1. Lesson 12 Tourist Events and Festivities

2. Learning Tasks • Getting more knowledge of Spring Festival. • Learn the new words and the phrases in the new dialogue. • Language points in the dialogue Do the exercise on page152

3. The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West.

4. pay New Year’s visits All the people will do one thing that is The traditional way : drop a visit and send new year cards. Nowadays : use telephone, email.

5. 剪纸 Paper-cuts

6. Gift money压岁钱; Money given to children as a lunar New Year giftRed envelopes or red packets Set off fireworks and firecrackers The dinner on New Year's Eve

7. Word Bank • 1.generation n. • 2.roof n. • 3.lantern n. • 4.carpet n. • 5.fortune n. • 6.daughter-in-law n. • 7.move(in) v. • 8.reaction n.

8. 9. eyesight n.10. uneasy adj.11. reunion n.12. wash (up) v.13. dishwasher n.14. set (off) v.15. firecracker n.

9. 16.scare v. scare away把…吓跑 scare buying n. 抢购 17. firework n.18. argue v. argue for 赞成；支持； argue against 反对；据理反对；争辩 19. ban v.20. pay New Year’s visits

10. Language points in the dialogue • 1. three generations living under one roof grandma, grandson, great grand father, great grand daughter 2. Cool eg. She looks so cool in that dress! 3. fairly quick in one’s reactions fairly good in one’s eyesighta bit weak in one’s hearingquite low in one’s IQvery much alike in one’s appearance

11. 4.Is there anything happening tomorrow? • The difference between happen and take place 5.daughter-in-law father-/mother-in-law son-in-law brother-in-law sister-in-law 6.New Year’s Red Envelope

12. Thank you!