1、Unit 3 Celebration,Lesson 1Festivals,Teaching aims,1.Enlarge students knowledge about Chinese traditional festivals, like Spring Festival and Mid-autumn Day .2.Cultivate students patriotism and family heart.,Whats your favorite season?,Spring,Summer,Autumn,Winter,What festivals happen during each se
2、ason?(please give one typical festival in each season),1. Winter: 2. Spring: 3. Summer: 4. Autumn:,Spring Festival,The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home
3、go back.,Lantern Festival,The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in Februaryor March in the Gregorian calendar.,This days important activity is watching lanterns. “Guessing lantern riddles“is an essential part of the Festival. People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dum
4、plings, on this day, so it is also called the “Yuanxiao Festival,Qingming Festival,The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China,falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time f
5、or spring plowing and sowing.,Dragon Boat Festival,The Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has a history of more than 2,000 years.,There are many legends about the evolution of the festival, the most popular of which is in commemoration of Qu Yuan (340-278 BC).,Zongzi is an ess
6、ential food of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that people ate them in the Spring and Autumn Period,The Mid-Autumn Festivals,Every year in September or October, it is celebrated by Chinese people all over the world.,The Mid-Autumn Festivals is a special occasion for family.It is also a day for
7、special foods like moon cakes.,Listen to the tape, then do some T or F exercise.,1.The Mid-autumn Festival is celebrated by Chinesepeople only in China. 2.Traditional moon cakes are usually made with fruit . 3.In the past, dragon boat races were organised onlyby Chinese people. 4. The Dragon Boat Fe
8、stival has a history of over1000 years ago. 5.At present,lanterns are usually made withlight bulbs and batteries. 6.The Lantern Festival marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year celebrations.,T,F,F,F,F,T,Read the text again and fill in the table with the information you read from the texts.,Septe
9、mber or October,moon cakes,The fifth dayof the fifth month of the lunar calendar,Zongzi,The fifteenthof the first month of the lunar calendar,Sweet dumplings,1.meet in the evening 2.watch the moon 3. A special occasion forfamily,1.have dragon boat races 2.mark the beginning of the hottest season of
10、theyear 3. remember Qu Yuan,1. watch lanterns & guess lantern riddles 2.marks the end of theChinese New Yearcelebrations.,Vocabulary: choose the words below and complete the sentences.(see TB,P37),burn down, celebrate, mark, light, decorate,include, boil, take part in,1. The room _ by dozens of cand
11、les.,2. Tom _ his room with some photos of sports stars,3. A firework display was organised to _the Queens birthday.,4. The party is for students to _ theirgraduation with family and friends.,is lit,has decorated,mark,celebrate,5. I _ in the soccer team when thebest player broke his leg.,6.The schoo
12、l _ by a mad man. Only two classrooms still stand.,7. Would you like to _ the racetomorrow? You have to run 10 km.,8. The water must _ to make sureit is clean and safe to drink.,was included,was burnt down,take part in,be boiled,Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words below.,moon ca
13、ke, lantern, bean paste, candles, sweet dumplings, shape, sticky rice, boil serve,decorate,I spent a year in China when I was a student and I loved all the Chinese celebrations. In autumn I ate (1)_ filled with (2)_ at the Mid-Autumn Festival. Then in summer it was the Dragon Boat Festival and I ate
14、 (3) _ in fresh bamboo leaves. Then in winter there was the Lantern Festival. There were (4)_ in all different (5)_ and sizes and some were (6) _ with pictures of birds and flowers. Some were lit by (7) _ but most were lit with light bulbs.,moon cakes,decorated,bean paste,candles,sticky rice,lanterns,shapes,At This Festival I Ate (8) _ That Were (9)_ and (10) _ in Hot Water.,Retell the story according the information given below.幻灯片 16,sweet dumplings,boiled,served,SURWAY:Do you think too much money is spent at festival times? Why and why not?,Homework,
