人教九年级 Unit 2 Section A 阅读课 Full Moon, Full Feeling

Full Moon, Full Feelings
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1.What’s the main idea of the passage ? A. How the Mid-Autumn Festival started. B. How the people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. C. A story about Hou Yi and Chang’e.
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Complete the sentences with the correct words. 1.People like to admire _______ the full moon on
the Mid-Autumn night. 2. The story of Chang’e is one of many ___________ traditional folk stories. 3. Hou Yi got _______ magic medicine for shooting down the nine suns. 4. Pang Meng wanted to _______ steal the medicine. 5. Hou Yi ______ laid out fruits and desserts in the garden.
Chang’e ________ refused to ____it ______ give __ to him and drank it all.
Chang’e became very _____and ____ light flew ___ up to the moon.
Hou Yi was _____ so sad ______ he ______ that called _____ out her name to the moon.

Unit 2Full Moon, Full Feelings （月满，情浓）充满的月亮充满的感情（圆圆的月亮，满满的相思）Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes 中国的人们庆祝中秋节享受月饼for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry 世纪月饼形状满的月亮中秋之夜他们寄托people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.人们的希望家人爱思念There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that 有很多传统的民间的故事关于这个节日然而大多数人们认为the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi 故事嫦娥最感人的嫦娥后羿的美丽的妻子在…之后后羿shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this 射下九太阳女神给他魔术的药（仙药）感谢他无论谁喝这could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang能活永远后羿计划喝和嫦娥然而一个坏男人逢蒙Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him 试着偷药当后羿不在家嫦娥拒绝给他and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he 喝全部变得非常轻飞向月亮后羿如此悲伤以至于called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright 叫喊着她的名字对着月亮每天晚上一天晚上发现月亮如此明亮的and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in 圆以至于能看见他的妻子那儿迅速摆出她的最喜欢的水果甜食the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back!花园希望嫦娥能回来啊After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with 在…之后这人们开始传统欣赏月亮分享月饼their families.他们的家人The Spirit of Christmas精神圣诞Many would agree that when we think of Christmas, we probably think of gifts, Christmas 很多同意当我们想到圣诞节可能想到礼物圣诞trees and Santa Claus. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the树圣诞老人在…之后所有的这些东西躺（隐藏）真的意思（真谛）圣诞节importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. The story in A Christmas重要性分享给予爱欢乐人们周围我们故事《圣诞欢歌》Carol is perhaps the best example of this.或许最好的例子这A Christmas Carol is a famous short novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man《圣诞欢歌》著名的短篇小说写查尔斯狄更斯关于老的男人named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only thinks about himself. He名叫斯克鲁奇决不大笑微笑吝啬的仅仅考虑他自己doesn’t treat others nicely. He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates 对待其它人好仅仅关心是否能挣更多的钱讨厌Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business圣诞节一个圣诞节前夕斯克鲁奇看见鬼魂雅各布马利他的死的生意partner. Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so he was punished after he died. He warns伙伴马利过去常常仅仅像斯克鲁奇所以被惩罚在…之后死告诫Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to斯克鲁奇改变癖性如果想要最终成为像他也告诉斯克鲁奇expect three spirits to visit him.期望三个精灵拜访他That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to 那晚三鬼魂拜访斯克鲁奇首先圣诞节的过去之灵带他回到his childhood and reminds Scrooge of his happier days as a child. Then the second spirit, the他的童年时代提醒斯克鲁奇他的幸福日子作为小孩然后第二个精灵Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this year.圣诞节的现在之灵带他见如何其它人度过圣诞节今年Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes 每个人幸福甚至穷人最后一个圣诞节的未来之灵带him to the future. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares. He is so scared that he wakes 他去未来斯克鲁奇看到死了没有人关心如此惊恐的以至于醒来up in his bed and finds out it is only the next morning—Christmas Day!床发现正是第二天早上圣诞节He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person. He happily celebrates 决定改变他的生活承诺做更好的人幸福地庆祝Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people in need. He now treats everyone with 圣诞节和他的亲戚也给礼物人们需要现在对待每个人用kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true spirit of 善良温暖传播爱欢乐到处去那真正的精神Christmas!圣诞节。

while-reading: Para 2
Among all these folk stories about the Mid-autumn Festival,
why is this one the most touching?
Find some details to support your ideas.
while-reading: Para 2
Circle the characters in the story.
Hou Yi
Chang’e
Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife.
Pang Meng a bad man
Goddess
The story of Chang’e and Hou Yi
Background quiz
2. What does the moon look like on the Mid-autumn Day?
A. Bright and round
B. looks like eyebrow
Background quiz
3. What traditional food do people eat?
admire the moon
share mooncakes
People have the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.
Background quiz
5.What traditional folk stoWriheischdostyooryu iksntohewm? ost touching?
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Pang Meng
3.Chang’e refused to give the medicine to Hou Yi and drank it all. F
4.One night, Pang Meng found that the moon was so bright and
round that he could see his wife there. F Hou Yi 5.Hou Yi laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. T
Read para 2 carefully and decide true or false.
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.
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