Unit+2+Let's+Celebrate!+Developing+ideas 高一英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Warm

upDoyou

knowSpring

Festivalfamilydinner?Whatdoyouthink

of

it?Developing

ideas

Pre-readingOLookatthe

picturesandtalkabout

Chinese

Festivaltraditions.playthedrumsgiveand

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off

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开envelop作

节

吉

祥

女

意

来福Dear

Editor,1

We

have

eaten

out

for

the

Spring

Festival

family

dinner forthe

last

three

years,and

we

have

enjoyed

it

no

less

than

eating

at

home.I

don't

understand

why

somepeoplerefuseto

embrace

the

change.2

Can't

they

admit

that

the

preparations

for

the

dinner

are

hardwork?Ireally

don'tthink

it's

worth

the

effort

ofspendingsomuchtimepreparingfora

singlemeal,andthen

another

hour

cleaning

up

the

mess

after

it's

over.Weworkallyear,sowhycan't

one

daybe

about

spendingtime

with

family

and

relaxing?Developingideas

While-readingReadthe

passageandfindouteach

person's

pointofview.3

Eating

out

isa

good

choice

and

it

has

nothing

to

dowith

loss

of

traditions.We

still

have

the

dinner

with

thesame

people,just

in

a

different

place.The

occasion

ismoreenjoyablewithoutallthattiringcooking,andthedishes

taste

better!4

Inmy

opinion,what

orwherewe

eat

on

SpringFestival

Eve

really

doesn't

matter.Eating

out

maySocial

InsightsA

family

dinner

is

an

important

tradition

to

celebrateSpringFestival.Nowadays,somepeople

choose

to

bave

the

dinnerin

arestaurant,but

not

everyoneis

keenonthis

idea.

What

do

our

readers

think?changetheformof

thistradition,butthelovebetweenthe

family

members

sitting

around

the

table

togetherremainsthe

same.2

When

I

was

a

littleboy,the

dinner

on

the

eve

ofSpring

Festival

was

what

I

lookedforward

to

most.It

was

not

only

for

the

delicious

food

that

we

seldom

got

to

eat,butfor

the

opportunity

to

have

ourwhole

family

gathered

together.I

would

run

aroundthe

house,listening

to

the

adults

chatting

about

their

year.Pd

get

under

my

mother'sfeet

in

the

kitchen,watchinghermake

dumplings.She'dput

tokens

in

some

dumplings:candies

for

a

sweet

life

andpeanuts

for

a

long

andhealthy

one.Inthe

evening,all

of

uswould

sit

around

the

table,enjoying

the

food

andbeing

togetheragain.We

toasted

each

other,we

laughed,and

the

simple,homemadedishes

tasted

more

delicious

than

anythingcookedby

a

top

chef.3

Ihope

my

children

andtheir

children

will

still

value

ourmemories

ofpreparing

the

dinner

together.To

me,theprocess

is

even

more

important

than

the

dinner

itself.Developingideas

While-readingDear

Editor,1

For

this

year's

Spring

Festival

family

dinner,my

son

has

booked

a

table

at

the

bestrestaurant

in

town,but

P'm

a

bit

unhappy

about

it.For

me,itjust

won't

feel

like

SpringFestivalhaving

the

dinner

out.Time

for

aChange?

,α

CUaNdS:Liu

Yonghui,retired

teacherLiuYonghui:Itjustwon'tfeel

likeSpring

Festival

having

the

dinner

out.

The

process

of

preparing

the

dinner

together

ismoreimportant

than

the

dinneritself.Wang

Peng:Eating

out

for

the

SpringFestival

family

dinner

only

changes

the

formof

thistradition,butthelovebetweenthe

family

members

remainsthesame.2Readthepassageandfindouteachperson'spointofview.Developing

ideas1Eating

out

is

a

good

choice

and

ithas

nothing

to

do

with

loss

of

traditions.2

….what

or

where

we

estonSpring

Festival

Evereally

doesn't

matter.

3

...it

just

won't

feel

like

Spring

Festival

havingthe

dinner

out.

4I'd

get

under

my

mother's

feet

in

the

kitchen,watching

her

make

dumplings._

FDeveloping

ideas

Post-readingReadthesentencesfromthepassage

and

decide

iftheyarefacts

(F)or

opinions(O).GroupworkPleasework

ingroupstodiscussthesequestions.1,Whatdoyouthinktheretiredteachermeansby

"To

me,the

processisevenmoreimportantthanthe

dinneritself"?Forhim,thesweetmemories

of

having

thewholefamilygettingtogetherandpreparingforthedinneraremoreimportantthanthe

delicious

food

itself.2,How

could

you

describeaSpringFestivalfamilydinnertoafriendfromoverseas?Writinga

lettertoexpress

ideas5

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Readtheeditorialcoliumandanswerthequestions.Chinese

Sping

Testival

Going

GlobalNowadays,more

and

more

countriesaround

the

world

are

holding

celebrations

for

Chinese

SpringFestival.Whats

more,not

only

are

these

attended

and

enjoyed

by

Chinese

citizens

living

abroad,butbymanyothernationalities,too.Shoppingcentreshavebeenorganisingeventsand

activities

to

celebrate

Chinese

SpringFestivalforyears,whileconcertsandother

performancesare

also

proving

a

big

success.Tickets

for

the2017

Grand

Chinese

New

Year

Concert

in

St

Petersburg

sold

out,with

90%of

the

audiencelocalRussians.People

are

also

discoveringthefun

of

interactingwiththe

celebrations,ratherthan

simplywatching

as

part

of

an

audience.To

celebrate

the

2017

festival,over

1,000

Ghanaianjunior

highschoolstudentsgot

uponstageto

perform

Chinese

songs

and

dances.Students

in

New

York

City,meanwhile,have

since

2016

been

abletoenjoy

an

official

days

holidayfor

Chinese

Spring

Festival.It

seemsthat

Chinese

Spring

Festivalis

becoming

a

global

celebration

ofjoy

and

love.What

doyouthink

of

this

phenomenon?Write

to

us

to

share

your

opinion!1,Whichcountriesarementionedand

howdothey

celebrate

Chinese

Spring

Festival?Russia,Ghana

and

the

United

States.Russia:The

2017

Grand

Chinese

New

Year

Concert

was

held

in

St

Petersburg,with

its

tickets

sold

out

and

90%of

the

audience

local

Russians.Ghana:Over

1,000

Ghanaianjunior

highschool

students

got

up

on

stage

to

perform

Chinese

songs

and

dances

to

celebrate

the

2017

Spring

Festival.The

United

States:Students

in

New

York

City

have

since

2016

been

able

to

enjoyan

official

day'sholiday

for

Chinese

SpringFestival.2,Which

event

would

you

most

like

to

attend?Why?3