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portance of the Spring Festival family dinner.3. T invites some Ss to give their talks in class.Step 1 Make notes.Reasons:①It just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out.②It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat, but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together.③We toasted each other, we laughed, and the simple, homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef.④The process is even more important than the dinner itself.Step 2 Organize your talk.Useful expressions:The Spring Festival family dinner is important for Chinese people because…Take my personal experience as an example.Therefore / In short / To sum up / In a word, …Step 3 Give your talk to the class.Step 6 WritingActivity 5 asks Ss to read the editorial and answer the questions in Activity 5. read the editorial and answer the following questions:(1) Which countries are mentioned and how do they celebrate Chinese Spring Festival?(2) Which event would you most like to attend? Why?(3) Why do you think Chinese Spring Festival is “going global”? (group work)Keys:(1)Russia. Ghana and the United States.Russia: The 2017 Grand Chinese New Year Concert was held in St. Petersburg, with its tickets sold out and 90% of the audience local Russians.Ghana: Over 1,000 Ghanaian junior high school students got up on stage to perform Chinese songs and dances to celebrate the 2017 Spring Festival.The United States: Students in New York City have since 2016 been able to enjoy an official d