新人教版高一英语必修三 Unit1 Warming up.pptVIP

高一英语必修三人教课标版Unit 1 Festivals around the world Speaking Celebrate the coming of spring. People visit relatives; have a big meal; display Spring Festival couplets and pictures; give money in red paper to children; see dragon dances. A happy New Year to you.恭贺新年。 Best wishes for the holidays and happiness throughout the New Year.恭贺新禧，万事如意。 What part of the Chinese New Year do you like best—the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people you visit？ I like watching TV and I was attached to the Spring Festival Gala Evening because many famous actors and actresses gave good performances and made me happy. A dialogue about Spring Festival A: Li Mei, when does the spring Festival usually take place? B: Well, the date is a little different every year, but it usually happens at the end of January or the beginning of February. A: What do you usually do to celebrate it? B: My whole family gets together and we cook a lot of food. A: What special food do you eat? B: We almost always make and eat dumplings ( a lump of boiled flour and water, often served with meat or with meat 水煮的肉馅面团子；水饺). That’s the most traditional Spring Festival food. A: What is the origin ( the beginning or cause of something 起源) of Spring Festival? B: Well, there are several old stories about Spring Festival. In old Chinese stories, there was a monster named Nian who would come into towns at the end of the year and frighten people. Sometimes he would eat them. At some point, people discovered that the monster Nian was frightened of loud noises and the color red. They began to put red paper on their doors and set off firecrackers. It became the tradition to do this every year to frighten the monster away from the town. A: Wow! That’s an amazing story! Why is Spring Festival such an important holiday in China? B: I guess it’s like Christmas in Western countries. It’s the most important family holiday all year. 1 Festivals are meant to…为了……而准备; 注定成