(
课件网) Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Listening and talking Talk about festival experiences At the end of this class, you will be able to: 1. collect information about a family celebration through listening; 2.dentify specific language for showing feelings and emotions; 3. express your own feelings when describing your favorite festival experience . 4. understand different customs and their meanings under different cultural backgrounds. some representative food during the Spring Festival What is the best part of a festival rice cake sticky rice lotus root steamed dish eight treasures rice spring rolls Chinese sausage Do you know the names of these dishes pumpkin pie mashed potatoes apple pie roast turdey pudding Can you guess what festival will be talked about How do you know Prediction Song Lin and Max are talking about a recent festival experience. Before listening, scan the questions to get some basic information about their talk. Listen for main idea What festival is Max talking about A. His Christmas experience with his family. B. The Thanksgiving day he spent with friends. 2. What did Max do during the festival He decorated the Christmas tree and put presents under it. Then he helped his mum prepare for the family dinner on Christmas Eve. Listen for details Write down key words while listening 3. What dishes did Max’s mother cook She cooked roast turkey, mashed potatoes, Christmas pudding, and apple pie. 4. What did Max and his family do during and after dinner They shared stories and told jokes during the dinner. They played games with the children afterwards. 5. What was the best part of the festival The best part was opening their presents on Christmas morning. B. Listen again and fill in the blanks to identify the expressions Max and Song Lin use to express feelings . Song Lin: Hi, Max. How was your holiday Max: Hi, Song Lin. It was fantastic, thanks. Song Lin: So you went back to Canada to celebrate Christmas with your family, right Max: Yes. I hadn’t seen my family for a whole year. So it was great to see them again. Song Lin: Good for you! So what did you do when you arrived home B. Max: Well, first I helped decorate the Christmas tree and put presents under it. Then I helped my mum prepare for the family dinner on Christmas Eve. Song Lin: How wonderful! Your mum must have been very happy. I guess it was a really big meal. Max: Oh, for sure! We cooked so much delicious food, like roast turkey, mashed potatoes, and Christmas pudding. She even taught me how to make apple pie, which is my favourite dessert. B. Song Lin: That’s amazing. I didn’t know you could cook. Max: Haha! I didn’t know either. Anyway, it was great to be with my family. During dinner, we shared stories and told jokes. We also played games with the kids afterwards. It was great fun! The best part, though, was opening our presents on Christmas morning. Song Lin: Oh, that sounds terrific, Max. I’m really ... ...
