1、Festivals and celebrationslistening and speakingActivity1 Brainstorm festivals at home and abroad1.festivals at homeDragon Boat FestivalThe spring FestivalTomb-Sweeping Day/Qingming FestivalMid-Autumn DayDouble Ninth FestivalBrainstorm some festivals in foreign countries.Festivals of foreign countri
2、esFools DayRio Carnival Christms DayThanksgiving DayHalloweenEasterValentines DayComing-of-Age DayActivity2 Listen and write the order of the conversations next to the names of the festival Chinese Lantern Festival3 Rio Carnival2 Coming-of-Age Day1Listen again.Match each conversation with the relati
3、onship between the speakers below._ a tour guide and members of a tour group_ an interviewer and an interviewee_ a reporter and a tourist_ two friendsListen for relationships3142_Rio Carnival_Chinese Lantern Festival_Rio Carnival_Chinese Lantern Festival_girls do their hair and make-up,wear traditio
4、nal costumes,attend the coming-of-age ceremony,say congratulations,have a partywear carnival costumes,march along the street,danceguess riddles,see the colorful lanterns,watch the dragon or lion dances,eat yuan xiaoActivity3 speaking Which of these festivals do you like best?Reasons:theme,acctivitie
5、s,food.situation1:You are talking with your friends freelysituation2:You are a reporter of our school newspaper.You are now interviewing your classmates or teachers.situation3:You are taking part in your speech contest held in you school.You are making a speech to your audience.Activity 4 Discussion:You are the image ambassadar（形象大使）of our city.In order to build a more beautiful city,you are calling on all the citizens to celebrate festivals in a civilized and proper way.Activity 5:AssignmentWrite a speech to call on citizens to celebrate our festivals in a civilized way.Thank you
