(
课件网) Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Listening and Speaking & Listening and Talking & Video Time :Talk about festival activities :Talk about festival experiences :The Lantern Festival To learn about festivals and celebrations around the world. To practice listening for relationships. To listen to different festival experiences. To talk about opinions and feelings about festivals. Phoenix flutes make music, 凤箫声动 The moonlight flashes, 玉壶光转 Fish and dragon lanterns whirl the whole night long. 一夜鱼龙舞 ———Xin Qiji 《青玉案.元夕》 The poem compares light of the Lantern Festival to the blossoms of trees and stars, while painting a vivid picture of a festival and happy occasion(场景). It shows the fire dragon dance at Puzhai Town埔寨镇 in Guangdong Province during the Lantern Festival. People of Puzhai first started to perform it during the reign（统治） of Emperor Qianlong to celebrate their good fortune for the new year. Chinese Lantern Festival How much do you know about the lantern festival Time: Activities: Meaning: It falls on on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month visit a lantern show\fair guess riddles watch dragon and lion dances eat sweet dumplings or yuanxiao It marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations Video Time Video Time Video Time Date On the _____ day of the _____ month of the lunar year The _____ day of the Chinese New Year celebrations fifteenth first final WHILE YOU WATCH Complete the table with the correct words. Video Time Festival activities 1 Looking at lanterns Places to see the lanterns: _____ _____ Most cities will _____ _____. 2 Guessing riddles Riddles are often written _____. 3 Eating yuanxiao or tangyuan Different fillings are stuffed into balls of sticky _____. The _____ symbolizes reunion, harmony, and _____. the streets, markets, shops, parks, and homes organize lantern shows which add to the festive atmosphere on the lanterns rice flour round shape happiness Video Time Interesting events in history The fire dragon dance in Puzhai Town in _____ Province has a history of over _____ years. The Lantern Festival was known as the Chinese _____ Day in the past. It was a good day for _____. Many ancient poets wrote poems about the festival, which describe happy _____ and also the stories of young _____. Guangdong 300 Valentine’s lovers to meet moments lovers Video Time Before you listen, look at the photos below, and answer the following questions. 1. What festivals do the three pictures show us 2. In which country do you think people usually celebrate each festival 3. How do people celebrate the festivals Chinese Lantern Festival Rio Carnival Coming-of-Age Day Coming-of-Age Day How do people celebrate each festival Time: Activities: Meaning: 着传统服饰 参加仪式 收到祝福 It is celebrated on the second Monday in January . wear traditional costumes attend the ceremony receive congratulations from... girls do their hair and make-up have a ... ...
