Unit 1
Festivals
around the world
Spring festival of China
Questions about Spring Festival
What is the most important festival in China? Why do you think so?
What is the date of Chinese Spring festival?
What do people do at Spring festival?
Did you have a happy time during the holidays? Why or why not?
Do you know the real meaning of Spring festival?
Chinese New Year/Spring Festival
The first day of Chinese lunar year is Chinese New year or Spring Festival. Families of China will meet together, cleaning their houses, eating dumplings as well as other delicious food, watching TV, visiting relatives and friends. The older will give the young lucky money in red paper envelopes with beautiful designs and best wishes on them. Outside in the street there are dragon dances and carnivals. Chinese New Year is by far the most well-known Chinese holiday, and also the most significant to Chinese culture.
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day(February 14th)
Day to exchange messages of love with the object of one’s romantic interest. Usually observed through the gifting of roses and heart-shaped boxes of chocolates. The day gets its name from the Christian saint(圣徒） Valentine.
The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao. The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China.
Lantern Festival 元宵节
Mid-autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the exact middle of autumn, hence the festival's name. On this mid-autumn night, the full moon is especially bright. The whole family may sit together beneath the clear moonlight eating tasty moon cakes and appreciating the beauty of the fully rounded moon. Those who are far away from their homes that night are only too easily reminded of their families when they look up at the luminous moon.
Festivals around the world
New year’s Day……………………元旦
Valentine’s Day…………………情人节
Lantern festival…………………元宵节
Carnival…………狂欢节（巴西, 二月中、下旬）
Peach Flower Festival…………………………桃花节（日本女孩节，3月3日）
International Women’s Day…………妇女节
St. Patrick’s Day………………………………… 圣帕特里克节（爱尔兰，3月17日）
Maple Sugar Festival …枫糖节（加，3 或4月）
April Fool’s Day…
Easter…复活节（春分月圆后第一个星期日）
Songkran Festival…宋干节（泰，4。13）
Food festival…食品节（新，4。17）
International Labour Day…..
Boy’s Day…男孩节（日，5。5）
Mother’s Day…（5月第二个星期日）
Bank Holiday……银行休假日（英，5。31）
International Children’s Day…
Father’s day…（6月第三个星期日）
Dragon Boat Festival…
Mid-summer day…仲夏节（北欧，6）
Corban…古尔邦节（伊斯兰，7）
Chopsticks’ day…筷子节（日，8。4）
Moon Festival…
Old People’s day…
Thanksgiving Day……感恩节（美，11月最后一个星期四）
Nurse Day…（12。12）
Christmas Eve…
Christmas day…
New year’s eve…
Spring festival…
Shopkeeper Vs customer
Would you like …?
Might I suggest …?
You should try …
Can you see …?
Could I have …?
May I see …?
Could we look at …?
We might take…
Pre-reading
Can you name other festivals in China or around the world?
What does it celebrate? What do people do?
What is your favorite festival of the year? Why?
What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town? Do you like spending festivals with your family or with friends? What part of a festival do you like best– the music, the things to see, the visits or the food?
Reading and comprehending
They celebrated at the end of winter, when good weather returned, when they had a good harvest, when the hunters caught animals for food, when they had enough food, when they wanted a year of plenty.
They are to honor our ancestors, to make our ancestors happy so they won’t harm us, to satisfy our ancestors, to celebrate in the presence of death.
To honour the memory of Magatma Gandhi who helped gain India’s independence.
Reading and comprehending
4. People are grateful for the harvest , for the end of the agricultural work, the end of the hard work on the farms. People are happy that they will have food for the year.
5. People eat, dance, play and listen to music, visit family members, have parades, give and receive gifts
6. To have a break from daily life, to celebrate our customs, our history, our heroes, to enjoy meeting family and friends, to eat special food, to have fun with each other, to make our community closer, to show that are thankful.
Discussion
With a partner discuss which kinds of festival you think are the most important and which are the most fun.
From the text pick out three things that most festivals seem to have in common. Write down these three things , and talk with a partner about why you think they might be important to people everywhere.
Fill in the blacks with words in the text
There are all kinds of festivals and ___ around the world, which are held for different___. The ancient festivals were mainly held at __ times a year --- the end of the cold ___, planting in spring and___ in autumn. Some festivals are held to ___ the dead or satisfy and ___ the ancestors in case they might ___, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or to the __, such as Dragon Boat Festival and Columbus Day. Harvest and ___ festivals are happy events because their food is ___ for the winter and because a season of ___ work is over, to which Mid autumn festival belongs. And the most ___ and important festivals are the ones that ___ to the end of winter and to the coming of ___, such as the lunar New Year, at which people have a very____.
There are all kinds of festivals and celebrations around the world, which are held for different reasons. The ancient festivals were mainly held at three times a year --- the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors in case they might do harm, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or to the gods, such as Dragon Boat Festival and Columbus Day. Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because their food is gathered for the winter and because a season of agricultural work is over, to which Mid autumn festival belongs. And the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring, such as the lunar New Year, at which people have a very good time.
In memory of / in honor of
1.This monument(纪念碑) was built in memory of the little hero.
2.为了纪念周总理，人们写下许多诗篇。
People wrote many poems in memory of Premier Zhou.
Celebrate
How do the Chinese celebrate Spring festival?
We had a party to celebrate the scientists successful arrival.
Tom’s birthday is coming. We are going to have a dinner party to celebrate it.
We are going to hold to a celebration for Tom’s birthday.
We had a party in celebration of Tom’s birthday.
dress up
1.这个男孩爱穿他姐姐的衣服闹着玩。
The boy likes dressing up in his sister’s clothes.
2.孩子们极力把子机打扮成怪物。
The children tried to dress up as monsters.
3.全家人正在装饰圣诞树。
The whole family are dressing up the Christmas tree.
look forward to sth/doing sth
We are all looking forward to our holiday.
我们都盼望着假期。
I'm looking forward to seeing you this summer vacation.
我盼望今年暑假见到你。
as though/if even though/if
He talks as though/as if he knew all about it.
He shook his head as though/ as if to say no.
It looks as if /though its going to rain.
Even though/if he had seen the film, she still insisted on seeing it a second time.
have fun with sb
I like having fun with my friends.
Have fun at the party tonight.
今晚的晚会上玩得很开心。
make fun of sb.
嘲弄; 取笑
mean
Mean sth/to do/ sb to do / that
Tome had meant to help me, but he was too busy.
Have the meaning of
Here the word HAVE means KEEP.
To be a sign of
What does money mean? Somebody say it means everything, while others say it means nothing.
Mean to do & mean doing.
Meaning/meaningful/meaningless/meanwhile
Be meant to/ do have to do
congratulate
Congratulate sb on sth/doing
Congratulations to sb on sth/doing
Congratulate you on passing the driving test.
Congratulations to you on passing the driving test.
Favorite best like
Favorite sport/ colour/ teacher/
TVprogramme/ book
没有比较级/最高级
Football is my favourite sport.
What is your favourite in your spare time?
He is a favorite with/of his uncle.
He is his uncle’s favorite.
Starve: suffer or die from hunger
Although they worked hard, they still starve.
The lady is starving herself trying to lose weight.
They got lost in the desert and starved to death.
The poor children are starved of/starving for going to school.
Starvation
plenty
There are plenty of trees along each side of the road.
A good many people are eager for their own flats.
A quantity of /quantities of
修饰可数名词 修饰不可数名词
many much
a great number of a great deal of
a large number of a large amount of
既可以修饰可数，也可以修饰不可数名词的
plenty of a lot of lots of some
表示少的
a few a little
few little
Take place/happen/break out/occour
Take place 发生，举行
Great changes have taken place since the 1980s.
A sport meeting will take place in our school next month.
Happen/occour
Last night a car accident happened/occoured near here.
The World War II broke out in 1937.
Honour
After the 2004 Olympic Games, liu xiang was honored with many awards and prizes.
I feel highly honored by the kind things you say about me.
In honour of the heroes who lost their lives for Chinese People’s liberation, a monument was build in the middle of Tiananman Square.
Many honours were given to Einstein.
I fell greatly honoured to speak here.
lead
A little girl is leading a granny across the street.
The Part is leading China from victory to victory.
Our guide led us through the forest.
All roads lead to Rome.
His hard work led to his final success.
She is the leading actor in the movie.
offer
Lei Feng was always ready to offer help to other people.
If you like, I can offer to help you with your