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Unit 5 Nature and Culture
Holidays and Activities
Lesson 2
Lantern Festival
Thanksgiving Day/ Christmas
Mid-autumn Festival
Halloween
Qingming Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Easter
Halloween
Spring Festival
Christmas Day
Children’s Day
Halloween
Spring Festival
Christmas Day
Children’s Day
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My favourite festival is
Dragon Boat Festival.
It is on May 5th of the lunar calendar. People often have dragon boat races and eat zongzi on that day.
What is your favourite festival
My favourite festival is ...
When is it
It’s on...
How do people celebrate it
People often...
What do people say on that day
People/Children often say...
How are you going to celebrate it
I’m going to ... this ...
My Favourite Festival
My favourite festival is Dragon Boat Festival. It’s on May 5th of the lunar calendar. People often have dragon boat races on that day. People also eat zongzi on that day. (People/Children often say...) I’m going to watch dragon boat races on TV this Dragon Boat Festival.
Thanksgiving Day
Mid-autumn Festival
Listen and mark
in autumn,
get together,
have a big dinner with their families
Read and mark
Date
Food
Customs
tell Thanksgiving stories
Meaning
in autumn,
get together,
have a big dinner with their families
in October or November,
eat turkey,
give thanks to their friends and families
in mid-autumn,
eat mooncakes,
talk happily,
enjoy the moon,
miss their families
Thanksgiving Day Mid-autumn Festival
Both in autumn, get together, have a big dinner with their families Date in October or November in mid-autumn
Food eat roast turkey eat mooncakes
Customs tell Thanksgiving stories talk happily, enjoy the moon
Meaning give thanks to their friends and families miss their families
Read together
Traditional Holidays in China and Western Countries
New Year’s Day
New Year’s Day
When on January 1st
What to do have a big lunch,
eat a lot of delicious food, have a new year party,
say “Happy New Year”
…
Spring Festival
When in January or February
What to do have a big dinner with family,
visit their relatives and friends, play with fireworks,
get some red packets,
…
Spring Festival
It is a popular holiday in China.
Lantern Festival
When on January 15th of lunar calendar
What to do Watch the lantern show, eat sweet dumplings,
…
Lantern Festival
It is a popular holiday in China.
When on March 8th
What to do give gifts to women,
buy flowers,
…
Women’s Day
It is a holiday for women.
Easter
When usually on Sunday of March or April
What to do put on new clothes,
make a lot of eggs and colour them, parents hide the eggs and children look for the eggs,
…
When on May 1st
What to do usually have a long holiday, meet friends and relatives, go to parks and beaches,
…
May Day/Labour Day
It is a holiday for the labor.
When on the second Sunday of May
What to do make cards,
buy flowers or gifts to mothers,
help do chores
…
Mother’s Day
It is a holiday for mothers.
When on June 1st
What to do Children have parties,
sing and dance,
People usually give gifts to children,
…
Children’s Day
It is a holiday for children.
When on the third Sunday of June
What to do
give cards, flowers or gifts to fathers,
…
Father’s Day
It is a holiday for fathers.
Dragon Boat Festival
When on May 5th of Chinese lunar calendar
What to do usually have the dragon boat
races and watch them, eat rice dumplings ,
…
Mid-Autumn Festival
When On August 15th of lunar calendar
What to do usually enjoy the moon in the evening,
eat moon cakes,
...
When on September 10th
What to do students usually give cards or flowers to teachers,
help clean the office
…
Teachers’ Day
It is a holiday for teachers.
When on October 1st
What to do usually have a long holiday, meet friends and relatives, watch the flag-raising ceremony,
…
National Day
It is the birthday of our motherland.
Halloween
When on October 31st
What to do usually dress up in costumes, go to parties,
make pumpkin lanterns, (Jack-O-lantern)
children play games “Trick or treat”,
…
Thanksgiving Day
When on the fourth Thursday
of November
What to do give thanks, have dinner with the family,
cook turkey,
…
When on December 25th
What to do usually have a big dinner with the family,
buy Christmas trees,
give presents to each other,
…
Christmas
It is a popular holiday in the west.