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课件网) Unit 3 Celebrations Lesson 1 Warming-up What are they about lion dance lucky money have the family reunion dinner pay a new year call character Fu / jiaozi Warming-up 1. What does Spring Festival mean to you 2. What words immediately come to your mind when you hear Spring Festival Discuss the following questions with your partner. 文化知识———春节小知识 The Spring Festival Date: The Spring Festival falls on the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually occurs somewhere between January 20th and February 20th. Origin: According to the most acknowledged legend, there once lived a fierce monster named Nian. People covered the doors and windows with red paper, wore red clothes and set off firecrackers to frighten the monster away. Activities: Before the festival People usually follow the practice of thoroughly cleaning the house to sweep away bad luck and embrace the future. On the Spring Festival Eve The whole family gathers around the table to have the most hearty feast of a year, since Chinese consider it a time for family reunion. During the festival During the Spring Festival, friends and relatives will visit each other bearing sincere greetings as well as carefully selected gifts. 文化知识———春节小知识 Meaning: Chinese people value the Spring Festival highly as the most momentous occasion in a year. Much like the celebration of the New Year in the western world, the Chinese New Year is all about ringing the old year out and the new year in. It is comparable to Christmas in the western world. 文化知识———春节小知识 Warming-up Spring Festival: Chinese New Year Chinese Lunar New Year the most important occasion for family gathering/reunion similar to Christmas in the West people go shopping for necessities — the more, the better Warming-up Words: family gathering decoration spring couplet paper cut do shopping present delicious food/festive feast gift money/lucky money red envelope go sightseeing visit relatives How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival Use the phrases to help you. to do a general cleaning of the house to go shopping; to put up decorations to have a family gathering; to get together to prepare snacks; to make dumplings to let off fireworks; to visit relatives and friends to watch Spring Festival gala to play cards / mahjong Warming-up My family celebrates Spring Festival by making dumplings together. My family and I celebrate Spring Festival by watching Spring Festival gala / playing cards / poker, playing mahjong together. We put up decorations to give the rooms a festive atmosphere. Example Warming-up Pre-reading Read the three readers’ accounts and answers to the questions. Notes from the editor: Spring Festival is an important tradition in China. It has unique meanings. However, people may understand it differently ... 1. Where can you find the three passages 2. What do the three readers share 3. Predict how they would understand Spri ... ...
