1、Unit 3 CelebrationStep One:Brainstorm1.What traditional（传统）festivals do you know in China?Traditional Festivals in Chinathe Spring Festival春 节the Lantern Festival元宵节the Qingming Festival清明节the Dragon Boat Festival端午节the Double Seventh Festival七夕节the Mid-autumn Festival中秋节the Double Ninth Festival重阳节
2、the Laba Festival腊八节the Lunar New Year Eve 除 夕2.Ask and answer in pairsWhat traditional festivals are there in each season?In springthe Qingming FestivalIn summerthe Dragon Boat Festivalthe Double Seventh FestivalIn autumnthe Mid-autumn Festivalthe Double Ninth FestivalIn winterthe Laba Festivalthe
3、Spring Festivalthe Lantern Festival(the Lunar New Year Eve)Task Three:While-reading1.Skimming:Read the three texts quickly and match the pictures with the festivals.Text A Picture1Text B Picture2Text C Picture32.Scanning:Read Text A and answer the questions1:When is the Mid-autumn Festival celebrate
4、d?The Mid-autumn Festival is celebrated in September or October.2:What is the special food on that day?People eat mooncakes on that day.3:Why is the Mid-autumn Festival important?Because the Mid-autumn is a special occasion for family-to get together.4:What are the mooncakes made with nowadays?Nowad
5、ays mooncakes are made withfruit,coffee,chocolate and even ice-cream.(2)Read Text B and tell True(T)or False(F)a.There is only one story about the Lantern Festival.()b.At present,lanterns are usually made with light bulbs and batteries.()c.Dumplings are boiled on the Lantern Festival.()d.Lanterns we
6、re usually decarated with pictures of birds,animals and flowers,etc.in the past.()F-many storiesTF-sweet dumplingsT(3)Read Text C and answer the questions.1.What does the Dragon Boat Festival marks(志)?()a.marks the begining of hottest season of the year-summerb.marks the end of the Chinese New Year
7、celebration2.What did people eat on the Dragon Boat Festival?()a.moon cakes b.sweet dumpling c.zongzi3.In the past,Were dragon boat races organized only by Chinese people?()a.Yes,they were b.No,they werent4.When did The Dragon Boat Festival start?()a.1000 years ago b.more than 2000 years agoacab3.De
8、tailed reading:Read the three texts again and fill in the tables:FestivalsTimeTypical activity and foodThe Mid-autumn FestivalThe Lantern FestivalThe Dragon Boat FestivalFestivalsTimeTypical activity and foodThe Mid-autumn FestivalThe Lantern FestivalThe Dragon Boat Festivalin September or October1.
9、meet in the evening2.watch the moon3.enjoy the mooncakeson the fifteenth day of the first lunar month1.make and light the lanterns 2.boil and eat sweet dumplingson the fifth day of the fifth lunar month1.organise dragon boat races and enjoy the fun2.eat zongziVoice your opinion:Can you give me some
10、more information about the three festivals?Do you know?How can we describe a festival?What is it called?When is it celebrated?How is it celebrated?What is eaten?What music is usually played?What are the stories about it?festivaldateTypical foodactivitiesstoriesSongs/music?1.falls on 2.It is celebrat
11、ed by 3.It marks 4.The typical food/activity for is5.the Spring FestivalfirecrackersSpring Festival coupletspaper-cuttingFirecrakersDiscussion Work in groups of four,make a description of the Spring Festival.the Spring FestivalHouses are decorated withJiaozi/Dumplings are served.Firecrackers are played.Greetings/Presents are given toFamilies/Friends get together1st day of 1st lunar month Spring Festival coupletspaper-cuttingare decorated withare playedareare served1.Write an article about one of the Chinese festivals.2.Preview the grammar part on P37.Homework
