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课件网) Warming up: Festivals and Carnival Learning goals: 1. To review some traditional Chinese festivals. 2. To learn about some western festivals, especially Carnival. 3. To learn to introduce festivals. 4. To practice basic reading skills. When is it celebrated What is the picture about What are the symbols of it The Chinese New Year Symbols: fireworks(烟花)，lucky money, the spring festival couplets(春联)……. On Jan. 1st on Lunar Calendar(农历)， Traditional Chinese Festivals the Lantern Festival the Tomb-sweeping Festival the Dragon Boat Festival the Double Seventh the Double ninth the Mid-Autumn Day the Ghost Festival The winner will be…… Standards: Are your descriptions correct Are the symbols you have listed typical Thanksgiving Day Christmas Halloween April Fool’s Day Mother’s Day Father’s Day Holi Easter Western Festivals Valentine’s Day Easter Mother’s Day Father’s Day Halloween Thanksgiving Day Christmas Holi April Fool’s Day Game: Work in pairs, one will be given three cards with festival information. He/ she is supposed to describe it without referring to the name, and the other guesses what the festival is. Principle: The pair who get the most answers in the given time(two minutes) will be the winner. Task: Working in groups, tell when and where the festivals are celebrated, and what are the symbols of them. (You can refer to activity 1 on page 31.) (3-5m’) Next, I’ll play a video about another western festival. Watch and answer the questions below. 幻灯片 11 What are people in the video doing How do you feel about the atmosphere present(现场的) Do they dress up in special clothes What do you think are the symbols of the festival 2. How did black people go to America and Caribbean islands 3. What’s the origin of it 4. How was carnival changed when the slave trade was abolished With these questions above , just read the passage, the Meaning of Carnival on page39. You can get the information from it. 1. How can we understand what carnival is all about 5. What is the meaning of Carnival today the meaning and origin of it when and where it is celebrated Special activities, food or clothes for it how people feel about it Homework: Suppose your foreign friend Paul wrote to ask you about one of your favorite festivals, now write a reply to him to describe it following the outline above. Try to use as many expressions from this module as possible. Complete the summary according to the text. Carnival today is an _____experience. But how did it become so When _____arrived in America, many _____were opened to grow cotton, fruit and vegetables, causing an_____ for workers on them. As a result, _____began and millions of African people were taken _____ to America and Caribbean islands. The Europeans also _____their festivals. The slaves _____watch as carnival was celebrated with food, drink, and _____by their masters. In Trinidad, the slaves began to celebrate their_____by _ ... ...
