
Unit 3 Celebrations Watch a video and answer the following questions. 1. What festival is it? 2. What do you know from the video? clean the house from top to bottom make dumplings have a family reunion dinner/gathering put up couplets/ decorations let off fireworks watch the Spring Festival Gala prepare snacks do shopping offer sacrifices to ancestors 祭祀祖先 book tickets give red envelopes (lucky money) to kids What’s the main idea of the passsage? The three accounts all follow the order(顺序) of _____ time Find out each person’s experience of Spring Festival . {5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Tom’s experience/account where and with whom Preparations before Activities during Spring Festival with his host family in Nanjing ■ The house was cleaned from top to bottom ■the Chinese character Fu was attached upside down to our front door ■Fireworks were being let off ■set together and enjoy a big dinner to sweep away the dirt of the past year and get ready for the new year happiness arrives to scare away the monster Nian {5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Xu Gang’s experience/account where and with whom Preparations before Activities during Spring Festival ■book travel tickets ■choose gifts for parents chat with his parents and have hotpot at home in Shanxi, with his family {5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Li Yan’s experience/account where and with whom Preparations before Activities during Spring Festival at home in Heilongjiang, with her children and grandchildren ■ get ready for their homecoming ■ buy things and prepare dishes ■grandchildren: running , shouting , playing ■ make & have jiaozi together ■ adults: gather around talking about the past year What does Spring Festival mean to them? Spring Festival means _____ and a lot of _____. _____are the most important part of the Spring Festival. Spring Festival is_____ Coming home and being with his entire family the joy of a family gathering. excitement fun Throughout history, some of the original customs have changed, but the spirit of the festival--the spirit of family --has largely been kept. Tom Jenkins a 16-year-old exchange student living in Nanjing Xu Gang a 28-year-old computer engineer working in Shanghai Li Yan a 70-year-old grandmother from Heilongjiang Why do they have different feelings? different countries, ages, places, experiences Throughout history, Some of the original customs have changed.Can you give some examples? red envelopes on WeChat travel Four students work in a group. One acts as an interviewer, and the others act as Tom Jenkins, Xu Gang and Li Yan. Some useful expressions: Hello, nice to meet you! I’m doing a project about Spring Festival. Could you share your thoughts on it? First,?how does your family celebrate Spring Festival?” “Thank you! Now let’s talk to another guest. What does this festival mean to you?” How do you usually celebrate Spring Festival? And what does it mean to you? Please write a short passage. Homework ... ...
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