(
课件网) Unit 3 Dragon Boat Festival Module 1 City life We will do a lot of things to celebrate these festivals. / fest vl/ n. 节日 the Mid-autumn Festival the Spring Festival the Lantern Festival the Dragon Boat Festival / sel bre t/ v. 庆祝 Think and answer dragon boat races /re s/ n. 比赛 What does the Dragon Boat Festival make you think of zongzi Qu Yuan Qu Yuan and the Dragon Boat Festival Miss Guo, I would like to know something about the Dragon Boat Festival. Why do people celebrate it Here's the story of the festival. What information will you probably read in the story Qu Yuan and the Dragon Boat Festival We will read: Guess Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions. 1. When is the Dragon Boat Festival 2. How do people celebrate it 3. Why do people celebrate it It is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. / lu n / adj. 农历的 People eat zongzi and have dragon boat races to celebrate it. …… to remember him on that day every year. Because people want to remember Qu Yuan on that day. /r memb / v. 记忆 4. What happened(发生) to Qu Yuan at last Read paragraph 1&2 and answer the questions. 1. When was Qu Yuan born [b n] v. 出生 He was born about two thousand years ago in China. 2. What was Qu Yuan’s job His job was to give advice to the king. / d va s/ n. 建议 3. Why was Qu Yuan sad lose [lu z] He jumped into the river and died. /da / v. 死亡 The new king did not listen to him. The new king lost a battle. /l st/ / b tl/ n. 战争 / de nd / n. 危险 Qu Yuan was sad. The country was in danger. Did all the kings listen to his advice No, they didn’t. The old king always took his advice. The new king did not listen to him. Miss Guo, I would like to know something about the Dragon Boat Festival. Why do people celebrate it Here’s the story of the festival. Read together Qu Yuan was born about two thousand years ago in China. He loved his country very much. His job was to give advice to the king. The king always took his advice. However, the king died and the new king did not listen to him. Later, the new king lost a battle because he did not take Qu Yuan’s advice. The country was in danger. Qu Yuan was very sad. He jumped into a river and died. It was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year. Today, people eat zongzi and have dragon boat races to remember him on that day every year. Copy new words. Read the text after the recoding and try to retell it. Surf the Internet and find more information about Qu Yuan. Share it with us in the next class. Homework Read and answer Read the story and tick what it is mainly about. Qu Yuan and the Dragon Boat Festival The story is mainly about _____. why the festival is called the Dragon Boat Festival why and how we celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival √ How do we know that 5-5 PIGGY BANK GOLD MINE C 1 2 3 4 5 Qu Yuan was born about two thousand years ago in China. He loved his country very much. His job was to give advice to the king. The ki ... ...
