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Unit 3 Celebrations
Lesson 1 Spring festivals
Warming-up
Choose a festival or a special occasion that you like. Talk about when and how it is celebrated.
When is it
Is there any activities on that day
How to celebrate it
Festival or Occasion
....
Warming-up
Listen to Dialogue 1. Complete the information in the Sentence Builder.
Sentence Builder
Celebrations
I love celebrating ____________. (festivals/occasions)
It is celebrated ________________. (time)
We usually celebrate it by________. Usually, children_____ while the adults sit together, ________. (activities)
Warming-up
Use the Sentence Builder to write 3-5 sentences about your favourite festival/occasion. Then read aloud to other students.
Warming-up
Use the language you learnt to introduce a festival to a foreign friend.
Amid the boom of firecrackers a year has come to an end, and the spring wind has wafted warm breath to the wine.
— Wang Anshi
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
--- Charles Lamb
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
--- Benjamin Franklin
Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.
--- Edna Ferber
QUOTE&UNQUOTE
Lead-in
Talk about what the Spring Festival means to you And what words immediately come to your mind for describing its meaning
Pre-reading
How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival Use the phrases to help you.
to have a family gathering
to get together
to prepare snacks
to make dumplings
to put up decorations
to let off fireworks
Fast-reading
Spring Festival can mean different things for different people. Read the three reader’s accounts on Page 52. Then use one or two words or phrases to summarise the meaning of the Spring Festival for each other.
Careful-reading
Read again. Find out each person's experience of the Spring Festival in the three accounts. Take notes.
Careful-reading
1. Work in pairs and choose one of the people above and talk about his/her experience of the Spring Festival.
2. What central meaning underlies Xu Gang’s and Li Yan’s accounts What does it mean in Chinese culture
Post-reading
Find at least three descriptions from the accounts which provide you with a vivid picture of the scenes of the Spring Festival. Share with your partners.
Post-reading
Complete the summary with the information you have learnt.
Focus on Language: The Passive
Look at the following examples. Find out the structure of passive voice, and underline more examples in the text.
1. The house was cleaned from top to bottom.
2. It is believed that when Fu is put upside down, happiness arrives.
3. Train tickets or flights have to be booked as early as possible.
4. The spirit of the festival--the spirit of family--has large been kept.
Focus on Language: The Passive
Choose the best way to continue the following sentences. Explain why.
My frined George draws landscape pictures.
a. He sells them for money. b. They are sold by him for money.
2. There's somebody behind us.
a. I think we're being followed. b. I think someone is following us.
3. This orange juice tastes awful.
a. I think someone has left it outside the fridge for a long time.
b. I think it's been left outside the fridge for a long time.
4. Tommy takes good care of his car.
a. He washes the car every week. b. The car is washed by him every week.
5. The old lady rented an old house.
a. Somebody built it in 1990. b. It was built in 1990.
Focus on Language: The Passive
Read the news report on Page 55 and rewrite the underline sections in passive voice.
Homework
Group work. Where and with whom did you spend the last Spring Festival What preparations did you go What activities did you enjoy How do you feel about the festival