1、Celebrations are special times or days where people come together for a particular reason.What celerations do you know?.I love celebrating It is celebrated We usually celebrate it by Choose a festival or a special occasion that you like.Tell your partner when and how it is celebrated.Read the Text B
2、uildercarefully.Then listen to the dialogue and complete it by underlining the words or expressions you hear.P50 2P64 3Watch the presentation again.Match the images of paper cuts with their meanings.History:date back to centurymeanings:1.2.good luck3.good .usagesfor often seen on and gates;chinese c
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4、thesflowerP61 Reading club 1：FESTIVAL MENUP62 Eight Treasure rice pudding and Four Joy meatballs symbolise happiness in the new year.2.Which dishes symbolise happiness in the new year?year?1.Which Spring Festival dishes are believed to bring fortune?Deep-fried fish in sweet and sour sauce,Chinese du
5、mplings,Eight Treasure rice pudding and Four Joy meatballs are believed to bring fortune.ScanningReading club 1What cultural meanings can you infer from the names of the dishes?Wealth and prosperity is highly prized in Chinese culture as dishes such as deep-fried fish and jiaozi have word play and m
6、eanings related to these ideas.Thinking Use what we have learn to talk about your favourite festival or occasion.I love celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.It is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.We usually celebrate it by having a family dinner and Use the language you have learn
7、t to write a short paragraph about a traditional Chinese festival to a foreign friend.P51 5Possible answer:To celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival,we Chinese often hold dragon boat racing and eat rice dumplings.Its said that in the first place people in the Warring States Period threw rice dumplings i
8、nto the river to feed the fish so they would not eat the body of their poet hero Qu Yuan,who committed suicide by drowning himself in Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.And people started dragon boat racing to scare the fish off.Chinese festival is a world cultural heritage.Will i
9、t disapear with time?What can we do to inherit and develop it?What does it mean?What can you learn from this quote?Do you agree with the quote or not?Why?Amid the boom of firecrackers a year has come to an end,and the spring wind has wafted warm breath to the wine.-Wang Anshi爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏。爆竹声中一岁除，
10、春风送暖入屠苏。王安石元日王安石元日Be at war with your vices,at peace with your neighbours,and let every new year find you a better man.-Benjamin Franklin与恶习作战，与邻里友好相处，与恶习作战，与邻里友好相处，在新的一年变得更加优秀。在新的一年变得更加优秀。本杰明本杰明富兰克林富兰克林Christmas isnt a season.Its a feeling.-Edna Ferber圣诞节不是一个季节，圣诞节不是一个季节，而是一种感觉。而是一种感觉。埃德娜埃德娜费伯费伯New
11、 Years Day is every mans birthday.-Charles Lamb新年是每个人的生日。新年是每个人的生日。查尔斯查尔斯兰姆兰姆1.Use the language you have learnt to write a short paragraph about a traditional Chinese festival.Then share it in groups.2.Look up the quotes on Page 51 and try to figure out their meanings and background.Compare your notes with others in the next class.
