Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious
Section A2 (3a-3c)
Step1 Warming up
Look at the picture. What festival do you think of? What do you know about the festival?
Words about Mid-Autumn Festival.
full moonmooncakeslunar family union calendar农历
Chang’eHou Yi
Step 2 Reading
3aRead the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.
How do people celebrate the Middle-Autumn Festival?
What story is the reading about?
Keys: They celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by admiring the moon and share mooncakes with their families.
It is about a traditional folk story of Hou Yi and Chang’e for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
3b Read the passage again. Put the events in the correct order.
___ Feng Meng tried to steal the medicine.
___ A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine.
___ Chang’e refused to give Feng Meng the medicine and drank it all.
1 Hou Yi shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth.
___ Hou Yi was very sad and watched the moon at night, and wished his wife could come back.
___ As a result, Chang’e became light and flew up to the sky.
___ Hou Yi planned to drink the medicine with his wife.
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3c Without looking at the passage, try to complete the sentences with thecorrect
words.
1. People like to a_____ the full moon on Mid-Autumn night.
2. The story of Chang’e is one of many t_________ folk stories.
3. Hou Yi got m____ medicine for shooting down the nine suns.
4. Feng Meng wanted to s____ the medicine.
5. Hou Yi l___ out fruits and desserts in the garden.
Answers: admire, traditional, magic, steal, laid
Step 3 Languages points
1. Chinese people have been celebrating Middle-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries.
for centuries 几百年
2. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
它们把人们的祝愿带给他们热爱和想念的家人。
they love and miss是定语从句，修饰the families。
3. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching.
(1) the story of Chang’e is the most touching是宾语从句，关联词是that。
(2) 第一个most是“大多数”之意，第二个most在touching前面构成最高级。
4. Whoever drank this could live forever.
无论谁喝了这个都会长生不老。
whoever意为“无论谁，不管什么人”。类似的词有：whatever意为“无论什么”，whenever意为“无论何时”，wherever意为“无论在哪里”，
however意为“无论怎样”。它们等同于“no matter + wh?”结构。
Whoever drank this是主语从句，在句中作主语。
5. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.
后羿那么伤心以至于他每天晚上对着月亮大喊她的名字。
1) so …that …“如此 ……以至于 ……”，so是副词，其后跟形容词或副词，that后跟句子。如：
He was so happy that he jumped up.
他那么高兴以至于跳了起来。
2) call out … to… 对着……大喊……
