1、Where is the lovely girl from?Have you ever been to?Where have you been?Lesson 7 Festivals and HolidaysLook at the pictures and guess the names of these festivals.Chong Yang Festival重阳节Christmas Day圣诞节The Dragon Boat Festival端午节Mid-Autumn Festival中秋节May Day 劳动节New Years Day元旦Qing Ming Festival清明节Chi
2、nese Spring Festival春节Womens Day妇女节National DayApril Fools Day愚人节Listen and read the names of festivals.American Thanksgiving Chong Yang Festival Christmas Dragon Boat FestivalMay Day Mid-Autumn Festival New Years Day Qing Ming Festival Spring Festival(Chinese New Year)Womens DayWhich festival or ho
3、liday do you like best?Why?Chinese New Years Evemake jiaoziset off fireworksprepare foodChinese New Years Evehave a big family dinnerwrote“福”I speak Chinese you speak English Make sentences and talk about the Festival You put in the morning or in the afternoon into sentences For example:In the morni
4、ng In the afternoon In the evening At night At midnight Thank you Homework 1.Translate the instant messages into Chinese in details.2.Talk about the celebrations of Chinese New Years Eve with your partner and finish the composition on your piece of paper.Listen and answer the questions.Who is talkin
5、g?Grace and her dad.What are they talking about?They are talking about Chinese New Years Eve celebrations with Li Lins family.Time What Grace didin the morningin the afternoonRead the text and fill in the blank.put up Chinese New Year decorations and helped put“福”on doors and windows.helped Li Lins
6、family prepare the Chinese New Year dinnerTime What Grace didin the eveningat nighthad dinner;wished the others good luck;watched TV.watched fireworks祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones ancestors压岁钱 gift money辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year扫房 spring cleaning;general house cleaning 守岁 staying-up拜年 pay New
7、Years call;give New Years greetings;New Years visit去晦气 get rid of the ill-fortune 春联 Spring Festival couplets舞狮 lion/dragon danceCustoms年糕 Nian-gao;rise cake;New Year cake团圆饭 family reunion dinner年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve饺子 Jiao-zi;Chinese meat ravioli八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding汤圆 Tang-yu
8、an;dumplings made of sweet rice糖果盘 candy trayFood恭贺新禧！Best wishes for the year to come!恭喜发财！May you come into a good fortune!心想事成May all your wishes come true.愿你健康长寿！I want to wish you longevity and health!Blessing cook Chinese New Year dinner make jiaozi set off fireworks buy flowers at a market se
9、nd text messages to friendsExampleHave you every made jiaozi?Yes,I have.Have you ever set off fireworks?No,I havent.1.The family wished each other.Wish him all the best,and tell him we miss him.祝他一切顺利，告诉他我们想念他。I wish you wouldnt look down on this kind of work.我希望你不要看不起这种工作。wish v.祝愿；希望wish n.愿望make
10、a wish 许愿best wish 最好的祝福She had no wish for this conversation.她无意此次谈话。He closed his eyes and made a wish.他闭上眼睛许了个愿。拓展 wish与hope (1)wish与hope都可表示“希望”，都可用作名词或动词，wish所表达的愿望往往很难实现，而hope则通常表达可实现的愿望。如:He wishes to be a bird.他希望成为一只小鸟。My daughter hopes to go to school.我女儿希望上学。(2)wish与hope后面都可以接动词不定式,即wish/
11、hope to do sth。但是wish 可以用于wish sb.to do sth.的结构中,而hope则不能。如:My brother hopes/wishes to go with me.我弟弟希望能和我一起去。His mother wishes him to be an excellent doctor.他妈妈希望他做一名出色的医生。(3)wish还可以表示“祝愿”，其后常接双宾语，即wish sb.sth.。如:Lets wish him good luck!让我们祝他好运吧！I wish you both a good trip.我祝你们俩旅途愉快。Enjoy a song,Merry Christmas,Happy Holidays.
