(共17张PPT)
Unit 2
Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋节
activity
admire the moon
Mid-Autumn Festival
When is it
It falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar
How do we celebrate it
We clebrate it by admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with our families.
It’s a time for family reunion.We usually get together to have a big dinner .
Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋节
date
Mid-Autumn Festival
There are many kinds of mooncakes , like red bean paste mooncake , jujube paste mooncake ,five kernel mooncakes
What kind of mooncakes do you like best
I like…best.
What is the shape of mooncakes
They are in the shape of a full moon
Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋节
activity
admire the moon
Mid-Autumn Festival
the origin of the festival :
give thanks to the harvest
worship the moon
the story of it :
Full Moon, Full Feelings
Underline and translate the phrases
Full moon, full feelings celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
carry people’s wishes to… traditional folk stories
the most touching shoot down
magic medicine live forever
planned to do steal…from…
refuse to do sth flew up to
admire the moon lay out
the tradition of share sth with
Read quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea.
An introduction to the festival
The customs of the festival
The most touching story
Read Para. 1&3 and answer the questions below.
1.How long have Chinese people been celebrating it
2. What do we eat on Mid-Autumn Festival
3.How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival
Mooncakes.
For centuries
century n. 世纪 百年
By admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.
Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.
Mooncakes are in the shape of ___________.
They carry people’s wishes to____________________
Chinese people have been celebrating ________and enjoying mooncakes _____________.
People started the tradition of ____________and _________ with their families.
Read and retell
the Mid-Autumn Festival
for centuries
a full moon
the families they love and miss
admiring the moon
sharing mooncakes
the story of Chang’e
four characters
Pang Meng
goddess
Chang’e
Hou Yi
Read Para. 2 and found what they have done
tried to steal the medicine
thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine
refused to give Pang Meng the medicine and drank it all
became light and flew up to the sky.
planned to drink the medicine with his wife.
shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth
____ Pang Meng tried to steal the medicine.
____ A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine.
____Chang’e refused to give Pang Meng the medicine and drank it all.
___ Hou Yi shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth.
3b Read the passage again. Put the events in the correct order.
4
2
5
1
______ Hou Yi was very sad and watched the moon at night, and wished his wife could come back.
______ As a result, Chang’e became light and flew up to the sky.
______ Hou Yi planned to drink the medicine with his wife.
3
6
7
There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back!
listen and repeat
What’s the meaning of “Full Moon, Full Feelings”, think about it and discuss it with your partner.
月满情浓
East, west , home is the best. 家是最好的地方
Love and miss our families and friends!
Full Moon,
Full Feelings
May the people live forever, and share the
moon shine across vast distances together
Thank you!Thank you!
