《My mother's cleaning our house and sweeping away bad luck》PPT精品课件

外研版七年级英语上册《My mother's cleaning our house and sweeping away bad luck》PPT精品课件，共19页。

Pre-reading

Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and talk about what ’s happening.

— What ’s Li Shan ’s mother doing?

— She ’s cleaning the house.

— What are Li Shan ’s family doing?

— They are having a big dinner.

— What are Li Shan ’s family doing?

— They are visiting Li Shan ’s uncles and aunts.

While-reading

Read the passage and answer the questions.

1. When does the Spring Festival usually come?

It usually comes in February, but sometimes in January.

2. What is Li Shan ’s mother doing before Spring Festival?

She is cleaning their house and sweeping away bad luck.

3. What are the people doing to celebrate the Spring Festival?

They are having a traditional family dinner.

Language points

1. My mother ’s cleaning our house and sweeping away bad luck.

我妈妈正在打扫房间，扫除坏运气。

sweep away，意为“扫去”

2. There ’s so much delicious food.

有如此多美味的食物。

so much 意为“如此多”，用来修饰不可数名词。

so many 也意为“如此多”，但用来修饰可数名词复数。

Post-reading

Presents

a) go shopping for presents

c) open presents on Christmas Day

d) put the presents next to the Christmas tree

Traditional things on Christmas Day

b) have a traditional family dinner

c) open presents on Christmas Day

f) sing Christmas songs

g) say Merry Christmas to family and friends

h) have a Christmas tree

Summary

1. My mother ’s cleaning our house and sweeping away bad luck.

2. I am eating jiaozi — a kind of dumpling.

3. … my parents and I are visiting my uncles and aunts.

Homework

1. Review the key words and expressions in this unit.

2. Write a short passage about what people do on Spring Festival, using present simple.