TimeforaChange?DevelopingideasActivity

1LookatthepicturesandtalkaboutChineseSpringFestivaltraditions.setofffireworks/firecrackersreceiveredenvelopespasteSpringFestivalcoupletshangredlanternspaste“fu”charactersThinkofmoretraditions

thatChinesepeoplemayenjoyattheSpringFestival.doathoroughcleaningwatchaliondancehavetheSpringFestivalfamilydinnerActivity

2Lookattheillustrationsandthetitle,andpredictwhatCHANGE

mightbetalkedaboutinthepassage.Readthebeginning

ofthepassageandcheckyourprediction.the

place

totheSpringFestivalfamilydinnerActivity

3Readagainandthinkaboutthegenreofthispassage.Genre:argumentation.?acolumninanewspaper/magazineWho

havesharedtheirinsights?WangPengasoftwareengineerLiuYonghuianretiredteacherActivity

4Readthepassagecarefullyandcompletethetable.WangPengLiuYonghuiOpinionAfamilydinner

.Afamilydinner

.ReasonsIt’s

topreparethedinner.Eatingoutis

.

and

.

withlossoftraditions.Mychildhoodmemoriesofpreparingthedinnerarestill

.ConclusionEatingoutmay

theformbutthelove

.

..

.

ismoreimportantthanthedinneritself.hardworkagoodhasnothingtodochoiceoutathomechangeremainsthesamesweetandclearthedinnertogetherTheprocessofpreparingReadthelettersfromWangPengandLiuYonghuiagainandexplorehowtheydeveloptheirarguments.Activity

5For:EatingoutAgainst:Eatingoutpreparations/cleaningupoccasioncookingdishesrelaxingmoreenjoyabletiringtastebettercomparisonComparison

makesarguments_____.clear

WhatdidheandhisfamilydoontheSpringFestivalEve?I

wouldrunaround…listeningtoadultschatting…I’dgetundermymother’sfeet…,watchinghermakedumplings.Shewouldputtokensinsomedumplings:candies—asweetlife;peanuts—

along/healthylife.Wewouldsitaroundthetable;enjoyfood/beingtogether;

…toasted;laughed…Detaileddescriptions

makesarguments_________.authenticWangPengLiuYonghuiActivity

6-1Comparebothargumentsanddecidewhetherthey’reopinionsorfacts.WangPeng’sargumentsLiuYonghui’sargumentsLearnaboutfacts(F)

and

opinions(O).somethingthatexistsorhashappened;statementsthatcanbeprovedbyevidence.ageneralorindividualview,belieforimpression;signalwords—“feel”,“believe”and“think”.Activity

6-2Decide

ifthe

sentencesarefacts(F)oropinions(O).Eatingoutisagoodchoiceandithasnothingtodowithlossoftraditions.____

…whatorwhereweeatonSpringFestivalEvereallydoesn’tmatter.____…itjustwon’tfeellikeSpringFestivalhavingthedinnerout.____I’dgetundermymother’sfeetinthekitchen,watchinghermakedumplings.____She’dputtokensinsomedumplings…____OOOFFActivity

6-3Howdoyouunderstandthetitlenow?Activity

7ThinkandshareWhethertheydineoutorathome,WangandLiubothvalue

.

inhavingtheSpringFestivalfamilydinner.familybondsCanyouthinkofanyotherchangeofSpring

Festivaltraditions?Whatdoyouthinkofthechange?Smartexpressions(P26-27)theSpringFestivalpointofviewafamilydinnerbekeenoneatoutforthelastthreeyearsembraceachangebeworththeeffortofdoingsth.prepareforcleanuphavenothingtodowithinone'sopinion/eye(s)/viewSpringFestivalEveasoftwareengineer春節(jié)觀點(diǎn)家庭聚餐;年夜飯喜歡外出就餐近三年來欣然接受變化值得花費(fèi)力氣做某事為……做準(zhǔn)備(把……)打掃干凈和……無關(guān)在某人看來除夕夜軟件工程師Smartexpressions(P28-29)lookforwardtonotonly...but(