Unit 3 Celebration Lesson 1 Festivals Whats your

Unit 3 Celebration Lesson 1 Festivals

What’s your favorite season? Spring Summer Autumn Winter

What festivals happen during each season? • 1. Spring: Women’s Day Arbor Day May Day • 2. Summer: Qingming Festival the Dragon Boat Festival Children’s Day the Birthday of the Party the Birthday of the Army • 3. Autumn: Teachers’ Day the Mid-Autumn Day the National Day • 4. Winter: the New Year’s Day Spring Festival Lantern Festival

Reading Read the text. Find the date, special food and activities of each festival.

Date: In September or October The 15 th day of the 8 th lunar month Typical food: Moon cakes Activities: Families to get together. Eat moon cakes. Enjoy the beautiful moon night.

The Lantern Festival Date: The 15 th day of the 1 st lunar month Typical food: Activities: Sweet dumplings Yuanxiao or rice dumplings Light different kinds of lanterns.

Date: The 5 th day of the 5 th lunar month Typical food: Zongzi Sticky rice in fresh bamboo leaves Activities: Dragon boat races

The traditional mooncakes are made with beanpaste. Nowadays, eggs some are made with fruit vegetables

Zongzi can be made with beans and meat.

lanterns in the past nowadays They come in many shapes and sizes. They were decorated with pictures of birds animals and flowers , etc. . There are even lanterns made of ice

in the past Lanterns were usually lit by candles. Most lanterns are made with nowadays light bulbs and batteries.

Consolidation 1: answer the following questions 1. What are the traditional moon cakes made with? Traditional moon cakes are made with bean paste. 2. How can you describe the lanterns in the past? In the past, lanterns were lit by candles and decorated with pictures of birds, animals and flowers. 3. Who hold dragon boat races in the old days? In the old days, dragon boat races were only organized by Chinese people.

Summary • Find out the basic info. to fill the table below by yourself.

Festivals Season& date/month Mid. Autumn Festival September or October The fifth day Dragon of the fifth Boat month of the Festival lunar calendar Typical food moon cakes Zongzi Typical activities and special meaning 1. meet in the evening 2. watch the moon 3. a special occasion for family 1. have dragon boat races 2. marks the beginning of the hottest season of the year 3. remember Qu Yuan 1. watch lanterns & guess The fifteenth The lantern riddles Lantern of the first Sweet Festival month of the dumplings 2. marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations lunar calendar Add another typical festival

Listen to the tape and pay attention to the missing parts in each para. . They can be considered as the key words of the passage: • Every year in _____ or ______, the Mid-Autumn ______ is celebrated by the Chinese people _______. On this day, the moon ______ to be its ______ and _______. People like to _____ in the evening and ______ the moon.

• The Mid-Autumn Festival is ____ because it is a special ______ for family. It is also a day for _______ foods like moon cakes. There are _____moon cakes. _______ moon cakes _______with bean paste, but _____, there are many _______ kinds of moon cakes ____ fruit, coffee, chocolate and even ice-cream moon cakes.

• The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the ____ day of the ____ month the lunar year. As it is in early summer, it ______ the beginning of the _______ season of the year.

The _______ of the Dragon Boat Festival started more than 2, 000 years ago. In the old days, dragon boat races ______ only by Chinese people. ______, in recent years, people from other ______ have also _______ the races and _______ the fun. There is a _______ food for the festival. _____zongzi, which is ______ rice in _______ bamboo _______.

• The Lantern Festival ____the fifteenth day of the first _______ month. It _______ the end of the Chinese New Year _____. • There are many stories about ______. In one story, lanterns ____to ____ the power of light over darkness. In another story, a town was almost _____ but the light from many lanterns ______ it. The story was about a god who wanted to _____ the town. He _____when he saw the thousands of lanterns. He thought the town was already ____.

• In the past, lanterns were usually ___ by candles and _______ with pictures of birds, animals and flowers, etc. . ____, most lanterns ____with light bulbs and _____, and they come in many ______ and ______. In the north-eastern part of China, there are _____ ice-lanterns. • The _____for the Lantern Festival is the sweet dumpling. Sweet dumplings are _____ and _____ in hot water.

Consolidation 2: do some T or F exercises. 1. The Mid-autumn Festival is celebrated by Chinese people only in China. F 2. Traditional moon cakes are usually made with fruit F. 3. In the past, dragon boat races were organised only by Chinese people. T 4. The Dragon Boat Festival has a history of over 3000 years. F 5. In the past, lanterns were usually decorated with pictures of birds, animals and flowers. T 6. The Lantern Festival marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year celebrations. F

1. sb/sth is said to do… = It is said that sb/sth … 据说某人/某事物… The moon is said to be its biggest and brightest. = It is said that the moon is its biggest and brightest. 据说他是法国人. It is said that he is from France. = He is said to be from France.

2. occasion 场合, 时刻, 时候 on … occasion 在 … 场合 以前在很多场合上我都遇见过莉莉. I met Lily on many occasions before. on this occasion 此时 on one occasion 有一次

3. including prep. 包括 (一般放在它所说明的词语前) included adj. 包括在内的 (只能放在它所说明的词语后) Five students failed in the exam, including Li Ping. ｛ Five students failed in the exam, Li Ping included. 4. fall = happen 发生, 适逢 今年的圣诞节是星期一。 Christmas Day falls on a Monday this year.

5. take part in 参加 attend; join in 参加 take part in 参加活动或比赛等，强调在其中积极作用，不强调 活动正在进行中。 Eg. Linda takes an active part in the school activities. attend 指出席或参加会议、聚会、讲座等。 Eg. We have to attend a meeting this afternoon. join 指加入某个组织或团体，成为其中一员。 Eg. We joined the English Club. join in 多指参加正在进行的活动，如游戏，谈话或比赛等。 Eg. We are playing football. Do you want to join in?

Consolidation 3: fill in the blanks with the key points : burn down, take an active part in, include, fall on decorate with , It’s said that 1. Many students have passed the exam, _____Tom and Jim including 2. It’s good for the old people to _________ take an active part in social activities. falls on/upon 3. Christmas _________Saturday this year. was burned down and only ashes (灰)were left. 4. The building _______ decorated with flowers. 5. The shops were _______ It’s said that 6. __________he has been to Beijing. 7. They stole everything in my purse, ______ including my credit card. 8. Tom has ______ decorated his room with some photos of sports stars.

light make…with decorate…with are lit are made with are decorated with

主动句是完成进行时态时, 相应的被动句变成 完成时态. He has been reading this novel for two hours. This novel has been read for two hours. 短语动词在主动结构中是不可分割的词组, 在被动 结构中也是如此, 不可去掉后面的介词或副词. The old man was often laughed at. Time must be made good use of. The doctor has been sent for. 已经派人请大夫去了.

带有宾语补足语的动词的被动语态由宾 语做主语, 原来的宾语补足语变为主语补 足语. We elected him our monitor. He was elected our monitor by us. We saw him sitting there without dong anything. He was seen sitting there without doing anything.

Look at the first sentence in each group and complete the second sentence with the correct verb forms. 1. …the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated by Chinese people all over he world. Traditional moon cakes are ____ made (make) with bean paste.

2. In one story, lanterns were lit to celebrate the power of light over darkness. In the old days, dragon boat races _____ were only ____ organised (organise) by Chinese people.

Look at the given sentences and work out the correct verb forms of the other sentences. 1. A school for the blind has been opened in the area. has been The wedding celebration ____ arranged (arrange). ____

2. The theatre is being built in the centre of the city. is being colleted (collect) The money _______ for the disabled. 3. The girl was being operated on in the hospital. was being painted (paint) The house ________ white when I was there.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Passive. Use the Present Simple or Past Simple tense. Every year in April, the Water Festival (1) ______ is celebrated (celebrate) among the Dai people in Xishuangbanna. During this is splashed (splash) festival, water (2) _____ everywhere to wash away the old and welcome the new.

Buckets of water (3) _____ are carried (carry) around the streets and people attack each other by splashing anyone and everyone. Touristsare (4) told ____ (tell) that they are welcome to join in but they cannot splash citizens, small children and police on duty!

The festival marks the Dai New Year and (5) ____ is related (relate) to Budhist traditions. Over three days, Buddha washed (wash), dragon statues (6) are _____ boats (7) are ____ raced (race) and rockets (8) are ______ launched (launch) in celebration.

In pairs, change the following sentences into the Passive. Pay attention to the tense. 1. Stress is affecting my health. My health is being affected by stress. 2. They are moving people out of he houses. People are being moved out of the houses. 3. He has already invented the minihelicpter. The mini-helicopter has already been invented by him.

4. They have put out the forest fire. The forest fire has been put out by them. 5. He was repairing the car when I got there. The car was being repaired when I got there. 6. They were decorating the house when the accident happened. The house was being decorated when the accident happened.

Vocabulary: choose the words below and complete the sentences. (see TB, P 37) burn down, celebrate, mark, light, decorate, include, boil, take part in is lit 1. The room ____ by dozens of candles. decorated his room with some 2. Tom has _______ photos of sports stars mark 3. A firework display was organised to _____ the Queen’s birthday. celebrate 4. The party is for students to ____ their graduation with family and friends.

was included in the soccer team when the 5. I _____ best player broke his leg. was burnt down 6. The school ____ by a mad man. Only two classrooms still stand. take part in 7. Would you like to ____ the race tomorrow? You have to run 10 km. be boiled 8. The water must ____ to make sure it is clean and safe to drink.