2. (让学生补充说出某些节日还可以吃些什么特殊食物。)

T: We usually eat mooncakes on Mid-autumn Festival. What else do we eat?

Ss:　 Youzi, nuts.

T: What do people eat for Spring Festival?

Ss:　 Dumplings, oranges…

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1. (让学生根据所呈现的食物与节日联系起来。)

T: For festivals, we eat special foods. Please tell me when do we eat the food, and say something about the festival. When do we eat sweet dumplings?

Ss: Lantern Festival. People watch the lantern show and guess riddles.

T: When do people eat turkey?

Ss:　 Thanksgiving. Families get together for a big dinner. It’s on the 4th Thursday in November.

T: Mooncakes.

Ss:　 On Mid-autumn Festival…

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4. (让学生再听录音, 完成2b。)

T: Please listen to the tape again and complete the sentences in 2b.

(核对答案。)

T: Please read the sentences aloud. Let’s check the answers.

S₁: Some Chinese people eat oranges. Oranges are round, like years.

S₂: Some Jewish people eat apples with honey for a sweet new year.

S₃: In Spain, people eat twelve grapes for good luck in the new year.

Step 5 　Project 第五步 　综合探究活动(时间:9分钟)

3. (让学生明白不同地区的人以不同的方式、吃不同的食物来庆祝新年。)

T: To celebrate the new year, people in different areas use different ways. Western people have parties. Chinese people perform lion and dragon dances. And people also eat different foods.

(看书2a的图。)

T:　 Look, these are foods people eat for the new year. What are they in Picture a?

S₁: Grapes.

T: What’s it in Picture b?

S₂: It’s a turkey.

T:　 What are they in Picture c?

S₃: Oranges.

T: What’s it in Picture d?

S₄: Pudding.

T: What are they in Picture e?

S₅: Apples and honey.

T: What’s it in Picture f ?

S₆: It’s a Christmas cake.

(让学生听2a录音, 并做出正确选择。)

T: Listen to 2a, choose the right pictures of foods that people eat on New Year’s Day or New Year’s Eve.

(核对答案。)

T: What do people eat on New Year’s Day?

Ss:　 Oranges. Picture c.

T: What do people eat on New Year’s Eve?

Ss:　 Grapes, apples with honey. Picture a and Picture e.

2. (核对答案。)

1. (完成1b。)

T: Work alone please. Read the passage in 1a again and fill out the form in 1b.

2. (让学生根据关键词复述短文。)

T: Please try to retell the story with the key words.

S₁: Christmas is the most important festival in many countries. It is on December 25th…

S₂: On Christmas Eve, families often go to church…

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Step 4 　Practice 第四步 　练习(时间:8分钟)

1. (再次播放1a录音, 让学生跟读, 并画出短文中的关键词。)

T: Please listen to the tape again and follow it. Circle the key words.

(几分钟后, 板书关键词。)

1. (展示一幅日历, 呈现圣诞节。)

T: What’s the date?

Ss:　 It’s December 25th.

T: What festival is it?

Ss:　 It’s Christmas.

(展示圣诞节的相关图片, 呈现部分关键词汇。)

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T: Look at Picture 1. It’s a Christmas tree, what can you see in the tree?

Ss:　 Lights, balls, stars…

T: Yes, people decorate Christmas trees with lights, colorful balls, stars and so on.

Look at Picture 2. What can you see at the end of the bed?

Ss:　 Stockings, presents.

T:　　 Yes. On Christmas Eve, children put up stockings by the fireplaces or at the end of their

beds before they go to bed. They think Santa Claus will fill the stockings with presents, so on the morning of Christmas Day, children always get up very early and open the stockings.

Look at Picture 3. Families are having a big get-together with a special dinner.