北师大版高中英语模块一 Unit 3 Lesson1

Chinese Seasonal Festivals

By 苏文荣 , Grade 1

Zhongshan Overseas Middle School

Teaching aims

• 1.Enlarge students’ knowledge about Chinese traditional festivals, like Spring Festival and Mid-autumn Day .

• 2.Cultivate students’ patriotism and family heart.

What’s your favorite season?

Spring Summer

Autumn Winter

What festivals happen during each season?(please give one typical festival in each season)

• 1. Winter: • 2. Spring:• 3. Summer:• 4. Autumn:

Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back.

Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival falls

on the 15th

day of the 1st

lunar month,

usually in February

or March in the Gregorian calendar.

This day's important activity is watching lanterns. "Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival.

People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the "Yuanxiao Festival

Qingming Festival

The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing.

Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has a history of more than 2,000 years.

There are many legends about the evolution of the festival, the most popular of which is in commemoration of Qu Yuan (340-278 BC).

Zongzi is an essential food of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that people ate them in the Spring and Autumn Period

The Mid-Autumn Festivals

Every year in September or October, it is celebrated by Chinese people all over the world.

The Mid-Autumn Festivals is a special occasion for family.It is also a day for special foods like moon cakes.

Listen to the tape, then do some T or F exercise.

1.The Mid-autumn Festival is celebrated by Chinese

people only in China.

2.Traditional moon cakes are usually made with fruit .

3.In the past, dragon boat races were organised only

by Chinese people. 4. The Dragon Boat Festival has a history of over 1000 years ago.5.At present,lanterns are usually made with light bulbs and batteries.

6.The Lantern Festival marks the beginning of the

Chinese New Year celebrations.

TF

F

F

F

T

Read the text again and fill in the table with the information you read from the texts.

Festivals Season&date/month

Typical food

Typical activityand special

meaning

Mid-Autumn Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival

The Lantern Festival

Add another typical festival

September or October moon cakes

The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar

Zongzi

The fifteenth of the first month of the lunar calendar

Sweetdumplings

1.meet in the evening 2.watch the moon3. A special occasion for family

1.have dragon boat races2.mark the beginning of the hottest season of the year3. remember Qu Yuan

1. watch lanterns & guess lantern riddles2.marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations.

Vocabulary: choose the words below and complete the sentences.(see TB,P37) burn down, celebrate, mark, light, decorate,include, boil, take part in

1. The room ________ by dozens of candles.

2. Tom _______ his room with some photos of sports stars

3. A firework display was organised to _____ the Queen’s birthday.4. The party is for students to ________ their graduation with family and friends.

is lit

has decorated

mark

celebrate

5. I _________ in the soccer team when the best player broke his leg.

6.The school ________ by a mad man. Only two classrooms still stand.

7. Would you like to ________ the race tomorrow? You have to run 10 km.

8. The water must ________ to make sure it is clean and safe to drink.

was included

was burnt down

take part in

be boiled

Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words below.

moon cake, lantern, bean paste, candles, sweet dumplings, shape, sticky rice, boil serve,decorate

I spent a year in China when I was a student and I loved all the Chinese celebrations. In autumn I ate (1)______ filled with (2)_______ at the Mid-Autumn Festival. Then in summer it was the Dragon Boat Festival and I ate (3) ______ in fresh bamboo leaves. Then in winter there was the Lantern Festival. There were (4)________ in all different (5)______ and sizes and some were (6) ______ with pictures of birds and flowers. Some were lit by (7) _______ but most were lit with light bulbs.

moon cakes

decorated

bean paste

candles

sticky ricelanterns

shapes

At This Festival I Ate (8) _________ That Were (9)______ and (10) ______ in Hot Water.

• Retell the story according the information given below. 幻灯片 16

sweet dumplings

boiled served

SURWAY:Do you think too much money is spent at festival times? Why and why not?

Percent(%) Reasons

Agree 1.

2.

3.

Disagree

1.

2.

3.

Homework