Unit 1 Festivals around the world Word study & Writing

Writing task 假设你是红星中学高一 (4) 班的学生李华, 为了宣传中国的传统文化，请你给某英 文杂志的 “ 全球节日 ” 专栏写一篇以 “Traditional Festivals in China” 为题的 英文稿件。 What festival are you going to write?

What will you write about in the passage? Festival brief introductioncelebrations / activities name time origin food dress activities

1. Sb. celebrate 节日 in / on ….... The description of the time: 2. …. has 节日 on / in …… to honor sb.. 3. 节日 takes place in / on …….. 4. 节日 happens in / on ……..

1. 节日 are held to honor sb.. 2. 节日 honors sb.. 3. 节日 is in memory of sb.. 4. 节日 look forward to the end / coming of sth.. 5. 节日 celebrates the return / the coming of sth.. The description of the origin:

What people eat. 1. People eat ……. 2. The food is gathered for …… 3. People enjoy …….

What people do. 1. dress up 2. decorate sw. with sth.. 3. clean graves and light incense …… 4. light lamps and play music …… 5. offer food, flowers and gifts to sb. 6. get together to have meals 7. win awards for ….. 8. admire the moon 9. give children lucky money 10. There are dragon dances, ……

TimeOriginMealActivities celebrate … on /in; have … on/in; take place; happen be on/in look forward to, be held to honor sb., It celebrate ….. be in memory of, eat, enjoy be gathered, decorate with, dress up, admire, light, offer sth. to, give, clean, get together, win awards for

What are they doing? Try to make sentences with “celebrate” and “celebration”. They are celebrating Xiao Xin’s birthday. They are having birthday celebrations of XiaoXin.

A traffic accident happened. A driver hit an old man. The policeman was asking the driver some questions. P: When did the accident happen? D: It ____________________________. P: _________________? D: I drove my car to the second cross. I was turing right when a man ran across the street. I tried to stop my car, but it was too late. P: Who sent him to the hospital? D: I ____________ meet one friend of mime. He helped me to call 120 and sent him to the hospital. How did it happen happened early in the morning happened to

3) Translate the sentences with “look forward to”. 孩子们急切地盼望着新年的到来。 The children are looking forward to the Spring Festival. The children are looking forward to the coming of the Spring Festival.

4) Complete the sentence with “honor”. I felt ________ ( 很荣幸 ) to have been invited to your party. 我们庆祝教师节来向老师致敬。 We _________ Teachers’ Day __________ our teachers. to honor in honor of celebrate honored

The graduation ceremony ( 典礼 ) will _________ outdoors, unless it rains. A. take place B. happen C. hold D. take the place On Children’s Day, the children _________ and went to the hall happily. A. wore up B. dressed up C. put up D. picked up

The firefighters looked as if nothing ___________ when they came back. A. happens B. had happened C. takes place D. was happened The children are looking forward ________ a Christmas present that day. A. to have B. to be given C. to giving D. to being given

Writing task 假设你是红星中学高一 (4) 班的 学生李华, 为了宣传中国的传统 文化，请你给某英文杂志的 “ 全 球节日 ” 专栏写一篇以 “Traditional Festivals in China” 为题的英文稿件。

Person: 第一人称（ we ） Tense: 一般现在时 ( 三单， does) Logical words and expressions: and, as well, besides …… when, finally, after ……

Evaluation ( 评价，评估 ) 时态一般现在时 ( ) 内容 人称 ( ) brief introduction time ( ) origin ( ) celebration food ( ) clothes ( ) Activities ( ) 结尾 ( ) 其他单词拼写 ( ) 大小写 ( ) 标点 ( )