Festivals in China

Jin Ling Middle School

Su Hui

Class 2, Grade 7

sixtieth anniversary60周年

National Day parade

国庆阅兵

Women’s Day

Teachers’ DayYouth Day

May Day

Army Day

Children’s Day

Tree Planting Day

the Party’s birthday

Spring Festival

Dragon Boat Festival Qing Ming FestivalMid-autumn Festival

Lantern festival

set off firecrackers

enjoy the moon eat moon cakes

have a New Year’s Eve dinner

sweep tombs

eat rice dumplings

watch lantern displays

have a dragon boat race

Spring Festival 春节Lantern Festival 元宵节Qing Ming Festival 清明节Dragon Boat Festival 端午节Mid-autumn Festival 中秋节eat moon cakes 吃月饼enjoy the moon 赏月watch lantern displays 看灯展sweep tombs 扫墓eat rice dumplings 吃粽子have a dragon boat race 赛龙舟have a New Year’s Eve dinner 吃年夜饭set off firecrackers 放鞭炮

Festival Date Activities Reason

Qing MingFestival

_____ ____ or____ ____

_______tombs

to rememberthe ______

Dragon Boat Festival

____ ____ of the Chinese Lunar Year

hold ____races and eat

_____dumplings

to honor thegreat poet Qu

Yuan

_____ Festival

_______ 15 ofthe ChineseLunar Year

families gettogether andeat ___ ____

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April 4April 5

sweepdead

May 5 boat

rice

Mid-autumn August

moon cakes

What is the most important festival in C

hina?

It is Lantern Festival today. Susan talked with Zhang Wei in the evening. He told her something about ________ Chinese festivals. _______ ________ is the Chinese New Year. It ______ fifteen days. It ends with (以……结束 ) Lantern Festival. To ________ Lantern Festival, people usually ______ dumplings, _____ _____ firecrackers and _____ lantern displays. Zhang Wei and Susan went to the lantern display and they had a wonderful time. Now Susan has got some information, and she is sure(肯定 ) she can do her _______ on traditional Chinese festivals well.

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celebrateeat set off

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Model: A: What’s the date today? B: It’s June 1. A: What’s special about it? B: It’s Children’s Day. We will go to the Children’s Palace. Would you like to join us? A: I’d love to, thank you./ I’d love to, but…Thank you anyway.

2008 年 6 月 1日

星期日 (SUN)

农历四月二十八

去少年宫

Model: A: What’s the date today? B: It’s June 1. A: What’s special about it? B: It’s Children’s Day. We will go to the Children’s Palace. Would you like to join us? A: I’d love to, thank you./ I’d love to, but…Thank you anyway.

2008 年 2 月 6日

星期三 (WED)

农历大年三十

吃年夜饭

2008 年 10 月 1日

星期三 (WED)

农历九月初三

看烟火

2008 年 2 月 7日

星期四 (THU)

农历正月初一

放鞭炮

2008 年 2 月 21日

星期四 (THU)

农历正月十五

看元宵灯展

My Favorite Festival 1. What’s your favorite festival? 2. When is it? 3. Why do you like it? 4. What do you usually do during that festival? 5. Do you have a good time during that festival?

Homework:

Oral: 1. Read the text twice

after the tape.

2. Recite the expressions.

Written: 1. Copy the expressions.

2. Write about your favorite

festival.