1、U1 Festivals and Celebrations -Listening and Speaking Learning aims By the end of the class, you will be able to 1. talk about festival activities and customs in different countries. 2. judge the relationships between the speakers by paying attention to how they talk to each other. 3. identify the s
2、entence patterns and expressions to express festival activities from the listening text. 4. express some festival activities by using the language in the listening text. Look at the picture and discuss: 1. What are the men doing in the picture? 2.Do you know where it usually happens? 3.What festival
3、 does this picture reflect? The men in the picture are taking part in the local fire dragon dance. The fire dragon dance usually takes place at Puzhai Town in Guangdong Province. The picture reflects the scene of the Lantern Festival. Phoenix flutes make music,Phoenix flutes make music, The moonligh
4、t flashes,The moonlight flashes, Fish and dragon lanterns Fish and dragon lanterns whirl the whole night long.whirl the whole night long. -Xin Qiji-Xin Qiji 凤箫声动，凤箫声动， 玉壶光转，玉壶光转， 一夜鱼龙舞。一夜鱼龙舞。 I In the east wind tonight a thousand trees burst n the east wind tonight a thousand trees burst into bloomi
5、nto bloom And stars are blown down like rain;And stars are blown down like rain; The whole perfumed road is throngedThe whole perfumed road is thronged With fine carriages and horses bright with gems;With fine carriages and horses bright with gems; Phoenix flutes make music,Phoenix flutes make music
6、, The moonlight flashes,The moonlight flashes, Fish and dragon lanterns whirl the whole night long.Fish and dragon lanterns whirl the whole night long. Golden willow and butterfly trinkets in her hair,Golden willow and butterfly trinkets in her hair, Laughing and chatting she leaves a faint fragranc
7、e Laughing and chatting she leaves a faint fragrance behind.behind. A thousand times I search for her in the crowdA thousand times I search for her in the crowd And, suddenly turning my head,And, suddenly turning my head, Discover her where the lantern lights are dim.Discover her where the lantern l
8、ights are dim. Activity 1 Pre-listening Picture A Picture B Picture C Rio Carnival Coming-of-Age Day Chinese Lantern Festival Activity 2 Conversation 1 1. Listen to the first conversation for the first time and choose the right answers. What is Conversation 1 about? A. Rio Carnival. B. Chinese Lante
9、rn Festival. C. Coming-of-Age Day On this special day, the girl in the conversation does the following things except _. A. Doing her hair and make-up. B. Getting dressed in kimono. C. Having a party. D. Joining in a parade. What is the relationship between the two speakers? A.Two friends B. a report
10、er and tourist C.An interviewer and an interviewee. D. A tour guide and members of a tour group 2. Listen to the conversation again and judge the following sentences are whether true (T) or false (F). The girl spends hours to wear make-ups just to look her best at the Coming-of-Age ceremony.( ) The
11、girl will spend her time lonely after the ceremony. ( ) The ceremony is a mark that a girl has become an adult from that day on. ( ) 3. Listen to the conversation for the last time and find out more details. I spent hours _, and getting dressed. But it was worth it, because I wanted to_ at the Comin
12、g-of-Age ceremony. Im going to meet my family soon, and were _tonight. I think “being an adult” means_ _, and. doing my hair and make-up look my best having a party being self-supporting and responsible for your actions and decisions Activity 3 Conversation 2 1.Listen to Conversation 2 for the first
13、 time and choose the right answers. What is Conversation 2 about? A. Rio Carnival. B. Chinese Lantern Festival. C. Coming-of-Age Day What is the relationship between the two speakers? A.Two friends B. a reporter and tourist C.An interviewer and an interviewee. D. A tour guide and members of a tour g
14、roup 2. Listen to the conversation again and judge the following sentences are whether true (T) or false (F). Its very warm today.( ) Li Mei wears something too thick and heavy at first but she changed under the guidance of Carla. ( ) We can infer from the conversation that Carla is very familiar wi
15、th this festival. ( ) 3. Listen to the conversation for the last time and find out more details. Shall we go and _ now? You need to change, for were going to_ and _. Itll be too tiring _ for a long time in those shoes. join the parade march along the streets for hoursdance until midnight to walk or
16、dance Activity 4 Conversation 3 1.Listen to Conversation 3 for the first time and choose the right answers. What is Conversation 3 about? A. Rio Carnival. B. Chinese Lantern Festival. C. Coming-of-Age Day What is the relationship between the two speakers? A.Two friends. B. a reporter and tourist. C.
17、An interviewer and an interviewee. D. A tour guide and members of a tour group. 2. Listen to the conversation again and judge the following sentences are whether true (T) or false (F). Whats written on the pieces of paper are the wishes of the owners of the lanterns.( ) If you guess the riddles corr
18、ectly, you will get a lot of money. ( ) Yuanxiao is traditionally eaten on this day and it means family unity and hapiness. ( ) 3. Listen to the conversation for the last time and find out more details. Youll all see the _as a real treat for the eyes. Whats written on the pieces of paper are _. They
19、 can _, and also _. amazing lanterns riddles for people to guess watch the dragon and lion dances eat yuanxiao with their family Activity 5 Summary Fill in the table according to what you have listened. The festivals Activities Coming-of-Age Daygirls do _ wear _ attend _ say _to each other _with the
20、ir families Rio Carnival join _ _along the streets _until midnight Chinese Lantern Festival see _ guess_ eat_ watch _ their hair and make-up traditional costumes or kimono the Coming-of-Age ceremony congratulations have a party a parade march dance the amazing lanterns riddles yuanxiao the dragon an
21、d lion dances Part Speaking Choose one of the three festivals (or other festival that you are familiar with) to introduce to your deskmate, including its time (if you know it), reason or purpose, the relative activities and your feelings about it. Example: Hi, dear., now what I want to introduce to
22、you is about the Chinese Lantern Festival. It falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It is attached to the Spring Festival and is a mark to the end of the Spring Festival. On this day, we can go to the temple fairs to enjoy the amazing lanterns and we can also guess riddles on them. Th
23、ose who can guess the riddles correctly can get gifts. People can also go to the streets to watch the traditional dragon or lion dances which always attract a great many people. Over dinner, we always eat yuanxiao, which is round and sweet, standing for “ family unity and happiness. Homework Write down your introduction about a festival in the Speaking section.
