Unit12 TheFestivals

Revision group work 5min 1.Can you name three festivals? The Spring Festival; Christmas Day; Thanksgiving Day 2.What is the date of_____? _____on the first day of the Lunar January. _____on the 25th of December. _____on the fourth Thursday of November. The Spring Festival is on the first day of the Lunar January. Christmas Day is on the 25th of December. Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday of November.

Reading Task The Spring Festival

The spring Festival is the Chinese Lunar New Year’ Day The spring Festival is the Chinese Lunar New Year’ Day. It is on the first day of a year on the Lunar calendar. It is people’s favorite festival in China and in many Asian countries, just like Christmas in the west. The family members wound get together around their parents to celebrate the Spring Festival happily. No matter how far away from home, people try to get back home before Lunar New Year’s Eve, just as the old saying goes, “East or west, home is best.” People usually begin preparing for the celebration a week before the festival. They clean their houses meaning to sweep out all the bad luck in the past year. They prepare many kinds of Chinese traditional food, get new clothes for children, hang up red lanterns in the yard, paste colorful paper-cuts on windows and Spring Festival couplets on both sides of gates or doors. people try to make the New Year full of joy so that they will have good luck in the coming year.

Happy Chinese New Year

Fast readin True or false Fast reading 1. Spring Festival is people’s favorite festival of a year in China and in many Asian countries. (T ) 2.They clean their houses a few days before the Spring Festival mainly because the houses are very dirty. ( F ) 3. As for our family, we usually have a reunion on the first day of the Lunar New Year. ( F ) 4.Children are very happy to receive the lucky money from the senior members of the family.( T ) 5.We learn a lot about Chinese traditional culture during the Spring Festival.( T )

Pair work: Read the text carefully and answer the following questions. 1.When is the spring festival? 2.When do people usually start preparing for the celebration of the Spring Festival? 3.What do people usually do at middle night on Lunar New Year’s Eve? 4.when do people usually do on the first morning of the Lunar New Year? 5.What can you enjoy in the celebration of the Spring Festival?

Careful reading 1.When is the spring festival? Read carefully and answer the following questions. 1.When is the spring festival? The Spring Festival is on the first day of a year on the lunar calendar. 2.When do people usually start preparing for the celebration of the Spring Festival? A week before the festival. 3.What do people usually do at middle night on Lunar New Year’s Eve? People usually eat delicious food, watch the wonderful TV programs and set off fireworks at midnight o the Lunar New Year’s Eve. 4.What do people usually do on the first morning of the Lunar New Year? On the first morning of the Lunar New Year, we get up early, dress up and go to show respect to the senior members of the family and to express good wishes to our friends, neighbors and relatives. 5.What can you enjoy in the celebration of the Spring Festival? We can enjoy the happiness and tender sentiments of our family.

Do you know what festival is the most important in western countries? Christmas Day the twenty-fifth day of December

Christmas Day Christmas is people’s favorite festival in western countries. It is on December25. On Christmas Eve, it is said that Santa Claus— a kind old man dressed in red will visit each family, and leave gifts under the Christmas tree. Early in the morning of Christmas Day, children are glad to find gifts under the Christmas tree. Of course, the gifts are given by their parents, relatives and friends. A few days before Christmas, people are usually buy shopping and sending Christmas cards to their friends and relatives to express good wishes to them. People are always very happy to receive Christmas cards from their friends and relatives. On Christmas Day , the family members usually get together in celebration of the festival.

Homework 1.Everybody prepare for a short story about “Mid-Autumn Day”. 2.Finish exercises on “Language Study”. 3.To pre-reading “Grammar Focus-Adverbial Clause(1)”

Language Points 1.Prepare for: “为……做准备” We are preparing for the English exam. 2.Sweep out: “扫掉……，清除……” The old woman is sweeping out the dust. 3.Hang up: “把……吊起来” You may hang up the map on the blackboard. 4.As for: “谈到…..，至于” As for Professor Wang, it is well known to everyone. 5.Set off: “使爆炸” Be careful with the fireworks，the spark could set them off. 6.Show respect for: “向……表示敬意” We should show respect to those who serve us.

Practice Fill in the blank with the correct form of following words or phrases would like to, sweep out ,hang up, prepare for, on both sides of, show respect to, learn…from, dress up 1) sorry, I can’t go with you. I _____stay at home on Sunday. 2) I_____ the dust in my room yesterday. 3) People _____red lanterns here and there in celebration of the Spring Festival. 4)The students are planting trees _____ of the river. 5) My younger sister is _____ herself, singing a pop song. 6) Do you begin_____ the exam next month? 7) We all send some beautiful cards to our teacher to _____them on Teachers’ Day. 8)We really ____ a lot ____ the farmers when we worked on the farm.

Free Talk 1.When is Valentine’s Day? Do you know its origin ? 2.What do people do on Valentine’ Day. 3.Do you think only lovers send gifts to each other on that day?