City life
Unit 3
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Dragon Boat Festival
Episode 1
C
Reading:
Qu Yuan and the Dragon Boat Festival
Module
Look and match
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Do you know these festivals?
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Chinese New Year
Mid-autumn Festival
Christmas
Qingming Festival
Lantern Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Think and say
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Which is not a Chinese festival?
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Which festival is your favourite? Why?
Look and learn
Dragon Boat Festival
What do people do on the Dragon Boat Festival?
dragon boat races
a rice dumpling
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Why do people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival?
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Qu Yuan
We celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival to remember Qu Yuan.
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When is the Dragon Boat Festival?
the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
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the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month
the first day of the first lunar month
今日春节
the ninth day of the ninth lunar month
the fifteenth day of the first lunar month
king
battle
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Read
Miss Guo, I would like to know something about the Dragon Boat Festival. Why do people celebrate it?
Here’s the story of the festival.
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Qu Yuan was born about two thousand years ago in China. He loved his country very much. His job was to give advice to the king. The king always took his advice. However, the king died and the new king did not listen to him.
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Later, the new king lost a battle because he did not take Qu Yuan’s advice. The country was in danger. Qu Yuan was very sad. He jumped into a river and died. It was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year.
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lose /????/
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lost /????/
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Today, people eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races to remember him on that day every year.
Qu Yuan was born about two thousand years ago in China.
He loved his country very much.
His job was to give advice to the king.
The king always took his advice.
However, the king died and the new king did not listen to him.
Later, the new king lost a battle because he did not take Qu Yuan’s advice.
The country was in danger.
Qu Yuan was very sad.
He jumped into a river and died.
It was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year.
Today, people eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races to remember him on that day every year.
Answer
What was Qu Yuan’s job?
Why was he sad?
When is the Dragon Boat Festival?
How do people remember Qu Yuan today?
His job was to give advice to the king.
The new king did not take his advice and the country was in danger.
It’s on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year.
They eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races.
Read and write
Qu Yuan
born in (1) __________ (where)
born about (2) __________ years ago
gave (3) __________ to the king
was sad because the new king didn’t (4) ______________ and his country (5) _____________________
jumped into a (6) __________ and died
died on the (7) ______ day of the (8) ______ lunar month
people remember Qu Yuan on (9) __________ Festival
people eat (10) ________________ on this festival and have (11) __________________
China
2,000
advice
take his advice
was in danger
river
fifth
fifth
the Dragon Boat
rice dumplings
dragon boat races
Read and find out
Read the passage about Qu Yuan again. Find out the past forms of the given verbs below.
lost
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lose
took
?
take
was
?
is
did
?
do
jumped
?
jump
died
?
die
loved
?
love
Complete the following sentences.
Qu Yuan ________ born about 2,000 years ago in China.
Qu Yuan ________ his country very much.
The old king always ________ his advice.
The old king ________ and the new king ________ not listen to him.
The new king ________ a battle and Qu Yuan ________ very sad.
Qu Yuan ________ into a river and ________ .
It ________ the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year.
was
loved
took
died
did
lost
was
jumped
died
was
端午节
龙舟赛
一个粽子
想知道
有关端午节的一些事情
庆祝
出生
两千年前
非常
给国王建议
Dragon Boat Festival
dragon boat races
a rice dumpling
would like to know
something about the Dragon Boat Festival
celebrate
be born
two thousand years ago
very much
give advice to the king
=give the king advice
接受他的建议
不听他的话
输了一场仗
处于危险之中
跳入河中
农历五月初五
纪念他
take his advice
listen to him
lose a battle
in danger
jump into a river
the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
remember him
Qu Yuan __________ about two _________ years ago in China. He loved his country __________. His job was _________ advice to the ______. The king always _______ his advice. However, the king ______ and the new king did not ______________.
was born
thousand
very much
to give
king
took
died
listen to him
_______, the new king _____ a battle because he did not take Qu Yuan’s ________. The country was _________. Qu Yuan was very ______. He ________ into a river and died. It was the _____ day of the fifth _______ month of that year.
Later
lost
advice
in danger
sad
jumped
fifth
lunar
Today, people eat ________________ and have ___________________ to ___________ him on that day every year.
rice dumplings
dragon boat races
remember