1. Do you often give gifts to others when the festivals come? Do you often receive gifts or money from others ？ How do you feel?

2. uncomfortable happy disappointed surprised excited embarrassed 内疚的 scared guilty Adjectives about feelings

3. 1. Before You Read Have you ever received money from others?

4. Giving money as a gift or receiving money is a usual way. Giving and receiving money makes people uncomfortable. In China In western culture It’s the thought that counts. 重在情谊

5. Receiving money makes me uncomfortable 九年级新目标 Unit 13 Reading

6.  1. Make a prediction （预测） : What’s the article mainly about?  2. Quickly go through the article. Try to find out the topic sentence. 2. While You Read

7. 3.Conclude the main idea of each paragraph. Para 1: Receiving a gift can be difficult. Para 2: Receiving a purse makes Xiaojing embarrassed. Para 3: Receiving a sweater makes Han Ling unhappy. Para 4: Receiving money makes John uncomfortable. Para 5: Different people have different thoughts on receiving gifts.

8. 4. Read the passage and fill in the blanks WhoWhatHowWhy Guo Xiaojing Han Ling John Wilson a purple purse embarrassed ugly sweaterunhappy different taste moneyuncomfortablelazy

9. 3. After You Read Retell the story with the help of the following WhoWhatHowWhy Guo Xiaojing Han Ling John Wilson a purple purse embarrassedugly sweaterunhappy different taste moneyuncomfortable lazy

10. You may begin your retelling like this: Receiving a gift sometimes becomes very difficult. Here are three experiences. Guo Xiaojing once got a … Han Ling … John … So the art of receiving is even more …

11. Write about a gift that you have received. 1.What was the gift, who gave it to you and why? 2. How did you feel when you opened it, and do you think the person who gave it thought carefully about it? 4. Go for it !

12. You may begin your writing like this: … ago, I received a … from …

13. Homework Go to the Internet after school and search for the different customs on giving and receiving gifts between Chinese and foreigners.