1. Learn to introduce Spring Festival and Christmas in 10 minutes 南通纺织职业技术学院 素质教学部 杨星

2. Task: How to introduce spring festival Step one: brainstorming the first day of a new year of Chinese traditional calendar lucky money set off firecrackers new clothes dumplings/tang yuan family reunion cleaning

3. Task: How to introduce spring festival Step two: classify the information Date: the first day of the first lunar month Days off: 7 days holiday the origin: to scare away the monster “ Nian ”

4. Task: How to introduce spring festival Step two: classify the information Customs cleaning the house family reunion family dinner pasting spring couplets and pictures wearing new clothes visiting relatives and friends kids getting lucky money set off firecrackers

5. Task: How to introduce spring festival Step two: classify the information Special foods Jiaozi /dumplings in the north Niangao/zongzi in the south To symbolize the abundance and wealth of the family

6. Task: How to introduce spring festival Step three: key points/logic Date Days off The origin Customs Special foods Summary

7. Task: How to introduce spring festival Step four: a frame with details Date: the first day of the first lunar month Days off: 7 days holiday The origin: to scare away the monster “ Nian ” Customs: cleaning the house, family reunion, family dinner, pasting spring couplets and pictures, wearing new clothes, visiting relatives and friends, kids getting lucky money, set off firecrackers Special foods: Jiaozi /dumplings in the northm, Niangao/zongzi in the south, to symbolize the abundance and wealth of the family Summary

8. Task: How to introduce spring festival Step five: model Spring Festival, the biggest holiday in China, is on the first day of the first lunar month. It is a seven days holiday. The origin of the festival is that people tried their best to scare away the monster “ nian ” who was eating people and destroying everything on the very last day of a year. During the holidays, Chinese people usually have a big reunion of the family and eat dumplings in the family dinner. People also like pasting spring couplets on the two sides of the entrance door and visiting relatives and friends by saying “ happy new year ”. Children are always happy on Spring Festival, because they can wear new clothes, receive red pocket money from the elders and, the most exciting part is, they can set off firecrackers. All in all, to Chinese, Spring Festival is the most important and the happiest holiday of a year.

9. Task: How to introduce Christmas Information compared with spring festival Spring Festival Date: the first day of the first lunar month Days off: 7 days holiday the origin: to scare away the monster “ Nian ” Christmas Date: December 25 th Days off: 7 days off The origin: to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ

10. Task: How to introduce Christmas Information compared with spring festival Customs on Spring Festival(1) cleaning the house family reunion family dinner pasting spring couplets and pictures Customs on Christmas(1) family reunion family dinner decorating the Christmas trees exchanging gifts

11. Task: How to introduce Christmas Information compared with spring festival Customs on Spring Festival(2) wearing new clothes visiting relatives and friends kids getting red pocket money set off firecrackers Customs on Christmas(2) kids expecting presents in the red socks from the Santa sending Christmas cards to relatives and friends playing Christmas songs

12. Task: How to introduce Christmas Information compared with spring festival Special foods on Spring Festival Jiaozi /dunplings in the north Niangao/zongzi in the south To symbolize the abundance and wealth of the family Special foods on Christmas Turkey, puddings, Chocolates and Champaign

13. Task: How to introduce Christmas A frame with details Christmas Date: December 25 th Days off: 7 days off The origin: to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ Customs: family reunion; family dinner; decorating the Christmas trees; exchanging gifts; kids expecting presents in the red socks from the Santa ; sending Christmas cards to relatives and friends; playing Christmas songs Special foods: turkey, puddings, chocolates and Champaign

14. Task: How to introduce Christmas Model Christmas is on December 25th. People have 7 days holiday. The origin of the holiday is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. During the holiday people come back home to have a family reunion and enjoy a family dinner. They decorate the Christmas trees, exchange gifts on the Christmas Eve and kids expects presents in the red socks from the Santa. Besides these, they send Christmas cards to relatives and friends to express their love and best wishes. People play Christmas songs all day long and have some special foods, such as turkey, puddings, and chocolates and drink Champaign. Christmas is the most important holiday in the western countries as spring festival in China.