Unit3 Dragon Boat Festival- period1课件(共22张PPT)

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City life
Unit 3
Dragon Boat Festival
period 1
C
Reading: Qu Yuan and the Dragon Boat Festival
Watch a video, and think about what do you see in the video.
Dragon Boat Festival
Think and say
What do people eat / do
at the Dragon Boat Festival
dragon boat races
a rice dumpling
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Why do people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival
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Qu Yuan
We celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival to remember Qu Yuan.
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celebrate(v.) – celebration(n.)
remember – remembered- remembered
remember to do sth. 记得去做某事（还没做）
remember doing sth. 记得做过某事 （已做过）
When is the Dragon Boat Festival
the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
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the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month
the first day of the first lunar month
今日春节
Read
Miss Guo, I would like to know something about the Dragon Boat Festival. Why do people celebrate it
Here’s the story of the festival.
Qu Yuan was born about two thousand years ago in China. He loved his country very much. His job was to give advice to the king. The king always took his advice. However, the king died and the new king did not listen to him.
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True or False
1.Qu Yuan was born about two hundred years ago.
2. Qu Yuan’s job was to give advice to the king.
3. Every king took his advice.
thousand


The new king did not listen to him.

Qu Yuan was born about two thousand years ago in China. He loved his country very much. His job was to give advice to the king. The king always took his advice. However, the king died and the new king did not listen to him.
be born 出生于
Peter was born in Shanghai.
ago (simple past tense)
I saw him two days ago.
a lot
die(v)-death(n)-dead(adj.)
His job was to give advice to the king
Her job is to teach students.
give advice to sb. 给某人提建议
(uncountable)- advices ( )
take sb’s advice. 接受某人的建议
His job is to look after the patience.
他的工作是照看病人。

Later, the new king lost a battle because he did not take Qu Yuan’s advice. The country was in danger. Qu Yuan was very sad. He jumped into a river and died. It was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year.
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lose / /

lost / /
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Pair work:
Discussion:
What happened to Qu Yuan’s country
Why was Qu Yuan sad
When did Qu Yuan die
The king lost a battle and the country was in danger.
Because the new king did not listen to him and the country was in danger.
He died on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year.
Later, the new king lost a battle because he did not take Qu Yuan’s advice. The country was in danger. Qu Yuan was very sad. He jumped into a river and died. It was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year.
later (adv) - late (adj.)
lose – lost – lost
in danger
danger (n.)– dangerous (adj.)
in comfort
comfort (n.) – comfortable (adj.)
Today, people eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races to remember him on that day every year.
How do people remember Qu Yuan today
People eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races to remember him.
1. He had a_______ with me yesterday.
2. I need your ______, sir. I don't know what to do.
3.Do you __________ her telephone number
4.Today is his birthday, so we're going to _______.
5.Carl's father ________ his job last month.
6. Tom was a famous doctor. He _______ in battle.
die, remember, celebrate, lose, race, advice
race
advice
remember
celebrate
lost
died
Read and find out
Read the passage about Qu Yuan.
Find out the past forms of the given verbs below.
lost

lose
took

take
was

is
did

do
jumped

jump
died

die
loved

love
Complete the following sentences.
Qu Yuan ________ born about 2,000 years ago in China.
Qu Yuan ________ his country very much.
The old king always ________ his advice.
The old king ________ and the new king ________ not listen to him.
The new king ________ a battle and Qu Yuan ________ very sad.
Qu Yuan ________ into a river and ________ .
It ________ the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year.
was
loved
took
died
did
lost
was
jumped
died
was
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Answer
What was Qu Yuan’s job
Why was he sad
When is the Dragon Boat Festival
How do people remember Qu Yuan today
His job was to give advice to the king.
The new king did not take his advice and the country was in danger.
It’s on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year.
They eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races.
China
two thousand
his country
to give advice
river
fifth
fifth
the Dragon Boat
rice dumplings
was born
his job was to
he was sad
he jumped into… and …
rice dumplings, Dragon Boat Races
Group work: Retell the story of Qu Yuan
Five people in one group, every one should say something then complete the story about Qu Yuan. And talk about what do you learn from the story.
Assignment
Read and recite the text
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