吉林省敦化市职业教育中心 田晓菲

Unit 12 Festivals Warming up What is the date of today? 1.__________________ is on the first day of the lunar January. 2. __________________ is on the 25th of December. 3. __________________ is on the fourth Thursday of November. The Spring Festival Christmas Thanksgiving Day

What is in each of the following pictures? colorful paper-cuts dumplings Jiaozi

crackergood luck knotred lantern Spring Festival couplets

Read the text about the Spring Festival and translate main idea of each paragraph. Language Study Useful Words and Expressions

Answer the following questions according to the text 1. When is the Spring Festival? 2. When do people usually start preparing for the celebration of the Spring Festival? 3. What do people usually do at midnight on the Lunar New Year’s Eve? 4. What do people usually do on the first morning of the Lunar New Year? 5. What can you enjoy in the celebration of the Spring Festival?

Notes to the Text 1. no matter how… 无论 …… e.g. No matter how difficult the question is, we have to answer it. 无论问题多难，我们都得回答。 2. try to do… 尽量做 …… ，设法做 …… e.g. We try to help the old man to find his way home. 我们设法帮助老人找到回家的路。 3. just as… 正如 …… e.g. Just as the teacher said, English is not so difficult to learn. 正如老师所说的那样，英语并不那么难学。 4. prepare for 为 …… 做准备 e.g. 我们正为英语考试做准备。 We are preparing for the English exam.

5. hang up… 把 …… 挂起来 e.g. 你可以把地图挂在黑板上。 You may hang up the map on the blackboard. 6. on both sides of… 在 …… 的两边 e.g. 在路的两边有一些树。 There are some trees on both sides of the road. 7. make + n.+ adj. 使得 …… 处于 …… 状态 e.g. He tries to make his lessons lively and interesting. 他设法使他的课生动有趣。 8. as for… 谈到 …… ，至于 …… e.g. As for Professor Wang, he is well known to everyone. 谈到王教授，大家众所皆知。 9. show respect to… 向 …… 表示敬意 e.g. We should show respect to those who serve us. 我们应该向为我们服务的人表示敬意。

Put the Chinese in the brackets into English. 1. I’d like to go back home and_____________ ( 度假 ) with my parents. 2. I went back home _____________ ( 庆祝） my grandfather’s birthday last week. 3. She ____________( 打扮一番） carefully and hurried to her boyfriend’s birthday party. 4. I am glad to tell you that I ___________( 收到了 ) your gift for my birthday. 5. Children ____________( 庆祝 ) Children’s Day in great joy on June 1 every year. 6. Hanging up red lanterns in celebration of festivals is a kind of __________________________ ( 中国的传统文化 ). have a holiday to celebrate dressed up received celebrate Chinese Traditional Culture

2 The Spring Festival is the Chinese Lunar New Year’s Day. It is people’s favorite festival in China and in many Asian countries. 1 The Spring Festival is coming. I’d like to go back home and spend the long holiday with my parents. 3 People usually begin preparing for the celebration a week before the festival. Main idea of each paragraph

5 We express good wishes to the senior members of the family, to our friends, neighbors and relatives. 6 We enjoy the happiness and we learn a lot about Chinese traditional culture during the Spring Festival. 4 As for our family, we have a family reunion on every Lunar New Year’s Eve.

Which festival does it stand for in the following pictures? Mid-Autumn DayDragon-Boat FestivalDouble-Ninth Day Qingming Festival

Thanksgiving Day Christmas DayLantern Festival Hallowmas

春节 元 宵节（灯节 ) 清明节 端午节 中秋节 重阳节 Chinese Traditional Festivals the Spring Festival the Lantern Festival the Qingming Festival the Dragon-Boat Festival the Mid-Autumn Festival the Double Ninth Festival

Western Festivals New Year’s Day Valentine’s Day Easter April Fool’s Day Hallowmas Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day 新年 （元旦） 情人节 复活节 愚人节 万圣节 感恩节 圣诞节

Write a composition of words about the Lantern Festival. Homework

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