At which festival do you hear the song? a special day 节日 We often hear the song at Christmas. Which festival is it? National Day Which festival is it? Children’s Day Which festival is it? Teachers’ Day Which festival is it? Chinese New Year / the Spring Festival Christmas 圣诞节 Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 Thanksgiving Day 感恩节 Dragon Boat Festival 端午节,龙舟节 Halloween 万圣节前夜 1 2 4 3 5 We often eat lots of nice food and wear new clothes. Children can get some money and play games. People often say Gong He Xin Xi to each other. On that day,Chinese people often eat rice dumplings and watch Dragon Boat Races. On that day , people celebrate the harvest (丰收).Families often get together and have a big dinner.The special food is a turkey. On the day we usually give them cards to show our thanks. We thank them for helping us when we are in trouble, and we thank them for teaching us how to be a real man. On that day , families often get together and eat mooncakes and enjoy the full moon in the open air. Finish the table Dates Festival the 1st day of the first moon Chinese New Year the 5th day of the fifth moon Dragon Boat Festival the 15th day of the eighth moon Mid-Autumn Festival January 1 New Year’s Day May 1 May Day June 1 Children’s Day September 10 Teachers’ Day October 31 Halloween the 4th Thursday of November Thanksgiving Day December 25 Christmas What do you do at /on ….? At Mid-Autumn Festival eat mooncakes enjoy the full moon have a big dinner What do you do at /on ….? At Chinese New Year get some red packets wear new clothes Eat dumplings watch lion dance let off fireworks What do you do at /on ….? At Halloween dress up make pumpkin lanterns play a game called “trick have a party or treat” What do you do at /on ….? On Thanksgiving Day eat turkey get together have a big dinner What do you do at /on ….? At Christmas send cards to each other have Christmas trees get Christmas gifts Sing Christmas songs What do you do at /on ….? At Dragon Boat Festival eat rice dumplings watch Dragon Boat Races Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. • 1.What is Tommy’s favourite festival? Christmas. • 2.Why does he like it? Because they can always get lots of nice presents at Christmas. • 3.What is Millie’s favourite festival? The Mid-Autumn Festival. • 4.What do people do to celebrate the day? They have a big dinner with their family, eat moon cakes and enjoy the moon together. Choose your favourite festival to make a dialogue like this. A:What is your favourite festival? B:I like Mid-Autumn Festival . A:Why do you like it? B:Because I like to festival do you like? eat mooncakes .What A:I like …. B:What do you usually do on that day? A: …. 1.Which festival are Eddie and Hobo celebrating? Halloween. 2. What is Hobo dressing up as? He is dressing up as a ghost. 3. What is he going to dress up as? He is going to dress up as Monkey King. Read the dialogue celebrate v.庆祝 庆祝万圣节前夕 celebrate Halloween 庆祝生日 celebrate birthday 猜一猜 乔装打扮 Try to act out the dialogue 霍波,今天是 万圣节前夕。 袋子里是什么? 太好了!我们一起来庆祝。 太好了!我们一起来庆祝。 猜一下。 一个鬼?那不是 很有趣。 我想要扮演一 个鬼。 好的,那美猴王怎么样? Exercises: 1.What do you often do___ Halloween? A. on B. at C. in D. with 2.I will go to work early tomorrow. Can you___ my baby in the morning? A. put on B. dress C. wear D. dress in 3.Thank you for ____ me! A. help B. to help C. helpful D. helping 4.____ is on 25th December. A. At Halloween C. Children’s Day B. At Chinese New Year D. Christmas 5.Look, Hobo is dressing ____ as a ghost. A. in B. on C. up D. at 根据汉语提示完成下列句子: 1.让我们来庆祝中国新年吧! celebrate Chinese New Year Let’s ______________________! 2.“你为什么喜欢中秋节?” “因为我喜欢吃月饼。” Why do you like --_______________Mid-Autumn Festival? eating mooncakes. --Because I like _______________. 3.我想装扮成美猴王。 up as Monkey King I want to dress ________________. Please make a card about your favourite festival. You should write the name, the date, how to celebrate and anything else. Example Name Christmas Date 25th December How to celebrate Many people buy Christmas trees and give Christmas presents to each other. There is a famous person called Father Christmas. Additional information