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Topic 3 Let’s celebrate!
Section C
Unit 8 The Seasons and the Weather
1. Students can learn some words and phrases of the Spring Festival and Halloween:event, midnight, lucky, stay up, at midnight, lucky money, start doing sth. , on the first day of
2. Students can be able to talk about how to celebrate the Spring Festival and Halloween:
①The spring Festival is a big event.
②They stay up late and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck.
3. Students can know further about the differences in customs and culture between China and foreign countries.
What do you know about the Spring Festival
clean the house
eat dumplings
set off firecrackers
children can get lucky money
1a Work in groups and discuss the following question. Write some key words here.
What do you usually do in the Spring Festival
1._____________________ 2.___________________________
3._____________________ 4.___________________________
prepare delicious food
clean and decorate their homes
buy some new clothes
get together for a big dinner
The Spring Festival
In China, the Spring Festival is a big event. People usually start preparing for the festival one month before it comes. They prepare delicious food, and clean and decorate their homes. They also buy some new clothes. On the eve of the festival, the family all get together for a big dinner. They stay up and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck. On the first day of the lunar new year, children put on their new clothes and greet their parents. They are very happy to get lucky money from them.
1b Read 1a and complete the table. You can add more.
Time Before the Spring Festival On the Eve of the Spring Festival On the First Day of the Spring Festival
Activity
prepare delicious food,clean and decorate homes,
buy some new clothes
the family all get together to have dinner, stay up and enjoy dumplings
children put on new clothes and greet their parents and they can get lucky money from their parents
1. In China, the Spring Festival is a big event. People usually start preparing for the festival one month before it comes.
(1)event 事件,大事,尤指重要的事
(2)开始做某事__________________= ___________________
eg. 我们八点开始打扫教室。
We start_______________ the classroom at eight o’clock.
start/begin with sth. 以……开头
eg. 我们的课通常以一首歌开头。
Our class often starts with a song.
start doing/ to do sth.
begin doing/ to do sth.
cleaning/to clean
2. 准备prepare
①准备某物prepare sth.
eg. 我们经常准备美味的食物。
We often ____________________.
②为······准备prepare for…
eg. 我们经常为节日准备。
We often ____________________.
③为······准备prepare… for …
eg.我们经常为节日准备美味的食物。
We often ________________________________.
prepare delicious food
prepare for the festival
prepare delicious food for the festival
3. They are very happy to get lucky money from them.
(1) 很高兴做某事_____________________
eg.我很高兴来到这里。
I________________ be here.
(2) 运气_____ __词 eg. 好运_________
幸运的______ ____词 eg.一个幸运的女孩___________
幸运地________
3)从······获得······____________
eg.你可以从Miss Wang那里得到帮助。
You can _____ help ____ Miss Wang.
be glad/ happy to do sth.
am glad/happy to
luck
名
good luck
lucky
形容
a lucky girl
luckily
get…from…
get from
4. On the eve of the festival, the family all get together for a big dinner.
all 三者以上都,全部;all 修饰作主语的名词时,其位置在主语之后行为动词之前,all的位置总的来说:在动词、助动词或情态动词之后,实义动词之前。
e.g. 所有的男孩子都学得很好。
All the boys study well.
=The boys all study well.
e.g. 他们全是英语老师。
They are all English teachers.
5. People stay up and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck.
(1)stay up 熬夜,深夜不睡
e.g. 你最好不要熬夜太晚。
You’d better not stay up late.
(2)enjoy dumplings=eat dumplings
(3)at midnight 在午夜
(4)for good luck 祈求好运
1c Suppose you have an American friend. Tell him/her about what the Chinese people usually do to celebrate the Spring Festival.
A:Hello, Kangkang!
B:Hello, Michael!
A:Can you tell me something about the Spring Festival
B:Sure. Before the Spring Festival, we will prepare delicious food, and clean and decorate our homes.
A:It’s very interesting.
B:Yes, would you like to come to my home to celebrate the Spring Festival with us
A:Yes, I’d love to. Thank you so much.
Dear Kangkang,
Thank you for your beautiful card. Last night ____ Halloween. I ____ a wonderful time with my friends. We all _____ scary clothes, and colored our faces white and mouths black like ghosts. Then we knocked on our neighbors’ doors and shouted, “Trick or treat!” Our neighbors ____ us treats. Of course, we __________ tricks on them. It was very interesting!
Could you ____ me something about your favorite festival
Please give my best wishes to your parents!
Yours,
Julia
was
had
wore
2a Read and complete the letter with the correct form of each verb in the box.
gave
tell
didn’t play
have be give wear tell not play
2b Read 2a again and put the activities Julia did on Halloween in the correct order. Then tell your partner.
_______knocked on neighbors’ doors
_______colored faces white and mouths black
_______shouted “Trick or treat!”
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3 What is your favorite holiday or festival What do people usually do on that day Write a passage.
Words: lucky, knock, shout, treat, ghost, scary
Phrases: lucky money, stay up, knock on/at, shout (at), trick or treat, start doing sth.
Sentences:
The spring Festival is a big event.
They stay up late and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck.
Complete the following sentences.
1. The spring Festival is a ________.(大事)
2. They ___________ (熬夜) and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck.
3. Children are very happy to get ___________ (红包) from their parents on the first day of the Spring Festival.
4. Children all wear _______ clothes, and colored their faces white and mouths black like_______ (鬼).
5. Then they _________ (敲门) their neighbor’s doors and shout, “Trick or treat.”
big event
stay up late
lucky money
scary
ghosts
knock on
1.Read and try to recite 1a.
2.Review the words, phrases and sentences.
3.Make conversations about your favorite festival.