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* 人教版英语九年级 Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious! LEAD-IN Mothers day the 2nd Sun. in May thank our mother and send her flower,etc Fathers Day the 3rd Sun. in Jun. thank our father and show love to him Mid-Autumn Day Aug. 15th eat mooncakes, admire the moon the three special days in the unit 3a.Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions. Full Moon, Full Feelings Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss. 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. folk [f?uk] adj. 民间的 goddess [g?d?s] n. 女神 Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Feng Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. steal [sti?l]n. 偷窃 One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that the could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back! After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. lay [lei]v. 躺;放置 dessert [d?z??t] n. 甜点；甜食 garden [gɑ?d(?)n] n. 花园；菜园 Answer the questions: 1.How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival? 2.What story is the reading about? They admiring the moon and share the mooncakes with their families. It’s about how the Mid-Autumn Festival comes into being. 1. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.后羿非常悲伤以至于每晚对着月亮