1、,安邑北街小学范丽娜,Dragon Boat Festival,a dragon boat race,a rice dumpling,Miss Guo, I would like to know something about the Dragon Boat Festival. Why do people celebrate it?,Heres the story of the festival.,Qu Yuan was born about two thousand years ago in China. He loved his country very much. His job was
2、 to give advice to the king. The king always took his advice. However, the king died and the new king did not listen to him.,Later, the new king lost a battle because he did not take Qu Yuans advice. The country was in danger. Qu Yuan was very sad. He jumped into a river and died. It was the fifth d
3、ay of the fifth lunar month of that year.,Today, people eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races to remember him on that day every year.,1. Circle the past tense & underline the time phrase. 2. Pay attention to the verb tense of the last paragraph.,Qu Yuan was born about two thousand years ago
4、in China. He loved his country very much. His job was to give advice to the king. The king always took his advice. However, the king died and the new king did not listen to him.,Later, the new king lost a battle because he did not take Qu Yuans advice. The country was in danger. Qu Yuan was very sad
5、. He jumped into a river and died. It was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year.,Today, people eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races to remember him on that day every year.,Key phrases:,be born 出生give advice to 给提建议listen to sb. 听取某人的话take ones advice 接受建议/意见in danger 处于危险中,Homework,Try to retell the story about the Dragon Boat Festival to your parents when you go home.,Goodbye!,Thanks for listening!,
