1、Unit 3 Festivals and customsIntegrated skills(I)Free talk1 Step Do you think the traditional Chinese festivals are important?And why?Do you know any traditional Chinese festivals?Can you say something about them?Reading2 Step Why should we promote traditional Chinese festivals in modern society?Read
2、 the article and make a list of the reasons why we Read the article and make a list of the reasons why we should promote Chinese traditional festivals.should promote Chinese traditional festivals.Teaching us a lot about our nations historyImportanceEnabling us to learn more about fine Chinese values
3、Being a source of national pride and helping shape our national identityTaking the Dragon Boat Festival as an exampleMaking a summary It is celebrated with rice dumplings and dragon boat races.The story of Qu Yuan is passed down.Taking the Mid-Autumn Festival as an exampleMaking a summary It has a c
4、aring,family-centred message.The full moon stands for family togetherness and family members will come back home.Taking the Hanshi Festival and the Laba Festival as examplesMaking a summary Shared experiences bring us together as a people.Listening3 Step Pre-listeningRead the questions of part B1 on
5、 page 37 and underline the key words to prepare for your listening.Guess what type of word would be filled in the table of part B2.While-listeningLast term.The art club.More than 100.About 30 minutes.While-listening200 a full moonthe Double Ninth FestivalThe Theatre Clubrice dumplings The ways to pr
6、omote traditional Chinese festivalsSchoolsEvents organized by school clubsPost-listeningCompetitionsCourses Post-listeningCan you think out more ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals?The governmentIndividualsThe media Creative thinking after listeningWhat other ways we can use to promote Chi
7、nese traditional festivals?self-thinkingpair discussiongroup sharing Creative thinking after listeningself-thinkingpair discussiongroup sharingI think we can use to promote In my opinion,can be a good way to promote In my opinion,we can use to promote,and my partners agree with me/but my partners do
8、nt agree with me,because they think is better.From the views of my partners,they think is surely an effective way to promote because The governmentThe ways to promote traditional Chinese festivalsIndividuals The mediaMaking policiesPost-listeningBuilding platformsCelebrating traditional Chinese fest
9、ivalsLearning more about Chinese customsAdvertising to the publicIntroducing traditional Chinese festivals to the people aroundBroadcasting the activitiesOrganizing activities The importancePromoting traditional Chinese festivalsThe ways Enabling us to learn more about fine Chinese values Teaching u
10、s about Chinese historyCoursesCompetitionsEvents organized by school clubsSchoolsIndividuals The media Self-assessment4 Step Being a source of national pride and helping shape our national identityThe government Homework1.Search more information about the ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals.2.Preview the content on page 38 and prepare some expressions for the article.