Children’s Day June 1

March 8 Women’s Day

October 1 National Day

May 1 May Day

September 10 Teacher’s Day

1st day of Chinese lunar year Spring Festival

What do people do before Spring Festival? What do people do in Spring Festival?

clean the house go shopping go to the flower market visit relatives and friends get lucky money

Dec. 25th

Reading comprehension

Answers to the questions 1 They send cards to all their relatives and friends, make their houses pretty and buy presents for everyone in the family. 2 No, he doesn’t. 3 They leave something by the fire for Father Christmas to eat and drink and put a stocking at the bottom of their beds.

Answers to the questions 4 He gets into the houses through the chimney. 5 He leaves an apple or an orange, toys and sweets in the stocking. 6 Because there is no Father Christmas. Parents fill the stockings.

ChristmasSpring Festival Time The day before it People ’ s doing before it People say to each other Things for the children December 25 1st day of Chinese lunar year Christmas Eve New Year ’ s Eve Send cards, buy presents and make houses pretty go shopping, clean the house and go to the flower market Merry ChristmasHappy New Year Toys and sweetsLucky money

chimney relative naughty strange fall asleep fill…with your family members like bothers and sisters hard to understand go to sleep often play tricks on others make sth full of sth. a place letting the smoke out

chimney relativenaughty strange fall asleep 2 Look! There is black smoke coming out of that________. 3 They are Mary’s close________. 4 Tom__________very quickly last night. fill…with 1 He is a very________boy. He often makes a noise in class. 5 The child_____her pocket_____ sweets when she went shopping with her mother. 7 He is______. He never talks to others. naughty chimney relatives fell asleep filled with strange

2 Read lesson 29 after the tape. 1 EX 2 and 3 in Book C. Finish EX.1&2 in Book B 3 Make a PowerPoint or picture about Christmas.