(共30张PPT)
Unit 3 Festivals and customs
Integrated skills
Lead-in
1. Do you know any traditional Chinese festivals Can you say something about them
Let’s see a group of pictures and see what festival is it
Presentation
Dragon Boat Festival
Qingming Festival
Lead in
Lantern Festival
Double Ninth Festival
Laba Festival
Hanshi Festival
One
2. Of all these traditional Chinese festivals, which one do you like best How is it celebrated
3. Do you think they are still important nowadays Why？
Alice is reading a website article about the importance of traditional Chinese festivals. Read the article and answer the questions.
1. What challenges are traditional Chinese festivals facing
2. Why should we promote traditional Chinese festivals
In modern society, many traditional Chinese festivals are becoming less and less popular.
Traditional festivals teach us about our nation's history.
Traditional festivals enable us to learn more about fine Chinese values.
Traditional festivals are a source of national pride and help shape our national identity.
A
Reading
What is Alice's call to us
It is the duty of every one of us to protect traditional festivals for generations to come.
How
Listen to the report in Part B to find possible ways.
Listen to the report and answer the questions.
1. When did the course Traditional Chinese Festivals start
2. Who was the winner of the poster design competition
3. How many students took part in the poetry writing competition
4. How long did the play about the Qingming Festival last
Listening
Last term.
The Art Club.
More than 100.
About 30 minutes.
B1
Different ways to promote traditional Chinese Festivals An optional course The course is called Traditional Chinese Festivals.
The number of students who have signed up for the course has increased from 50 to (1) _________
Several competitions Poster design
The winning design was about the Mid-Autumn Festival, showing (2) ______________with Chang’e on it.
Poetry writing
The winner wrote about his experience with his grandpa on (3)_____________________
Events organized by school clubs (4)____________________
They put on a play about the Qingming Festival.
The Cooking Club
They taught students how to make (5) ______________
200
a full moon
the Double Ninth Festival
The Theatre Club
rice dumplings
B2
Listen to the report again and complete the table below.
School reporter:
Over the past year, our school has successfully organized a number of activities to promote traditional Chinese festivals.
An optional course called Traditional Chinese Festivals started last term. It has proved very popular so far. The number of students who have signed up for the course has increased from 50 to 200. Many students say that they have become more interested in traditional festivals and wish to learn more about them.
Tapescript
In addition to the course, several competitions have been held to promote traditional festivals. The most recent one was the competition to design a poster about traditional festivals. The winning design was created by the Art Club, about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Their poster showed a full moon with the beautiful figure of Chang’e on it. We also had a poetry writing competition. More than 100 students took part and wrote wonderful poems about traditional festivals. The winner was Joseph Lin from Class 3C. He wrote a poem about his experience with his grandpa on the Double Ninth Festival .
School clubs have also played an important role in promoting traditional Chinese festivals. Just last week, the Theatre Club put on a play about the Qingming Festival in the school hall. The play lasted about 30 minutes and was a great success. On the Dragon Boat Festival, the Cooking Club taught students how to make rice dumplings. Many students said their handmade rice dumplings were the most delicious they had ever eaten.
according to
in honour of
pass down
stand for
enable sb. to do sth.
family togetherness
take part in
sign up for sth.
put on
1. 根据
2. 纪念
3. 传承, 流传
4. 代表
5. 使(某人)能够做某事物
6. 家庭团聚
7. 参加
8. 报名参加
9. 演出(戏剧); 举办(展览等)
Key Expressions
Speaking
Discuss with your partners about how to promote traditional Chinese festivals with the questions below.
C
Why should we promote traditional Chinese festivals
How can we promote traditional Chinese festivals
(The government, the media, schools, individuals, ...)
Find supporting reasons listed in Part A.
The ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals
Schools
Events organized by school clubs
Competitions
Courses
…
The government
The ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals
Individuals
The media
Making policies
Building platforms
…
Celebrating traditional Chinese festivals
Learning more about Chinese customs
…
Advertising to the public
Introducing traditional Chinese festivals to the people around
Broadcasting the activities
Organizing activities
…
Talking people into action
There are clearly many ways to promote … such as …
… should promote/encourage/support … by …
… is surely a good/an effective way to promote …
… is very popular with …
… is important for … because …
Expressions
Linking words
Can you think of more linking words for sequencing ideas
first, second, third
firstly, secondly, thirdly
in the first place, in the second place, in the third place
① to begin with, to start with, first of all
② also, on top of, besides, furthermore, in addition (to), moreover, what’s more, apart from, aside from, additionally
③ last but not least, finally, lastly
Planning your writing
Beginning
Body
Ending
State the importance of traditional Chinese festivals and the purpose of your writing.
Offer ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals.
Make a call for action and describe a positive result you would like to see.
The structure of the article
Writing
D
Write an article promoting traditional Chinese festivals. Use ideas from part C and the information in parts A and B to help you.
Drafting
Promoting traditional Chinese festivals
Traditional Chinese festivals are an important part of Chinese culture.
We must ____________________________.
Traditional festivals teach us about our country’s history. __________
_______________________________________________________.
Many parties have important roles to play in promoting traditional
festivals. First of all, the government should ___________________
______________________________. The media can also _________
_______________________________________________________.
With the joint efforts of these different parties, people will ________
_______________________________________________________.
Checking
Exchange your drafts with your peers. Pay attention to the following aspects:
□ Punctuation □ Spelling □ Grammar
□ Choice of words □ Style (formal/informal) □ Structure
Promoting traditional Chinese festivals
Traditional Chinese festivals are an important part of Chinese culture. We must protect and promote these festivals so that our children can understand what it means to be Chinese.
Traditional festivals teach us about our country’s history. Rich humanistic spirits can be found at the heart of traditional festivals, a result of Chinese values of kindness and unity being passed down from generation to generation. By observing traditional festivals, we will have a better understanding of the historical importance of these qualities in our country. We can therefore develop our national pride.
Sample
State the importance.
Many parties have important roles to play in promoting traditional Chinese festivals. The government should declare public holidays on some traditional festivals. The media can help spread more knowledge about these traditions so as to raise people’s interest in the origins and history of the festivals. Schools can also hold more activities which help draw students’ attention to our traditions.
With the joint efforts of these different parties, people will pay more attention to traditional Chinese festivals, and be prouder of Chinese culture.
Offer ways to promote.
Make a call for action.
“我们要坚守中华文化立场、传承中华文化基因，展现中华审美风范。”
——习近平
We should defend our Chinese culture, inherit traditional Chinese culture genes, show Chinese esthetics.
——Xi Jinping
Homework
Write an email to introduce the Dragon Boat Festival to your American friend, Jennifer.
https://www.21cnjy.com/help/help_extract.php
