Unit 5 Let’s celebrate! to the unit Lianyungang Foreign Language School Yang Siying

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Christmas /i/ / ə /

What do people usually do at Christmas ? They usually…. make a Christmas tree get Christmas presents send Christmas cards to each other /e//e/

Halloween [ ， hælə ʊ ‘ i:n]

a ghost dress up as a pumpkin lantern make Halloween ? dress up as Monkey King candies and chocolates eat What do people usually do to celebrate /e//e/ /æ//æ/ /ə//ə/ / Ə / u /∧//∧/ /I//I/ /ei/

Watch & answer What does Hobo dress up as at first? A ghost. Monkey King. What does he dress up as later ?

Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day( 感恩节 ) on the fourth Thursday in November

What do people usually do to celebrate Thanksgiving Day ? turkey eat have a big dinner with the family [‘tə:ki]

January 1 New Year’s Day Chinese New Year Spring Festival

eat dumplings get red packets wear new clothes watch the spring festival gala / ɑ : ə / ( 春节联欢晚会 ) enjoy fireworks visit the relatives and friends What do we usually do on that day? It’s a traditional Chinese festival.

eat moon cakes enjoy the full moon What do we usually do on that day? Mid-Autumn Festival listen to the story of Chang’e have a big dinner with the family

eat rice dumplings have a dragon boat race remember Qu Yuan What do we usually do on that day? Dragon Boat Festival

Look at the parts of the pictures and guess the names of the festivals!

Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) Christmas Dragon Boat Festival Thanksgiving Day Mid-Autumn Festival Halloween Watch carefully, what festival is it? Of all these festivals, which one do you like best?

Listen and answer 1.What is Tommy’s favourite festival? 2.Why does he like it? 3.What is Millie’s favourite festival? 4.What do people do to celebrate the day ? Christmas. Because they can get lots of presents at Christmas. The Mid-Autumn festival. All her family get together and have a big dinner, eat moon cakes, and enjoy the full moon.

Write something about the festival.You can write how people celebrate it; what people eat and something else. Don’t mention( 提到 ) the name of the festival. A: What is your favourite festival? B: My favourite festival is … A: Why do you like…? B: Because I… A: What do you usually do on that day? B:… What is your….? A:

Discussion 1.In my opinion,… 2.I think it is… 3.I’m afraid I can’t agree with … 4.On one hand,.. on the hand.. 5. pass on( 传承 ) 6.traditional culture ( 传统文化 ) More and more young people like western festivals.Some even like them better than Chinese traditional （传统的） festivals.What do you think of it?

1. Try to introduce your favourite festival to your penfriend. 2. Preview Reading. Today’s homework

Yang Siying Thanks for listening ! !! !