Unit 2 Let's celebrate! Developing ideas 传统节日作文学案-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Writing—traditional festival 类型：介绍信、邀请信 1、 What to write: 1. Greeting+题目内容+点明主题 2. Introduction:节日的时间、庆祝方式、意义等 3. Ending：再次邀请或者期待回信 2、 How to write 1. 首段： （1） I’m glad to hear from you. Knowing that you are interested in the Spring Festival, I’d like to introduce it to you. （2） I’m glad to hear that you mentioned you are interested in Chinese traditional festivals. Now let me introduce the Lantern Festival to you briefly. （3） Knowing that you are interested in the Spring Festival, I feel like telling you what I know about it. Hope that you can come to spend the festival with us. （4） I’m very pleased to invite you to enjoy a traditional Chinese festival. 2. 中心段 （1） 节日总述： a) The Dragon Boat Festival is the holiday that honours the death of Qu Yuan. b) The Spring Festival is the most important festival for us Chinese. It is a festival of reunion. c) May Day is a festival to celebrate the start of summer. d) The Spring Festival, which lasts for fifteen days, is considered/regarded to be the most important festival of the year. （2） 节日时间: a) The Spring Festival is celebrated on the first day of the lunar New Year. b) Dragon Boat Festival takes place on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. c) Earth Day falls on 22 April and it began in 1970. d) The Spring Festival starts with the first day of the New Year and ends with the Lantern Festival. （3） 节日意义: a) Thanksgiving Day is a time for many people to give thanks for what they have. b) Spring Festival is a time for Chinese people to enjoy the joy of family reunion. c) Freedom Day celebrates the end of racial inequality in South Africa. d) Mid-autumn Festival offers an opportunity for everyone to appreciate the moon and enjoy the joy of family reunion. （4） 节日庆祝方式: activities, food, decorations ： 1) have a family feast / rice ball/ mooncake / dumpling/ zongzi… 2) stay up till midnight to welcome the New Year 3) let/set off firecrackers/ firework 4) paste Spring Festival couplets / the character “fu” to/on the door 5)