Chinese Festivals: Tradition, Food, and Celebration

1. Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious! Period 1

2. mooncake lantern stranger relative put on pound folk goddess whoever steal lay out dessert garden tradition admire

3. Look at the pictures and say what festivals they are.

4. ChineseSpring Festival 春节

5. When is the Spring Festival? It falls on the first day of the 1st lunar month, usually in January or February. It starts with the New Moon（新月）on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon（满月）15 days later. How do Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival? Before the Spring Festival, people usually do Spring Festival shopping and do spring cleaning. Then all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. They have a family reunion dinner. They eat dumplings, nian-gao and New year’s cake and so on.

6. The Lantern Festival 元宵节

7. When is the Lantern Festival? It falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March. The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China. How do Chinese people celebrate the Lantern Festival? This day's important activity is watching lanterns. It is celebrated at night with lantern displays . At this time, people will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns and eat yuanxiao and get all their families united.

8. the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节

9. When is the Mid-Autumn Festival? It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually in September. This day was also considered as a harvest（收获） festival. How do Chinese people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival? People usually have a family reunion dinner, and then they eat moon cakes and enjoy the round moon.

10. TheWater Festival 泼水节

11. When is the Water Festival? It usually starts on the 13th of April and takes 3–7 days. The Water Festival is the New Year's celebrations that take place in Southeast Asian countries such as Burma (['bə:mə]缅甸) , Cambodia (['kæmbəudiə]柬埔寨), Laos([laʊz]老挝) , and Thailand as well as Yunnan (Dai people), China. How do people celebrate the Water Festival? On these days ,people pour water on others because they believe that pouring water on others can help remove bad luck and bring out happinessThe act of pouring water is also a show of blessings and good wishes.

12. The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

13. When is the Dragon-Boat Festival? The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month . How do Chinese people celebrate the Dragon-Boat Festival? For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats. The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. This Regatta (赛舟会) is given honour to the memory of the death of Qu Yuan

14. The Spring Festival The Water Festival The Dragon Boat Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival The Lantern Festival

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16. Listen and circle T for true or F for false. 1b Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch. Mary thinks that the teams were fantastic. Bill wonders whether they’ll have zongzi again next year. Bill and Mary believe that they’ll be back next year to watch the races. T F T F T F T F

17. Listen and circle the correct words. 2a Wu Ming and Harry are cousins / strangers / friends. Wu Ming went to Singapore / Hong Kong / Macao for his vacation. He visited his relatives / friends / classmates。 He enjoyed eating out / shopping / the Dragon Boat Festival best.

18. Listen again and fill in the chart. 2b Fun activities Down sides不好的一面，消极的一面 Eating out Put on five pounds Spent much money Shopping Dragon Boat Festival in June hot

19. go for vacation去度假 go on vacation 在度假 2.put on five pounds 增加5磅 put on穿上；上演；增加； What dress shall I put on for the meeting? 我穿什么衣服去开会? He didn't want to put on more weight. 他不想增加体重。 The local drama group are putting on “Sister Jiang” at the Capital Theatre. 当地的剧团正在首都剧场演出《江姐》。

20. 1. Guess what? 意思是 “你知道吗？”、“想不到吧”、 “你猜怎么着?” 。这个句子是要告诉人家某件事之前常用的口语。说话者并无意要对方真的去猜，听者也不会真的去伤脑筋。通常对于该句型都是以What?回答。 Guess what? I got through the exam. 你猜怎么了? 我考试过关了。

21. 2. I’m going to Chiang Mai in two weeks. 根据语境，in two weeks在这句话里的意思是 “两周之后” 。 He'll be back in two weeks. 他两周后回来。 “in+ 一段时间”和将来时连用，表示“在某段时间之后”。

22. 知识拓展 “in+一段时间”和过去式连用，表示“在某段时间内” I finished my homework in 2 hours. 我两小时内做完了功课。

23. 3. Sounds like fun. 听起来很有趣。 省略了it这个形式主语，完整的句子是：It sounds like fun. sound like 听起来像 It sound like a nice room. Can we take a look at it? 听起来房间不错，我们能看一看房间吗? Their love story sounds like a fairy tale. 他们的爱情故事听起来像童话。

24. 知识拓展 感官动词+ like feel like 摸起来像 smell like 闻起来像 look like 看起来像 taste like 尝起来像

25. 4. besimilar to 跟 ... 类似的; 与 ... 同样的 My problems are very similar to yours. 我的问题与你的差不多。 A cat is similar to a tiger in many ways be similar to的反义短语是be different from …(与……不同)

26. On my visit to Australia, I feel Australians are similar ______ us in many ways. A. with B. in C. to D. at — Can you tell the differences between these two pictures? — Differences? Oh, no. They look quite ______. A. different B. similar C. strange D. interesting C B

27. (2013山东烟台) 五、词语运用 A.根据句意和所给的中文提示，写出句子中的单词。 The customs in Qingdao are __________ （相似的）to those in Yantai. Linda is ＿＿＿ her mother in many ways. For example, they are both tall and thin. A. similar toB. kind toC. friendly to similar A

28. 5.throw water at each other 朝彼此泼水 throw…at 朝。。仍 / throw.. to 扔给某人/throw away 扔掉 Throw me that dictionary. 把那本词典扔给我。 He threw the ball to another player. 他把球传给另一个队员。

29. 谢谢

31. Grammar Focus Exclamatory statements 感叹句

32. What a great day! How fantastic the dragon boat teams were! 3. How pretty the dragon boats are! 4. How delicious the food is in Hong Kong!

33. 由“what”引导的感叹句：修饰名词（被强调部分），由“what”引导的感叹句：修饰名词（被强调部分）， 单数可数名词前要加不定冠词a/an,复数可数名词或不可数名词 前不用冠词。句子的结构是： what+(a/an)+adj.+n.+主语+谓语.由 what 引导的感叹句，其句子结构可分为以下三种： 1.“ What + a/an ＋形容词＋可数名词单数＋主语＋谓语！”。如： What a nice present it is! 它是一件多么好的礼物啊！ What an interesting book it is! 它是一本多么有趣的书啊！ 2. “ What ＋形容词＋可数名词复数＋主语＋谓语！”。如： What beautiful flowers they are! 多么漂亮的花啊！ What good children they are! 他们是多么好的孩子啊！ 3：“ What ＋形容词＋不可数名词＋主语＋谓语！”。如： What fine weather it is today! 今天天气多好啊！ What important news it is! 多重要的新闻啊！

34. 由“how”引导的感叹句：“how”意为“多么”，修饰形容词或副词（被强调部分）。如果修饰形容词，则句中的谓语动词用系动词；如果how修饰副词，则句中的谓语动词用行为动词，句子的结构是：How+adj.（adv.）+主语+谓语.1. How ＋形容词 / 副词＋主语＋谓语！”。如： How careful she is! 她多么细心啊！ How fast he runs! 他跑得多快啊！ 2. “ How ＋形容词＋ a/an ＋可数名词单数＋主语＋谓语！”。 How beautiful a girl she is! 她是个多么漂亮的姑娘啊！ 3. “ How ＋主语＋谓语！”。 How time flies! 光阴似箭！ 由 what 引导的感叹句与由 how 引导的感叹句有时可以转换，但句中部分单词的顺序要有所变化。 How beautiful a girl she is! ＝ What a beautiful girl she is! What delicious cakes these are! ＝ How delicious these cakes are!

35. 在表示同一意义时，英语感叹既可用“what”引导，在表示同一意义时，英语感叹既可用“what”引导， 也可用“how”引导。如： ① What a hot day it is! How hot the day is ! 多么热的天气呀！ ② What tall buildings they are! How tall the buildings are! 多么高的楼房呀！ ③ What bad weather it is! How bad the weather is! 多么糟糕的天气呀！ ④ What bright sunshine it is! How bright the sunshine is! 多么明亮的阳光呀！

36. 感叹句在表示激动强烈的感情时，口语中常常采用感叹句在表示激动强烈的感情时，口语中常常采用 省略句，其后面的主语和谓语往往略去不讲。 如：① What a fine day! 多么晴朗的天呀！ ② What an honest boy! 多么诚实的孩子呀！ ③ What red apples! 多么红的苹果呀！ ④ How cool! 好凉快呀！ ⑤ How wonderful! 精彩极了！

37. Fill in the blanks with What, Whata / an or How to form an exclamation. Many foreigners like Chinese food very much. They said, “ How delicious the Beijing Duck is!” 2. What a beautiful girl! Look! How long her hair is! How How What

38. 3. Look! What’s that in the bushes? Oh, it’s a dangerous snake. How dangerous it is! How

39. 填入适当的词完成下列感叹句。 1).______ difficult homework we had yesterday!  2).________cute dog it is! 3).________ interesting the story is! 4).________ bad the weather in England is! 5).________ honest boy Tom is ！ 6).________ tasty smell the cake gave off! 7).________ good time we had on the beach yesterday! 8).________ exciting news you've brought us! 9).________cool your new car is! 10).________ scary these tigers are! What What a How How What an What What a What How How

40. What 与How 大转换 How pretty What difficult questions What a it is 1. What a pretty girl she is! _______ _______ the girl is! 2. How difficult the questions are! _________ ________ ________ they are. 3. How big the factory is! _______ _______ big factory _____ ____!

41. How clever is they are What How interesting are What a she is 4.What a clever boy! _______ _______ the boy _______! 5. How tall the trees are! _______ tall trees ______ ______! 6. What interesting books they are! ________ _______ the books ________! 7. How funny the girl is! ________ _______ funny girl ____ _____!

42. What an he is How nice are What an it is 8. How old the man is! ______ _______ old man ______ _____! 9. What nice books they are! _____ ______ the books ________! 10. How amazing the building is! _____ _____ amazing building ____ ____!

43. 所给句子填空，使填空句变为相应的感叹句： The boy swam very fast.（同义句） _______ _______ the boy swam! 2. The school trip is very exciting. （同义句） _____ ______ the school trip is! 3. Hei Longjiang looks very beautiful in winter. _______ _______ Hei Longjiang looks in winter! 4. It is a very useful dictionary. （同义句） _______ _______ _______ dictionary it is! _______ _______ _______ dictionary is! 5. The students are listening very carefully. ________ ________ the students are listening! How fast How exciting How beautiful What a useful How useful the How carefully

44. How delicious the mooncakes are! What fun the festival will be fun! How boring the concert is ! How excited I am ! What loud music the band played !

45. 将下列句子改为感叹句 The girl is very pretty. How pretty the girl is! What a pretty girl she is! 2. This is an old watch. How old this watch is! What an old watch it (this) is!

46. 3. The food is so nice. How nice the food is! What nice food it is! 4. These questions are very easy. How easy these questions are! What easy questions these are! 5. She has long hair. How long her hair is! What long hair she has!

47. B 【2012江苏淮安】_____ nice the ice cream looks! I can’t wait to taste it. A. How a B. How C. What a D. What

48. 【2012福建福州】 — Steve, did you see the lantern show when you were in Fuzhou? — Of course! ___________ beautiful lanterns! A. What B. How C. What a A

49. 【2012江苏扬州】— It’s said that a foreign English teacher will teach us English next term. — Wow! ______! We can practice our oral English better. A. What an excited news B. How excited the news is C. What exciting news D. How exciting news C

50. (2009·兰州中考) --- Dad, do you like my picture? --- _________! It’s the nicest one I’ve ever seen! A. What beautiful B. How careful C. How wonderful D. What wonderful picture C