(共15张PPT)
Topic 3 Let's celebrate !
Revision
Look at the following pictures, say out the festivals, their dates and main activities?
The Lantern Festival
lunar January 15th
eat sweet dumplings for good luck
watch lantern shows
guess riddles on lanterns
enjoy a one-day holiday
go shopping or travelling
May 1st
have dragon boat races
eat zongzi to remember Qu Yuan
The Gragon Boat Festival
lunar May 5th
show their love for their mothers
by giving cards and other presents
go to a restaurant for dinner
the second Sunday in May
Mother’s Day
The Mid-autumn Festival
lunar August 15th
eat mooncakes
enjoy the bright full moon
Teachers’ Day
September 10th
Students give their best wishes
to their teachers.
go to Tian’anmen Square
to watch the national flag go up
October 1st
The Spring Festival
January or February
prepare delicious food, clean and decorate homes,
buy some new clothes
the family all get together to have dinner, stay up and enjoy dumplings
children put on new clothes and greet their parents and they can get lucky money from their parents
Time Before the Spring Festival On the Eve of the Spring Festival On the First Day of the Spring Festival
Activity
Many people believe Christ came back to life
on Easter Day. People make Easter eggs
to celebrate the festival.
Easter
a Sunday
in March or April
December 25th
Christmas
go shopping
decorate Christmas trees
clean their houses
give friends Christmas cards
go to church
sing Christmas songs
put up stockings
at the end of their beds
open the presents
have a get-together with a special dinner
say"Merry Christmas" to each other
Before Christmas On Christmas Eve On Christmas Day
watch sb. do sth. 看见某人常做某事
a one-day holiday=one day’s holiday
watch sb. doing sth. 看见某人(正在)做某事
be busy doing sth. 忙于做某事
start doing sth.
start to do sth.
开始做某事
prepare sth.
prepare for sth.
准备做(饭菜)
为……做准备
Homework
Review Unit 8 Topic 3.
2. What is your favorite holiday or festival?
What do people usually do on that day?
Write a passage.