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外研版七年级英语上册《My mother's cleaning our house and sweeping away bad luck》PPT免费下载，共29页。

Learning Objectives

By the end of the class, we will be able to:

1. understand a short passage about the Spring Festival;

2. know how to introduce the customs of Spring Festival in English;

3. introduce a different festival.

Words and Expressions

Christmas n. 圣诞节

February n. 二月

January n. 一月

before prep. 在……之前

sweep away 扫去

luck n. 运气

Reading and vocabulary

1.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 they doing?

—They are having a family dinner.

—What are they doing?

—They are visiting the girl's uncles and aunts.

2. Read the passage and match the paragraphs with the pictures in Activity 1.

Read again and answer the questions.

1. When does the Spring Festival usually come?

Usually in February, but sometimes in January.

2. What does Li Shan ’s mother do before Spring Festival?

Clean the house, sweep away bad luck and buy lots of food.

3. How are the people celebrating on the Spring Festival evening?

Having a traditional family dinner and watching a special programme on TV.

Language Points

1.Like Christmas, it happens every year, but not on the same day.

like prep. 像；像……一样。 like与look, sound连用，意思是“看起来像；听起来像”等。feel like是“想要”的意思。feel like doing sth.意为“想干某事”。

It looks like an interesting book.

I don ’t feel like dancing now.

2.It ’s a few days before Spring Festival.

before prep. 在……之前

I go home before three o ’clock.

I don ’t eat food before going to bed.

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

sweep away 扫去 sweep away是“动词+副词”结构的短语，代词作宾语时，要放在sweep 与away 的中间。

Let ’s sweep away the leaves.

There is some paper on the floor. Please sweep it away.

luck n. 运气

good luck 好运 bad luck 霉运

祝愿他人好运时，常说“Good luck (to sb.)!”

I think it can bring me good luck.

— I ’m going to have an English test.

— Good luck to you!

4.We are celebrating Spring Festival with a traditional family dinner on the evening before Spring Festival.

celebrate v. 庆祝

其名词形式为celebration，意为“庆祝活动”

We celebrate Teachers ’ Day in September.

I like the celebrations of Spring Festival in China.

5.There ’s so much delicious food.

so much 如此多

so much后接不可数名词，而so many 后接可数名词复数。

I have so much homework to do every day.

There are so many books in the library.