1. Festivals and Holidays
2010曲中医校英语参评作品
Unit 10
Festivals and Holidays
节日与假期 马丽
2010年12月

2. Teaching process Warm-up Leading-in Teaching aim Holiday greeting
The meaning of
festivals

3. Warm-up
Listen and sing
1.flv

4. How many festivals do you know?
Leading-in
How many festivals do you know?

5. Some traditional Chinese festivals
Spring festival（春节）
Mid-autumn Day（中秋节）
Lantern festival(元宵节）
Dragon Boat Festival(端午节）
The Qing Ming Festival(清明节）
Army Day （建军节）
Party's Day(建党节)
National Day（国庆节）

6. Some traditional Western festivals
Easter（复活节）
Christmas Day（圣诞节）
April Fools’ Day（愚人节）
Thanksgiving Day（感恩节）
Halloween’s Day(万圣节）
Father’s Day（父亲节）
Mother’s Day（母亲节）
Valentine’s Day（情人节）

7. Some international festivals
Women’s Day（妇女节）
Labour Day（劳动节）
New Year’s Day（元旦）
Children’s Day（儿童节）
Nurses’ Day（护士节）

8. Lesson2
Merry Christmas

9. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to
Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to
1.greet people and respond to greetings during festival. (在节日里祝愿别人和应答祝愿）
2. talk about the meaning of festivals.
(简单谈论节日的意义）

10. Task1 Listen, read and judge
在英国留学的Zhang Lei在圣诞节这天遇到
同学Alice

11. send greetings to sb A : Merry Christmas!
Z-Zhang Lei A-Alice
Z : Merry Christmas!
A : Merry Christmas!
Z : What do children usually do on Christmas Eve?
A: They usually hang up stockings by the fireplace to wait for Santa Claus.
Z : Please send my Christmas greetings to your parents.
A: Thank you.
send greetings to sb

12. True or false判断正误 ( ) 2.Alice sent wishes to Zhang Lei’s parents.
( ) Zhang Lei and Alice met on Christmas Day.
( ) Alice sent wishes to Zhang Lei’s parents.
( ) Children hang up stockings on the fireplace to dry them.

13. Task2
Holiday greetings节日祝愿
你知道怎样表达节日祝福吗？
请练习下面句型

14. 祝愿
Happy New Year/Teacher’s Day!
Happy New Year/Teacher’s Day! 应答

15. 祝愿
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! 应答

16. 祝愿
Have a good Christmas/Spring Festival!
Thanks. And you too. 应答

17. 祝愿 应答 A merry Christmas to you and a happy 2011!
Thanks. The same to you. 应答

18. 祝愿
Please send my greetings to Alice.
Thank you very much. 应答

19. 祝愿 应答 Give Alice my wishes for the New Year!
Thank you and I wish you the same. 应答

20. Task 3 Speak in pairs 情景对话
你知道怎样描述节日的意义吗？
请练习下面句型。
What’s…(a festival) about?
New Year’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Teachers’ Day

21. It’s a day/time for
the family to get together.

22. It’s a day/time for
lovers to express love.

23. It’s a day/time for
students to thank teachers.

24. Pair work
Questions and answers
问答练习

25. commemorate a famous ancient Chinese poet, Qu Yuan.
A: When is the Dragon Boat Festival(龙舟节/端午节)？
B:It’s on
May 5th
A: What’s the festival about?
B: It’s time to
commemorate a famous ancient Chinese poet, Qu Yuan.

26. A: When is the Children’s Day?
B:It’s on
June 1st
A: What’s the festival about?
protect children from wars, hunger and diseases
B: It’s time to

27. A: When is the National Day(国庆节)?
B:It’s on
October 1st
A: What’s the festival about?
B: It’s time to
celebrate the foundation of the People's Republic of China

28. Task4
Listen and put the sentences in order 听录音并排序。

29. c. It’s a time for people to express
Dialogue1 谈论感恩节
What’s the festival about?
b. It’s on the 4th Thursday in
November.
c. It’s a time for people to express
thanks.
d. When is Thanksgiving Day?
正确顺序： d b a c

30. Dialogue2 新年问候 c a d b Happy New Year!
b.Thank you. Also send my wishes
to your parents
c. Please send my greetings to your family.
d. Thank you. The same to you. c
正确顺序： a d b

31. Dialogue3 情人节祝贺 a c d b b a. Oh, how lovely! Thank you, darling.
b. Honey, Happy Valentine’s Day! Here are
roses for you.
c. Oh. Shall we have a candle dinner
tonight?
d. Great idea!
正确顺序： a c d b b

32. What have you learned this class？

33. Sum up 1.talk about some festivals. 2.How to express the best wishes.
3.How to describe the significance
of festivals.

34. Homework: 1.Collect more festivals at home and abroad.
2.Describe some important festivals’ significance.

35. Thank you for listening! Goodbye!