Module 10

Unit 2 My mother’s cleaning our house

and sweeping away bad luck.

By Wang Yan

RevisionRevision

What do Chinese people do at Spring Festival?

Do somethings

buy clothes sweep the floor

set off fireworks

have a family dinner

learn a lion dance

Brainstorming （头脑风暴）

decorate the doors

…

Look and say.

— What’s Li Shan’s mother doing?

before the festival

— She’s cleaning the house.

— What are Li Shan’s family doing?

Look and say.

on the evening before the festival

/on Spring Festival’s Eve

— They are having a traditional family dinner.

Look and say.

— What are they doing?— They are visiting friends and relatives （亲戚） .

on New Year’s Day（大年初一）

ReadingReading

① ② ③

Read the passage and match the paragraphs with the pictures in Activity 1.

A B C

Read Para1 and answer questions. （细读第一段，回答问题。）

1) Is Christmas very important in China?

2) Does Spring Festival happen on the same day every year?

3) When does Spring Festival come?

No, not very important.

No, it doesn’t.

It comes in January or February.

Read ParaA and find out the things they do before Spring Festival. （细读第 A 段，找出春节前做的事情。）

Q:

Why is Li Shan’s mother cleaning the house?

Because she wants to sweep away bad luck.

Read ParaB and find out the things they do on Spring Festival’s Eve. （细读 B 段，找出除夕夜做的事情。）

have a traditional family dinner

eat jiaozi– a kind of dumpling

watch a special TV programme— Spring Festival Gala Evening （春节联欢晚会）

Read ParaC and find out the things they do on Lunar New Year’s Day. （细读 C 段，找出大年初一做的事情。）

Q:

What does a hongbao mean （意思是） ?

It means lucky money.

Read the passage after the tape and pay attention to the pronunciation of the new words.（跟读录音，注意生词的发音。）

Christmas

FebruaryJanuary

beforesweep away

luck

tablecelebrate

n. 圣诞节 n. 二月 n. 一月 prep. 在……之前 扫去 n. 运气 n. 桌子 v. 庆祝

Words and expressions

Read and circle. （读和圈出生词。）

traditional dumpling

programmesweater

coatmean

luckymerry

Merry Christmas!

adj. 传统的 n. 饺子；团子 n. ( 电视 ) 节目 n. 厚运动衫；毛线衣 n. 外套 v. adj. 幸运的 adj. 愉快的；高兴的 圣诞快乐 !

Words and expressions

意思是 ; 意味着

celebrate dumpling few luck meanprogramme sweep away traditional

Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expression from the box.

We (1)_______ Spring Festival in January. A (2)____ days before Spring Festival we clean our homes and (3)__________ all the bad (4)____. In the evening before Spring Festival we have a big family dinner. We eat lots of (5)__________ food, such as jiaozi—a kind of (6)________. We usually watch a special (7)__________ on television, and parents usually give their children a hongbao. It (8) ______ lucky monkey.

celebrate few

sweep away luck

traditional dumpling

programme

means

SummarySummary

WritingWriting

Suppose 2013 Spring Festival is coming in a week. Your family is getting ready for it . Please write an email to your pen friend, Jack to tell him about the traditions of Spring Festival and what your family are doing now . （假设再过一周 2013 年春节就要来临了。你全家正为此而准备。请给你的笔友 Jack 写一封信，告诉他中国过春节的传统和你家为春节正在做的事。）

Dear Jack,

How is everything going? I am very happy because 2013 Spring Festival is coming soon.

Best wishes!

Yours

1. Read the passage.2. Practise the vocabulary.3. Practise Present continuous.4. Complete the email.