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Brain storm

Christmas

Jesus Christ

mooncakes

lanterns

moon

Mid-Autumn Festival

Learning tip: ★ 如果遇到生词，你可以通过查阅词典或在线词典了解词义和读音。

What do people usually do at Mid-Autumn Festival?

watch the moon

eat moon cakes

play with lanterns

They usually…

人们

When is Mid-Autumn Festival?It’s in or .OctoberSeptember

2010 年 9 月

It’s on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.

Spring Festival

What do people usually do at Spring Festival?

They usually…

人们

eat lots of deat lots of deelliiciciouous foods foodvisit rvisit reellaattiives and friendsves and friendsLearning tip: ★ 遇到生词，你可以通过或联系上下文或语境猜测词义。

visit and friends

['relətiv ]

[di'liʃəs ]

What do people usually do at Spring Festival?

They usually

visit rvisit reellaattiives and ves and friendsfriends

eat lots of deat lots of deelliiciciouous s foodfood ]

[’feiv rit]e favourite like sth.best

A. Because New Year’s Day is coming.

B. Because Christmas is coming.

get very excited（变得很兴奋）

Dec.18

Why are they getting very excited?

What holidays are they talking about?

Task 1: Listen and choose

Task 1: What holidays are they talking about? Who are the children?

1. 快速阅读文章。2.只找出需要的信息，其他信息迅速跳过。

Scanning （寻读） :

Mr Green:Christmas is on the 25th of December.What holiday comes after Christmas?Su Hai:New Year's day and Spring Festival.Mr Green:What do people dusually do on New Year's day?David:They go to parties.I did not go to a part last year.I had a big lunch with my family.Mr Green:Su Hai,what do people usually do at Spring Festival?Su Hai:They visit their relatives and friends,and eat lots of delicious food .Mike:Did you visit your relatives and friends last Spring Festival?Su Hai:Of course,I did.

Ben:My favourite holiday is Halloween.Su Hai:When is Halloween?Ben:It is in October.People dress up in costumes and go to parties.I went to a party last Halloween.It was fun.MR Green:Yang Ling,what’s your favourite holiday?Yang Ling:Mid-Autumn Festival.It is in September or October.We usually eat moon cakes ,play with lanterns and whatch the moon.Mr Green:Did you watch the moon last Mid-Autumn Festival?Yang Ling :Yes,i did.It was beautiful.

How to read : Fast reading 快速阅读Read the dialogue quickly and summarize the main idea.

Task 3 快速阅读课文，归纳段落大意。

Part 1 is about _____________. Part 2 is about _____________. A. Halloween and Mid-Autumn Festival. B. New Year’s Day and Spring Festival.

B

A

1.What do people usually do on New Year’s Day?

3.What do people usually do at Spring Festival?

Learning tips : 先看问题，带着问题阅读文章，在书上划出相应答案，

2.What did David do last New Year’s Day?

4.What did Su Hai do last Spring Festival?

Task 4:Read part 1(Page46), then answer the questions.

Ｈ ow to read :Read in details 细读

Mr Green: What do people usually do on New Year’s Day?

David: They go to parties. I didn’t go to a party last year. I had a big lunch with my family.Mr Green: Su Hai, what do people usually do at Spring Festival?

Su Hai: They visit their relatives and friends, and eat lots of delicious food.

Mike:Did you visit your relatives and friends last Spring Festival?

Su Hai: Of course, I did.

1.What do people usually do on New Year’s Day?

3.What do people usually do at Spring Festival?

2.What did David do last New Year’s Day?

have ， has ( 过去式 ) had

4.What did Su Hai do last Spring Festival?

She visited her relatives and friends.

holidays when activities last year

Halloween

in October

in September

or October

dress up in costumes

go to parties

watch the moon

play with lanterns

eat moon cakesA. B.

Read Part2 and fill in the form.了解细节 : Task 5

watched the moon

went to a party

Go ( 过去式 ) went

When is Halloween?

What do people usually do at Mid-Autumn Festival?

What did Ben do last Halloween?

盛装打扮

Mid-Autumn Festival

What holiday is it?

How to introduce your favourite holiday?

My favourite holiday is…

It’s in/on…

People usually…

I …last…

How to read : Summarize 读后归纳总结 .

It was…

Lantern Festival is in ___________________ . People put________ in front of the houses and gardens. We can see different kinds of lanterns________ Lantern Festival.

Double Ninth Festival is i

n __________________. P

eople usually ________ m

ountains on that day. Thi

s holiday is for ________

people. We should give t

hem more love and spen

d more time with them .

Group work:了解中国两个传统节日的相关信息，合作完成节日卡片。

January or February September or October

lanterns

at

old

climb

on New Year’s Dayon Children’s Dayon Teacher’s Day

at Mid-Autumn Festivalat Art Festivalat Halloweenat Christmas

We call ( 称 ) the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There are different names for each year. We may call it the year of sheep, the year of dog or the year of monkey … and this year is the year of tiger. Before Spring Festival, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On the Eve, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late to welcome the new year. On the first day of the New Year, people wear their new clothes and go to visit their friends and relatives. They say “Gook luck” and some other greetings ( 问候 ) to each other. People usually

Reading Passage

have a lot of fun at Spring Festival.

Written work1. Write a letter to Ben to introduce your favourite holiday.2. Finish another holiday card.

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Oral work:

Listen and imitate Part A.