1. Unit 1 Module 3 Festivals around the world

2. Write down the words and phrases: • Words: • 使饿死 v • 满足，满意 v • 赞美，钦佩，羡慕 v • 收获 n, 得到，赚到 v • 道歉，辩白 v • 原谅，饶恕 v • 溺死，淹没 v • 风俗，习惯 n • 精力充沛的，积极的 adj • 明显的，显而易见的 adj • Phrases: • 发生 • 纪念，追念 • 盛装，打扮 • 玩得开心 • 出现，到场 • 守信，履行诺言 • 盼望见到你 • 日夜，昼夜 • 借酒浇愁 • 弊大于利

3. festivals in China and abroad The Spring Festival The Lantern Festival The Qingming Festival The Dragon Boat Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival The Double Ninth Festival … Valentine’s Day Carnival Easter April Fool’s Day… Halloween Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day …

4. purposes of various festivals Festivals are meant tocelebrate important events. Festivals are meant forreunion, feast and merry-making. ____________________, which is meant to________________, falls on__________________. The Qingming Festival honour the dead April 4-6 each year Falling on____________________, ______________________ is meant to________________. April 4-6 each year the Qingming Festival honour the dead

5. purposes of various festivals are held Festivals and celebrations of various kinds _______ everywhere. In ancient times, people would _________ the coming of spring and the harvest in autumn and hope it would____________________. In Japan, Obon is held to________________ or________________ the ancestors. Mid-autumn festival is a time when people _______ the moon. In a word, festivals let us _______ life, ____________our customs, _______our daily life for a little while and ________________a bright future. celebrate bring a year of plenty honour the dead satisfy and please admire enjoy be proud of forget look forward to

6. activities of various festivals lasts In China today the public holiday 1 (last) for three days, but the Spring Festival is 2 oldest and most important festival in China, so 3 4 (tradition), the festival continues 4 the 15th day of the lunar month 5 the Lantern Festival is held. Everywhere is decorated 6 a variety of different-sized lanterns and there is music and dancing in the streets. One special feature is the dragon dance, where a huge dragon head and body, 7 (support) by a team of dancers, weaves 8 wayaround the streets 9 (collect) money from houses on its route. Once again food plays its part and Yuanxiao is served. This is a sweet dumpling made from glutinous rice flour that is either boiled or 10 (fry). the traditionally until when with supported its collecting fried

7. activities of various festivals One special feature is… It is a time when … It is the custom to… On this important day, people usually…

8. origins of various festivals Translation 1. 万圣节源于古时纪念亡者的事件。(have its origin as…) 2. 七巧节，称为中国的情人节，源自牛郎织女的美丽传说。（have roots in…） Halloween had its origin as an event in memory of the dead. Qiqiaojie, which is known as the Chinese Valentine’s Day, has roots in the beautiful legend of Niulang and Zhinu.

9. 3. 据说感恩节与丰收季节有关。(have something to do with…) 4. 愚人节，人们互开玩笑的日子，可以追溯到16世纪。（date/trace back to…） It is said that Thanksgiving Day has something to do with harvest seasons. April Fool’s Day, a day when people play jokes on each other, dates/traces back to the 16th century.

10. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day 1. The origin of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day/ How Mother’s Day and Father’s Day started 2. educate them to be responsible citizens 3. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories. 4. The one in the passage means to celebrate, while the other means to follow. 5. 礼物的贵贱并不重要，重要的是对父母的“拳拳之心”。

11. Writing 我国政府决定从2008年起增设清明、端午、中秋为国家法定节假日，这有利于弘扬和传承民族传统文化。请你为校报“英语园地”栏目写一篇短文介绍端午节。 写作内容： 名称：端午节（the Dragan Boat Festival），一年一度的 中国传统节日。 时间：农历五月初五；追溯到两千多年前；今年6月8日是 端午节。 庆祝方式：赛龙舟，特别是在南方河流、湖泊多的地方; 包粽子，用竹叶包裹的粘黏的米饭饺子。 意义：纪念中国古代的伟大诗人屈原。 写作要求: 只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容。 参考词汇：calendar(日历)； glutinous（粘黏的/ 糯米的）

12. 1. Falling on/Celebrated on…, … is meant for…/to do… 2. …, which is meant for…/to do…, falls on/is celebrated on/takes place on…. 3. One special feature is… 4. It is a time when … 5. It is the custom to… 6. On this important day, people usually… 7. … had its origin as /in…. 8. …dates /traces back to… 9. …has roots in … . 10. … has something to do with…

13. The Dragon Boat Festival, an annual traditional Chinese festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. It dates from over 2000 years ago, which falls on June 8th this year. On this day, Chinese people prepare Zongzi, glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves. As the festival name shows, people have dragan boat races to celebrate it, especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. The Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan, a great poet of ancient China.

14. mean to do/ mean doing/ be meant for/ be meant to do • 他不是当兵的料，在军队里永远不会快乐。 • He _______________ a soldierand will always be • unhappy in the army. • 2. 没赶上火车等于要再等1小时。 • Missing the train ____________________________. • 3. 他打算造一艘船，但没能找到合适的材料。 • He___________________, but he failed to find suitable • materials. is not meant for means waiting for another hour meant to make a boat

15. honour v/n Festivals can be held as ______________famous people or to the gods. One of these is Martin Luther King Day, which _________ the famous man, Martin Luther King Jr. who fought for the freedom of black people. _________________his contributions, people celebrate his birthday every year. an honour to honours In honour of

16. satisfy v • 令我们满意的是今年的元旦晚会很精彩。 • ___________________, the evening party on the • New Year’s Eve this year was wonderful. • 2. 很明显今年的元旦晚会满足了大多数人的要求。 • It is obvious that the evening party on the New Year’s • Eve this year ___________________ of most people. • 3. We were all _________ with the ____________ • performances in Evening Party on the New Year’s • Eve. To our satisfaction satisfies the demands satisfied satisfactory

17. weave its way With a heavy heart, he slowly _______________home. The river ___________________the sea through the mountains. made his way winds its way to

18. count：have value, importance 1. 分秒必争。 Every second counts. 2.重要的不是你说了什么，而是你做了什么。 It is not what you said but what you did that really counts.