《2025年新课程学习指导南方出版社八年级英语上册人教版》

Ⅳ. 任务型读写。
In most countries, people usually eat traditional food on special holidays. A special day in China is the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is coming! It's a time to wish your family. The Spring Festival is a traditional holiday in China. The celebration usually starts on Xiaonian and lasts(持续) for fifteen days.
On the Spring Festival, Chinese people wish their family members and friends good health and luck for the whole year. They see the Spring Festival as a time to get together and usually celebrate it with a big family meal on the Chinese New Year's Eve.
The Origin(由来)of the Spring Festival
It is said that a long time ago, a monster called "Nian" ate people on the Chinese New Year's Eve. But "Nian" was afraid of loud noises and the color red. So people set off firecrackers(鞭炮) and put up red couplets(春联) to scare "Nian". Even today, people also have this kind of tradition.
Of this meal, dumplings are necessary.
What you need: wrappers(饺子皮), vegetables, beef, salt and oil.
How to make dumplings: Put beef in a bowl. Cut the vegetables into small pieces with a knife. Add the vegetables to the beef. Then add a little oil and salt and mix them with chopsticks. When it is ready, put a spoon of filling on a wrapper and fold the wrapper around it.
Task 1: Complete the chart according to the passage. Fill in each blank with no more than 3 words.
Six steps of making 1
Put beef in a 2 → ↓ 3 the vegetables. → ↓ 4 the vegetables to the beef. → ↓ Then add 4 and salt. → ↓ Mix them with chopsticks. → ↓ Put the filling on a wrapper and 5 it.

1. dumplings 2. bowl 3. Cut 4. Add 5. fold
Task 2: Answer the following questions.
6. How long does the Spring Festival celebration last according to the passage?Fifteen days.
7. What do Chinese people wish on the Spring Festival?Good health and luck for the whole year.
8. Is the Spring Festival special for you? What do you often do on the Spring Festival?Yes. I often have a big family meal and set off firecrackers. (答案因人而异)

答案： Task 1
1. dumplings
2. bowl
3. Cut
4. Add
5. fold
Task 2
6. Fifteen days.
7. Good health and luck for the whole year.
8. Yes. I often have a big family meal and set off firecrackers. (答案因人而异)