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Unit 3 Festivals and customs
Welcome to the unit & Reading
Lead-in
When we come to this unit, we have spent a very important festival in China.
What is it
The Spring Festival.
When we mention “Spring Festival”, what would you think of
A big meal
Family reunion / gathering
Red packet / Lucky money
Paper-cut
New clothes and shoes
Best wishes
Holiday / Recreation
Pay a New Year call (拜年)
Put up Spring Festival couplets (贴春联)
Stay up the whole night
Set off fireworks
Go to the temple fair
What other Chinese traditional festivals do you know
What are their unique traditions or customs
Traditional Chinese festivals Customs
The Chinese New Year
The Lantern Festival
The Qingming Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival
Stay up on the Chinese New Year’s Eve; visit relatives; enjoy delicious food; children can get red packets.
Enjoy beautiful lanterns; eat rice balls.
Sweep tombs to pay respect to the deceased.
Enjoy family reunions and the full moon; eat moon cakes.
drink realgar wine; race dragon boats; eat sticky rice(zongzi).
Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do.
-- Robert A. Heinlein
Welcome to the Unit
风俗习惯告诉一个人他是谁，属于哪里，必须做什么。
——罗伯特·A. 海因莱因
Festivals can tell us a lot about the cultures of different countries. Watch the video and finish the following exercises.
●Yi Peng Lantern Festival is celebrated
in Chiang Mat, Thailand as a way to
________________.
● Midsummer’s Day is celebrated in
Sweden for people to _____________.
● The Day of the Dead, which lasts ____
________, is a festival in Mexico for
people to _________________.
Welcome to the Unit
Yi Peng Lantern Festival is celebrated in Chiang Mai, Thailand as a way to ____________________
_____________________________.
Midsummer’s Day is celebrated in Sweden for people to ____________
______________________________
______________________________.
The Day of the Dead, which lasts ____________, is a festival in Mexico for people to _____________
______________________________.
let bad memories go and make a wish for the future
hold parties, singing and dancing around a midsummer pole
for three days
remember loved ones who are no longer alive
1. What Chinese festivals are similar to each of the three festivals in the video
Yi Peng Lantern Festival is similar to the Lantern Festival in China. On both festivals people make lanterns.
Midsummer’s Day is similar to the Dragon Boat Festival. Both celebrate the start of summer, though the latter takes on other meanings.
The Day of the Dead is similar to the Qingming Festival. Both festivals are celebrated for people to remember their loved ones who are no longer with them.
Discussion
Yi Peng Lantern Festival (清迈天灯节)
Midsummer’s Day (瑞典仲夏节)
The Day of the Dead (墨西哥亡灵节)
The Lantern Festival (元宵节)
The Dragon Boat Festival (端午节)
Ching Ming Festival (清明节)
2. What other foreign festivals around the world do you know about
Easter (复活节) Halloween (万圣节) Thanksgiving Day (感恩节) Christmas Eve Mass in church (平安夜弥散)
La Tomatina in Spain(番茄大战)
Travelling to different countries
3. How can you learn about foreign customs and traditions
Making friends with foreigners
Finding information on the Internet
Watching films and TV programmes
Reading the travel journals
Travelling is a way to learn about other cultures.
The travel journal (P30-31) below was written by Alex Zhang, a travel writer. He shares his experiences of some wonderful festivals around the world.
Now let us follow his footsteps!
The India wedding
a The bride’s father led her to the bridegroom.
b The couple took seven steps.
c The celebrations began.
d The bridegroom arrived on a horse.
e The couple joined hands and walked around a fire.
d
a
e
b
c
Fast reading
Put the events in the correct order.(P32)
The Rio Carnival
a The group started marching down the street.
b Alex saw dancers and musicians standing in the street.
c Alex took his place in the crowd.
d The group jumped into action.
e The crowd passed many street stands.
c
b
d
a
e
1. Where did the wedding ceremony take place
In a brightly decorated hotel room.
2. How were the guests dressed up at the Indian wedding
What about the bride
The guests were all dressed up in formal, colourful clothes.
The bride was wearing an eye-catching red silk sari.
Detailed Reading
Read the first article (P30) carefully and answer questions.
3. What traditional customs left a deep impression on Alex
The bridegroom’s entrance on a beautiful white horse and the part when the bride’s father proudly led his daughter to her husband.
4. Why did the couple take seven steps together by the fire
To make different promises about how they were going to support each other and live together happily.
To respect each other
To grow together in strength
To be loyal to each other
To share joys and sorrows
To care for children and parents
To be together forever
To be friends lifelong
Cultural Tip
Mind map for the Indian wedding
eye-catching
her
father
decorated
white horse
four
seven
promise
Before the ceremony
During the ceremony
After the ceremony
Place: _______________________
Clothes: ________________________
________________________
Celebrations:________
In a brightly decorated hotel room.
Guests were dressed up in formal colorful clothes; bride wore a red silk sari.
Dancing.
Was Alex good at dancing How
do you know
Now I know I have two left feet... and both of them hurt!
Further reading
What did Alex think of the Indian wedding Use details in the travel journey to support your opinion.
I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime.
He found the wedding ceremony romantic, impressive and extraordinary. He thought it was an experience of a lifetime.
A few made a deep impression on me.
The customs that followed were anything but ordinary.
It was very romantic.
Discussion
Try to find differences and similarities between Indian and Chinese traditional wedding ceremony.
place
clothes
entrance
sedan(花轿）
bow
fire
...
The India weddings Chinese traditional weddings
The bridegroom’s entrance
A small fire
Celebrations
How is the Indian wedding different from and similar
to Chinese weddings you have been to
different
On a beautiful horse
In a sedan chair(轿子)
The bride and the bridegroom take seven steps by the fire.
The bride strides over the small fire.
Sing and dance.
A great dinner.
How is the Indian wedding different from and similar
to Chinese weddings you have been to
similar
The wedding ceremony is in a brightly decorated hotel room.
Lots of guests are all dressed up in formal, colorful clothes.
The bride and the bridegroom wear traditional costumes.
The bride’s father proudly leads his daughter through the crowd to the bridegroom.
There is a small fire in the wedding.
The bride and the bridegroom make promises in the wedding.
Celebrations.
What is your attitude to foreign customs and traditions
Respectful Tolerant Critical
What is your attitude to Chinese customs and traditions
Traditional Proud Protective
Critical thinking
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Read the second article (P31) carefully and answer questions
1. Why did Alex go to a street party
2. What did Alex see and smell as
he passed the street stands
3. What does Alex think of the Rio Carnival
Use some adjectives.
Detailed Reading
1. Why did Alex go to a street party
To experience the spirit of the Carnival for himself.
2. What did Alex see and smell as he passed the street
stands
Iceboxes of soft drinks and beer lined the narrow streets, and the smell of roasted meat filled the air.
3. What does Alex think of the Rio Carnival
Use some adjectives.
crazy grand amazing unforgettable colorful hot exciting
Use details in his journal to support your idea.
No wonder people from Rio take a week off for this happy occasion.
The group jumped into action.
The Carnival current carried us through the ever-growing sea of people, dancing all the way.
Iceboxes of soft drinks and beer lined the narrow streets, and the smell of roasted meat filled the air as we passed wave after wave of street stands.
I was so caught up in the party fever that I hardly noticed five hours fly by!
The bright colors and lively music were still swimming all around me.
I could see a group of around 20 Brazilian dancers and a band in fancy costumes standing in the street. Some of them carried flags, which blew in the wind. The crowd waited with excitement.
Rhetorical Device: Contrast
Then there was an explosion of bright colours and lively music, and the group jumped into action. The band started playing an energetic samba beat, the dancers twisted and turned, and the crowd began to cheer, clap and sing. The whole group started marching down the street. The Carnival current carried us through the ever-growing sea of people, dancing all the way.
What’s the significance of knowing different countries’ customs and traditions
Critical reading
broaden
the perspective
arouse
the urge to experience them in person
makes it easier to be accepted by people from other countries
establish
a good image
build
a harmonious relationship
avoid misunderstanding in communication
Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do.
—Robert A. Heinlein
Important and difficult language points
make / leave a deep impression on sb
I was definitely not wrong.
eye-catching
the bridegroom’s entrance on a horse
remind sb of sth
be anything but ordinary
join hands
make a promise
我绝对没有错。
(物)惹人注意的，引人注目的
新郎骑着马进来
给某人留下深刻印象
使某人想起某事
绝不平凡
牵手
做出承诺
That is a story for another day.
Let’s just say…
have two left feet
这个话题改日再聊。
这么说吧，大致说来
[informal]非常笨拙，笨手笨脚
There were hundreds of guests, all dressed up in formal, colorful clothes.
I did not understand all of the traditional customs.
分词作状语
部分否定
The summer heat hit me.
take a week off
in the air
take my place
in the merry crowd
in fancy costumes
wait with excitement
夏天的热浪迎面袭来。
请假一周
可感觉到；在传播中
就位，准备好
在快乐的人群中
穿戴华丽的服饰
兴奋地等待着
立即行动
jump into action
an explosion of bright colors and lively music
play an energetic beat
march down the road
current
明亮的色彩和活泼的音乐一触即发
打出有力的节拍
沿着马路行进
水/潮/气流；(喻)人流，人潮
carry us through the ever-growing sea of people
带着我们穿越不断增长的人潮
line the narrow street
沿着窄街排列
pass wave after wave of street stands
be caught up in the party fever
lie in bed
走过一波又一波的街头小摊
沉溺于派对的狂热中
躺在床上
Alex wrote the travel journal about his ____________(experience) of attending an Indian wedding and the Rio Carnival. He _________(definite) knew it would be an opportunity ________(learn) the local culture. _______ impressed Alex deeply was that the bridegroom entered ______ a beautiful white horse. The couple also joined hands _________ (walk) around the fire four times.
To experience the spirit of the Carnival for himself, he went to a street party. The Carnival was full of happy and _________(excite) moments. Even as he _____(lie) in bed that evening, the bright colours and lively music were still swimming all around him. He was really __________(amaze) by the first day in Rio.
Consolidation
experiences
definitely
to learn
What
on
walking
exciting
lay
amazed
Alex is going to visit Spain soon. He is reading an introduction to La Tomatina plete the introduction with the correct forms in B1 on page 33.
Homework
THANK YOU
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