内容正文:
Unit 1 Festivals and celebrations
Video Time
The Lantern Festival
Watch the video to know about The Lantern Festival.
1. Do you know what festival the picture shows?
2. What can you see in the picture?
3. How do you celebrate the festival?
4. How do you know about the festival?
The Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. The custom of joyfully celebrating the Lantern Festival began in ancient times and still has great influence on Chinese people today.
Look at the table below and try to fill in the blanks.
Before you watch
Data ● On the __________ day of the __________ month of the lunar year
● The __________ day of the Chinese New Year celebrations
Festival
activities 1 Looking at lanterns
● Places to see the lanterns: ________________________________________
● Most cities will ________________________________________________.
Guessing riddles
Riddles are often written ____________________________________________.
3 Eating yuanxiao or tangyuan
● Different fillings are stuffed into balls of sticky ____________.
● The __________ symbolizes reunion, harmony, and ____________.
Interesting
events in
history ● The fire dragon dance in Puzhai Town in _______ Province has a history of over ____ years.
● The Lantern Festival was known as the Chinese _________ Day in the past. It was a good day for __________.
● Many ancient poets wrote poems about the festival, which describe happy __________ and also the stories of young _______________.
5
While you watch
Data
● On the _________ day of the _____ month of the lunar year
● The __________ day of the Chinese New Year celebrations
fifteenth
first
final
Task 1 Complete the table with the correct words.
Festival activities
1 Looking at lanterns
● Places to see the lanterns: ________________________________________
● Most cities will ________________________________________________.
the streets, markets, shops, parks, and homes
organise lantern s