一、导读：

1. Can you list some traditions of the Spring Festival?

2. Do you think it is worthwhile to travel a long way and time just for a family dinner?

3. What makes a family dinner precious?

二、导思：

What are the characteristics of a feature article?

一、导学&导练：

Step 1 Title prediction

1. How do you understand the title?

2. What does a precious family dinner mean to you on an important festival?

Step 2 Global reading

1. Read the article and choose the best answer.

How is the article organized?

A. In order of time.                 

B. With the change in the place.  

C. With the development of feeling.      

D. All the above.

2. Fill in the blanks with with suitable words.

Step 3 Further reading 

It is just past five o'clock ___1___ the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the dinner table is already covered with white china plates and bowls, full of all ___2___(sort) of dishes: chicken, duck, pork, fish and vegetables. Luo Yan, 29, lifts the cover of a large bowl ____3_____(breath) in the rich smell of the soup his wife and mother have prepared. Luo Yan's son, Bofeng, happily____4___(take) a bite of the chicken his grandfather has selected for him.

Six-year-old Bofeng has not seen his grandparents for almost a year, and he is full of joy and ____5___(excite). Indeed, the whole family could not be ___6___(happy) to be together _____7___ the cold outside, their happy faces fill the air with ____8____(warm)while merry laughter rings throughout the house. Luo Yan and his wife and son _____9____(settle) in the big city, far away from their hometown. Every year, they travel back for the Spring Festival, for their dream of "three generations ____10____ the same roof".

Step 4 Summary writing

Write a summary of the feature article in your own words.

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Step 5 Critical thinking

1. What Spring Festival traditions do you observe? What are their meanings?

2. Why do the Chinese people attach so much importance to reunion during the Spring Festival?

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二、达标导练：单词拼写（10分钟）

1. Electronic equipment,such as computers and cell phones,has made our life much more __________(方便的).

2. You needn’t remind him to keep things _______(有条理的) and tidy,  because he is well organized.

3. We can draw a conclusion that knowledge can change our __________(命运).

4. Attempts are being made to __________ (解决) the dispute by diplomatic means.

5. In Chinese culture,  the long life is ____ (象征) by longevity(长寿) noodles eaten on one’s birthday.

6. She would open a book, pretending to read, with __________(眼泪) dropping on the open page.

7. He is the __________(种类, 类别) of person who only cares about himself.

8. — The movie starts at 8: 30,  and we can have a quick __________(咬) before we go.

—Sounds great. See you at 8: 10.

9. Before the film began,  each woman was asked to help herself to a __________(零食).

10. I really appreciate being __________(选择) to perform in the New Year Gala.

五、课后巩固训练:（30分钟）

限时练习

六、反思感悟：

1. 本文的写作目的是什么？

2. 本文的结构清楚了吗？

3. 如何庆祝中国的节日？