1. Unit 3
Integrated skills

2. Sandy and Millie are talking about their favourite day in the year
Sandy and Millie are talking about their favourite day in the year. Listen to the tape and answer questions.
1. Which is Millie’s favorite day in the year?
2. When is Millie’s birthday?
3. Why does she like her birthday so much?
4. Who gives her the presents?
Her birthday is her favorite day.
It’s on 3rd October.
She always has a party and she gets lots of presents.
Her parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

3. Fool’s Day May Day Children’s Day April 1st May 1st June 1st
Mid-Autumn
Day
Lunar calendar
(农历)
August 15th
Teachers’
Day
September
1st
Christmas
Day
December
25th

4. Activity Make a dialogue according to the model.
A: Which is your favorite day?
B: My favorite day is…
A: When is it?
B: It’s on …
A: Why do you like it so much?
B: Because…

5. lion dance

6. listen to music and dance from
look excited
listen to music and dance from
9 p.m. to midnight
It’s my first time to do something.

7. let off fireworks

8. sing and dance from 8 p.m. to midnight let off fireworks look excited
Useful Expression
watch lion dance
sing and dance from 8 p.m. to midnight
let off fireworks
look excited
go to Chinatown

9. Chinese New Year Party Gong He Xin Xi
Chinese food
Lion dance
Music and dance from 9 a.m. to midnight
Fireworks (starts at 8 p.m.)
Date: Sunday, February 9th
Place: Chinatown, New York
Find more on New York Radio.

10. Answer Some Questions Where do the Chinese people in New York live?
2. What are they going to do?
3. What are they going to eat? .
4. What can they watch at night?
They live in a place called Chinatown.
They are going to have a party.
They are going to eat Chinese food.
Lion dance, music and dance and fireworks.

11. Activity Time Place Chinese food Lion dance Peel Street
Music and dance
Chinese Community
centre
Fireworks
Mott Street
Wang’s
Restaurant
2 p.m.- 5 p.m.
1 p.m.
9 p.m.- midnight
8 p.m.

12. January 13th
Dear Millie
Gong He Xin Xi! I am on holiday in ______________ . I want to see the _____________________party here.
There are lots of interesting things here. I am going to watch the _________. It is my first time to see it and I am very excited. After that, I am going to eat ____________________.
At night, there will be _________ in Chinatown.
What do you do for Chinese New Year in Beijing?
Lots of love
Wendy
New York
Chinese New Year
lion dance
Chinese food
fireworks

13. Chinese New Year eat dumplings get red packets (get together)
let off fireworks
Watch programs on
Channel CCTV-1

14. Wendy wants to know how people
celebrate Chinese New Year in
China.
Please write a postcard back to him.
Tell him something about it.

15. Homework Write a short passage about your favourite festival
Mid-Autumn Day
Children’s Day
Christmas Day

16. Language Points 1. I am on holiday in New York. be on holiday 在度假
He is on holiday in the USA. 他正在美国度假。
2. I want to see the Chinese New Year here.
want to do sth. 想要干某事
He wants _________ (dress) up as a Monkey King.
3. It’s my first time to see it.
It’s my first time to do sth. 我第一次干某事
这是她第一次看舞狮子。
to dress
It’s her first time to watch the lion dance.

17. 请翻译下列句子
我想用糖果招待他们。
迈克一家正在海南度假吗？
这是你第二次到中国来吗？
你们在常州新年干什么？
I want to give them candies as a treat.
Are Mike’s family on holiday in Hainan?
Is it your second time to come to China?
What do you do for Chinese New year in Changzhou?

18. Thank you!
Goodbye!
Friends

19. Fool’s Day
play a joke on friends

20. May Day have a long holiday Students don’t have to go to school.
People can go out for a trip.

21. Children’s Day
have a party at school
play games with friends

22. Mid-Autumn Festival
watch the moon
tell the story about Chang’e

23. Teachers’ Day want to thank our teachers
give teachers some flowers and cards

24. Merry Christmas get a lot of presents
Father Christmas will come and give children lots of
presents.