1、Unit 3 Celebration 学校: 老师: Do you know what festival it is? Lesson 1 Festivals 春节春节 Spring Festival 元宵节元宵节 Lantern Festival 端午节端午节 Dragon Boat Festival 中秋节中秋节 Mid-Autumn Festival Skills Focus: 1. Predict the contents of the text from the pictures. 2. Match pictures with paragraphs. Pay attention to
2、the key information of it. 3. Scan the text for specific information. Find out important words of each paragraph. Task 1 Skimming Read the text quickly and find key information to the several aspects above. How to introduce a traditional festival? Autumn The Mid-autumn Festival Time: 15 August of th
3、e lunar year People: Chinese all over the world Significance: Family Reunion Activities, food Watch the Moon Moon cakes Summer The Drag Boat Festival Time: 5 May of the lunar year People: people from many cultures Significance: In memory of Qu Yuan Activities, food Poet and Politician: Qu Yuan Drago
4、n Boat Race Zongzi Winter The Lantern Festival Time: 15 January of the lunar month People: Chinese all over the world Significance: It marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebration Activities Food, others Dragon Dance Lanterns Lantern Riddles Sweet Dumpling Task 2 Scanning Read the text carefull
5、y and underline important words of each paragraph, then try to explain them to your classmates. be celebrated by被被庆祝庆祝 全世界全世界 all over the world 据说据说It is said that 赏月赏月watch the moon n.场合,时机场合,时机 occasion adj.传统的传统的 traditional 由由制成制成 be made with vt.包含,包括包含,包括include 恰逢,正是恰逢,正是的日子的日子fall on 阴历一个月阴
6、历一个月lunar month vt& vi.纪念,标记纪念,标记mark 的开端的开端the beginning of 多于多于more than 在近些年在近些年in recent years 参加参加take part in vt. 粘贴粘贴 stick n.权力,力量权力,力量power n.黑暗黑暗darkness vt.破坏,毁坏破坏,毁坏destroy (被被)烧毁烧毁burn down 在过去在过去in the past 用用装饰装饰decorate with vt.煮沸煮沸,(使使)沸腾沸腾boil vt.提供,接待提供,接待 serve Task 3 Summary Fil
7、l in the blanks below. The Mid-autumn Festival the Chinese people . On this day, the moon the biggest and brightest. People like to . It is a special for family. Traditional moon cakes are usually bean paste, but nowadays, there are many different kinds of moon cakes fruit, coffee and chocolate. is
8、celebrated by all over the world is said to be watch the moon. occasion made with including The Dragon Boat Festival the fifth day of the fifth month of .As it is in early summer, it the hottest season of the year. The traditional of the Dragon Boat Festival started 2,000 years ago. In recent years,
9、 people from other cultures have also taken part in the races and enjoyed the fun. There is a special food for the festival. It is called zongzi, is rice in fresh bamboo leaves. falls on the lunar year marks the beginning of more than whichsticky In one story, lantern were lit to celebrate the power
10、 of light over . In another story, a town was almost . The story was about a god who wanted to the town. , lanterns were usually lit by candles and pictures of birds and flowers. Sweet dumplings are and in hot water. darkness destroyed burn down In the past decorated with boiled served Task 4 Thinking and Speaking Whats the meaning of Chinese traditional festivals? Homework: Writing Please introduce the Spring Festival Chinese typical festival. Thanks for your attending !