What

do

your

family

always

do

to

celebrate

theChinese

Lunar

New

year?

List

at

least

three

things.Are

there

any

differences

between

the

ways

citypeople

and

people

in

the

country

celebrating

theChinese

Lunar

New

Year?Do

you

think

the

Spring

Festival

is

less

festivethan

before?What

should

we

do

to

keep

the

most

importanttraditional

Chinese

festival—the Spring

Festival?Discuss

the

following

questions.Book

3-Unit

5Discovering

the

Spring

FestivalItemsYour

ObservationMainCustomshouse

cleaning,

shopping

sprees

for

the

Spring

Festival,

stay

upall

night/late

on

New

Year’s

Eve

to

guard

against

possible

evils,temple

fairs,

setting

off

fireworksDecorationsNew

Year

couplets,

paper

cut-out

pictures,

paper

cuts,

YangLiuqing

woodblock

painting,

Chinese

New

Yearpictures,Chinese

knots,

Chinese

lantern,

upside-down

FuLegendsthe

legend

of

the

monster

Year

(nian),

the

legend

of

the

God

ofWealth,

the

Gate

God

in

Chinese

mythChangessome

taboos

that

are

out

of

practice;

newways

of

celebrations:traveling,

eating

out

in

restaurants

on

Lunar

New

Year’s

eve,

etc;ban

on

fireworks

in

citiesTaboosGreetingsBook

3-Unit

5For

years,

people

believe

that

they

should

not

get

a

haircutduring

the

first

two

days

of

the

Lunar

New

Year,

as

thiscould

cause

the

death

of

someone

in

the

family.Another

old

convention

told

that

bad

luck

would

shadowanyone

who

shed

blood

on

New

Year’s

Day.Another

New

Year’s

no-no

is

using

scissors

and

kitchenknives.

Therefore,

in

the

past,

many

tailors

stopped

workfor

a

few

days.The

entire

house

should

be

cleaned

before

New

Year’s

Day.On

New

Year's

Eve,

all

brooms,

brushes,

dusters,

dustpansand

other

cleaning

equipment

are

put

away.

Sweeping

ordusting

should

not

be

done

on

New

Year's

Day

for

fear

thatgood

fortune

will

be

swept

away.Book

3-Unit

5Taboos5. Everyone

should

refrain

from

using

foul

language

and

bador

unlucky

words.

Negative

terms

and

the

word

“four”

/SI/,which

sounds

like

the

word

for

death,

are

not

to

be

uttered.Death

and

dying

are

never

mentioned

and

ghost

stories

aretotally

taboo.

References

to

the

past

year

are

also

avoided,

aseverything

should

be

turned

toward

the

New

Year

and

a

newbeginning.

On

New

Year’s

Day,

people

are

not

supposed

towash

their

hair

because

it

would

mean

washing

away

goodluck

for

the

New

Year.Book

3-Unit

5GreetingsBook

3-Unit

5Best

wishes

for

the

year

to

come!Good

luck

in

the

year

ahead!May

you

come

into

a

good

fortune!Live

long

and

prosper.May

many

fortunes

find

their

way

to

you!I

wish

you

longevity

and

health.Text

SummaryText

OrganizationQuestions

for

DiscussionDifficult

SentencesStory

ReproductionBook

3-Unit

5Listen

to

the

recording

and

fill

in

the

blanks

to

complete

thesummary

of

the

text.Motivated

by

the

fond

memories

of

her

childhood,

thewriter

organized

a

Chinese

New

Year

party

on

a

smallFrench-owned

island

called

Guadeloupe.

The

success-ful

celebration

not

only

recreated

the

Chinese

Lunar

NewYear

spirit

in

this

foreign

land,

but

also

stirred

up

the

local

people’s

interest

in

Chinese

culture

.Text

SummaryBook

3-Unit

5Text

OrganizationPara.

1Para.

2Para.

3Para.

4

-

Para.

5The

writer

prepares

for

the

Chinese

New

Yearparty,shopping

for

food

and

seeking

help

from

her

friends.The

party

turns

out

to

be

a

great

success,

with

a

richvarietyof

international

dishes.

The

observance

of

the

old

Chinesecustom

of

giving

children

red

envelopes

was

greatlyappreciated

by

the

kids

at

the

party.After

experiencing

a

miserable

Chinese

Lunar

New

Year

onGuadeloupe

with

no

activities

and

no

Chinese

food,

thewriter

decides

to

recreate

the

Chinese

Lunar

New

Yearspirit

in

the

foreign

land.The

writer

recalls

howher

family

celebrated

theChineseLunar

New

Year

when

she

was

little.Book

3-Unit

5QuestionforDiscussionIn

the

writer’s

family

what

should

children

do

and

notdo

right

before

the

Lunar

New

Year?Before

the

Lunar

New

Year,

children

should

eat

somesweets

so

as

to

say

some

sweet

words.

They

should

notfight,

nor

make

any

disturbances

so

as

not

to

cause

theKitchen

God

to

report

unfavorably

on

the

family

to

the

JadeEmperor.What

were

the

family

busy

with

before

New

Year’s

Eve?The

family

would

make

an

offering

to

the

Kitchen

God.Then,

Mom

would

start

the

busy

process

of

making

NewYear

foods.

Dad

would

prepare

some

Chinese

New

Yearcouplets.

The

whole

family

would

take

part

in

a

big

NewYear

house

cleaning.Book

3-Unit

5What

was

the

writer’s

happiest

memory

of

the

LunarNew

Year?Her

happiest

memory

was

of

the

New

Year

dinner

andespecially

of

the

money

in

red

envelopes

being

handedout

to

kids.Why

does

the

writer

call

her

last

New

Year

“the

mostmiserable

New

Year

of

our

life”?The

writer

and

her

husband

spent

a

most

miserableNew

Year

on

the

Caribbean

island

of

French

Guade-loupe

which

was

devoid

of

Chinese

people,

foods,

andthe

Chinese

New

Year’s

spirit.

The

couple

atemildewed

sausage

and

cried

in

each

other’s

arms.Book

3-Unit

5What

was

she

going

to

do

this

year?She

was

going

to

celebrate

the

Chinese

Lunar

NewYear

on

the

island

in

Chinese

fashion

and

recaptureher

childhood

experience

of

the

festival.What

were

the

necessary

jobs

involved

in

herpreparation

for

the

New

Year

celebration?Her

preparation

included

(1)

purchasing

Chinese

foodsand

other

things

for

the

event;

(2)

writing

a

New

Yearcouplet;

(3)

sending

invitations

to

her

friends

and

(4)preparing

red

envelopes

for

children.What

contributions

did

the

writer’s

friends

make

tothe

celebration?Her

friends

added

color

to

the

party

by

bringing

food

anddrink

from

their

own

countries.Book

3-Unit

13What

surprised

the

writer

when

she

was

about

tohand

out

the

red

envelopes?When

the

writer

brought

out

a

platter

of

red

envelopes,she

was

overwhelmed

to

see

the

children

get

down

ontheir

knees

to

kow-tow

to

her.What

were

the

writer

and

her

husband

requested

todo

after

this

celebration?The

couple

were

invited

to

give

talks

on

Chinese

cultureto

the

local

people

because

the

party

had

aroused

thelocal

people’s

interest

in

learning

about

Chinese

culture.Book

3-Unit

5Difficult

Sentences不許打鬧，不要讓灶神到天宮玉皇大帝那里說對我們家不利的話。1.

There

should

be

no

fighting

or

disturbances

so

as

not

to

cause

the

Kitchen

God

to

report

unfavorably

on

our

family

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the

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Emperor

in

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prohibitionthe

king

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the

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mythologyreport

against

our

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supreme

god,

patron

of

the

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in

Roman

mythology:

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3-Unit

5the

principal

god

of

the

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pantheon,

ruler

of

theheavens

and

father

of

other

gods

and

mortal

heroes:

Zeus2.

It

was

here

that

my

husband

and

I

spent

the

mostmiserable

New

Year

of

our

life,

eating

sausage

sentfrom

Mom

and

Dad

that

had

mildewed

after

beingdetained

in

customs

for

too

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3-Unit

5used

to

expressobligation3.

After

dinner,

we

announced

that

it

was

time

to

giveout

the

red

envelopes

and

explained

that

when

one’smother

and

father

hands

them

to

one,

one

shouldalways

kneels

down

and

kow-tow.飯后，我們宣布是分發紅包的時候了，并解釋說當父母給壓歲錢時小孩子應該跪下并磕頭。Book

3-Unit

5happy

memory

of

the

Lunar

New

Yearcelebration

in

hometownthe

most

miserable

New

Year

on

French

Guadeloupelast

yearidea

of

holding

a

Chinese

New

Year

celebration

on

theislandpreparations

and

contributions

of

her

friends

to

thepartyhandling

out

red

envelopes

to

childrenreasons

to

do

more

reading

on

Chinese

cultureStoryReproductionBook

3-Unit

5In

OtherWordsWork

with

SentencesWord

StudyBook

3-Unit

5InOtherWordsPut

the

following

words

from

the

text

into

the

blanks.

(page

71:

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3-Unit

5Browsing

among

books

in

a

library

comes

as

a

treat

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the

advance

of

space

science,

interplanetary

travelisnolongerregardedasa

fanciful

idea.Outside

the

stadium,

a

number

of

young

people

were

jabbering

about

the

latest

match.What

has

been

taken

for

granted

by

ordinary

people

cansometimes

enable

an

observant

scientist

to

have

a

brainstorm

for

making

inventions.Astheattractionofnoveltysoon

diminishes

,thesales

will

fall.The

unexpected

dense

fog

has

detained

thepassenger

train

for

several

hours.The

father’s

hopes

hinged

entirely

on

his

only

son,

notknowing

that

he

was

a

young

man

with

shaky

prospects.Immigration

officers

arrested

the

man

for

using

a

fake

passport.The

saying

goes

like

this,

“Bad

news

travels

fast.”Haven’t

you

heard

of

it?Edison’s

mother

designed

a

home

education

program appropriate

forherson’stalents.Book

3-Unit

5Work

with

SentencesRewrite

the

following

sentences

using

the

expressions

below.(page

72:

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a

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of make

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offering

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advantage

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human

sympathy.2.

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their

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are

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makefull

use

of

the

advanced

facilities

in

the

lab.3.

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threatened

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he

wouldtalk

to

the

headmaster

aboutthe

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full

advantage

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the

lab.report

unfavorably

on

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treat

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people

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to

the

school

headmaster.Book

3-Unit

54.

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originally

a

day

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the

pilgrimspresented

their

sacrificesto

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as

a

token

of

gratitude.5.

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famous

novel

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painstakinglyBronte for

years

became

amilestone

in

women’s

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a

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a

flashJerry

plunged

down

into

the

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hollow

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entered

the

training

program

much

later

thanhis

classmates,

the

boy

resolved

to

catch

up

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3-Unit

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pairs,

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word

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its

explanation.lunardisturbancecoupletalleyswarmingstuffmildewstationerycalligraphy10.

announcefillthe

act

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on

the

example

sentences.

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to

translate

the

example

sentencesinto

Chinese.Try

to

finish

Exercise

b:

work

on

onesentence

out

of

the

prompts.Book

3-Unit

51.

There

should

be

no

fighting

or

disturbances

so

as

notto

cause

the

Kitchen

God

to

report

unfavorably

onour

family

to

the

Jade

Emperor

in

Heaven.Book

3-Unit

51.

a.

When

the

teacher

threatened

to

report

unfavorably

on

him

to

the

schoolmaster,

the

boy

behaved

himself

for

a

whole

day.b.

Species

have

a

better

chance

of

survival

in

a

favorableenvironment

than

those

in

an

unfavorable

one.c.

Remember

not

to

speak

unfavorably

of

your

uncle

in

frontof

other

people.She

impressed

me

rather

favorably

(=well)

at

the

interview.Our

products

compare

favorably

with

(=are

as

good

as,

orbetter

than)

all

the

leading

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Shop

front

were

piled

up

with

all

sorts

of

foodsand

gifts

appropriate

for

the

New

Year’s

holiday.商店的櫥窗都堆滿了新年期間所需要的各種食品、禮品。to

form

a

pile

or

heapBook

3-Unit

52.

a.

His

desk

was

piled

up

with

books

he

meant

to

read,but

somehow,

they

remained

untouched.b.

It

is

typical

of

Chinese

hospitality

that

dishes

mustpile

up

when

hosting

a

guest

to

a

dinner.c.

The

day

after

the

job

vacancy

was

advertised,

themanager

found

his

desk

piled

up

with

applicationletters.3.

We

cried

in

each

other’s

arms.Book

3-Unit

5我們相擁而泣.3.

a.

The

daughter