1、Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Listening&TalkingTo listen to different festival experiences and talk about their feelings and emotions towards the festivals.To talk about your own festival experiences.Warming upDifferent food or activities represents different festivals.What do you know about Wha
2、t do you know about Christmas?Christmas?How they are celebrating?Christmas is a holiday in many countries.It is celebrated on December 25.Many homes have Christmas trees and other decorations.Festive activities include exchanging presents,singing songs and going to parties.Do you know the names of t
3、hese dishes?when do people usually eat?roast turkeypuddingapple piemashed potatoespumpkin pie烤火鸡肉烤火鸡肉n.布丁布丁土豆泥土豆泥n.南瓜南瓜1.What festival is Max talking about?Max is talking about his Christmas experience with his family.2.What did Max do during the festival?He decorated the Christmas tree and put pres
4、ents under it.Then he helped his mum prepare for the family dinner on Christmas Eve,Song Lin and Max are talking about a recent festival experience.Listen to their conversation and answer the questions.3.What dishes did Maxs mother cook?She cooked roasted turkey,mashed potatoes,Christmas pudding,and
5、 apple pie.4.What did Max and his family do during and after the dinner?They shared stories and told jokes during the dinner.They played games with the children afterwards.5.What was the best part of the festival?The best part was opening their presents on Christmas morning.Listen again and tick the
6、 phrases that Max or Song Lin uses.It was fantastic!Thats amazing.It was great to How wonderful!It was great fun!Im really happy that How exciting!Its very exciting!Im pleased toExpressing feelings and emotionsP7 2Listen again and fill in the blanks.Pay attention to the parts in red.Song Lin:Hi,Max.
7、How was your holiday?Max:Hi,Song Lin.It was fantastic,thanks.Song Lin:So you went back to Canada to celebrate Christmas with your family,right?Max:Yes.I hadnt seen my family for a whole year.So it was great to see them again.Song Lin:Good for you!So what did you do when you arrived home?Max:Well,fir
8、st I helped decorate the Christmas tree and put presents under it.Then I helped my mum prepare for the family dinner on Christmas Eve.Song Lin:How wonderful!Your mum must have been very happy.I guess it was a really big meal.Max:Oh,for sure!We cooked so much delicious food,like roast turkey,mashed p
9、otatoes,and Christmas pudding.She even taught me how to make apple pie,which is my favourite dessert.Song Lin:Thats amazing.I didnt know you could cook.Max:Haha!I didnt know either.Anyway,it was great to be with my family.During dinner,we shared stories and told jokes.We also played games with the k
10、ids afterwards.It was great fun!The best part,though,was opening our presents on Christmas morning.Song Lin:Oh,that sounds terrific,Max.Im really happy that you were able to enjoy Christmas with your family.Festivals are great,arent they?Just relax with your family and remember whats truly important
11、 in life What do you think of the Chinese New Year or other Chinese festivals?What do you usually do during the festival?What do you like or dislike?Why?Discuss the following questions.Read the conversation below and underline the phrases that express feelings about festivals.J:Did you enjoy the hol
12、iday,Song Lin?S:Oh yes,it was great,thanks!The food,the parades,and the beautiful fireworksits always exciting for me.Its good to spend time with my family,too,although it can get a bit boring in my hometown after a while.How about you?J:Well,this was my first Chinese New Year.I loved watching the t
13、raditional performances,and I was invited to lots of delicious meals.But,to be frank,the fireworks going off throughout the night were really annoying.S:Oh,well,yes,I can see your point there!But its all part of the tradition to frighten away the evil spirits.J:Yes,well,there seemed to be a lot of t
14、hem in my area!Anyway,except for that,everything was fine.Im really looking forward to the next festival.坦白说坦白说爆炸爆炸;走火走火;离开离开除除之外之外Read and talk what Song Lin likes and dislikes about the Chinese New Year.What about Joe?Song Lin likes the food,the parades and the beautiful fireworks.He likes spendin
15、g time with his family,but he feels boring after staying in his hometown for a while.Joe loves watching the traditional performances and the delicious meals,but he feels annoyed about the fireworks going off throughout the night.Share a recent festival experience with your partner and tell him/her h
16、ow you felt about the festival and why.Decide what festival you will talk about.Make a list of everything you experienced during the festival.Write down the key words about your feelings.List the reasons why you felt that way.The Spring Festival is the recent festival I spent with my grandparents.It
17、 is great to have some time with them every year.So when the exciting winter vacation began,I quickly went to them by plane.I was really happy to spend a whole week with my grandparents shopping in supermarkets,buying fish and meat,fruit and vegetables,all kinds of nuts and snacks.It was fantastic!They prepared a lot for the Spring Festival.The delicious food is always good,but putting on weight is always annoying!Try to make up a dialogue talking about one of your festival experiences and your feelings and emotions towards it.
