1、Developing ideas P20-21P20-21 Unit 2 Lets celebrate!Pre-readingHow do you spend Spring Festival with your families?Share your stories with us.Watch and think:Look at the pictures and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.ReadingRead the passage and find out each persons point of view.Wang Pe
2、ng: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 wont feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out.The process of preparing the dinner together is more important than the dinner
3、 itself.Wang PengLiu YonghuiEating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this tradition,but the love between the family members remains the same.It just wont feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out.The process of preparing the dinner together is more important th
4、an the dinner itself.Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts(F)or opinions(O).Learning to learnA fact is something that exists or has happened,for example,an object,event or experience.Facts are statements that can be proved by evidence.An opinion can be a general or individ
5、ual view,belief or impression.Opinions can sometimes be identified by the presence of words such as feel,believe and think.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 wher
6、e we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesnt matter._3.it just wont feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out._4.Id get under my mothers feet in the kitchen,watching her make dumplings._5.Shed put tokens in some dumplings._OOOFFThink Share:1.What do you think the retired teacher means by To m
7、e,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?3.How would you describe a Spring Festiv
8、al family dinner to a friend from overseas?4.Can you think of any other Chinese festival traditions?Share them with the class.After-readingWork in groups.Give a talk about the importance of the Spring Festival family dinner for Chinese people.1.Think about why Chinese people value the Spring Festiva
9、l family dinner and make notes.Reasons:Reasons:_2.Organise 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 summarising the main points in your ta
10、lk.3.Give your talk to the class.课文回顾句意：最近三年，我家都是在外面吃年夜饭的，和句意：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。在家吃比起来，在外面吃一样开心。no less than“不少于，多达”Language Points他有7个女儿之多。Hehas_sevendaughters.他至少有7个女儿。Hehas _ sevendaughters.no more than“仅仅,只有,最多不超过”not more than“不多于,不超过”not less than“不少于,至少”no less than notlessth
11、an她只有3顶帽子。Shehas _ threehats.她至多有3顶帽子。Shehas_threehats.nomorethannotmorethan1 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.句意：花这么长时间准备一顿饭，饭后再花一个小句意：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。时收拾，我真心觉得不值。worth n.价值；财产价值；财产;adj
12、.值值的的【句法分析】its worth.after its over是主句中谓语动词think后接的宾语从句。be worth sth 值.钱，拥有.价值的财产be worth doing sth 值得做某事e.g.这幅画值500美元。Thepicture_$500.isworth这台钟简直不值得修理。Theclockishardly_.worthrepairing2 I really dont think its worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal,and then another ho
13、ur cleaning up the mess after its over.句意：在外面吃年夜饭是个挺好的选择，而且也谈句意：在外面吃年夜饭是个挺好的选择，而且也谈不上丢弃传统。不上丢弃传统。have nothing to do with sb/sth 与某人、某事无关e.g.He said that he had nothing to do with the decision.他说他和那个决定毫不相干。他说他和那个决定毫不相干。From now on,my love has nothing to do with you.从现在起，我的爱与你没有任何关系。从现在起，我的爱与你没有任何关系。【
14、拓展】have something/little/much to do with sb/sth 与某人、某事有.关系3 Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.句意：不仅可以吃到平时难以吃到的美食，而且全句意：不仅可以吃到平时难以吃到的美食，而且全家人能有机会团聚在一起。家人能有机会团聚在一起。e.g.1.NotonlyZhouXiabutalsoherparents_ fond ofwatchingfootballmatches.2.Notonlyyoubutalsohe_tiredofhaving oneexaminationafteranother.not only.but(also).”不仅，而且.”在句中常用来连接两个对等的成分，also可以省略。当连接两个主语时，谓语动词遵循“就近原则”。areis4It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat,but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together.Thank you!
