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Unit 8 Holiday Seasons
Topic 3 Let’s prepare for the festival
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The Spring Festival
(January/February)
When the Spring Festival comes, how will Chinese people celebrate it
Chinese people will make dumplings and perform lion and dragon dances.
New Year’s Eve
December 31st
When New Year’s Eve comes,
how will people celebrate it
People will have parties
and stay up until midnight
to welcome the New Year.
April Fool’s Day
April 1st
When April Fool’s Day comes, how will people celebrate it
Children and some adults will play tricks on their friends.
Happy
Mother’s Day
Second Sunday
in May
When Mother’s Day comes, how will people celebrate it
People will honor their mothers by giving cards and gifts, and have a family get-together.
Mid-autumn Festival
Lunar August 15th
When Mid-autumn Festival comes, how will people celebrate it
On this day people will eat mooncakes and enjoy gazing at the full moon.
September 10th
When Teachers’ Day comes, how will students celebrate it
Students will
send cards or flowers
to their Teachers.
the International Labor Day / May Day
May 1st
When May Day comes, how will people celebrate it
People will enjoy a seven-day holiday and go shopping or touring.
Dragon Boat Festival
The lunar May 5th
When Dragon Boat Festival comes, how will people celebrate it
On this day, people will hold dragon boat races and eat rice dumplings to remember Qu Yuan.
National Day
October 1st
When National Day comes, how will people in Beijing celebrate it
In Beijing, many people
will go to the Tian’anmen
Square to watch the
national flag go up.
Halloween
October
31st
What do people usually do before Halloween
Children and many adults prepare costumes. They buy costumes from the stores or make them at home.
What do children usually do after it gets dark
Children usually wear their costumes to go trick-or-treating.
What do parents do after the children are in bed
They also enjoy eating their children’s trick-or-treat candies.
What do Children usually do before Christmas
They usually send many Christmas cards to their friends and decorate a beautiful Christmas tree with colored lights.
On Christmas Eve, what do children usually do before they go to sleep
They hang their stocking by the fireplace.
After they get gifts from Santa Claus, what do they usually do
They usually exchange gifts.
以 when、before、after 引导的从句，叫做时间状语从句。
Grammar focus
Adverbial clause of time
Before I left Kunming, I sent many cards to my friends.
When I got up in the morning, I found many candies and toys in it.
Parents also enjoy eating their children’s trick-or-treat candies after the children are in bed.
Useful expressions
On Christmas Day, friends and families put presents around a Christmas tree.
Thank you for you Christmas card.
Family get-together
Work alone
Match the festivals with the activities people do
April Fool’s Day____ 2.Christmas_____
3. Teacher’s Day _____ 4. Halloween____
Children dress up in strange clothes and play trick-or-treat.
People in many countries celebrate around a Christmas tree and give each other presents.
People send cards or flowers to their teachers.
Children and some adults play tricks on their friends.
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我国春节，一般是从祭灶揭开序幕的。灶王爷自上一年的除夕以来就一直留在家中，以保护和监察一家；到了腊月二十三日灶王爷便要升天，去向天上的玉皇大帝汇报这一家人的善行或恶行，送灶神的仪式称为"送灶"或"辞灶"。玉皇大帝根据灶王爷的汇报，再将这一家在新的一年中应该得到的吉凶祸福的命运交于灶王爷之手。因此，对一家人来说，灶王爷的汇报实在具有重大利害关系。灶王龛大都设在灶房的北面或东面，中间供上灶王爷的神像。没有灶王龛的人家，也有将神像直接贴在墙上的。有的神像只画灶王爷一人，有的则有男女两人，女神被称为"灶王奶奶"。
Write something about Zao Shen
Before the Chinese New Year, many Chinese families burn the picture of kitchen god, Zao Shen, to bring good luck. When New Year’s Day comes, they put a new picture of Zao Shen on the wall.
Listen and follow
Show a picture of a season.
Talk about the weather of the season.
Talk about how to wear some of the clothes for the season.
Talk about the kinds of sports in the season.
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