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课件网) Listening & Speaking Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Lead-in Phoenix flutes make music, The moonlight flashes, Fish and dragon lanterns whirl the whole night long. —Xin Qiji 青玉案·元夕 辛弃疾 东风夜放花千树，更吹落，星如雨。 宝马雕车香满路，凤萧声动，玉壶光转，一夜鱼龙舞。 蛾儿雪柳黄金缕，笑语盈盈暗香去。 众里寻他千百度，蓦然回首，那人却在，灯火阑珊处。 What Chinese festivals do you know Chinese New Year the Spring Festival the Lantern Festival the Mid-Autumn Festival Tomb-sweeping Day the Dragon Boat Festival What foreign festivals do you know Christmas Easter 万圣节 Halloween April Fool’s Day Valentine’s Day Choose some words or phrases to describe each festival. wear traditional costumes dress up in carnival costumes visit a lantern fair march along the streets attend the ceremony receive congratulations from... guess riddles watch samba dance give performances A A A C B B B C C Speaking Chinese Lantern Festival takes place on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. It is as important as the Chinese New Year because on that night, the moon is full, symbolizing reunion. On this day, people display traditional paper lanterns and solve riddles. As it is a popular festival for Chinese people around the world, it is celebrated in many different countries as well. Speaking “Coming of age” refers to the time when a person makes the transition from childhood into ing-of-Age Day takes place on the second Monday in January. Everyone who has turned 20 in the last year is formally recognized as an adult. Many young people dress up for the occasion, young men wear formal suits and ties and young ladies usually wear kimonos. It is also a day when new adults express their gratitude towards their parents. Speaking The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is considered the biggest carnival in the world, where more than two million people take part in the yearly festivities. Usually the Carnival occurs in late February or early March. During this time, the streets are filled with parades of people wearing colorful costumes and dancing the samba, and with large and colorful floats. Listen and write the order of the conversations next to the names of the festivals. 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). Listen and write the order of the conversations next to the names of the festivals. 3 1 2 Listen again and make a list of each festival's activities. · Chinese Lantern Festival: _____ _____ _____ · Coming-of-Age Day: _____ _____ _____ _____ · Rio Carnival: _____ _____ _____ guess riddles, see the colourful lanterns, watch the dragon or lion dances, eat yuanxiao girls do their hair and make-up, wear tra ... ...
