九年级Unit2Self-check.ppt
What festival is it?How do we celebrate it?Mid-Autumn FestivalHalloweenChinese Spring FestivalThanksgiving DayChristmasDragon Boat FestivalFestivalWhenFoodActivitiesChinese Spring FestivalJanuary or Februarydumplings visit relativesget red packetsMid-Autumn FestivalSeptember or Octobermooncakes get togetherwatch the moontell the storyDragon Boat FestivalJunerice dumplingshave dragon boat racesFestivalWhenFoodActivitiesChristmasDecember 25tha big dinnerget cards and presents Thanksgiving Day the 4th Thursday of Novemberturkeyget togetherhave a big dinnerHalloweenOctober 31stchololate and candiesmake pumpkin lanterns, dress up, have a partyTalk about favourite festivals.A: Which is your favourive festival? B:_.A: Why do you like_? B: Because_.3a3a Your English-speaking pen pal wants to know about your favorite Chinese festival. Make some notes about the festival.What is the name of the festival?When is it?What do people eat?What do people do?Why do you like it so much?Chinese FestivalSpring FestivalLantern FestivalPure and Brightness FestivalDragon Boat FestivalNational DayYouth DayThe Double Ninth DayChinese festivals3b3b Write a letter to your pen pal and tell him / her about your favorite Chinese festival. Use your notes in 3a.My favorite Chinese festival is . It is celebrated in / on .During this festival, people . It is my favorite festival because . It makes me feel .Dear Sue, My favorite Chinese festival is the Spring Festival. It is celebrated on the 1st day of the Chinese lunar (阴历阴历) calendar. Before the festival, our houses have to be cleaned and we need to buy new clothes for a new years coming. On the eve, my family goes to my grandparents home to have a big dinner. Our family usually has jiaozi, fish, niangao and many dishes. On the first day of our New Year, people wear their new clothes and visit relatives and friends. Children will receive red packets filled with “lucky” money. Thats one of my favorite parts of this festival. Its my favorite festival because I enjoy spending time with my relatives. It makes me feel very happy and loved to be with my family!Yours truly,Mei Li假设你是刘伟，你的美国朋友假设你是刘伟，你的美国朋友Mike 想通过你想通过你了解中国的传统节日。请你根据提示，给了解中国的传统节日。请你根据提示，给Mike 写一封写一封e-mail，向他介绍我国传统节日，向他介绍我国传统节日春节的情况。内容提示：春节的情况。内容提示：1. 春节是中国最重要的传统节日春节是中国最重要的传统节日;2. 春节期间人们的主要活动春节期间人们的主要活动(节前、除夕、节节前、除夕、节日期间日期间)。Spring Festival, traditional, decorate, on the eve of the festival, get together, lucky money,set off fireworksDear Mike,How are you? Im really glad that you are interested in traditional Chinese festivals. There are many traditional festivals in China, such as Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and so on. Id like to introduce the Spring Festival to you. Spring Festival is the most important traditional holiday in China. It usually lasts for 15 days. Days before the festival, people clean their houses. They think cleaning sweeps away any bad luck. They decorate their houses with paper cuts. On the eve of the festival, family members get together and have big meals. Then they watch the Spring Festival Gala on TV. At midnight, they set off fireworks to welcome the New Year. During the festival, kids get lucky money from old people. People visit their relatives and friends. They wish each other a happy new year and good luck. How happy we are!Best wishes!Yours,Liu WeiComplete the passage with the words in the box.1spread around between and give out business lay relativesMany Western countries celebrate Easter. Th is holiday is always on a Sunday _March 22nd _ April 25th. It celebrates the beginning of new life. Hens _ eggs, giving birth to life, so an egg is a symbol of new life. A popular activity during Easter is to hide eggs around your home or garden for friends or _ to find. betweenandlayrelativesThese can be real eggs, but they are more often chocolate eggs. Not only do people _ them _ in different hiding places for an egg hunt, but they also _ these treats as gifts. So justlike Christmas, Easter creates good _for supermarkets and chocolate stores.spreadaroundgive outbusiness2Rewrite these sentences as exclamations.1. The mooncakes are delicious. 2. The festival will be fun. How delicious the mooncakes are!What delicious mooncakes they are! How fun the festival will be!What a fun festival it will be!3. This concert is boring. 4. Im really excited. 5. The band played really loud music. How boring this concert is!What a boring concert it is!How excited I am!What loud music the band played!3Make sentences about a festival / festivals you like using theses words + that / whether / if.1. I think _ _.2. I know _ _. that mooncakes with yolks are more delicious than the ones without. that the shape of the mooncake symbolizes the full moon at mid-autumn. 3. I believe _ _.4. I wonder _ _. that a clean house for the Spring Festival will bring good fortune to my family. whether we will have fireworks at the next Spring Festival.Dear Tom, My favorite Chinese festival is Spring Festival. It is a traditional festival in china. It is celebrated on the 1st day of the first lunar(阴历阴历) month. During this festival, people usually clean and decorate their house carefully before it comes. They eat Niangao, eight treasures rice (八宝饭八宝饭) and family reunion dinner. It is my favorite festival because we kids can wear new clothes and get gift money. Whats more, we can watch the dragon dance(舞狮舞狮). It makes me feel very happy and excited.Yours_
