内容正文:
Section A How do people celebrate festivals?
(3a~3d)
Unit 1 Let’s Celebrate!
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目 录
Warming Up
2
Listening & Speaking
3
Exercises
4
Learning Objectives
1
Summary
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In this lesson, you will learn to:
1. talk about Water Festivals in Thailand and Yunnan Province.
2. develop the skill to find specific details from a dialogue.
3. share your own festival experiences and describe your feelings.
Learning Objectives
Warming Up
Which festival do you like best? Why?
What do you usually do during that festival?
What is happening?
Look at the picture and discuss:
What are people doing here?
What festival do you think it is?
How do you think they feel?
They are throwing water at each other.
It’s Water Festival.
They are happy and excited. / ...
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Look at the title and the picture. Predict:
What festival is Clarice going to experience?
Do you know anything about this festival?
Listening & Speaking
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Teng Fei: What’s on your calendar next month, Clarice?
Clarice: I’m going to Thailand to experience their New Year celebrations.
Teng Fei: Wow, that must be fun, although I believe it’s quite hot there.
Clarice: Yes, that’s true, but there’s a water festival there from the 13th to 15th of April.
Teng Fei: That must cool people down. Do you know you can also do the same in China?
Clarice: Really? Where?
Teng Fei: Well, there’s also a water festival in Yunnan Province.
Clarice: How exciting! I wonder if the two water festivals are similar.
Teng Fei: Yes, it’s actually the Dai people’s New Year celebration in mid-April as well. People go into the streets and throw water at each other.
Clarice: That sounds interesting. But why do they do that?
Teng Fei: Well, according to their culture, the water washes away bad things. Then they’ll have good luck in the new year.
Clarice: I hope I’ll get some good luck in Thailand!
Clarice is going to Thailand next month.
3a Read the conversation. Where is Clarice going next month?
1. Why is Clarice going to Thailand?
2. When does the Water Festival take place?
3. Is there a similar festival in other places?
Read again and answer the following questions.
Teng Fei: What’s on your calendar next month, Clarice?
Clarice: I’m going to Thailand to experience their New Year celebrations.
Teng Fei: Wow, that must be fun, although I believe it’s quite hot there.
Clarice: Yes, that’s true, but there’s a water festival there from the 13th to 15th of April.
Teng Fei: That must cool people down. Do you know you can also do the same in China?
Clarice: Really? Where?
Teng Fei: Well, there’s also a water festival in Yunnan Province.
Clarice: How exciting! I wonder if the two water festivals are similar.
Teng Fei: Yes, it’s actually the Dai people’s New Year celebration in mid-April as well. People go into the streets and throw water at each other.
Clarice: That sounds interesting. But why do they do that?
Teng Fei: Well, according to their culture, the water washes away bad things. Then they’ll have good luck in the new year.
Clarice: I hope I’ll get some good luck in Thailand!
3a Check your answer.
1. Why is Clarice going to Thailand?
She is going there to experience their New Year celebrations.
Teng Fei: What’s on your calendar next month, Clarice?
Clarice: I’m going to Thailand to experience their New Year celebrations.
Teng Fei: Wow, that must be fun, although I believe it’s quite hot there.
Clarice: Yes, that’s true, but there’s a water festival there from the 13th to 15th of April.
Teng Fei: That must cool people down. Do you know you can also do the same in China?
Clarice: Really? Where?
Teng Fei: Well, there’s also a water festival in Yunnan Province.
Clarice: How exciting! I wonder if the two water festivals are similar.
Teng Fei: Yes, it’s actually the Dai people’s New Year celebration in mid-April as well. People go into the streets and throw water at each other.
Clarice: That sounds interesting. But why do they do that?
Teng Fei: Well, according to their culture, the water washes away bad things. Then they’ll have good luck in the new year.
Clarice: I hope I’ll get some good luck in Thailand!
3a Check your answer.
2. When does the Water Festival take place?
It is from the 13th to 15th of April.
Teng Fei: What’s on your calendar next month, Clarice?
Clarice: I’m going to Thailand to experience their New Year celebrations.
Teng Fei: Wow, that must be fun, although I believe it’s quite hot there.
Clarice: Yes, that’s true, but there’s a water festival there from the 13th to 15th of April.
Teng Fei: That must cool people down. Do you know you can also do the same in China?
Clarice: Really? Where?
Teng Fei: Well, there’s also a water festival in Yunnan Province.
Clarice: How exciting! I wonder if the two water festivals are similar.
Teng Fei: Yes, it’s actually the Dai people’s New Year celebration in mid-April as well. People go into the streets and throw water at each other.
Clarice: That sounds interesting. But why do they do that?
Teng Fei: Well, according to their culture, the water washes away bad things. Then they’ll have good luck in the new year.
Clarice: I hope I’ll get some good luck in Thailand!
3a Check your answer.
3. Is there a similar festival in other places?
Yes , there’s also a water festival in Yunnan Province.
Water Festivals Information Card
Water Festivals
Date .
Place Province, China / Thailand
Activity go into the streets and at each other
Purpose to wash away and have _________ in the new year
mid-April / 13th to 15th of April
Yunnan
throw water
good luck
bad things
3b Read again and complete the information Card
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if引导的宾语从句
省略that的宾语从句
cool v.(使)变凉
Teng Fei: What’s on your calendar next month, Clarice?
Clarice: I’m going to Thailand to experience their New Year celebrations.
Teng Fei: Wow, that must be fun, although I believe it’s quite hot there.
Clarice: Yes, that’s true, but there’s a water festival there from the 13th to 15th of April.
Teng Fei: That must cool people down. Do you know you can also do the same in China?
Clarice: Really? Where?
Teng Fei: Well, there’s also a water festival in Yunnan Province.
Clarice: How exciting! I wonder if the two water festivals are similar.
Read the conversation and learn some language points.
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省略that的宾语从句
Teng Fei: Yes, it’s actually the Dai people’s New Year celebration in mid-April as well.
People go into the streets and throw water at each other.
Clarice: That sounds interesting. But why do they do that?
Teng Fei: Well, according to their culture, the water washes away bad things. Then they’ll
have good luck in the new year.
Clarice: I hope I’ll get some good luck in Thailand!
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After-reading
What’s on your calendar next month, Clarice?
I’m going to Thailand to experience their New Year celebrations.
Wow, that must be fun, although I believe it’s quite hot there.
Yes, that’s true…
3c Listen to the conversation. Then role-play it.
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Think about a festival you know well.
Which traditional or modern festival comes to mind? It could be the lively Spring Festival, the meaningful Dragon Boat Festival, or the peaceful Mid-Autumn Festival—any festival that holds special memories for you.
Talk about it with your partner.
Use these questions as a guide for your dialogue: What is its name? When is it celebrated? What do people usually do—eat special food, visit family, or watch parades? And most importantly, why do people celebrate this festival?
3d Share a recent festival experience with a partner. Describe how the festival was celebrated and how it made you feel.
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What to Describe
庆祝方式:activities, food, people, locations
e.g. We gathered at my grandparents’ house and ate dumplings.
文化传统:specific to that festival
e.g., We watched the Spring Festival Gala and set off fireworks at midnight.
How to Express Feelings
感官形容词:excited, joyful, meaningful, heartwarming, nostalgic, peaceful
因果结构:
“I felt... because...”
“Although..., I felt...”
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Example Conversation
A: Hi, B. The Spring Festival is coming. Do you have any plans?
B: Yes, I’m going back to my hometown. My family will have a big dinner together.
A: Sounds great! What do you usually eat during the Spring Festival?
B: We usually eat dumplings. They are delicious. What about you?
Spring Festival: Family reunion and dumplings.
Dragon Boat Festival: Dragon boat races and rice dumplings.
Mid-Autumn Festival: Admiring the moon and eating mooncakes.
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(使)冷却下来 __________________________
做同样的事 __________________________
多么让人兴奋! __________________________
也;又 __________________________
朝……扔…… __________________________
彼此;互相 __________________________
洗去,冲走坏事 __________________________
拥有好运 __________________________
cool... down
do the same
as well
How exciting!
Key Phrases
wash away bad things
have good luck
throw...at...
each other
Exercises
一、根据句意及汉语提示或用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。
1. Clarice ______________ (go) to Thailand next month to experience their New Year celebrations.
2. The water festival in Thailand usually ________ (last) from April 13th to 15th.
3. People believe that water can wash away bad things and bring them good ________ (lucky) in the new year.
is going /will go
lasts
luck
4. I wonder if the two water festivals ________ (be) similar.
5. According to their culture, water ________ (wash) away bad things.
are
washes
二、根据所给汉语提示完成下列句子。
1. 泰国的泼水节在 4 月 13 日至 15 日。
The water festival in Thailand is ________ April 13th ________ 15th.
from to
2. 人们走上街头,互相泼水。
People go into the streets and ________ water ________ each other.
3. 水能洗去不好的事物,然后他们新年就会拥有好运。
The water can ________ ________ bad things, and then they will ________ ________ ________ in the new year.
4. 我想知道这两个泼水节是否相似。
I ________ ________ the two water festivals are similar.
throw at
wash away
have good luck
wonder if
1. Listening and speaking: Teng Fei talks with Clarice. They discuss the Water Festival in Thailand and the Dai People’s Water Festival in Yunnan.
2. Words and expressions:
calendar, experience, celebration, similar, province, culture, luck
3. Key sentences:
— I’m going to Thailand to experience their New Year celebrations.
— I wonder if the two water festivals are similar.
— According to their culture, the water washes away bad things.
— Then they’ll have good luck in the new year.
Summary
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