1、 Happy New YearHappy new year!Happy new year!Happy new year!Hello!Hello!Welcome Welcome back to back to school!school!Translation 中:我看到你朋友圈发的那些照片了.英:中:我跟许久未见面的朋友们聚了聚.英:I saw those photos you posted on your Wechat Moments.I caught up with some friends who I hadnt seen for a long time.春节chnchn jiji Th
2、e Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival It falls on the first day of the first Chinese lunar month and the celebration lasts from the 23rd of the 12th lunar month up to the 15th of the first lunar month next year.What is the longest and most important What is the longest and most important festival in
3、China?festival in China?烟花烟花 firework Firecrackers 鞭炮 set off fireworks/firecrackers 燃放烟花爆竹燃放烟花爆竹Pair work 1Pair work 1 What do people often do during the Spring Festival?What do you do in the Spring Festival?Phases on Spring FestivalPhases on Spring FestivalMake Preparation 买年货 special purchases fo
4、r the Spring Festival;do Spring Festival shopping 春联 Spring Festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts 年画 New Year paintings Phases on Spring FestivalPhases on Spring Festival 压岁钱 gift money;money given to children as a lunar New Year gift 拜年 pay New Years call;give New Years greetings;New Years visit 庙会 Templ
5、e Fair 舞狮 lion dance(The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)舞龙 dragon dance(to expect good weather and good harvests)New Years EveNew Years Eve 年夜饭 reunion dinner 饺子 dumplings 年糕 Lunar New Year Rice Cake 敬酒 propose a toast 春节联欢晚会 Spring Festival Gala Evening 烟花 fireworks
6、 爆竹 firecrackers(People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)守岁 staying-up春节习俗春节习俗 Customs of the Spring Customs of the Spring FestivalFestival The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and also the most important one of the whole year.Through the evolvement of thousands
7、of years,a series of customs are spreading far and wide.we clean our houses and sweep away bad luck,and then we paint doors and windows red.我们打扫房子的卫生，将霉运扫走，然后我们将门和窗户刷成红色我们打扫房子的卫生，将霉运扫走，然后我们将门和窗户刷成红色 扫尘 Sweeping the Dust扫尘扫尘 Sweeping the DustSweeping the Dust“Dust”is“chen”（尘）in Chinese,which means ol
8、d and past.In this way,“sweeping the dust”before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year.This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life.In a word,just before the Spring Festival comes,every household will give a
9、thorough cleaning to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new.春联春联 spring festival couplets 对联 dulin/dulin/春联chnchn linlin TOPknowledge 学 书 booksea 海 山 mountaindont have 无 有 haveborder 涯 路 wayeffort 苦 勤 diligencemakes 做 为 becomesboat 舟 径 path BOTTOMWhen fu(福)comes to townWe usually decorate
10、 the doors and windows with paper cuts.我们常常用剪纸将门和窗户装饰一下。我们常常用剪纸将门和窗户装饰一下。剪纸剪纸 paper-cuts 看春节联欢晚会看春节联欢晚会 The CCTV New Years GalaThe CCTV New Years GalaThe New Years Gala is a variety show held by China Central Television(CCTV)since 1983.For every year since then at the turn of the Lunar New Year,the
11、program begins at 8:00PM and lasts five or six hours.It brings laughter to billions of people,creates many popular words and produces lots of TV phenomena meriting attention.For over twenty years,its value has gone far beyond a variety show.It is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home
12、and abroad.Many Chinese would like to watch the gala while having the dinner on New Years Eve.Lantern Festival(on the Lantern Festival(on the January 15th,Lunar Calendar)January 15th,Lunar Calendar)元宵节元宵节 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 猜灯谜 guess latern riddles 汤圆 Tang-yuanNew Years visit On New Years Day,we
13、 put on our new clothes and visit our family and friends.在新年那天，我们穿上新衣服回家或到朋友家拜年。在新年那天，我们穿上新衣服回家或到朋友家拜年。gift moneyChildren Getting money in red envelopes from their parents and relatives拜年和压岁钱拜年和压岁钱 New Years Visit and Gift New Years Visit and Gift MoneyMoneyOn the first day of the Chinese lunar year
14、,everybody puts on their best clothes and pays ceremonial calls on their relatives and friends,wishing them all the luck in the coming year.Juniors will greet seniors,wishing them health and longevity,while seniors will give juniors some gift money as a wish for their safety in the coming year.When
15、friends meet,they will wish each other happiness and prosperity with a big smile.With the development of the new technology,there is a change on the way of giving New Years greetings.In recent year,it is common to send New Years greetings by such modern means of communication as telephones,emails an
16、d text messages.Pair Work 2Pair Work 2 Why have there been some changes in the celebration of the Spring Festival in recent years?ReasonsReasons The living standard of people is improves.People become more and more unemotional.Tradtional culture is neglected.The development of technology and the emergency of media and new entertainment.Social pressure is increasing.
