高中英语必修一Unit 1 Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending.pptVIP

* * 发生 n. 美；美人 n. vt. vi. 收获；收割 take place beauty harvest Words and Expressions Read after the tape and speak out the Chinese immediately. To learn about the variety of events and festivals that are celebrated in China To learn more about some important foreign festivals To learn to talk about or make an introduction of the festival you are interested in Qingming Festival/ Tomb- sweeping Festival Spring Festival Chinese Valentine’s Day Mid-autumn Day Dragon Boat Festival Lantern?Festival Speak out the Chinese festivals as quickly as possible. P1 Work in groups. Discuss and complete the table about the festivals. Mid-Autumn Festival What festival is it? When does it take place? What does it celebrate? What do people do at that time? It falls on the 15th day of the eighth Chinese lunar month. ·eat mooncakes, ·watch the full moon with family and friends, ·visit family members the harvest, the reunion Ask and Answer Qingming Festival/ Tomb-sweeping Day praying to the ancestors It falls on April 4/5/6 each year. · sweep the tombs · pray before the ancestors · offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper (纸钱) to the ancestors What festival is it? When does it take place? What does it celebrate? What do people do at that time? the end of winter, arrival of spring, Lunan New Year, reunion with family and relatives It falls from the eve of the lunar New Year to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. · give money in red paper to children · see dragon dances · eat fish, prawns and dumplings, visit family members What festival is it? When does it take place? What does it celebrate? What do people do at that time? Spring Festival the memory of the beloved poet Qu Yuan It falls on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month. · eat zongzi · watch dragon boat races · throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water in memory of Qu Yuan What festival is it? When does it take place? What does it celebrate? What do people do at that time? Dragon Boat Festival National