Unit 2 Lesson 3 The Spring Festivals 课件 2025-2026学年冀教版（2024）英语八年级上册

Unit 2 Lesson1 Chinese Festivals and holidays New Words legend [ led nd] n. 传说;传奇故事 monster [ m nst (r)] n. 怪兽;庞然大物 loud [la d] adj. 大声的;吵闹的 noise [n z] n. 响声;杂音;噪音 firecracker [ fa kr k (r)] n. 爆竹;鞭炮 hang [h ] v. 悬挂 couplet [ k pl t] n. 对联 drive [dra v] v. 驱赶;开车 northern [ n n] adj. 北方的 New Words gather [ (r)] v. 聚集;搜集 custom [ k st m] n. 风俗;习俗;习惯 midnight [ m dna t] n. 午夜;子夜 Look and say What are the people doing in the pictures? Clean the dust Put up paper-cut hang up couplets hang up lanterns Set off firecrackers Enjoy the reunion dinner Stay up late Visit relatives Free talk When is the Spring Festival this year? What do you want to do during the Spring Festival? Read the questions and give your answers? On February 17th. How many paragraphs in this text? View and say. 4 paragraphs. What does the text write about the Spring Festival? Read and match the main idea. legend Meanings customs Date & another name Read para 1 and answer the questions. What is another name for the spring festival? Chinese new year. What is the spring festival? It is the most important traditional festival in China. When is the Spring Festival? It falls on the first day of the first lunar month. It usually falls in January or February. Read para 2-3 and finish the mind map. Spring Festival Legend customs Nian was afraid of: What people did to drive away Nian: clean homes, loud noises, bright lights, and the colour red People set off fireworks and firecrackers, hung red lanterns, and put Spring Festival couplets on the doors Before On the eve after _ their homes, _ new clothes, _delicious dishes with care and love _ dumplings, _ firecrackers at midnight, _late _ lucky money to children, _ temple fairs, _ dragon and lion dances _ their homes, _ new clothes, _delicious dishes with care and love _ lucky money to children, _ temple fairs, _ dragon and lion dances _ dumplings, _ firecrackers at midnight, _late customs Before On the eve after buy prepare clean make stay up set off give watch go to How does we talk about the Spring Festival? Work with your partners and complete Datee Legend/storye Customs Meanings The Spring Festival activities Another name • It is the most important traditional festival in China. • Nian, the monster, came out on the last night of every year to eat humans and animals. • This way, they could drive away Nian and bring good luck for the coming year. Pay attention to the parts in yellow and underline the adverbials in Activity 2 Adverbials are words or phrases we use to give more information about verbs, adjectives, adverbs or sentences. They often tell how, where, when, or why something happens. A Crowds of people watch dragon and lion dances on the street. B Before the Spring Festival, people always go to the market and buy delicious food. C Chinese people all over the world celebrate the Spring Festival in the traditional way. D In southern China, almost every family makes tangyuan or niangao. E On the eve of the Spring Festival, the whole family watches the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV. F We decorate the house with red lanterns. Read the sentences about the Spring Festival, and then put them in the correct columns When How Where B E C F A D Can you think of other new ways to celebrate the Spring Festival? Further thinking Have a road trip Watch movies with friends Go shopping How can we spread Chinese culture through the traditional festivals? Must: Review the words and expressions in Lesson 3. Finish the workbook. Option: Retell the legend about the Spring Festival. Draw a poster to show how do you celebrate the Spring Festival. Homework Thank you for listening ! $