1、 Unit 1 Festivals and CelebrationsListening and TalkingWhat festival do you know?Chinese festivalsWestern festivalsLantern FestivalSpring FestivalMid-Autumn FestivalDragon Boat FestivalChristmasThanksgiving DayHalloweenRio CarnivalA Festival experienceActivities Food/dishesBest partFeelings/emotions
2、Having a family dinner;Drinking realgar(雄黄）wine;Watching dragon boat race;Hanging the wormwood（苦艾）in front of the door to rebel evil things.Zongzi;Salted duck eggs;Century eggs(皮蛋）.Having a family dinner.Happy;Fantastic.-Dragon Boat FestivalNow,lets do some exercises to learn more festival experienc
3、es.1.What festival is Max talking about?.2.What dishes did Maxs mother cook?Tick the dishes you hear.Christmasroast turkeyChristmas puddingmashed potatoesapple piepumpkin pieTask 1:Song Lin and Max are talking about a recent festival experience.Listen to their conversation and answer the questions.3
4、.What did Max do during the festival?He the Christmas tree and put under it.Then he helped his mum for the on Christmas Eve.4.What did Max and his family do during and after the dinner?During dinner,they .They also with the kids afterwards.5.What was the best part of the festival?The best part was o
5、n Christmas morning.decorated presentsshared stories and told jokesplayed gamesopening their presents preparefamily dinnerp It was fantastic!p Thats amazing!p It was great to p How wonderful!p It was great fun!p Im really happy thatp How exciting!p Its very exciting.p Im pleased top That sounds terr
6、ific!Task 2:Listen again and tick the phrases that Max or Song Lin uses.Read the conversation below and underline the phrases that Song Lin and Joe use to express feelings about festivals.Expressions describing feelings and emotionsl It was fantastic!l Thats amazing!l How wonderful!l It was great fu
7、n!l That sounds terrific!l How exciting!l Its very exciting.l Its always exciting for me.l It can get a bit boring.l.were really annoying.l.l It was great to dol Im pleased to dol Its good to do.l Im really happy thatl Im really looking forward to doing.l.Summary Ask the following questions to talk
8、about your festival experience.What did you do during the festival?(Activities)What dishes did you eat?What was the best part of your festival?How do you feel about the festival?.Use expressions about feelings to describe the festival experience.Present a complete conversation in pairs.Situation:An
9、American exchange student came to your school,who was very interested in Spring Festival.Make a conversation to talk about your Spring Festival with him.Watch and learn:more information about Spring FestivalA:Hi,XX.What is the most important festival in China?B:Hi,Peter.Its Spring Festival.A:Well,th
10、at sounds interesting!Did you enjoy your Spring Festival?B:.(Feelings)A:Really?What did you do during the festival?B:.(Activities)A:.(Feelings)What dishes did you eat?B:.(Food and feelings)A:.What was the best part of your festival?.B:So it is,and Im really looking forward to the next festival.Sampl
11、e:Show time!From festival experiences,not only can we explore the customs,origins and meanings of different festivals,but also they are good ways to reflect our culture and values of our nation.Treasure our traditional festivals and culture,and spread them to the world!What do you learn from festival experiences?Collect more information about different festivals,and exchange it and your festival experiences in your groups.Unit 1 Festivals and CelebrationsTalk about festival experiencesListening and TalkingThank you for your listening!
