Unit 3 Let’s celebrate

Welcome to the unit & vocabulary

What day is it today?It is Tuesday.Today is a special day for me and my family, becauseit’s my birthday.

Do you know how I celebrate my birthday?Can you guess?

A big cake

Delicious food

Do you know what are the special days for all of us ?

Our festivals are special days for all of us.

/ 'festəvəl /festival celebrate

Mid-Autumn

Festival watch the mooneat mooncakes

/ 'selibreit /

festival celebrate

get red pocket

eat dumplings /'dʌmplɪŋz /

visit friends

Spring Festival

Chinese New Year

Christmas

get a lot of presents

Christmas treeFather Christmas/'krisməs /

festival celebrate

eat turkey

Thanksgiving Day

have dinner

together

/ 'tə:ki /

festival celebrate

Dragon Boat Festival

rice dumplings

dragon boat races/'drægən /

festival celebrate

Make a pumpkin lantern

dress up as a ghost

/'hæləu'i:n / /'pʌmpkin/ /'læntən/

/ gəust /

festival celebrate

Halloween

Do you know other festivals?

Do you know other festivals?

National Day

May Day

Teachers’ Day

New Year’s Day

Children’s Day

Christmas

National Day

May Day

Teachers’ Day

New Year’s Day

Children’s Day

Christmas

Match the special days with the correct dates

January 1st

December 25th

June 1st

May 1st

October1st

september 10th

National Day

May Day

Teachers’ Day

New Year’s Day

Children’s Day

Christmas

Do we have to go to school at these festivals?

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Sum up:What festival is it ?

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Halloween Mid-autumn Festival Thanksgiving

Day

Spring Festival

ChristmasDragon Boat Festival

Children’s Day

National Day

Teachers’ Day

New Year’s Day May Day

Dragon Boat Festival Hallowen Christmas

Thanksgiving Day Mid-Autumn Festival Chinese New Year

Do you know how to celebrate these festivals?

1. At , I can get red packets from my parents .

2. At , we can see beautiful Christmas trees .

3. I like eating mooncakes at .

4. We like because we can dress up as ghosts.

5. At , I like watching Dragon Boat ra

ces .

6. We have turkey on .

7. Children can make pumpkin lanterns at .

Chinese New Year

Christmas

Mid-Autumn Festival

Halloween Dragon Boat Festival

Thanksgiving Day

Halloween

1.What is Hobo dressing up as first ?

2.Does Eddie like the ghost?

3.What is Hobo dressing up then?

He is dressing up as a ghost

No, he doesn’t

He is dressing up as Monkey King

Eddie and Hobo are celebrating a festival.

What festival are they talking about?

let’s listen to the tape, then answer the following questions:

Halloween

read and act out

1.what are you doing ? 你在干什么？ be+Ving 现在进行时的构成，表示正在做某事。例如： I am doing my homework. 我正在做家庭作业。2.That’s not very interesting. 那不是很有趣的。 interesting 形容词，意为“有趣的，令人感兴趣的”，主语通常是物。例如： The story book is very interesting. interested 也是形容词，意为“对……感兴趣”，主语通常是人。 常见短语 be interested in.例如： The boy is interested in maths3.I’m dressing up as a ghost. 我把自己打扮成鬼怪。 dress up 穿盛装、打扮 dress up as …… 打扮成… ..4.Which is your favourite festival? 你最喜欢那个节日？ favourite =like ……best 意为“最喜欢”此句还可以写成： Which festival do you like best?

知能导航

Asking about festivals

A: Which is your favorite festival?

B: Mid-Autumn Festival.

A: Why do you like Mid-Autumn Festival?B: Because I like to eat mooncakes.

Group work:

Group work:Talking about your favourite festivals

A: Which is your favorite festival?B: .A: Why do you like ?B: Because I .

1. 让我们庆祝吧！ 2. 装扮成…… 3. 中国新年 4. 中秋节 5. 感恩节6. 端午节 7. 你的最喜欢的节日 8. 万圣节前夜 9. 圣诞

Let’s celebrate.dress up as…Chinese New yearMid-Autumn FestivalThanksgiving DayDragon Boat Festivalyour favourite festivalHalloween

Christmas

Exercises in class小小翻译家

Homework1. Ask your parents’ favourite festival and t

he reasons.2. Recite the dialogue.