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Fireworks Festival

Unit N i n e. Fireworks Festival. Unit N i n e. SITUATION BEFORE READING READING VOCABULARY OR TERM EXTRA READING SENTENCE PATTERN LANGUAGE SKILL DIALOGUE WRITING GRAMMAR TIP GUIDE REMINDER. SITUATION. Home.

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Fireworks Festival

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  1. UnitNine Fireworks Festival

  2. UnitNine SITUATION BEFORE READING READING VOCABULARY OR TERM EXTRA READING SENTENCE PATTERN LANGUAGE SKILL DIALOGUE WRITING GRAMMAR TIP GUIDE REMINDER

  3. SITUATION Home The Lantern Festival is very important festival in Taiwan. Many cultural activities are held around the island at this time. Try to introduce one of these activities; the Yanshuei Firework Festival. Tip: First try to collect more information about the history of the firework festival and organize it in written form.

  4. SITUATION Home The Taiwan Lantern Festival of 2007 in Chiayi attracted many visitors with the theme lantern of Formosan Wild Boar and various pig-lantern exhibition.台灣燈會元宵節正式點燈，以嘉義阿里山區的「台灣山豬」作為主題，各式豬花燈眩耀登場，吸引許多民眾前往參觀。 資料來源：聯合知識庫

  5. BEFORE READING Home • Check the correct answers (multiple choice) for questions about Guan-gong, a godworshiped by many Taiwanese people. • Is Guan-gong a god for • Is Guan-gong a god in • Was Guan-gong was • What do the Chinese words Guan and gong mean? • Is Guan-gong a main god in Wumiao? • What is a better English translation for Wumiao?

  6. BEFORE READING Home a. rightfulness, brotherhood b. a local religion, China, Taiwan c. a historical figure, a general d. Kuan is a Chinese surname and Kong is a respectful title. e. Yes. f. The Martian Temple

  7. GUIDE REMINDER Home a. History of the YanShuei Firework Festival. b. Wumiao and the Octagonal Hall. Beehive Rockets The Yanshuei Firework Festival is one fantastic event during the Lantern Festival, which is held once a year; the 15th day after the Chinese New Year. Over 80,000 people crowd into the old narrow streets of Yanshuei town with less than 25,000 residents each year. Reading Ⅰ 1

  8. GUIDE REMINDER Home Fireworks and firecrackers are often used to symbolize either the greeting of good or scaring away evil in Taiwan. They are often used to celebrate weddings, festivals, and deities’ birthdays. 2

  9. GUIDE REMINDER Home Over one hundred years ago, an epidemic broke out in the Yanshui area, and many people died. So, they carried a statue of Guan-gong around the streets of Yanshuei and let off firecrackers at the same time. Eventually, the plague came to an end and the town, which was then the fourth most important harbor in Taiwan, was finally able to restart its business activities. 3

  10. GUIDE REMINDER Home Nowadays, the firecracker-parade, with folk performances, a food fair featuring local snacks, and other activities all have become important festival themes on the day of the Lantern Festival in Yanshuei. The fantastic night view of hundreds of thousands of firecrackers being shot into the sky has attracted numerous people to the Lantern Festival. A full-faced motorcycle helmet and thick fireproof clothing are needed if you want to watch up close the parade and enjoy the excitement, almost like a gun battle. 4 5

  11. GUIDE REMINDER Home Wumiao was built in 1668, during the late Ming Dynasty of China. There are a lot of ancient inscriptions that can be seen all around the temple. Probably the first such marking you will see is the pillar couplets found on both sides of the gate. These ancient couplets, as well as sign slips on a giant beam in front of the old statue of the temple god, were produced at the time the temple was founded. 6

  12. GUIDE REMINDER Home Near the Yanshuei bus stop you will find the most impressive historical landmark of the town, called the Octagonal Hall. It is the most wellpreserved wooden architecture in the town; a two-story building built with Fujhou fir and lime. The most interesting aspect of this building is the octagonal ridge of the roof. 7

  13. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home Read the following words out loud with a teacher, or read them on your own. Beehive Rockets ( Reaing I ) firework['fA0r`w"k ] n. -- A device consisting of explosives, set off to produce colored lights, smoke, and noise for amusement.

  14. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home beehive n. -- A structure for housing bees. Lantern -- A decorative case for a light, often of paper. [ ' bihA0v ] [ 'l$ntQn ] n.

  15. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home [ pAr`t0sD'peNDn ] n. participation -- The act of taking part or sharing in something. crowd -- To draw or stand near to together. [ krAud ] v.

  16. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home promote -- To contribute to the progress or growth of. firecracker -- A small explosive device in a heavy paper casing, made to explode to make noise, as at celebrations. [ prD'mot ] v. [ 'fa0r`kr$kQ ] n.

  17. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home symbolize -- To represent or identify by a symbol. deity -- A god or goddess. [ 's0mbl`a0z ] v. [ 'diDt0 ] n.

  18. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home epidemic -- An outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and extensively. commemorate -- To honor the memory of someone or an event with a ceremony. [ `Gp0'dGm0k ] n. [ kD'mGmD`ret ] v.

  19. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home parade -- A line or extended group of moving persons or things. sponsor -- One that finances a project or an event carried out by another person or group. [ pD'red ] n . [ 'spansQ ] n .

  20. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home helmet -- A protective covering, usually made of metal, designed to protect the head. fireproof -- Resistant to damage by fire. [ 'hGlm0t ] n . [ 'fA0r'pr?f ] adj .

  21. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home [ bruz ] n . bruise -- An injury to underlying tissues or bone in which the skin is not broken, often characterized by broken blood vessels and discoloring.

  22. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home Side Trip in Yan-Shuei ( Reading II ) prosperous -- Having economic success; flourishing. pillar -- A freestanding and vertical support; a column. [ 'prAspDrDs ] adj. [ 'p0lQ ] n.

  23. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home couplet[ 'kKpl0t ] n. -- A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming acomplete thought or syntactic unit. sign slip [sA0n][sl0p] n . -- A long narrow piece of wood or bamboo indicating a god’s instruction.

  24. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home Beam [ bim ] n. -- A squared-off log or a large piece of timber, metal, or stone used especially as a horizontal support in construction.. censer[ 'sGnsQ ] n . -- A vessel in which incense (a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned) is burned, especially during religious services.

  25. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home edict[ 'id0kt ] n . -- A order or proclamation issued by an authority. imperial[ 0m'p0r0Dl ] adj. -- Of, relating to, or suggestive of an empire.

  26. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home Lime[ lA0m ] n. -- A substance produced by heating limestone (consisting mostly of calcium carbonate, CaCO3.)

  27. SENTENCE PATTERN Home a. …call upon/on ….. ….ask…. ….beg…. Example: The resident called on the emperor not to tax people. The resident asked the emperor not to tax people. The resident begged the emperor not to tax people.

  28. SENTENCE PATTERN Home b. ……drive out…… …….expel….. Example: They expelled the ambassador from their country. They drove out the ambassador from their country.

  29. SENTENCE PATTERN Home c. …..fire off….. ….fire….. Example: The soldier fired off the gun at the civilian. The soldier fired the gun at the civilian.

  30. LANGUAGE SKILL Home Introclucl a local dish to your clients. Tell the name of a local dish to your clients. 1. It is called….in Chinese 2. We call it….in Chinese 3. Its Chinese name is 4. It has a Chinese name a

  31. LANGUAGE SKILL Home To explain what the dish is to the clients. 1. It is a kind of…... 2. It is a bit like…... 3. It is made of……. b

  32. GRAMMAR TIP Home The order of adjectives preceding a noun: 《both, all 》 《article, possessive, demonstrative 》 《numerals 》 《property 》 《length, size, shape 》 《old,new 》 《color 》 《proper adjective 》 《material 》 ＋noun

  33. GRAMMAR TIP Home E. G. ˇThe Octagon Hall is one of those two old red brick buildings in the town. × The Octagon Hall is one of those two brick old red buildings in the town. ˇDo you know those three pretty young Taiwanese children? × Do you know those pretty three young Taiwanese children?

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