高一英语 Unit5 Further reading课件 重大版必修2.pptVIP

phrases 1. be forced to do sth. 被迫做某事 2. manage to do sth. 设法成功做某事 3. away from home 离家 4. on the eve of the Spring Festival 在除夕 5.at a distance 在原处 * 重庆大学版高一 (2)Unit 5 What festival do you like best? Why? What special food do you eat during the Spring Festival? Do you know why we eat dumpling in Spring Festival? One reason is that the shape of the dumplings resembles the ancient Chinese gold ingots used as money--Yuanbao, so dumplings symbolize wealth. Therefore, it is said that eating dumplings on Spring Festival Eve will bring you good luck. The other reason is according to its Chinese pronunciation jiǎozi. In Chinas traditional timing system, after midnight, the first hour is called zǐshí, and this hour marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year. The pronunciation of jiǎozi(dumpling) is similar to jiāo zǐ (meaning auspicious). In general, dumplings should be made before mid-night on Spring Festival Eve, which is when the whole family get together to enjoy the hot dumplings. Have you ever made a dumpling with a coin or something else in it? What is this kind of dumpling called and what does it mean? a good-luck dumpling Whoever ate it would be blessed. If you make such a dumpling, who do you expect to eat it? Give your reasons. Fast—reading What? Who? The home family made a good-luck dumpling and each expected the others to eat it. Mother I my wife and children. Guess the meaning of the underlined words. 1. Fortunately they managed to survive. 2. In the eighth year, on the eve of the Spring Festival, I was unexpected permitted to return home. 3. She wept bitterly while my wife and children sobbed at a distance. 4. Back from the kitchen, she took a glance at her bowl and then gazed at me with tears in her grateful eyes. 5. These dumpling have stuck together. to continue to live after an accident, war, or illness to allow something to happen to cry noisily while breathing in short sudden bursts: feeling that you want to thank someone