Festival
The Spring Festival
Before the Spring Festival, what do you do ?
We prepare for the Spring Festival.
We go shopping.
What do you buy ?
We buy...
new clothes
the Spring Festival couplets
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food and drinks
the fireworks
We do some cleaning.
Before the Spring Festival, what do you do ?
We put up the couplets and colorful lights.
We decorate our homes.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, what do you do ?
have a big meal
watch the Spring Festival TV show
get lucky money
Activity 1 Pair work
Match the activities with the pictures.
1
22
3
4
having a big meal
getting lucky money
watching the Spring Festival TV show
putting up Spring Festival couplets
4
3
1
2
What other activities do you do ?
set off fireworks
visit the relatives and friends
go to the Temple Fair
It's the last day of the Chinese lunar year, and we are having celebrations to welcome the Spring Festival.
Look, my father is putting up the Spring Festival couplets. And here in the kitchen, my mother is making some delicious dishes with my aunts. Now, it's time for dinner. We are having a big meal. Everybody is eating and drinking happily. And at the table, my grandparents give some lucky money to my young cousins and me. Finally, here comes the TV show for the Spring Festival! All the Chinese around the world watch the show and welcome the Chinese New Year together.
We all enjoy the family time and are excited to spend the Spring Festival holiday together.
Today we will read this passage.
While-reading
Skim the text and underline the main idea. Then write a proper title.
It's the last day of the Chinese lunar year, and we are having celebrations to welcome the Spring Festival.
Look, my father is putting up the Spring Festival couplets. And here in the kitchen, my mother is making some delicious dishes with my aunts. Now, it's time for dinner. We are having a big meal. Everybody is eating and drinking happily. And at the table, my grandparents give some lucky money to my young cousins and me. Finally, here comes the TV show for the Spring Festival! All the Chinese around the world watch the show and welcome the Chinese New Year together.
We all enjoy the family time and are excited to spend the Spring Festival holiday together.
_________________________________
Celebrating the Spring Festival
It's the last day of the Chinese lunar year, and we are having celebrations to welcome the Spring Festival.
Look, my father is putting up the Spring Festival couplets. And here in the kitchen, my mother is making some delicious dishes with my aunts. Now, it's time for dinner. We are having a big meal. Everybody is eating and drinking happily. And at the table, my grandparents give some lucky money to my young cousins and me. Finally, here comes the TV show for the Spring Festival! All the Chinese around the world watch the show and welcome the Chinese New Year together.
We all enjoy the family time and are excited to spend the Spring Festival holiday together.
While-reading
Read and match the main idea of each paragraph.
celebrations
setting
feelings
While-reading
Scan the text and answer the questions.
1. What are the people doing at that time?
Father :_________________________________________
Mother :________________________________________
Aunt :__________________________________________
Everybody :______________________________________
Grandparents :___________________________________
All the Chinese :___________________________________
2. What does the writer feel about the Spring Festival ?
_________________________________________________
Her/His father is putting up the Spring Festival couplets.
Her/His mother is making some delicious dishes.
Her/His aunt is making some delicious dishes.
Everybody is eating and drinking happily.
They give some lucky money.
They watch the show and welcome the New Year together.
The author enjoys the family time and is excited to spend the Spring Festival holiday together.
Activity 2
Read the text and make connections.
What I read:__________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________.
What I know:_________________________________________________.
Now I understand:_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________.
Our family are having celebrations to welcome the Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is important for Chinese
All the Chinese around the world celebrate to welcome the Spring Festival
Activity 3
Read the text again and mark T(True) or F(False).
1. The text is about the celebrations during the long Spring Festival.
2. The Chinese New Year is on the first day of every year.
3. The author has a big family.
4. Some of the author's cousins can't get lucky money.
T
T
F
F
( )
( )
( )
( )
lunar
All
can
Read and understand
Activity 4
Complete the plot chart according to the text.
is putting up
the Spring Festival
is making

with my aunts
some delicious food
couplets
We are having a big meal. My grandparents give some lucky money to my young cousins and me.
All the Chinese around the world watch the TV show and welcome the Chinese New Year together.
Know more about the Spring Festival.
Think and discuss.
What does the Spring Festival mean to Chinese people ?
A festival ?
A holiday ?
There is a saying: “ Whether you have money or not, go home for the Chinese New Year!”
The Spring Festival is a holiday of family time.
Activity 5
Look at the pictures and answer the following questions.
How do the people in the pictures feel?
Where are the people in the first picture?
What are they going to do?
Excited/Happy.
They are in the train station.
They are going to visit their family members.
Think and discuss.
What do you like best about the Spring Festival?
Read and understand.
It's the last day of the Chinese lunar year, and we are having celebrations to welcome the Spring Festival.
Look, my father is putting up the Spring Festival couplets. And here in the kitchen, my mother is making some delicious dishes with my aunts. Now, it's time for dinner. We are having a big meal. Everybody is eating and drinking happily. And at the table, my grandparents give some lucky money to my young cousins and me. Finally, here comes the TV show for the Spring Festival! All the Chinese around the world watch the show and welcome the Chinese New Year together.
We all enjoy the family time and are excited to spend the Spring Festival holiday together.
put up: 意为“张贴；挂起；举起；搭建”
短语：put sth up = put up sth
注意：当宾语为代词it/them时，应放在put和up的中间
你能帮我搭建帐篷吗?
Can you help me _________ the tent?
Can you help me _______________?
这幅画太大了，你能帮我把它挂起来吗?
The picture is too big.Can you help me _________?
put up
put the tent up
put it up
Read and understand.
It's the last day of the Chinese lunar year, and we are having celebrations to welcome the Spring Festival.
Look, my father is putting up the Spring Festival couplets. And here in the kitchen, my mother is making some delicious dishes with my aunts. Now, it's time for dinner. We are having a big meal. Everybody is eating and drinking happily. And at the table, my grandparents give some lucky money to my young cousins and me. Finally, here comes the TV show for the Spring Festival! All the Chinese around the world watch the show and welcome the Chinese New Year together.
We all enjoy the family time and are excited to spend the Spring Festival holiday together.
It’s time for sth
=It’s time to do sth
该干...的时间到了
翻译：上学的时间到了。
It’s time for school.
It’s time to go to school.
Read and understand.
It's the last day of the Chinese lunar year, and we are having celebrations to welcome the Spring Festival.
Look, my father is putting up the Spring Festival couplets. And here in the kitchen, my mother is making some delicious dishes with my aunts. Now, it's time for dinner. We are having a big meal. Everybody is eating and drinking happily. And at the table, my grandparents give some lucky money to my young cousins and me. Finally, here comes the TV show for the Spring Festival! All the Chinese around the world watch the show and welcome the Chinese New Year together.
We all enjoy the family time and are excited to spend the Spring Festival holiday together.
give sth to sb = give sb sth
把某物给某人 = 给某人某物
我把笔给Tom.
_____________________
_____________________
I give a pen to Tom.
= I give Tom a pen.
Read and understand.
It's the last day of the Chinese lunar year, and we are having celebrations to welcome the Spring Festival.
Look, my father is putting up the Spring Festival couplets. And here in the kitchen, my mother is making some delicious dishes with my aunts. Now, it's time for dinner. We are having a big meal. Everybody is eating and drinking happily. And at the table, my grandparents give some lucky money to my young cousins and me. Finally, here comes the TV show for the Spring Festival! All the Chinese around the world watch the show and welcome the Chinese New Year together.
We all enjoy the family time and are excited to spend the Spring Festival holiday together.
sb. spend + 钱/时间 + on + sth
sb. spend + 钱/时间 +（ in ）+ doing sth
spend
spend
Lucy 花了2小时做作业。
Lucy spends two hours on her homework.
Lucy spends two hours ( in ) doing her homework.
我妹妹花100元买了她的裙子
My sister spends 100 yuan on her dress.
My sister spends 100 yuan ( in ) buying her dress.
花时间
花钱
Let's do some exercises !
一、单项选择。
( ?? ?)?1.?I’m happy ________?the Spring Festival with my family.
A. to spend B. spend C. spends D. spending
( ?? ?)?2.?It is?very important for Chinese people to ________?couplets at?the Spring Festival.
A. look up B. put up C. get up D. come up
( ) 3. Mothers usually show their love to their children ________ making delicious meals.
A. by B. with C. on D. for
( ) 4. Mary gives some flowers ________ her mother on Mother’s Day.
A. for B. to C. at D. in
( ) 5. —Are there any ________ in Autumn?
—Yes. The Mid-Autumn Festival and the Double Ninth Festival.
A. months B. festivals C. weeks D. days
二、翻译句子。
having celebrations welcome
time for
Here comes
around the world
are excited to
Summary
We learn:
1. the activities about Spring Festival.
2. how to put the celebrations in the right order with the
help of plot chart.
We can: have a better understanding of the importance of Spring Festival.
Homework
You should
You may
retell the text fluently with the help of plot chart.
write a short text about the Spring Festival in your own words.

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