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主讲人:王秋
What is your favourite traditional Chinese festival?
the Mid-Autumn Festival
the Dragon Boat Festival
Lantern Festival
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My favourite traditional Chinese festival is the Spring Festival.
What does Spring Festival mean to you?
What words immediately come to your mind for describing its meaning?
Jiaozi, lucky money, reunion, New Year’s Eve dinner, Spring Festival Gala…
Reunion
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Task1: What does Spring Festival mean to them
What does Spring Festival mean to Tom?
cool
excitement
a lot of fun
Tom Jenkins
a 16-year-old
exchange student
living in Nanjing
What does Spring Festival mean to Xu Gang?
As i get older, coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it.
Xu Gang
a 28-year-old
computer engineer
working in Shanghai
What does Spring Festival mean to Li Yan?
Li Yan
a 70-year-old
grandmother from Heilongjiang
To me, this is Spring Festival- the joy of a family gathering.
Task2: Read and finish the question
Where and with whom do they spend the Spring Festival?
What activities do they do during the festival?
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Tom Jenkins
With his host family in Nanjing
Xu Gang
At his parents’ home, with his families
Li Yan
At home, with her
Children and
grandchildren
Summarize and share
Where and with whom
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Tom Jenkins-exchange student in Nanjing
cleaning the house, attaching Fu upside down to the front door,
letting/setting off and watching fireworks
Activities
Summarize and share
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Xu Gang-computer engineer in Shanghai
booking travel tickets and choosing gifts for parents,
chatting with his parents and having hotpot
Activities
Summarize and share
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Li Yan-grandmother from Heilongjiang
getting ready for children coming back, buying things and preparing dishes
children running/shouting/playing, adults talking/making jiaozi together
Activities
Summarize and share
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Read again and summarize
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The key elements of spring festival
Clean
house
Fu
character
fireworks
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