Unit 3 Let’s celebrate Welcome to the unit & vocabulary

What day is it today? It is Tuesday. Today is a special day for me and my family, becauseit’s my birthday. Do you know how I celebrate my birthday? Can you guess?

A big cake Delicious food

Do you know what are the special days for all of us ? Our festivals are special days for all of us.

/ 'festəvəl / festivalcelebrate Mid-Autumn Festival watch the moon eat mooncakes / 'selibreit /

festival celebrate get red pocket eat dumplings /'d ʌ mpl ɪ ŋz / visit friends Spring Festival Chinese New Year

Christmas get a lot of presents Christmas tree Father Christmas /'krisməs / festival celebrate

eat turkey Thanksgiving Day have dinner together / 'tə:ki / festival celebrate

Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings dragon boat races /'drægən / festival celebrate

Make a pumpkin lantern dress up as a ghost /'hæləu'i:n / /'p ʌ mpkin/ /'læntən/ / gəust / festival celebrate Halloween

Do you know other festivals? National Day May Day Teachers’ Day New Year’s Day Children’s Day Christmas

National Day May Day Teachers’ Day New Year’s Day Children’s Day Christmas Match the special days with the correct dates January 1 st December 25 th June 1 st May 1 st October1 st september 10th

National Day May Day Teachers’ Day New Year’s Day Children’s Day Christmas Do we have to go to school at these festivals? No Yes No Yes

Sum up:What festival is it ? 2 HalloweenMid-autumn Festival Thanksgiving Day Spring Festival Christmas Dragon Boat Festival Children’s Day National Day Teachers’ Day New Year’s Day May Day

Dragon Boat FestivalHallowen Christmas Thanksgiving DayMid-Autumn FestivalChinese New Year Do you know how to celebrate these festivals?

1. At, I can get red packets from my parents. 2. At, we can see beautiful Christmas trees. 3. I like eating mooncakes at. 4. We like because we can dress up as ghosts. 5. At, I like watching Dragon Boat races. 6. We have turkey on. 7. Children can make pumpkin lanterns at. Chinese New Year Christmas Mid-Autumn Festival Halloween Dragon Boat Festival Thanksgiving Day Halloween

1.What is Hobo dressing up as first ? 2.Does Eddie like the ghost? 3.What is Hobo dressing up then? He is dressing up as a ghost No, he doesn’t He is dressing up as Monkey King Eddie and Hobo are celebrating a festival. What festival are they talking about? let’s listen to the tape, then answer the following questions: Halloween

read and act out

1.what are you doing ? 你在干什么？ be+Ving 现在进行时的构成，表示正在做某事。 例如： I am doing my homework. 我正在做家庭作业。 2.That’s not very interesting. 那不是很有趣的。 interesting 形容词，意为 “ 有趣的，令人感兴趣的 ” ，主语通常是物。 例如： The story book is very interesting. interested 也是形容词，意为 “ 对 …… 感兴趣 ” ，主语通常是人。 常见短语 be interested in. 例如： The boy is interested in maths 3.I’m dressing up as a ghost. 我把自己打扮成鬼怪。 dress up 穿盛装、打扮 dress up as …… 打扮成 ….. 4.Which is your favourite festival? 你最喜欢那个节日？ favourite =like ……best 意为 “ 最喜欢 ” 此句还可以写成： Which festival do you like best? 知能导航

Asking about festivals A:Which is your favorite festival? B:Mid-Autumn Festival. A:Why do you like Mid-Autumn Festival? B:Because I like to eat mooncakes. Group work:

Talking about your favourite festivals A:Which is your favorite festival? B:. A:Why do you like ? B:Because I.

1. 让我们庆祝吧！ 2. 装扮成 …… 3. 中国新年 4. 中秋节 5. 感恩节 6. 端午节 7. 你的最喜欢的节日 8. 万圣节前夜 9. 圣诞 Let’s celebrate. dress up as… Chinese New year Mid-Autumn Festival Thanksgiving Day Dragon Boat Festival your favourite festival Halloween Christmas Exercises in class 小小翻译家

Homework 1. Ask your parents’ favourite festival and the reasons. 2. Recite the dialogue.