Unit 2 My mothers cleaning our house and sweeping away bad luck.庄河市第21中学 刘英娇.Work in pairs.Look at the pictures and talk about whats happening. E.g.-What are they doing?-They are.Read the passage and match the photos with the paragraphs.ACB. Read the passage again and answerquestions. 1.Does Spring Festival happen on the same day every year?2.When do people celebrate Spring Festival in China?No, it doesnt.In January or February.3.Why is Li Shans mother cleaning house before Spring Festival ?4.Whats the special food at Spring Festival ?5.What does a hongbao mean?Because she is sweeping away bad luck.Jiaozi a kind of dumpling.It means lucky money.Watch and read the passage and fill in the form. What do people do at Spring Festival?Before Spring Festivalclean house, 1._ 2._Celebrating Spring Festivalhave traditional family dinner, delicious food, jiaozi, 3._ _Spring Festival activities4._ _ 5._ _get hongbaosweep away bad luck buy a lot of foodwatch a special programmevisit uncles and auntswear new sweaters and coats.Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expressions.celebrate dumpling few luck mean programme sweep away traditionalWe _ Spring Festival in January or February. A _ days before Spring Festival we clean our homes and_ all the bad _. In thecelebrate fewsweep awayluckevening before Spring Festival we have a big family dinner. We eat lots of _ food, such as jiaozi a kind of _. We usually watch a special _ on television, and parents usually give their children a hongbao. It _ lucky money.traditionaldumpling programmemeansWritingLook at the notes about Christmas in Britain. Match the notes with the headings.Getting readyPresents Traditional things on Christmas Daya. go shopping for presents b. have a traditional family dinner c. open presents on Christmas Day d. put the presents next to the Christmas tree e. get lots of food ready f. sing Christmas songs g. say “Merry Christmas” to family and friends h. have a Christmas treeGetting ready: Traditions things on Christmas Day: Presents:a, d, e, hb, c, f, g, ha, c, dJoin two notes and write one sentence with and. You can leave out the second they. Work three people in a group. Play a game: Pingpong. For example: A:They sing Christmas songs B: They sing Christmas songs and they say Merry Christmas to family and friends. C :They sing Christmas songs and say Merry Christmas to family and friends.Retell the passage following the form. What do people do at Spring Festival?Introduce Spring FestivalThings people doBefore Spring FestivalCelebratin g Spring FestivalSpring Festival activitiesImportant, happen, every year, have got photos1.clean house, 2.sweep away bad luck, 3.buy a lot of food5.traditional family dinner, 6.delicious food, jiaozi, 7.watch a special programme8.visit uncles and aunts, 9.wear new sweaters and coats, 10.get hongbaoWrite a composition about Spring Festival after class.春节即将来临了，假设你是刘明，请你给英国笔友写一封 电子邮件，向她描写你们全家人为春节做准备的忙碌景象 。Dear Alice,Spring Festival is coming. Its an important and busy time for all Chinese people. Everyone is getting ready for it._Yours,Liu Ming