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课件网) Unit 8 Let’s celebrate! Welcome to the unit To learn about different festivals around the world; To talk about your favourite festivals and reasons. 01 02 学习目标 What festivals around the world do you know Can you give some examples Free talk The Class 1, Grade 7 students are learning about some popular festivals around the world. Look at the pictures below. Write the names of the festivals in the blanks. the Spring Festival the Dragon Boat Festival the Mid-Autumn Festival Christmas Burns Night the Water Festival What do you know about these festivals 新课讲授 ... Chinese: 春节 Date: the 1st day of the 1st lunar month put up couplets (对联) hang lanterns have a big family dinner make New Year visits Activities Chinese: 端午节 History: in memory of a great Chinese poet, Qu Yuan. Date: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month hold the dragon boat races make and eat rice dumplings wear fragrant bags (香包) ... Activities have a reunion dinner enjoy the full moon（赏月) eat moon cakes Chinese: 中秋节 Date: the 15th day of the eighth lunar month ... Activities wear beautiful traditional clothes dance to traditional music splash(泼洒) water on each other Chinese: 泼水节 It is primarily(主要地) celebrated by the Dai people in China. Date: mid-April ... Activities decorate(装扮)the Christmas tree have a family dinner open gifts on Christmas Day Chinese: 圣诞节 Date: December 25th ... Activities wear traditional Scottish attire(衣服) and perform Scottish folk dances play traditional Scottish music eat haggis read poems by Robert Burns Chinese: 彭斯之夜 History: in honor of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, who was born on that date in 1759 Date: January 25th ... Activities Millie is chatting online with her friend in Scotland, Robin, about their favourite festivals. Listen to the tape and answer the question. What are Millie’s and Robin’s favourite festivals Millie’s favourite festival is the Dragon Boat Festival. Robin’s favourite festival is Burns Night. Listening Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks. What's your favourite festival, Millie I love _____. Many people think it's a festival to remember _____, Qu Yuan. What do you do on that day We have dragon boat _____. They're _____. We also eat delicious _____. What festival do you like, Robin I like _____. It's a _____ festival to celebrate the life and work of a great poet, Robert Burns. What do you do on Burns Night We _____ with friends and eat haggis, a special dish. We also _____ by Robert Burns. It's great fun! Robin: Millie: Robin: Millie: Robin: Millie: Robin: the Dragon Boat Festival a great poet races exciting rice dumplings Burns Night Scottish get together read poems Read the conversation and find out how Millie and Robin celebrate the festivals. Robin: They get together with friends and eat haggis, a special dish. They also read poems by Robert Burns. Millie: They have dragon boat races. They also eat delicious ... ...
