(
课件网) Unit 2 Festivals and holidays Lesson 4 The Dragon Boat Festival 单词：local, pork, race, beat, bank, cheer, wave, admire, pay, respect 短语：known as, turn out, pay one’s respects (to sb.) 句型：I learned much about him from my grandma when I was young. 能运用恰当的语言介绍某个节日的时间及活动。 Learning Goals 1 2 What do people do on the Dragon Boat Festival ？ Warming up Look at the pictures and guess what the people are doing. 1 Picture 1: They are making zongzi . Picture 2: They are having a dragon boat race. Picture 3: They are visiting the hometown of Qu Yuan. Read the passage and answer the questions. A What is the Dragon Boat Festival B Where is Qu Yuan’s home town 2 Read the passage and answer the questions. A What is the Dragon Boat Festival B Where is Qu Yuan’s home town 2 It’s on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Qu Yuan’s hometown is in Zigui. Read the passage again and complete the table. 3 Place Activity _____ We _____ with the local people. The pork zongzi _____ great. We watched _____. Racers worked hard to _____. People _____ and _____ flags. Yichang made the traditional food zongzi turned out the dragon boat race the beat of the drum cheered waved Place Activity _____ I visited the _____ of Qu Yuan. I _____ him very much. I was happy to pay _____ to him. Zigui hometown admire my respects Match the festivals with the activities. 4 Write about your favourite festival. 5 The following questions may help you： A When is this festival？ B What is the origin of this festival？ C What traditional foods do people eat？ D What are the activities during this festival？ E Why do you like this festival？ 精彩范文展示 My Favourite Festival My favourite festival is the Spring Festival. It is a special time for family reunion. The festival falls on the first day of the first lunar month. During the Spring Festival, people get together with their family and friends. They enjoy traditional food like dumplings. There are many fun activities such as setting off fireworks. The elders give the children lucky money, wishing them safety and health. Everyone wears new clothes. The streets are decorated with red lanterns and couplets. I love this festival because it brings us closer together. It is a time full of joy and happiness. I always look forward to it. Language points 1. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday. 端午节是一个传统的中国节曰。 [辨析] be known as...、be known for... 与 be known to... be known as… “作为······而闻名”，后接表示职业、身份、地位等的名词，相当于be famous as… be known for… “因······而闻名”，后接出名的原因，相当于 be famous for… be known to… “为······所熟知”，to后的宾语往往是人 [拓展] It’s known that... 众所周知······ It’s known that China is developing rapidly. 众所周知，中国正在快速发展。 2. My family made the traditional food zongzi together with the local ... ...
