DevelopingideasP20-21Unit2Let’scelebrate!新外研必修Book2·getthemainideaandfindouteachperson’spointofview;·tellopinionsfromfacts;·talkabouttheimportanceofSpringFestivalfamilydinnerforChinesepeople;·getthemainideaandspecificinformationoftheeditorial;·writealettertotheeditortoexpressyourideas.LearningobjectivesInthisclass,youwillHowdoyouspendSpringFestivalwithyourfamilies?Shareyourstorieswithus.Watchandthink:Pre-readingLookatthepicturesandtalkaboutChineseSpringFestivaltraditions.While-readingReadthepassage

quickly,

answerthequestionandfindouteachperson'spointofview.

FastreadingWhatisAfamilydinner?AfamilydinnerisanimportanttraditiontocelebrateSpring

Festival.AfamilydinnerisanimportanttraditiontocelebrateSpringFestival.Nowadays,somepeoplechoosetohavethedinnerinarestaurant,butnoteveryoneiskeenonthisidea.Whatdoourreadersthink?SocialInsightsWangPengLiuYonghuiEatingoutfortheSpringFestivalfamilydinneronlychangestheformofthistradition,butthelovebetweenthefamilymembersremainsthesame.Itjustwon'tfeellikeSpringFestivalhavingthedinnerout.Theprocessofpreparingthedinnertogetherismoreimportantthanthedinneritself.Findouteachperson'spointofviewInmyopinion,whatorwhereweeatonSpringFestivalEvereallydoesn’tmatter.Eatingoutmaychangetheformofthistradition,butthelovebetweethefamilymemberssittingaroundthetabletogetherremainsthesame.WangPeng’sletterForthisyear’sSpringFestivalfamilydinner,mysonhasbookedatableatthebestrestaurantintown,butI’mabitunhappyaboutit.Forme,itjustwon’tfeellikeSpringFestivalhavingthedinnerout.LiuYonghui’sletterCarefulreading1.WhatdoesWangPengmeanbysaying“wehaveenjoyeditnolessthaneatingathome”?A.Thewriterdoesn’tlikeeatingout.B.Thewriterdoesn’tlikeeatingathome.C.Botheatingathomeandeatingoutareenjoyable.D.Eatingathomeismoreenjoyablethaneatingout.Readthepassageand

answerthequestions.√WehaveeatenoutfortheSpringFestivalfamilydinneforthelastthreeyears,andwehaveenjoyeditnolessthaneatingathome.Idon'tunderstandwhysomepeoplerefusetoembracethechange.2.Whydoeseatingouthavenothingtodowithlossoftraditions?A.Thedishestastebetter.B.Weeatinadifferentplace.C.Wecanavoidthetiringcooking.D.Westillcelebrateitwithourfamily.√EatingoutfortheSpringFestivalfamilydinneronlychangestheformofthistradition,butthelovebetweenthefamilymembersremainsthesame.3.WhyisLiuYonghuiunhappyabouteatingtheSpringFestivalfamilydinnerout?A.BecausehethinksitlacksthefeelingofSpringFestival.B.Becausehissonbookedatablewithouthispermission.C.Becausehecancookdeliciousfoodhimself.D.Becauseitistooexpensive.√Ihopemychildrenandtheirchildrenwillstillvalueourmemoriesofpreparingthedinnertogether.Tome,theprocessisevenmoreimportantthanthedinneritself.Readthesentencesfromthepassageanddecideiftheyarefacts(F)oropinions(O).

LearningtolearnAfactissomethingthatexistsorhashappened,forexample,anobject,eventorexperience.Factsarestatementsthatcanbeprovedbyevidence.Anopinioncanbeageneralorindividualview,belieforimpression.Opinionscansometimesbeidentifiedbythepresenceofwordssuchas"feel","believe"and"think".Readthesentencesfromthepassageanddecideiftheyarefacts(F)oropinions(O).

1.Eatingoutisagoodchoiceandithasnothingtodowithlossoftraditions.____2....whatorwhereweeatonSpringFestivalEvereallydoesn'tmatter.____3....itjustwon'tfeellikeSpringFestivalhavingthedinnerout._____4.I'dgetundermymother'sfeetinthekitchen,watchinghermakedumplings.___5.She'dputtokensinsomedumplings...____OOOFFThink

Share:1.Whatdoyouthinktheretiredteachermeansby“To

me,

theprocessisevenmoreimportantthan

thedinneritself”?Forhim,thesweetmemoriesofhavingthewholefamilygettingtogetherandpreparingforthedinneraremoreimportantthanthedeliciousfooditself.

2.Whichofthetwoopinionsdoyouagreewith?Why?3.HowwouldyoudescribeaSpringFestivalfamilydinnertoafriendfromoverseas?4.CanyouthinkofanyotherChinesefestivaltraditions?Sharethemwiththeclass.Workingroups.GiveatalkabouttheimportanceoftheSpringFestivalfamilydinnerforChinesepeople.

1.ThinkaboutwhyChinesepeoplevaluetheSpringFestivalfamilydinnerandmakenotes.Reasons:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Post-reading2.Organiseyourtalkfollowingthestepsbelow.

StatetheimportanceoftheSpringFestivalfamilydinnerforChinesepeople.

Explainwhyitisimportant.

Shareyourpersonalexperienceaboutthefamilydinner.

Endbysummarisingthemainpointsinyourtalk.3.Giveyourtalktotheclass.LanguagepointsP20-21Unit2Let'scelebrate!新外研必修Book2課文回顧句意：最近三年，我家都是在外面吃年夜飯的，和在家吃比起來(lái)，在外面吃一樣開(kāi)心。nolessthan

“不少于，多達(dá)”

他有7個(gè)女兒之多。He?has__________?seven?daughters.?他至少有7個(gè)女兒。He?has__________seven?daughters.?nomorethan“僅僅,只有,最多不超過(guò)”nolessthannot?less?than?她只有3頂帽子。She?has____________three?hats.?她至多有3頂帽子。She?has?____________?three?hats.no?more?thannot?more?than1WehaveeatenoutfortheSpringFestivalfamilydinnerforthelastthreeyears,andwehaveenjoyeditnolessthaneatingathome.notmorethan“不多于,不超過(guò)”notlessthan“不少于,至少”Ireallydon’tthinkit’sworththeeffortofspendingsomuchtimepreparingforasinglemeal,andthenanotherhourcleaningupthemessafterit’sover.句意：花這么長(zhǎng)時(shí)間準(zhǔn)備一頓飯，飯后再花一個(gè)小時(shí)收拾，我真心覺(jué)得不值。worth

n.價(jià)值；財(cái)產(chǎn)；adj.值……的beworthsth

值……錢，擁有……價(jià)值的財(cái)產(chǎn)beworthdoingsth值得做某事例：這幅畫(huà)值?500?美元。The?picture_______$500.is?worth這臺(tái)鐘簡(jiǎn)直不值得修理。The?clock?is?hardly_____________.worth?repairing2賓語(yǔ)從句句意：在外面吃年夜飯是個(gè)挺好的選擇，而且也談不上丟棄傳統(tǒng)。

havenothingtodowithsb/sth

與某人、某事無(wú)關(guān)Hesaidthathehadnothingtodowiththedecision.

他說(shuō)他和那個(gè)決定毫不相干?！就卣埂縣avesomething/little/muchtodowithsb/sth

與某人、某事有……關(guān)系3Eatingoutisagoodchoiceandithasnothingtodowithlossoftraditions.

句意：不僅可以吃到平時(shí)難以吃到的美食，而且全家人能有機(jī)會(huì)團(tuán)聚在一起。

1.NotonlyZhou?Xia?but?also?her?parents?____fondofwatchingfootballmatches.2.Notonlyyou?but?also?he?___?tired?of?having?one?examination?after?another.notonly...but(also)...”不僅，而且……”在句中常用來(lái)連接兩個(gè)對(duì)等的成分，also可以省略。當(dāng)連接兩個(gè)主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞遵循“就近原則”。areis4Itwasnotonlyforthedeliciousfoodthatweseldomgottoeat,butfortheopportunitytohaveourwholefamilygatheredtogether.WritingP23Unit2Let'scelebrate!新外研必修Book2WritingalettertoexpressideasReadtheeditorialandanswerthequestions.1.WhichcountriesarementionedandhowdotheycelebrateChineseSpringFestival?Russia:The2017GrandChineseNewYearConcertwasheldinStPetersburg,withitsticketssoldoutand90%oftheaudiencelocalRussians.Ghana:Over1,000GhanaianjuniorhighschoolstudentsgotuponstagetoperformChinesesongsanddancestocelebratethe2017SpringFestival.TheUnitedStates:StudentsinNewYorkCityhavesince2016beenabletoenjoyanofficialday'sholidayforChineseSpringFestival.Russia,GhanaandtheUnitedStates.2.Whicheventwouldyoumostliketoattend?Why?3.WhydoyouthinkChineseSpringFestivalis“goingglobal”?IncreasingoverseasChinesepopulation,China'sgrowingeconomicandpoliticalinfluence,thedesireofoverseasstoresandrecreationalvenuestoprofitfromthecelebration,China'seffortstohelpthefestivalgoglobal.Discusswithyourgroupmembers.Completethenotestohelporganiseyourideas.

Whatthephenomenonis:_____________________________Whatreasonsliebehindit:

_____________________________Howyoufeelaboutit:

_____________________________UsefulExpressions1.Nowadays,moreandmorecountriesare...What'smore...2....havebeenorganising...,whileothersarealsoproving...3.Peoplearediscovering...4.Inmyopinion/Forme...5.I(don't)think...6.It'snotonly...,but...7.Ihope...8.Itseemsthat...isbecoming....9.Whatdoyouthinkofthisphenomenon?Nowwritealettertotheeditortoexpressyourideas.Usetheexpressionsabovetohelpyou.Deareditor,Thesedays,agrowingnumberofpeopleoverseasarecelebratingChineseSpringFestival,animportanttraditionalfestivalthatfeatureshope,reunionandhappiness.VariousChineseculturalactivities,suchasgalaperformances,filmshows,templefair