内容正文:
Festivals Around the World
Vocabulary Teaching
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Learning Objectives:
At the end of this class, we(Ss) will be able to:
1. Memorize words by pronouncing correctly and phonetic rules;
2. Classify words based on their features;
3. Enhance understanding of new words by compound words and derivation;
4. Use these words and expressions to introduce traditional festivals.
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Festivals
the Lantern Festival
the Qingming Festival
Halloween
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The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
the Lantern Festival
___________________ falls on the 1st day of the first lunar month.
Festival – 1.Time
The Spring Festival
lunar [‘lu:nə]adj.月亮的;阴历的
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Festival – 1.Time
The Qixi Festival ____ ___the 7th day of the seventh ______ month.
falls on
lunar
The Mid-Autumn Festival ______________________
Halloween ____ ___ October 31 every year.
falls
on
falls on the 15th day of the
eighth lunar month.
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People clean ______ and light incenses in memory of their _________.
Festival – 2.Origin
The Qingming Festival originates from .
graves
the Spring and Autumn Period
ancestors
graves
ancestors
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Festival – 2.Origin
It is also called . Because it is the time for Chinese people to honor their lost family members.
Tomb Sweeping Day
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origin n.起源;源头; 出身;起因
['ɔridʒin]
≈
orange
Water is the origin of life.
=Life originates from water.
[ə'ridʒineit]v.源于
['ɔrindʒ ]
origin (n.) originate(v.)
The Lantern Festival originates from the Song Dynasty.
元宵节起源于宋朝.
Festival – 2.Origin
Festival – 2.Origin
The festival is thus named because it is the first night in a year you can see a full moon—in Chinese ,yuan means “first”,and xiao ,“night”.
The festival is also called .
the Lantern Festival
__________ originates from 336 BC in memory of Jesus’ birth on Dec. 25,which is a religious festival.
Christmas
Festival – 2.Origin
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