九年级英语全册 Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious Section A 3 人教新目标版.pptVIP

* Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious! 九年级(全) Look at the picture. What festival do you think of? What do you know about the festival? Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Day（中秋节） Date: August 15th on lunar calendar Moon cake(月饼) Round baked cake with fillings in it. Enjoy the moon(赏月) Enjoy the moon is the most popular activity in the Mid-autumn Festival. Do you know Chinese Valentine’s Day Double Seventh Festival Do you know the story of chang’e? 3a Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions. Chinese people have been celebrating Mid- Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss. There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back! After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. By admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival? 2. What story is the reading about? The story of Chang’e. Answer the questions. admire v. 欣赏，仰慕 They carry people’s wishes to the families the love and miss.月饼寄托着人们对他们所爱与思念的家人的祝福。 (l) wish此处用作名词，