英语人教版九年级全册Uint2 .pptVIP

Unit 2;Look at the pictures and say what festivals they are.; Chinese Spring Festival 春节;The Lantern Festival 元宵节;;The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节; The Water Festival 泼水节; Christmas Day 圣诞节; April Fool’s Day 愚人节;What is your favourite festival? Why do you like it most? What did you do at the festival?;Listen and circle T for true or F for false.;Listen again and answer the question.;Make a dialogue about one of the four festivals. A: What do you like best about …? B: I love the … I think that …;Do you know anything about the four festivals?;The Water Festival is the New Years celebrations that take place in Southeast Asian countries such as Burma, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand as well as Yunnan, China. It is called the “Water Festival” by Westerners because people splash / pour water at one another as part of the cleansing ritual (仪式) to welcome the new year. The act of pouring water is also a show of blessings and good wishes. It is believed that on this Water Festival, everything old must be thrown away, or it will bring the owner bad luck.;The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats. The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. This Regatta (赛舟会) is given honour to the memory of the death of Qu Yuan. ;The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back. The Spring Festival originated in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 BC-c. 1100 BC) from the peoples sacrifice (献祭) to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a