Unit 3 Celebration Lesson 1 Festivals

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What’s your favorite season? Spring Summer Autumn Winter

What festivals happen during each season? (please give one typical festival in each season) 1. Winter: 2. Spring: 3. Summer: 4. Autumn:

Christmas spring summer autumn winter February March April May June July August September October November Spring Festival May Day the Children’s Day /Dragon Boat Festival the foundation of the Party Birthday of the PLA the Mid-Autumn Day the National Day/ Double Ninth Festival Women’s Day December January the New Year’s Day tomb-sweeping day / April Fools’s Day

Phrases learning 1.watch the moon 2.Mid-Autumn Festival 3. The Lantern Festival 4.marks the beginning of 5. lunar calendar 6. decorate … with …

Fast-reading 1.The Lantern Festival marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations and the Dragon Boat Festival marks the beginning of the hottest season of the year. 2. Because the Mid-Autumn Festival is a special occasion for family to get together.

Which festival is celebrated?

Typical food: Activities: Moon cakes Families to get together. Eat moon cakes. Enjoy the beautiful moon night. Date: In September or October The 15th day of the 8th lunar month

The Lantern Festival Typical food: Activities: Sweet dumplings Light different kinds of lanterns. Date: The 15th day of the 1st lunar month

Typical food: Activities: Zongzi Dragon boat races Sticky rice in fresh bamboo leaves Date: The 5th day of the 5th lunar month

FestivalsSeason& date/month Typical food Typical activities and special meaning Mid- Autumn Festival 3.a special occasion for family The Dragon Boat Festival 1.have dragon boat races The Lantern Festival 2.marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations Add another typical festival September or October moon cakes The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar Zongzi The fifteenth of the first month of the lunar calendar Sweet dumplings 1.meet in the evening 2.watch the moon 2.marks the beginning of the hottest season of the year 3. remember Qu Yuan 1. watch lanterns & guess lantern riddles Double Ninth Festival 1.Climb the mountain 2.Enjoy Chrysanthemum September ninth by lunar calendar 1.Double ninth cake 2.Chrysanth emum wine

Fill in the blanks 4. occasion 5. including 1.seasonal 2. started 3. sticky 6. falls 7. marks 8. were lit 9. was fooled 10. with 11. batteries 12. are boiled

How to introduce a festival Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Introduction: when the festival is celebrated Typical activities or food How did the festival start? Summary

Oral Practice Introduce a festival which is most important in China for children, or for young people, or for old people, or for women and men.

1. sb/sth is said to do…= It is said that sb/sth … 据说某人 / 某事物 … The moon is said to be its biggest and brightest. = It is said that the moon is its biggest and brightest. 据说他是法国人. It is said that he is from France. = He is said to be from France.

2. occasion 场合, 时刻, 时候 on … occasion 在 … 场合 以前在很多场合上我都遇见过莉莉. I met Lily on many occasions before. on this occasion 此时 on one occasion 有一次

3. including prep. 包括 ( 一般放在它所说明的词语前 ) included adj. 包括在内的 ( 只能放在它所说明的词语后 ) ｛ Five students failed in the exam, including Li Ping. Five students failed in the exam, Li Ping included. 4. fall = happen 发生, 适逢 今年的圣诞节是星期一。 Christmas Day falls on a Monday this year.

5. take part in 参加 attend; join; join in 参加 take part in 参加活动或比赛等，强调在其中积极作用，不强调 活动正在进行中。 Eg. Linda takes an active part in the school activities. join in 多指参加正在进行的活动，如游戏，谈话或比赛等。 Eg. We are playing football. Do you want to join in? attend 指出席或参加会议、聚会、讲座等。 Eg. We have to attend a meeting this afternoon. join 指加入某个组织或团体，成为其中一员。 Eg. We joined the English Club.

Consolidate the key points by exercise: burn down, take an active part in, include, fall on decorate with, It ’ s said that 1.Many students have passed the exam, _________Tom and Jim 2.It ’ s good for the old people to __________________ social activities. 3.Christmas _________________Saturday this year. 4.The building _____________ and only ashes ( 灰 )were left. 5.The shops were _____________ flowers. 6.___________________he has been to Beijing. including take an active part in falls on/upon was burned down decorated with It ’ s said that 7. They stole everything in my purse, ______ my credit card. including 8. Tom ___________ his room with some photos of sports stars. has decorated

Read again and answer the following questions 1.What are the traditional moon cakes made with? 2.How can you describe the lanterns in the past? 3.Who hold dragon boat races in the old days? Traditional moon cakes are made with bean paste. In the past, lanterns were lit by candles and decorated with pictures of birds, animals and flowers. In the old days, dragon boat races were only organized by Chinese people.

are lit are made with are decorated with light make … with decorate … with Do Exercises 5,6 on Page37