FESTIVALSNew Year
Spring Festival
Festival of LanternsMay Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Children’s Day
Mother’s Day
Father’s Day
Army’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Teachers’ DayMid-Autumn Festival
National Day
Christmas Day
Can you name some Festivals?
Warming-up
Festivals are meant to celebrate important events.
Different countries have different festivals.
Here are five Chinese festivals that you know.
Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and one thing that people do at that time.
Holidays
BrainstormingChinese public holidays
International Women’s Day
New Year’s Day
Children’s Day
National Day
The Youth Day
International Labour Day
Festivals DateWhat does it celebrate?
What do people do?
Lantern Festival
the Spring Festivalthe 1st day of the lunar month
the coming of the spring
visit relatives:have a big meal:get together and have fun with friends
the first full moon after Lunar New Year
eat special sweet dumplings: enjoy lanterns and fireworks
International Labor Day
May 1stthe hard-working people all over the world
take a week off work; visit scenic spots; go shopping
the dragon Boat Festival
the 5th day of the 5th lunar month
In memory of Qu Yuan, a great poet
Dragon boat racing; eat zongzi
Mid-Autumn Festival
the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
harvestadmire the moon: mooncakes
the15th day of the 1st lunar month
Free Talk
How about your Winter Holiday? Did you enjoy it? What have you done during the Spring Festival? What’s your new plan in this new term? What will you do for your new plan?
Greeting Season
春节 The Spring Festival
农历 lunar calendar
正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar
除夕 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year
初一 the beginning of New Year
元宵节 the Lantern Festival
Food names 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve 饺子 dumpling 汤圆 Tang-yuan; 年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 红枣 red dates 西瓜子 water melon seed 莲子 lotus seed 莲藕 lotus root 糖 candy
Activities 春联 Spring Festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts 年画 New Year paintings 烟花 fireworks 爆竹 firecrackers 舞狮 lion dance 舞龙 dragon dance 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 守岁 staying-up
拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit
去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors 压岁钱 gift money 辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year 扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic with "fu comes", both being pronounced as "fu dao le." What's more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both si
des of the front door.
Blessing Treasures (财富) fill the home Business flourishes (兴隆) Peace all year round Wishing you prosperity (繁荣、昌盛) Harmony (和谐) brings wealth May all your wishes come true Everything goes well The country flourishes and people live in peace Money and treasures will be plentiful Wishing you every success Promoting (提升) to a higher position (地位)
Darkness travels towards light, but blindness towards death.
黑暗向光明旅行,但是盲目者却向死亡旅行
The importance of plan
Daily Plan & Weekly PlanDaily Plan & Weekly Plan
Example : Daily Plan
7:25—7:40 a.m read words and textbook aloud1:30---1:45 p.m listen to something about English6:00---6:45 p.m read some English articles and do some exercises9:00---9:15p.m check what we have learned today or write an English diary