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课件网) Unit 3 Festivals and customs Welcome to the unit & Reading Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. -- Robert A. Heinlein Welcome to the Unit Lead-in 1. What’s your favorite festival the Chinese New Year the Lantern Festival the Qingming Festival the Mid-autumn Festival the Chongyang Festival ... Discuss some traditional Chinese festivals and their customs and complete the table below. Group work Discuss some traditional Chinese festivals and their customs and complete the table below. Group work Discuss some traditional Chinese festivals and their customs and complete the table below. Group work stay up on the Chinese New Year’s Eve; visit relatives; enjoy family reunion; dragon and lion dance, go to the temple fair, get red packets,set off firecrackers... Discuss some traditional Chinese festivals and their customs and complete the table below. Group work Traditional Chinese festivals Customs the Lantern Festival the Qingming Festival Discuss some traditional Chinese festivals and their customs and complete the table below. Group work Traditional Chinese festivals Customs the Lantern Festival the Qingming Festival enjoy beautiful lanterns; guess lantern riddles; eat rice balls (yuanxiao)… sweep tombs to show respect to the deceased[d si st]… Discuss some traditional Chinese festivals and their customs and complete the table below. Group work Traditional Chinese festivals Customs the Mid-Autumn Festival the Chongyang Festival Discuss some traditional Chinese festivals and their customs and complete the table below. Group work Traditional Chinese festivals Customs the Mid-Autumn Festival the Chongyang Festival enjoy family reunions and the full moon; eat moon cakes… climb mountains; admire beautiful chrysanthemums [kr s nθ m mz]; show respect to senior citizens... Watch the video and finish the exercises. Welcome to the Unit Yi Peng Lantern Festival is celebrated in Chiang Mai, Thailand as a way to _____ _____. Midsummer’s Day is celebrated in Sweden for people to _____ _____ _____. The Day of the Dead, which lasts _____, is a festival in Mexico for people to _____ _____. let bad memories go and make a wish for the future hold parties, singing and dancing around a midsummer pole for three days remember loved ones who are no longer alive Similar Chinese festival Yi Peng Lantern Festival Midsummer’s Day the Day of the Dead Country Festival Foreign festival Similarity Comparison Thailand the Lantern Festival On both festivals people make lanterns. Sweden Mexico the Dragon Boat Festival the Qingming Festival Both celebrate the start of summer. Both are celebrated for people to remember their loved ones who are no longer alive. What other festivals around the world do you know about Brainstorm How can you learn about foreign customs and traditions By reading, watching movies, traveling, etc. Listen to the passage carefully, then put the events at the India ... ...
