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Unit 1 Festivals and Celebration
Period 1
Listening and Speaking
新人教版（2019）
Content
Learning objectives
Lead-in
Pre-listening
While-listening
Post-listening
Summary
Language point
Homework
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Learning objectives
In this unit, you will
1. read about festivals and celebrations around the world.
2. listen to different festival experiences and talk about your own.
3. write a passage about a festival or a celebration you have experienced.
4. explore the origins, customs. and meanings of different festivals.
Look and discuss
1. What can you see in the photo
2. What is the name of this festival and how do you celebrate it
Lantern Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals. During the Lantern Festival, there are many celebrations
in my hometown, such as visit a lantern fair, enjoy beautiful lanterns(赏花灯), eating yuanxiao, guess riddles on hanging lanterns(猜灯谜) and setting off fireworks.
Lead in
Phoenix flutes make music
The moonlight flashes
Fish and dragon lanterns
whirl the whole night long
——Xin Qiji
Lead in
Do you know who wrote this song dynasty poem, and what's its name
Lead in
Chinese Name: 青玉案·元夕
English name of the work: the Lantern Festival night
Author: Xin Qiji
The age of creation: Southern Song Dynasty
literary style: the poems of the Song Dynasty
festival: Lantern Festival (元宵节)
Group discussion. Do you know who wrote this poem of the Song Dynasty What festival scene does it mainly describe
Lead in
青玉案 元夕
朝代：宋朝
作者：辛弃疾
东风夜放花千树,更吹落，星如雨。
宝马雕车香满路,凤箫声动,玉壶光转,一夜鱼龙舞。
蛾儿雪柳黄金缕,笑语盈盈暗香去。
众里寻他千百度,蓦然回首,那人却在,灯火阑珊处。
Can you speak out other Chinese festivals
How do you celebrate it
Spring Festival
春节
Tomb-Sweeping Day
清明节
Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋节
Lead in
Double Ninth Festival
重阳节
Can you speak out other Chinese festivals
How do you celebrate it
Dragon Boat Festival
端午节
Double Seventh Festival
七夕节
Lead in
①Which festivals do the following pictures show us
②In which country do you think people celebrate the festival
③How do people celebrate the festival
Pre-listening
China Lantern Festival
元宵节灯会
Coming-of-Age Day
日本成人节
Rio Carnival
里约热内卢狂欢节
Discuss in groups and answer the following three questions.
Before you listen, look at the photos below and answer the questions below.
China Lantern Festival
Coming-of-Age Day
Rio Carnival
①What do people do to celebrate the Chinese Lantern festival
②Who will celebrate Coming-of-Age Day How will they celebrate this festival
③What do you expect to see if you go to the Rio Carnival
Pre-listening
1. Before you listen, look at the photos below. Choose some words or phrases from the box
to describe each festival.
Pre-Listening
Talk about festival activities
Pre-Listening
wear traditional costumes dress up in carnival costumes visit a lantern fair
march along the streets receive congratulations from guess riddles
attend the ceremony watch samba dance give performances
march
vi &n.行进;游行
1. Before you listen, look at the photos below. Choose some words or
phrases from the box to describe each festival.
costumes
n.服装;戏装
dress up
盛装打扮;打扮
congratulation
n.祝贺的话语;祝贺
samba
n.桑巴舞;桑巴舞曲
guess riddles
猜灯谜
China Lantern Festival
visit a lantern fair
guess riddles
give performances
On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns.
Choose some words or phrases from the box to describe each festival.
Pre-listening
China Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, which has a history of more than 2,000 years. People go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on the lanterns. On the night, the family get together and have a big dinner to celebrate the festival. People go on streets with a variety of lanterns, watching lions or dragons dancing, playing Chinese riddles and games.
Group discussion. Write a short speech about the traditional activities of these festival and present it in front of the whole class.
China Lantern Festival
Pre-listening
wear traditional costumes
march along the streets
attend the ceremony
Coming-of-Age Day
On the Coming -of -Age Day, young Japanese girls will wear traditional clothes to attend the celebration ceremony.
Choose some words or phrases from the box to describe each festival.
Pre-listening
Young people who are 20 years old at the Coming-of-Age Day in Japan usually wear gorgeous traditional kimonos to celebrate. Festival mean that they have become adults, and they must live independently and assume social responsibilities and obligations. Parents, relatives and friends express their congratulations and give gifts, and the parties concerned should also express their thanks and announce their future plans and ideals.
Group discussion. Write a short speech about the traditional activities of these festival and present it in front of the whole class.
Coming-of-Age Day
Pre-listening
dress up in carnival costumes
receive congratulations from...
watch samba dance
Rio Carnival
During the Rio Carnival, you can watch wonderful samba dances.
Choose some words or phrases from the box to describe each festival.
Pre-listening
The Rio carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil attracted more than 2 million people from all over the world to celebrate. Carnival is usually held in the evening of February or the beginning of March. During this period, the main streets were full of people wearing colorful costumes to perform samba, and colorful floats.
Group discussion. Write a short speech about the traditional activities of these festival and present it in front of the whole class.
Rio Carnival
Pre-listening
While-listening
Listen to the three conversations and write down the order of the conversations in the box.
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A
C
China Lantern Festival
Coming-of-Age Day
Rio Carnival
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1
2
2. Listen and write the order of the conversations next to the names of the festivals above. Then match each conversation with the relationship between the speakers below.
_____a tour guide and members of a tour group
_____an interviewer and an interviewee
_____a reporter and a tourist
_____two friends
Listen for relationships
To listen for a relationship, you need to pay
attention to how people talk to each other (e.g.friends usually call each other by first names) and some particular questions in the conversation (e.g." Could 1 have the bill,please " tells us that the speaker s a customer in a restaurant.
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1
2
While-listening
1. What is conversation 1 talk about
A. Coming-of-Age Day. B. Chinese Lantern Festival. C. Rio Carnival.
Listen to the conversation 1 and choose the right answers.
2. What is the relationship between the two speakers
A.Two friends.
B. A teacher and students.
C. An interviewer and an interviewee.
D. A tour guide and members of a tour group.
3. On this special day, the girl in the conversation does the following things except_______.
A. Doing her hair and make-up.
B. Getting dressed in kimono.
C. Having a party.
D. march along the streets.
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While-listening
1. What is Conversation 2 talk about
A. Coming-of-Age Day.
B. Chinese Lantern Festival.
C. Rio Carnival.
Listen to Conversation 2 and choose the right answers.
2. What is the relationship between the two speakers
A. Two friends.
B. a reporter and tourist.
C. An interviewer and an interviewee.
D. A tour guide and members of a tour group.
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While-listening
1. What is Conversation 3 about
A. Rio Carnival.
B. Chinese Lantern Festival.
C. Coming-of-Age Day.
Listen to Conversation 3 and choose the right answers.
2. What is the relationship between the two speakers
A.Two friends.
B. a reporter and tourist.
C. An interviewer and an interviewee.
D. A tour guide and members of a tour group.
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While-listening
1. In Conversation 1, the woman is wearing_______colors.It took her a long time
to do her hair and make-up, and to get________. She is going to meet her_______soon.
2. In Conversation 2, Carla advises Li Mei to change her______________. This is because the weather is _____and they will be outside for a long time.
3. In Conversation 3, the people are enjoying the ________ show.
3. Listen again and complete the sentences with the correct words.
dressed
bright
family
dress and shoes
hot
lantern
While-listening
Fill in the table according to what you have listened.
1 On Chinese Lantern Festival people see __________________, guess_______, eat _________ , watch __________and___________.
2 On Coming-of-Age Day, girls do__________and_________, wear___________________
or________, attend__________________ceremony, say_______________to____________, have_________with_____________.
3 On Rio Carnival,people join _________, march_______________, ______ until midnight.
their hair
traditional costumes
kimono
the Coming-of-Age
congratulations
a party
the amazing lanterns
riddles
the dragon
yuanxiao
a parade
along the streets
dance
make-up
lion dances
their families
each other
While-listening
Chinese Lantern Festival:____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Coming-of-Age Day:________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rio Carnival:______________________________________________________________
or lion dances, eat yuanxiao.
wear carnival costumes, march along the streets, dance.
guess riddles, see the colorful lanterns, watch the dragon
4. Listen again and make a list of each festival's activities.
girls do their hair and make-up, wear traditional costumes, attend
the Coming-of-Age ceremony, say congratulations, have a party.
While-listening
Game time
carnival
riddles
dress up
march
ceremony
after all
costume
congratulation
attend the ceremony
guess riddles
receive congratulations from
give performances
pay attention to
congratulate sb. on
Post-listening
Discuss which festival attracts you the most and why.
Coming-of-Age Day Rio Carnival Chinese Lantern Festival
Do hair and make-up Wear traditional costumes Attend the ceremony Say congratulations Have a party Wear carnival costumes March along the streets Dance samba Guess riddles
See the colorful lanterns
Watch the dragon or lion dances
Eat yuanxiao
Spring Festival Christmas Day Mid-Autumn Festival
Watch Spring Festival Gala Set off fireworks Big dinner ; receive lucky money/... Decorate Christmas trees enjoy the warm atmosphere/... Admire the moon
Eat moon cakes/...
A: I think _______________. After all, _________________________!
B: I love ______, but ________________________________________.
A: So which festival do you like best
B: I like___________________________________________________.
A: …
Post-listening
Discuss which festival attracts you the most and why.
A: I think the Rio Carnival would be the most exciting.
After all, as you know, I love to dance!
B: I love dancing, too, but I’m not sure I’d enjoy it in such
hot weather.
A: So which festival do you like best
B: I like the Coming-of-Age Day best.
A: Why is that
Sample Conversation
Post-listening
B: Well, I think it would be neat to dress up in traditional
costumes and attend a ceremony to mark becoming an adult.
It is a special time, and so it would be nice to celebrate it
with my friends and family.
A: That’s true, but the Lantern Festival also has its good points.
B: What do you like best about it
A: Well, the lanterns are pretty cool to look at, and the dragon
dances can be quite fun, but I like eating yuanxiao with my
family above all.
Post-listening
Language points
1. dress up in carnival costumes
单句语法填空
①At first,I tried to ignore the“dress-down”rule by simply_________ ( dress) up in my suit as usual.
②On Halloween, children in America like to dress up ___ghosts to frighten people.
dress up 盛装打扮;打扮
dress (sb. ) up 穿上盛装;打扮;装饰
If you dress something up, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is.
It's a casual party, so you needn't dress up.
She is always dressed up as a lady of high society every time she attends a party.
dress oneself up as( = be dressed up as)装扮成......
dress oneself in( = be/ get dressed in)穿着......
dressing
as
Language points
costume n. 服装
the clothes worn by people from a particular place or during a particular historical period.
The costumes and lighting in the play were restrained.
The advertisements of costume in Paris broadened his outlook.
根据中文含义填空
①The actors were in Victorian __________(服装).
②The _________(服装))and lighting in the play were restrained.
costumes
costumes
2. march along the streets
march n.齐步走;前进;行军;行进
When soldiers march somewhere, or when a commanding officer marches them somewhere, they walk there with very regular steps, as a group.
march on继续行进；快速经过
Soldiers were marching up and down outside the government buildings.
She marched over to me and demanded an apology.
根据中文含义填空
①All countries _______(前进) as one nation under the banner of friendship.
②They ________ (行进)20 miles to reach the capital.
march
marched
Language point
Language points
3. receive congratulations from...
congratulation n.祝贺;恭贺;恭喜
①the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration.
②(usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another.
congratulation to sb.
Congratulations on your exam results!
Please send her my warmest congratulations.
根据中文含义填空
①Please send her my warmest _______________(祝贺).
②_______________(恭喜), you did a great job.
congratulations
Congratulations
4. guess riddles
Language points
riddles n. 谜;谜语
A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer.
Can you answer this riddle
Her future was, after all, still as much a riddle as ever.
根据中文含义填空
① Countless people have had a stab at solving the ______(谜).
② Whoever solves the _______(谜语)will get a prize.
riddle
riddle
1. costume n. 服装
2. march n.前进;行军;行进
3. congratulation n.祝贺;恭贺;恭喜
4. riddles n. 谜;谜语
5. carnival n.狂欢节;嘉年华
6. ceremony n.典礼;仪式;礼节
重点单词
Summary
1.dress (sb.) up 穿上盛装:装扮
2.after all 毕竟;居然;终究;竟然;居然
3.attend the ceremony 参加仪式
4.receive congratulations from 收到......的祝贺
5.guess riddles 猜谜语
6.give performances表演
7.pay attention to注意
8.congratulate sb. on 祝贺某人
重点短语
Summary
Homework
Homework
1.Review the key words and phrases in this lesson.
2.Write down your introduction about a festival in the
Speaking section.
