景点英文讲解 景点英文讲解 8 Festival Celebration in China.docVIP

Task 8 Festivsal Celebrations in China Learning Objectives: After learning this unit, you are required to: ? understand the details about traditional festivals and their celebrations in China ? grasp the skills on how to present China’s festivals and celebrations in English = 1 \* ROMAN I Appreciation Task A Listening Speaking（Video Spring Festival） 1. Please introduce what you have seen from video in English as a tour guide. 2. What information and expression do you think are needed when you introduce the Chinese festival or clebration in China? You can present your questions in Chinese and give a question list1. 3. Please discuss what questions the tourists may ask to a tour guide and give a question list2. Task B Reading: Introduction of Spring Festivsal Have a basic knowledge of Spring Festival, and try to understand the commentary in the video after appreciation, please tell about a general idea of your understanding. China’s traditional festivals have evolved through the centuries from past major events. For instance, long ago when people had a bountiful harvest, they gathered and celebrated their good fortune with gala performance. When natural disasters struck, they offered sacrifices to the god and their longing for a more beautiful life. Thus, creative activities were held to signify these events. G The most important festival in china is the spring Festival. It is said that the Spring Festival evolved from an activity known as the winter Sacrifice. It was a custom practiced by the people of primitive society. As the cold winter began to recede and the warm spring was about to began, the people of an entire clan gathered together. They brought out their bounty from hunting, fishing and the field. They thanked the gods for the blessings of nature, including the mountains, rivers, the sun, moon and starts. They thanked their an