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课件网) Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Talk about festival activities Listening and Speaking In this class, you will: 1. learn about festivals and celebrations around the world; 2. learn to judge the relationships among speakers; 3. talk about opinions and feelings about festivals. Learning Objectives Lead-in Can you speak out some Chinese festivals Spring Festival Tomb-sweeping Day Mid-autumn Festival Dragon Boat Festival Lead-in Can you list some foreign festivals Thanksgiving Day La Tomatina 番茄大战 Christmas Halloween Rio Carnival 里约狂欢节 Coming-of-Age Day 成人节 But in the crowd once and again I look for her in vain. When all at once I turn my head(回首), I find her there where lantern(灯笼) light is dimly shed. Appreciate and Guess 众里寻他千百度，蓦然回首，那人却在，灯火阑珊处。 --《青玉案·元夕》辛弃疾 Chinese Lantern Festival How do people celebrate it visit a lantern fair(展览会) guess riddles eat yuanxiao watch the fire dragon dance Look at the photos below. Pre-listening Chinese Lantern Festival Coming-of-Age Day Rio Carnival How much do you know about the other two festivals Coming-of-Age Day (成人节) Coming-of-Age Day (成人节) Wear _____ 穿传统服装 traditional costumes --Kimono (和服) Attend the _____ 出席典礼 ceremony Who (can attend): When(date): Where(country): Everyone who has turned 20 on the second Monday in January Japan Receive _____ 接受祝福 congratulations Rio Carnival (里约热内卢狂欢节) Rio Carnival (里约热内卢狂欢节) Dress up in _____ 穿上狂欢节的服装 carnival costumes samba dance Watch the _____ 看桑巴舞 Who (can attend): When(date): Where(country): Everyone in early March Brazil (巴西) March along _____ 沿街游行 the streets 1) wear traditional costumes _____ 2) march along the streets _____ 3) attend the ceremony _____ 4) dress up in carnival costumes_____ 5) receive congratulations from _____ 6) watch samba dance _____ 7) visit a lantern fair_____ 8) guess riddles _____ 9) give performances _____ Read the phrases and write down the Chinese meaning. 观赏桑巴舞 游街/街头游行 穿传统服饰 参加仪式 着狂欢服 猜谜语 收到祝福 进行表演 参观灯会 Choose some words or phrases from the box to describe each festival. wear traditional costumes march along the streets attend the ceremony dress up in carnival costumes receive congratulations from… watch samba dance visit a lantern fair guess riddles give performances 7 8 9 1 3 5 2 4 6 Listening - Task 2 Listen again and make a list of each festival's activities. hair Kimono ceremony dance riddles yuanxiao dragon streets lanterns Speaking Group work: Discuss which festival attracts you the most and why. A: Which of the three festivals do you like best B: I think the Coming-of-Age Day is the most interesting. A: Why is it your favorite B: Because I like to see women dressed up in their colorful traditional costumes. Sentence patterns Festivals Reasons Which festival do you like best What do you think of... Why do you like t ... ...
