旅游英语(朱华主编)U06介绍.pptVIP

;Major Topics; Part One: Listening ActivitiesWater-Sprinkling Festival 泼水节Words and expressions;behead vt. 斩首, 砍头 fiercely adv.猛烈地, 厉害地 splash v. 溅, 泼, 溅湿 courageous adj. 勇敢的, 有胆量的 jubilant adj. 欢呼的, 喜悦的 Proper Nouns Water-Sprinkling Festival 泼水节;;;;;; Water-Sprinkling Festival 泼水节;; 1. Listen to the tape, underline the mistakes in the passage and fill in the right ones in the blanks. (1).________________Every March, all the Dai people in Yunnan Province sing and dance to celebrate their traditional great day- the Water-Sprinkling Festival, their New Year’s Day. (2).________________The Water-Sprinkling Festival has a very interesting origin. The legend tells that once there came a monster who turned this piece of fertile land into a hellish cave. (3).________________The monster’s seven daughters, however, hated their father for his cruelness and decided to release the Dai people from pain and hunger. ;(4).________________When the monster fell sound sleep, the girls immediately strangled their monster father with a string picked from his head and beheaded him. (5).________________But the head of the monster rolled on and smashed fiercely everything that lay in its path. (6).________________The girls tried to splash water on the flaming head. The fire was finally put out after ten long years. (7).________________In memory of these seven beauties, the Dai people began to celebrate the Water-Sprinkling Festival on the New Year’s Day, which was, and is the most jubilant month in the year. (8).________________Even today, whoever visits the place is sure to be carried away by all the celebrations, which are strongly a part of the Dai culture.;2. Listen to the tape again, and match the information in column A with that in column B (There are three extra items in column B) ; Part Two: Situational Dialogue情景对话 Double Ninth Festival重阳节; ;;;;;;; Double Ninth Festival It is September 9th