(共4张PPT)
Unit 3
Festivals and customs
Integrated skills (P.36)Promoting traditional Chinese festivalsA Alice is reading a website article about the importance of traditional Chinese festivals. Read the article below and make a list of the reasons why we should promote traditional festivals.
Importance of promoting
traditional Chinese festivals in modern society
传统
列清单
推广;促销
The Double Ninth Festival (the Chongyang Festival), which has a history of over 2,000 years, falls on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. According to tradition, we should celebrate the festival by going mountain climbing, but how many people today still observe this tradition In modern society, many traditional Chinese festivals are becoming less and less popular. However, they are an important part of Chinese culture, and we must protect and maintain them.
Traditional festivals teach us a lot about our nation's history. The Dragon Boat Festival, for example, is celebrated in honour of Qu Yuan, a great poet living in the
重阳节
月亮的;阴历的
日历
传统
庆祝
观察;遵守
保护
维持
龙舟/端午节
纪念
诗人
Warring States period of ancient China. By celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival with rice dumplings and dragon boat races, the story of Qu Yuan is passed down from generation to generation. Promoting traditional festivals helps spread knowledge about our national history. Moreover, traditional festivals enable us to learn more about fine Chinese values. Many festivals, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, have a caring, family- centred message at their heart. The full moon on the festival is considered to stand for family togetherness and family members will come back home even if they live very far away. With the celebrations of these festivals, younger generations learn to honour fine Chinese values.
战国时期
古代中国
粽子
龙舟赛
传下去
一代接一代
推广
传播;蔓延;铺开
使能够
中华优秀价值观
拥有一个关爱
以家庭为中心的要诣
圆月
代表;象征
家庭团圆
尊重
Finally, traditional festivals are a source of national pride and help shape our national identity. For example, we celebrate the Hanshi Festival and the Laba Festival with unique customs, and these shared experiences bring us together as a people. Traditional festivals tell us who we are and fill us with pride in being Chinese. Traditional festivals have been passed down to us from previous generations. It is the duty of every one of us to protect them for generations to come.
来源;源头
民族自豪感
塑造;塑形
民族特性
寒食节
腊八节
独特的风俗
这些共享的体验
民族→[pl.]peoples
作为中国人
前辈;先辈
责任
将来的后代(共6张PPT)
Unit 3
Festivals and customs
Reading
Alex around the world
Travelling is a way to learn about other cultures. The travel journal below was written by Alex Zhang, a travel writer. He shares his experiences of attending an Indian wedding and the Rio Carnival. Before you read the travel journal, think about the following questions: How can you learn about foreign customs and traditions Describe a festival you have experienced. What happened What was it like
文化
Alex around the world
游记
分享
参加;出席
婚礼
里约狂欢节
风俗
传统
描述
10 January, a wedding ceremony, India
When Nadim invited me to his sister's wedding, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime. I was definitely not wrong!
The wedding ceremony took place in a brightly decorated hotel room. There were hundreds of guests, all dressed up in formal, colourful clothes. According to tradition, the bride was wearing an eye-catching red silk sari.
I did not understand all of the traditional customs, but a few made a deep impression on me. One was the bridegroom's entrance on a beautiful white horse. I had never seen that back home! Another was the part when Nadim's father proudly led his daughter through the rows of seats to her husband. It reminded me of my
结婚典礼
邀请
婚礼
机会;机遇
肯定
举行
装修
宾客
穿着
正式
传统
亮眼的
传统风俗
印象
新郎入场
在我的家乡
骄傲地
一排排座位
提醒...(做)某事
新娘
丝绸莎丽
sister's wedding. Although our cultures are so different, the smiling faces are the same.
The customs that followed were anything but ordinary. The couple joined hands and walked around a small fire four times. Then they took seven steps together by the fire, and with each step made a different promise about how they were going to support each other and live together happily. It was very romantic!After the ceremony, it was time for the celebrations. That is a story for another day but let's just say there was a lot of dancing. Now I know I have two left feet... and both of them hurt!
文化
风俗习惯
非常不一般
两口子紧拉着手
承诺;许诺
支持
浪漫
祝福;庆祝
笨手笨脚
两条腿都是瘸的
26 February, Rio Carnival, Brazil
The summer heat hit me as soon as I got off the flight. No wonder people from Rio take a week off for this happy occasion. I could feel it already—the Carnival was in the air!
To experience the spirit of the Carnival for myself, I went to a street party. Luckily, I arrived just in time—the show was about to begin as I took my place in the merry crowd. 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.
夏天的热浪
下飞机
难得怪
请假一个星期
场合;节日
狂欢节已经弥漫在空气中了！
体验
精髓
亲自
正要开始
快乐的人群
乐队
华丽的服装
旗帜
飘扬
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. 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!
Even as I lay in bed that evening, the bright colours and lively music were still swimming all around me. What an amazing first day in Rio!
爆炸;爆发
现场表演的
演奏一段充满活力的桑巴舞曲
蜿蜒而行
拍手
沿着街道行军
现在的
一直增长的
冰冻盒
排列
狭窄的
烤肉
娱乐
娱乐
娱乐
高烧
飞逝而过(共4张PPT)
Unit 3
Festivals and customs
B Building your language
B1 Alex is going to visit Spain soon. He is reading an introduction to La Tomatina plete the introduction with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
occasion impression decorate in the air
tradition entrance merry be caught up in
西班牙
介绍
在先的
形式
短语;词组
场合;时机
印象
装饰;装修
在空中;流行中
传统
入口(处)
愉快
被卷入;牵涉
La Tomatina is an annual tomato fight festival celebrated in the small town of Bunol in eastern Spain, where it has been a (n) (1) _______ since the 1940s. On the last Wednesday of August, people from all over the world fill this small town for this special (2) _______. In the morning, thousands of (3) _____ tourists start to line the narrow streets. There is a sense of excitement (4) ________. At around 11 a.m., the tomato trucks make their (5) __________ and stop in the town centre. Once the fight begins, the crowd rush to the trucks to pick up tomatoes and throw them at each other. People (6) __________ the fight for about an hour, and by the time it finishes, around 150,000 kilograms of tomatoes cover Bunol. No wonder fire engines are needed to wash the streets after the fight—the town looks like it has
一年一度的西红柿大战节
庆祝
tradition
来自全世界的
occasion
merry
在狭窄的街道排队
in the air
entrance
人群
丢，扔
are caught in
结束
覆盖
难得怪
消防发动机
been (7) __________ with red paint! Luckily, the acid in the tomato helps make everything really clean.
If you plan to visit Spain in August, you should definitely take the opportunity to join in this crazy festival. It is sure to leave a deep (8) __________ on you. Keep your stuff close and stay away from vehicles. Also, be sure to wear old clothes—let's just say you will not wear them again!
decorated
酸（性物质）
肯定
抓住这个机会
疯狂的
impression
东西
躲着
交通工具
B2 The travel journal uses some country names and related adjectives. Look at the examples and complete the table below. Then think of more words of this type.
Countries Related adj. Countries Related adj. Countries Related adj.
Australia Egypt Russia
Brazil Brazilian Greece Spain
Canada India Indian Sweden
Australian
Canadian
Egyptian
Greek
Russian
Spanish
Swidish
B3 The travel journal about Alex’s experience at the Rio Carnival uses the method of contrast to describe the scenes before and during the street party. Find the sentences in the travel journal and use contrast to describe the scenes before and during a dragon boat race.
对比
描述
句子
场景;场面
龙舟赛(共9张PPT)
Unit 3
Festivals and customs
Grammar and usage
Below is a story about how Della prepared a gift for her husband Jim during the Christmas season. Find the sentences that use future in the past and fill in the box below. The first one has been done for you.
Future in the past (过去将来时)
A Exploring the rules
季节
ONE DOLLAR AND EIGHTY-SEVEN CENTS
That was all she had. Della counted it three times. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. If she was to buy a nice gift for her husband Jim, she would need more money. But how could she earn some Della stood in front of the mirror in her apartment. She looked at her reflection, brushed her long, brown hair, and made up her mind: she was going to sell her hair. With the money she received for it, she would buy Jim a perfect gift.
首版时间1906年,$1=1.505克黄金=￥632。20230307查询计算
数数,点数
赚取
公寓
反射;影像
擦洗;梳(头)
下定决心
（美分）
镜子
Della had her hair cut off and sold it for twenty dollars. She spent the next two hours hunting for Jim's gift. She found it at last: a simple but beautiful watch chain for his gold watch, which had been passed down to him from his grandfather. Della paid twenty-one dollars for the watch chain, and hurried home with the remaining eighty-seven cents. She looked at her reflection in the mirror carefully again. She felt nervous. Did she look like a little schoolboy without her beautiful long hair Would Jim still think she was pretty She was about to find out.
请人理了发,have+n.+pp.
搜寻;寻找
链条
金表
被传下来到...
匆匆忙忙回到家
剩余的
紧张
漂亮
正要做
Working out the rules (P.34)
We use future in the past to describe an action (1) _________ from the perspective of some point (2) ____________.
We form future in the past in statements by using (3)_____________ or (4) _______________ with the base form of a verb.
in the past
视觉
in the future
用将来时
陈述
was/were to
was/were about to
动词原形
B Applying the rulesB1 Complete the conversations with the correct expressions in the brackets.
1 Paul: I ______ (visit) the museum with my friends last weekend. What about you Emily: I _____________ (see) a documentary film about the Spring Festival with Joanna on Saturday, but she didn't feel well. So I just stayed at home.
2 Alex: We ________________ (hand) in our report on festivals around the world next Monday.Colin: Yes, but I ____________ (start) it yet.Alex: You told me you ____________ (work) on it all day yesterday.Colin: Oh, I (d) _______________ (start) when my cousin _____ (come) over.
visited
was about to see
are going to hand
haven’t started
would work
was about to start
came
B Applying the rules
B1 Complete the conversations with the correct expressions in the brackets.
1 Paul: I (a) _____ (visited/was about to visit) the museum with my friends last weekend. What about you
Emily: I (b) ________ (saw/was going to see) a documentary film about the Spring Festival with Joanna on Saturday, but she didn't feel well. So I just stayed at home.
2 Alex: We (a) ________ (are going to hand in/were going to hand in) our report on festivals around the world next Monday.
Colin: Yes, but I (b) ________ (wasn't to start/haven't started) it yet.
Alex: You told me you (c) ________ (would work on/worked on) it all day yesterday.
Colin: Oh, I (d) ________ (was about to start/would start) when my cousin (e) ________ (would come/came) over.
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
B2 Below is a story about Jim's gift for plete the story with the correct verbs in the box below, using future in the past. Some verbs can be used more than once.
make, think, be, sell
Jim was shopping for a gift for his wife Della. The next day (1) ________ Christmas. With an income of twenty dollars per week, life was hard for the couple, but Jim wanted to buy a perfect gift for Della. He thought of the beautiful set of combs on show in one of the shop windows on Broadway. Della had wanted those combs for so long. Tomorrow, Jim decided, he (2) ________ Della's dream come true. Jim looked at the gold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's.
购物
would be
收入
夫妻
那套漂亮的
梳子
展示
百老汇大街
would make
He and Della owned two things which they were both very proud of. One was Jim's gold watch, and the other was Delia's beautiful hair. Jim already knew what he had to do: he ⑶ ______________ his watch. That afternoon, Jim sold the watch, went to the shop for the combs and returned home with a package in his pocket. He was sure that they (4) ________ the most wonderful gift for Della. Jim was excited about what she (5) ________ when she saw her gift the next day.
拥有
was going to sell
(小)包
衣兜
would be
would think
或者都用 be going to
B3 What do you think Della and Jim would do when they found out what had happened Write an ending for the story using future in the past.
1. have+n.+pp.
①请人做某事(主语不参与)
→ You must have the dead tree cut tomorrow.
→ I had the snow dug away from the road.
→ The assistant got my suit washed.
②请人做某事(主语可能参与)
→ You should have your roof repaired—it’s leaking here and there!
→ You must have your shoes cleaned in a minute, or...
③任由某事发生(无可奈何)
→ The old lady had her wallet stolen.
2. be about to do sth. “即将做某事”
* 眼下的,最近的将来
① I was about to leave when the telephone rang.
② The plane is about to take off, and we must hurry up.
* be about to do sth.不能与表时间的状语连用。(共2张PPT)
Unit 3 Festivals and customs
Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do.
—Robert A. Heinlein
In this unit, you are going to:
read a travel journal about a traveller's experiences in two different countries;
write an article to promote traditional Chinese festivals;
read a feature article about a family dinner on the Chinese New Year's Eve;
make PPT slides about a festival.
风俗;习惯
期刊;杂志
推广;促销;升职
特色文章
幻灯片;滑动
Welcome to the unit (P.29)Festivals can tell us a lot about the cultures of different countries. Watch the video and finish the following exercises.l Yi Peng Lantern Festival is celebrated in Chiang Mai, Thailand as a way to 4
__________. l Midsummer's Day is celebrated in Sweden for people to
________________.l The Day of the Dead, which lasts , is a festival in Mexico for people to
_____________. 1 What Chinese festivals are similar to each of the three festivals in the video
→________________________________ _____________________________.2 What other festivals around the world do you know about ________________________________ _____________________________.
发展(共5张PPT)
Unit 3
Festivals and customs
Extended reading (p.39)
专题文章
Read the feature article about a family dinner on the Chinese New Year's Eve.
A precious family dinner
It is just past five o'clock on the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the dinner table is already covered with white china plates and bowls, full of all sorts of dishes: chicken, duck, pork, fish and vegetables. Luo Yan, 29, lifts the cover of a large bowl to breathe in the rich smell of the soup his wife and mother have prepared. Luo Yan's son, Bofeng, happily takes a bite of the chicken (that/which) his grandfather has selected for him. Six-year-old Bofeng has not seen his grandparents for almost a year, and he is full of joy and excitement. Indeed, the whole family could not be happier to be together. Despite the cold outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth while
珍贵的
覆盖着
瓷盘
碗
猪肉
掀起
浓郁的香味
汤
咬一口
挑选;选择
满怀欢喜
最开心了
尽管
弥漫在空气中
温暖
merry laughter rings throughout the house. Luo Yan and his wife and son have settled in the big city, far away from their hometown. Every year, they travel back for the Spring Festival, for their dream of "three generations under the same roof”. The Luo family's journey back to their hometown was a long and tiring one just a few years ago. However, the high-speed train has made it much more convenient for them to go back home. During the five-hour trip, they chatted excitedly with each other, their minds full of thoughts about their sweet home.
On their arrival, they find Luo's parents eagerly waiting for them. Their home has been specially decorated for the joyous occasion. From the neat designs of the papercuttings on the windows, to the Spring Festival couplets on the door, and to
快乐的笑声[laghter，不可数名词]
定居在
三世同堂
旅程;行程
方便
聊天;闲聊
他们一到达，就...
急切地
装修
喜庆的日子
精心的设计
剪纸
春联
屋顶
对句;对联
the New Year paintings on the wall, everything represents joy, luck and happiness. Even the fish on the plate expresses a hope for nian nian you yu—yu means both "fish” and "plenty" in Chinese—"May you get more than you wish for every year”. After dinner, the hours until midnight go slowly by. The whole family are going to stay up late on the Chinese New Year's Eve. They gather around the television to watch the Spring Festival Gala, while eating snacks, chatting with each other and making dumplings that they will eat at the very start of the new year. In the warmth and comfort of the room, Luo Yan talks about his plan for the future. "I hope we won't have to be separated again," he says, looking at his ageing parents. "My parents are getting old, and we should spend more time with them. We'll come back
年画
一切都象征着欢乐、好运和幸福
表达
“年年有余”
“鱼”和“剩余”
慢慢过去
不睡觉
中国除夕
聚集
春节联欢晚会
零食
包饺子
舒适
分离
上了年纪的父母
more frequently and we're also considering taking them to the city to live with us. After all, home is where all family members are together."
As midnight approaches, Luo Yan takes his parents, wife and son outside to set off firecrackers. The whole village is lit up with colourful fireworks. All over the country, people are celebrating their good fortune, celebrating their family's togetherness, and celebrating their nation's strength.
经常的
where引导表语从句
随着午夜来临
燃放花炮
被点亮
五颜六色的烟花
庆祝
好运
团圆
祖国的强大
