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课件网) Unit 4 Time to Celebrate Starting out & Understanding ideas Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1 What are the festivals in the pictures 2 What do you know about these festivals Water-Splashing Festival （泼水节） Qingming Festival（清明节） Naadam Festival （那达慕节） The Water-Splashing Festival is the Dai people’s most important festival in a year. People splash water on each other as a way to express blessings and joy. On the Qingming Festival, people go to clean their ancestors’（祖先）tombs and honour（纪念）the ancestors. The Naadam Festival is a traditional Mongolian（蒙古的） festival. It’s a time for people to enjoy various sports, such as wrestling and racing horses. Look at the picture and answer the questions. around the world=all over the world 1 What other festivals or holidays around the world do you know 2 Which one do you think is the most special Why Festival Name Activities What to Eat Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) Family reunions, setting off fireworks, dragon and lion dances Dumplings, fish Christmas Gift-giving, decorating Christmas trees, attending church services Roast turkey, potatoes, mince pies Carnival (Brazilian) Parades, dancing, music, masquerade balls candies, chocolate treats Thanksgiving Parades, football games, family gatherings Roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce Dragon Boat Festival Dragon boat racing, hanging calamus and wormwood Zongzi Look at the picture and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. 1 What are the people doing 2 What is on the table They are having a family reunion（家庭聚会）and are having a big dinner for the Spring Festival. There are many delicious dishes on the table. Spring Festival dinner family reunion dish Read the passage. What did the writer do during the Spring Festival Key words: verbs or verb phrases Read the passage. What did the writer do during the Spring Festival treated Emilia to a Chinese dinner / cook for Emilia made some cucumber flowers prepared the lion’s head Choose the writer’s words after the meal. a. I don’t like having the Spring Festival all by myself. b. I miss my family so much. c. It’s really an unusual but happy Spring Festival. Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage What’s the common way of celebrating the Spring Festival How did the writer celebrate the Spring Festival What is unusual about the writer’s Spring Festival Think and share What is your family’s traditional dish for the Spring Festival Can you cook it Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the grammar rules. (a) Sometimes, she cooks for me. (b) I often watched Grandma cook, but I never cooked anything myself. (c) My family always have it at the Spring Festival. Work in pairs. Talk about your ways to celebrate a traditional festival. Useful expressions How do you usually celebrate... I often... But I never ... Some ... ...
