1. Unit 3 Celebration
Festivals
Warming Up and Reading

2. Warming Up Tranquil Night Abed, I see a silver light
I wonder if it’s frost aground
Looking up. I find the moon bright
Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned

3. The Mid-Autumn Festival
Moon Cakes

4. Qu Yuan
Zongzi

5. The Dragon Boat Festival

6. Sweet Dumplings
Lantern Riddle

7. The
Lantern
Festival

8. Brainstorming
What festivals do you know in different months?

9. January—March April—June July—September October—Dec.
New Year’s Day Tomb Sweeping Day The Party’s Birthday
Spring Festival Labor Day Chinese Valentine’s Day
Lantern Festival Chinese Youth Day Amy Day
Women’s Day Mother’s Day The Mid-Autumn Day
Tree Planting Day Dragon Boat Festival Teacher’s Day
Valentine’s Day Children’s Day October-December
Good Friday Father’s Day Halloween’s Day
Easter Day Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day Double Ninth Festival

10. Scanning：Fill in the table
Festivals
Seasons and
Date\month
Typical food
The Mid Autumn
Festival
The Lantern Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival
Sep. or Oct.
Moon Cakes
The fifteenth of the first month of the lunar calendar
Sweet Dumplings
The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar
Zong Zi

11. Skimming：Answer the following
questions.
1. What’s the festival called?
2. When is it celebrated?
3. How is it celebrated?
4. What food is usually eaten to
celebrate it?

12. True or False:
People eat moon cakes on the Lantern Festival.
People like to meet in the evening and watch the moon on the Lantern Festival.
In the past, most lanterns are made with light bulbs and batteries.
The special food for the Lantern Festival is the sweet dumpling.
Dragon boat races were organized only by Chinese people.
People eat Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival. F T F T T T

13. Voice Your Opinion
A group of foreign visitors want to know some information about Spring Festival, Please discuss in groups about it.

14. Homework: Recite the whole text.
Do lesson 1 on your exercises book. Hand in tomorrow.