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1、Unit 1 Understanding Chinese Culture Warm-up1. Listen to the song. Then tell what it sings about.2. What do you usually do to celebrate the Spring Festival? Is there any special activity? Discuss with your partners.3. How much do you know about the Chinese New Year?A. Which day in the 15-day celebra

2、tion is for the sons-in-laws to pay a visit to their parents-in-law? The third and fourth days.B. What is the fifth day called? Po Woo.C. How many kinds of traditional New Year food do you know? Dumplings, a whole fish, chicken, New Year cakeD. Do we use knives or scissors on New Year's Day? NO.

3、 They may cut off fortune.E. What fruit do we usually use as a decoration during the Spring Festival? Oranges and Tangerines. They are symbols for abundant happiness. Pre-reading Activities Work in groups. Discuss the following questions:1. Do you know why we call the Spring Festival “Nian”?2. Do yo

4、u know why we Chinese celebrate the New Year at a different time from the Western world?The Chinese New Year1 There are many tales associated with the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival as it is often called. Legends about Nian are some of the most colourful!关于中国新年（又称“春节”）的起源，有很多传说。而关于“年”的传说是其中最生动

5、的一个!2 Nian is a mythical monster which would terrorise humans around the time of the New Year. Indeed, Nian was so fierce and deadly that it threatened to destroy mankind. Worried about this, the Emperor summoned a wise man to solve the problem. Seeing with his own eyes the destruction that Nian bro

6、ught, the wise man approached Nian with a challenge. “Why kill and destroy humans who are no match for your strength?” he asked. “Prove your real power by destroying the other monsters of the earth.” “年”是传说中经常在新年时出来恐吓人的一种神秘妖怪。“年”非常凶猛残暴，威胁到人们的生存。皇帝为此非常担忧，于是传唤一位智者来解决这个问题。亲眼看到“年”造成的破坏，这位智者向“年”提出挑战：“你为何

7、要杀害和毁灭在力量上根本不能与你抗衡的人类？”他说，“你如果能把地球上其他妖怪都杀了，那才能证明自己真正的实力。”3 Nian took up this challenge but one year later, having destroyed all the other monsters of the earth, Nian appeared again intent on terrorising mankind. However, it happened that on the day he returned some children were playing with firecra

8、ckers. Nian was scared off by the loud noise, so from that time on, every New Year people set off firecrackers and other fireworks to scare away the last remaining monster on the earthNian.“年”接受了挑战，但是一年之后，它杀死了地球上其他所有的妖怪，又重新出现，决意要恐吓威胁人类。然而，“年”回来那一天正好碰到一些孩子在放鞭炮，它被鞭炮发出的巨大声响吓跑了。从那以后，每到新年，人们都用鞭炮和其他烟火把地球上

9、最后一个妖怪“年”吓跑。4 Another legend about Nian concerns the red decorations that people put up on their windows and doors. The wise man advised “Red is the colour that Nian fears most!” Putting the red decorations outside their homes would protect people from the monster if it came back to trouble them aga

10、in. This tradition has been kept from that day until now. Today, red decorations and firecrackers remain an essential part of the colour and fun of Chinese New Year.另一个关于“年”的传说与人们在门窗上放一些红色的饰品有关。智者建议人们用红色的饰品装饰自家的门窗。“红色是年最怕的一种颜色！”他说。当妖怪再来骚扰人们时，屋外的红色饰品就可以使他们免受妖怪之害了。这一传统被保留了下来。今天，红色仍然是这一节日的主色而放鞭炮依旧是过年的主

11、要乐趣。5 Why do the Chinese celebrate New Year at a different time from people in the West? The traditional Chinese calendar, like many Asian calendars, follows the lunar cycle. So the New Year starts with the new moon on the first day of the new year and the celebrations end at the full moon fifteen d

12、ays later. This day is called the Lantern Festival when traditionally people make paper lanterns and float them in the rivers or hang them from trees. A month is a “Moon” and the cycle lasts about twenty nine or thirty days. In order to catch up with the solar cycle, the Chinese insert an extra mont

13、h every seven years. This month is called “run yue”. It is the same as adding an extra day in a leap year.为什么中国人庆祝新年的时间与西方不同？传统的中国历法与很多亚洲国家的历法一样，是按照阴历计算的。所以新年伴随着新月的出现而开始，是新年的第一天，而庆祝活动也在15天之后的满月时结束。这一天被称为“元宵节”（或称为“灯笼节”），按照传统，人们制作一些纸灯笼，放到河面上或挂到树上。一个月也就是一个月亮运行周期，整个周期持续29 天或30 天。为了能与阳历的日期相匹配，中国人在农历中每7年增

14、加一个月，这个增加的月被称为“闰月”。每到闰年的时候在二月里增加一天也是这个道理。6 Although the celebrations for Chinese New Year start from the eve of the first day of the new year, the preparations begin a month earlier. People buy presents and new clothes, clean and decorate their homes and cook traditional food. Spring Cleaning has bo

15、th a practical and symbolic value. Homes are cleaned from top to bottom. This is seen as a way to “sweep away” any ill fortune or unpleasantness from the previous year and at the same time prepare the house for any good luck that the new year will bring! Doors and windows are repainted, usually in r

16、ed to ward off evil spirits, and then decorated with Spring Couplets written in black ink on large vertical scrolls of red paper to bring happiness, wealth and longevityand to warn off Nian! Reading Comprehension尽管新年的庆祝活动从除夕开始，但是新年的准备工作在新年到来之前一个月就开始了。人们购买礼物，添置新衣服，打扫和装饰房子并且烹饪一些传统的食物。新年大扫除既有实际意义又有象征意义

17、。人们认为把家里里外外都打扫一遍，一方面可以清除往年任何厄运和不愉快，另一方面也为迎接来年的好运做好了准备。门窗都用能驱鬼避邪的红色粉刷一新并且贴上对联。对联通常用黑色墨水写在竖着的红色卷纸上以祈求欢乐、财富和长寿，并且吓跑妖怪“年”。7 Like many Chinese New Year traditions, the food prepared for the occasion is linked with ideas of good fortune for the coming year. Red meat would certainly not be on the menu beca

18、use it is considered bad luck to eat it at this time. Fish, however, with its relationship to long life and plenty, is a traditional New Year favourite. Savoury dumplings called “Jiaozi”, eaten at the New Years Eve family gathering, are thought to encourage large and happy families. However, truly b

19、ad luck would be waiting on anyone who served them or ate them from cracked or chipped plates! Whatever lucky food is served at the party, theres certain to be a lot of it. A table full of leftovers after everyone has eaten their fill is another sign of future prosperity!Reading Comprehension和其他很多中国

20、新年的传统一样，为新年准备的食物也与来年的好运紧密相关。红颜色的肉必定不会出现在菜单上，因为这个时候吃的话，会带来厄运。然而，鱼作为长寿和财富的象征在新年备受人们的青睐。除夕夜团圆饭时吃的饺子被人们看作是人丁兴旺、家庭美满的象征。然而，若有人用有缺口或有裂痕的盘子盛饺子或吃饺子的话，这人必遭厄运！无论是哪种象征好运的食品上桌，都一定要多上。一家人酒足饭饱之后餐桌上仍有很多剩余，是来年家庭兴旺的又一个标志Words & Expressions1. legend n. story handed down from the past, especially one that may not

21、be true 传奇，传说 e.g. The legend of Robin Hood is well-known.2. mythical adj. existing only in an ancient story, imagined or invented神话的，虚构的e.g. Qi Lin is a mythical Chinese creature which is similar to a unicorn.Myth n. 神话 e.g. ancient Greek myths3. terrorise v. to fill or overpower with terror, to te

22、rrify 使惊恐不安，恐吓e.g. The local gangs terrorised the neighborhood.4. fierce adj. violent and angry 凶猛的，凶狠的e.g. Swans are always fierce in denfence of their young. The leopard looks fierce.5. lunar adj. determined or measured in reference to the moon 根据月亮决定或测定的 e.g. The Chinese New Year falls on lunar J

23、anuary, 1st.6. solar adj. determined or measured in reference to the sun 根据太阳决定或测定的 e.g. Solar energy is one kind of important energy nowadays.7. insert v. to put or set into, between, or among 插入，嵌入e.g. The editor inserted an advertisement in the newspaper. insert a key into a lock 8. symbolic adj.

24、 representing a particular idea or quality 象征的，符号的e.g. The cross is symbolic of Christianity. 9. ward off to keep away (somebody/something that is dangerous or unpleasant) 挡开，避开 e.g. He carried a gun to ward off possible attacks.Discussion:Do you like the Spring Festival? Which part of it do you lik

25、e most? Why? Is there any special tradition in your hometown to celebrate the Spring Festival?Grammar DevelopmentPresent participles used as adverbials一、现在分词做状语（表原因，时间，条件，让步，行为方式，伴随状况）现在分词与主句的主语一致，且形成主谓关系，就是说现在分词的动作发出者是主句的主语。例如： Hearing the news, they got excited. When they heard the news, they got excited. 现在分词 逻辑主语 从这个例句中看出，现在分词的发出者是主句的主语they，且主句的主语与现在分词形成主谓关系。 S