旅游英语(朱华主编)U05讲述.pptVIP

;Major Topics;Part One: Listening ActivitiesDragon Boat Festival龙舟节 ;龙舟节;1. Listen to the tape, and fill in the missing information you have heard from the tape. This major festival combines a (1) _________ celebration with an exciting, fast-paced sporting event. Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the (2)___________ day of the fifth lunar month, and together with Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival forms one of the three (3)____________ Chinese holidays. Since the summer is a time when (4)___________ most easily spread, Dragon Boat Festival began as an occasion for driving off (5)__________ spirits and pestilence and for finding peace in one’s life. The festival’s (6)___________as a time for warding off evil and disease is symbolized by a number of customary practices such as hanging calamus and moxa on the (7)__________ door. The most popular dish during Dragon Boat Festival is zongzi, originally made to feed the (8) _____________ in the river, thus they won’t eat the body of (9)___________. Later, eating zongzi became the custom of commemorating the (10)_____________ Qu Yuan.;2. Listen to the tape again, and answer the following questions. 1. What are the three major Chinese holidays? When do the Chinese celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival? __________________________________________________________ 2. Why do the Chinese people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival? ;3. What are the special customary practices of the Dragon Boat Festival celebration? 4. Why do the Chinese people eat zongzi during Dragon Boat Festival?;Part Two: Situational DialogueYuanxiao Festival元宵节;;;;;Yuanxiao Festival元宵节; Yuanxiao Festival It is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the Chinese lunar year. Judy arrives from the Untiet States. Wang Jing is taking Judy around to watch the colorful lanterns. Wang: Today, it is another important festival for us after we celebrate Chinese New Year. It is Yuanxiao Festival. Judy: What does it mean by yuanxiao? Wang: