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Unit 2
I think that mooncakes are delicious .
Section B (1a-1d)
Learning Aims
Learn some specific information about the Lantern Festival by listening
Talk about some traditional festivals in our country
festivals
How many Chinese
can you think of?
Spring Festival
Mid-Autumn
Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival
The national Day
Double Ninth Festival
Qingming Festival
Tomb Sweeping Day
The Lantern Festival
Lead in
设计意图:Ask the students to review the festivals in China and the West,lead in the topic of this lesson.
操作建议:Ask students to make a list of Chinese and western festivals. Share the results with their classmates.
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What do you do during the Lantern Festival?
Lantern Fair
What lanterns can you see at the lantern fair?
dinosaur
mushroom
Chinese dragon
Lead in
the Lantern festival
Let’s guess: What is about?
Let’s watch a video and answer:
1. When is the Lantern festival?
2.What food do they eat ?
3. What customs do they have ?
It falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
Tangyuan/Yuanxiao
But in the crowd once and again,
I look for her in vain,
When all at once I turn my head,
I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.
hang the lanterns
eat tangyuan
guess the lantern riddles(谜语)
the Lantern Festival
on January 15th of the lunar calendar 正月十五
众里寻他千百度,
蓦然回首,
那人却在,
灯火阑珊处。
sweet dumplings
1a
Match the pictures with the words.
1._____ Chinese dragon 2._____ dinosaur
3._____ tangyuan 4._____ mushroom house
d
b
a
c
Match the pictures with the words.
1. _________ Chinese dragon 2. _________ dinosaur
3. _________ tangyuan 4. _________ mushroom house
d
b
a
c
1a
While-listening
1b
Listen and answer the questions.
1. Where did Wu Ming spend the Spring Festival?
2. What interesting thing did Wu Ming do during the
Spring Festival?
In Zigong in Sichuan Province.
He went to the Zigong Lantern Fair.
The Zigong Lantern Fair
Listen and answer the questions.
Where did Wu Ming spend the Spring Festival?
2. What interesting thing did Wu Ming do during the Spring Festival?
Zigong in Sichuan Province.
He went to the famous Zigong Lantern Fair.
1b
Jane: It’s not that bad. Even little kids dress up as ghosts or black cats. They can also dress up as fun things like cartoon characters. Some parents join in the fun by dressing up, too!
Wu Yu: Do parents take their children around the neighborhood to ask for candies and treats?
Jane: Yeah. Kids say“Trick or treat!”at every house. This means that if you don’t give them a treat, they’ll play a trick on you!
Wu Yu: It sounds like a really fun festival! I wonder if it’ll ever become popular in China.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Read and check your answers.Then role play in pairs.
Wu Yu: Hey Jane, what do you know about Halloween?
Jane: Oh, it’s a popular festival in North America.
Wu Yu: We don’t really celebrate it in China. I know that it’s in October, right?
Jane: Yes, October 31st. It’s a scary festival, but I think it’s fun!
Wu Yu: What do people do on that day?
Jane: Many people make their houses look scary. They may turn off the lights and light candles. They sometimes also put things like spiders and ghosts around the doors and windows.
Wu Yu: Wow, that sounds quite scary!
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
the Lantern Festival
solve the riddles, enjoy the lantern fair, get together...
the 15th day of the first lunar month
tangyuan or yuanxiao
happy, excited, relaxed...
Read the listening material and finish the mind map.
Activities:
Food:
Feelings:
Date:
1c Listen again and fill in the blancks.
1. Jane thinks the mushroom house is , and she wonders whether people could stay there for the night.
2. There were many lanterns and Wu Ming thinks they were the favorite part.
3. The Chinese dragon is about long and
it can change .
cute
dinasaur
48 meters
yuanxiao
colors
1c Listen again and fill in the blancks.
4. Jane really hopes that she can go to the one day.
5. We eat tuangyuan or during the Lantern Festival. They are a of togetherness and happiness in the family.
lantern fair
yuanxiao
symbol
1d Discuss the traditions and activities for the lantern festival with a partner.
A: What else do you know about lantern festival?
B:Oh, I know it’s one of the most popular festivals in China and it falls on the 15th day of the first lunar
month.
A: What do you like about this festival?
B:I think it’s great fun to solve the riddles.
post-listening
1d
Discuss the traditions and activities for the Lantern Festival with a partner.
A: What else do you know about
the Lantern Festival?
B: Oh, I know it's one of the most
popular festivals in China and it
falls on the 15th day of the first
lunar month.
A: What do you like about this festival?
B: I think it's great fun to solve the riddles.
pair work
Exercise
1. How many (mushroom) do you need?
2.I like tangyuan very much. They are a symbo of
(together) and (happy).
3.-What’s your favorite part of the Lantern Festival?
-I think it’s great fun to solve the (riddle).
4. (dinosuar) lived on Earth more than 60 million years before human beings.
mushrooms
togetherness
happiness
riddles
Dinosuars
Summary
1. 中国龙 Chinese dragon
2. 蘑菇屋 mushroom house
3. 元宵节 the Lantern Festival
4. 灯会 lantern fair
5. 和睦和幸福的象征 a symbol of togetherness and happiness
6. 它是中国最受欢迎的节日之一。It’s one of the most popular festival in China.
7. 它在农历正月十五。It falls on the 15th day of the fist lunar month.(falls=is)
8. 解谜语 solve the riddles
Homework
Talk about some other Chinese traditional festival and use the information you have learned before to give a report.
the Mid-Autumn Festival
the Dragon Boat Festival
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