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1、Speaking,Lead in,Chinese festivals,Celebrate the coming of spring. People visit relatives; have a big meal; display Spring Festival couplets and pictures; give money in red paper to children; see dragon dances.,Lunar New Year-the 1st day of the 1st Lunar month,shopping,give money,reunion,dragon danc
2、es,A happy New Year to you. 恭贺新年。 Best wishes for the holidays and happiness throughout the New Year. 恭贺新禧，万事如意。,Peace all year round.,Wishing you prosperity.,May all your wishes come true.,Safe trip wherever you go.,Celebrate the first full moon after Lunar New Year. People eat special sweet dumpli
3、ngs-yuanxiao enjoy lanterns and fireworks.,Lantern Festival-the 15 day of the 1st lunar month,yuanxiao,street activity,festoon lighting,fireworks,Womens Day-March 8,Childrens Day-June 1st,To memory the poet, Qu Yuan. People race Dragon boat; eat zongzi and drinking realgar wine; put herbs on doorway
4、s for good health.,Duan Wu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival) -the 5th day of the 5th lunar month,Army Day-August 1st,Mid-Autumn Festival-the 5th day of the 8th lunar month,Celebrate the beauty of the full moon, harvest, time with family and friends. People give or eat mooncakes and watch the full moon
5、 with family and friends.,人有悲欢离合 Humans experience sadness, happiness, parting, and reunion, 月有阴晴圆缺 The moon has its cloudy, bright (days), full and crescent phases. 此事古难全 These things can not be perfect since ancient times. 但愿人长久 We only wish people will forever ( be there for one other), 千里共婵娟 Sha
6、re the beautiful moon (even if they are) thousand miles apart.,Teachers Day-September 10th,Celebrate the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949. People take time off work, travel to visit family or to see other parts of China, go shopping.,National Day-October 1st,Valentines Day,Some othe
7、r festivals:,April Fools day,“The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.” - American humorist Mark Twain,Easter eggs,Halloween,Thanksgiving Day,Christmas,Christmas day,Talking (P41),When does the Spring Festival usually take place? What do you do to celebra
8、te it? What special food do you eat? What is the origin of the Spring Festival? Why is the Spring Festival such a big holiday in China?,Useful expressions:,Sample,Li Mei and Carla are talking on the phone. Carla is asking some more questions about Spring Festival. A: Li Mei, when does the Spring Fes
9、tival usually take place? B: Well, the date is a little different every year, but it usually happens at the end of January or the beginning of February. A: What do you usually do to celebrate it?,B: My whole family gets together- my grandparents, all my aunts and uncles, and all my cousins. We usual
10、ly talk about what weve done in the past year. Then we cook a lot of food. A: What special food do you eat? B: We almost always make and eat dumplings. Thats the most traditional Spring Festival food.,A: What is the origin of Spring Festival? B: Well, there are several old stories about Spring Festi
11、val. In old Chinese stories, there was a monster named Nian who would come into towns at the end of the year and frighten people. Sometimes he would eat them.,At some point, people discovered that the monster Nian was frightened of loud noises and the colour red. They began to put red paper on their
12、 doors and set off firecrackers. It became the tradition to do this every year to frighten the monster away from the town. A: Wow! Thats an amazing story! Why is,Spring Festival such an important holiday in China? B: I guess its like Christmas in Western countries. Its the most important family holiday all year.,Homework,Collect as much information about festivals as possible. Think about the questions in Part 2 “pre-reading” and then preview the next part about reading to get the main idea.,
