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课件网) Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Period 1 Listening and Speaking Task 1 (Activity 1—Activity 5) Warming-up (1) What can you see in the photo (2) What is the name of this festival and how do you celebrate it Fire Dragon Dance Look at the opening page and discuss the following questions. Warming-up Think of as many festivals as possible. Spring Festival Chinese Valentine’s Day … Chinese Lantern Festival ____ Rio Carnival ____ Coming-of-Age Day ____ Pre-listening Match each photo with the festival. Then discuss in which country people celebrate them. B C China Brazil Japan A A B C Pre-listening Choose some words or phrases from the box to describe each festival. wear traditional costumes dress up in carnival costumes visit a lantern fair march along the streets receive congratulations from... guess riddles attend the ceremony watch samba dance give performances Rio Carnival Chinese Lantern Festival Coming-of-Age Day Pre-listening Read the tip and discuss the following questions. Listen for relationships To listen for a relationship, you need to pay attention to how people talk to each other (e.g. friends usually call each other by first names) and some particular questions in the conversation (e.g. “Could I have the bill, please ” tells us that the speaker is a customer in a restaurant). What does a tour guide usually say to a tour group What expressions are frequently used What questions does an interviewer usually ask during an interview What would a reporter say or do if he/she wants to interview a tourist How do friends usually talk While-listening Listen and write the order of the conversations next to the names of the festivals above. Then match each conversation with the relationship between the speakers below. The order Chinese Lantern Festival: Coming-of-Age Day: Rio Carnival: The relationship ____ a tour guide and members of a tour group ____ an interviewer and an interviewee ____ a reporter and a tourist ____ two friends 3 1 2 3 1 2 No While-listening Listen again and complete the sentences with the correct words. 1. In Conversation 1, the woman is wearing colours. It took her a long time to do her hair and make up, and to get . She is going to meet her soon. 2. In Conversation 2, Carla advises Li Mei to change her . This is because the weather is and they will be outside for a long time. 3. In Conversation 3, the people are enjoying the show. bright dressed family dress and shoes hot lantern While-listening Listen again and make a list of each festival’s activities. guess riddles, see the colourful lanterns, watch the dragon or lion dances, eat yuanxiao girls do their hair and make-up, wear traditional costumes, attend the Coming-of-Age ceremony, say congratulations, have a party wear carnival costumes, march along the streets, dance Chinese Lantern Festival: Coming-of-Age Day: Rio Carnival: Post-listening In pairs, discuss which of these festivals attracts you the m ... ...
