课件23张PPT。 Festivals
天长市第二中学 房天珍Teaching aims1.to read the text quickly to find out specific information.
2.to encourage the students to understand new words and expressions by using pictures.
3.to practise the students’ reading skills by reading.Keys and difficulties1.learn to use words and sentence structures to describe the students’ favorite festivals to others.
2.Master the language points
words: occasion, include, power, destroy, decorate, boil, serve
Expressions: burn down, take part in
Warm-upLook at some pictures of Chinese traditional festivals to get familiar with their English names of them.
Spring FestivalDragon Boat FestivalChingMing Festival;
Tomb-sweeping Festival Qixi Festival Mid-Autumn Festival Pre-reading
Discuss and answer the two questions below
1.What is your favorite season? What festivals happen during your favorite season?
2.What do people eat to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and what activities do people do ? Fast-reading
Listen to the text and fill in the table with information you read from the text.
Fill in the tableAutumn(15th,August)Moon cakesWatch the moonWinter(15th,January)Sweet dumplings
Summary(5th,May)
Zongzi
Careful readingInto the text(走进课文)Choose the best answer according to the text
1.We can learn from the text that( )
A. the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated in Spring.
B. Only Chinese people organise Dragon Boat Festival
C. The Dragon Boat Festival is the last celebration of the Chinese New Year.
D. The moon is said to be its biggest and brightest on the Mid-Autumn Festival.
D2.According to the passage, the god did not destroy the town because( )
A. the town was already burning.
B. the lanterns in the town had stronger power than the god.
C. A large number of lanterns made the god believe the town was burning.
D. the god changed his mind.C3.Which is the right order of the following festivals according to the time when they are celebrated?( )
a. The Mid-Autumn Festival
b. The Dragon Boat Festival
c. The Lantern Festival
A. cba B. acb C. bac D. abc
A4.What is the purpose of the passage?( )
A.To increase people’s interest in festivals.
B. To help people learn more about some festivals
in China.
C.To help people choose foods of different festivals.
D.To tell people stories about Chinese festivals.
B 5.The word “celebrated” in line 2,Passage A can be best replaced by( )
A.congratulated B. observed
C.congratulation D. celebration B Fill in the blanksLantern festival
Octoberfifth. lunaroccasiondarkness.cultures Foods
Dumplings
sticky After-reading Can you find the sentences which includes the following words ? occasion
1.The mid-autumn festival is important because it is a special occasion for family.
celebrate
2. Every year in September or October the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated by the Chinese people all over the world.
traditional
3. Traditional moon cakes are usually made with bean paste.
including
4. Nowadays, there are many different kinds of moon cakes including fruit, coffee, chocolate and even ice-cream moon cakes.
Double-ninth Day decorate
5. In the past, lantern were usually made lit by candles and decorated with pictures of birds, animals and flowers.
destroy
6.In another story, a town was almost destroyed but the light.
burn down
7. The story was about a god who wanted to burn down the town.
sticky
8. It is called Zongzi, which is sticky rice in fresh bamboo leaves.DiscussionDo you like The Spring Festival?
What do people usually do on The Spring Festival?
2. Nowadays, more and more people celebrate the foreign festivals (such as Christmas Day, the Valentines Day and Thanks Giving Day…)
What ’s your opinion about this phenomenon(现象)? Assignments
1. Write an article to describe the festival you like best and list foods and activities included .
2. Review the Passive Voice in the text.
Thanks!