How many festivals do you know both in and out of China?

FESTIVALSNew Year

Spring Festival

Festival of LanternsMay Day

Dragon Boat Festival

Children’s Day

Mother’s Day

Father’s Day

Army’s Day

Valentine’s Day

Teachers’ DayMid-Autumn Festival

National Day

Christmas Day

Can you name some Festivals?

Warming-up

Festivals are meant to celebrate important events.

Different countries have different festivals.

Here are five Chinese festivals that you know.

Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and one thing that people do at that time.

The Chinese festivals

dumpling

Spring

Festivalcouplet

Festival of lanterns

rice glue ball

Teachers’ Day

Mid- Autumn Festival

Mooncakes

Dragon Boat Day

Holidays

BrainstormingChinese public holidays

International Women’s Day

New Year’s Day

Children’s DayNational Day

The Youth Day

International Labour Day

Festivals Date What does it celebrate?

What do people do?

Lantern Festival

the Spring

Festival

the 1st day of the lunar month

the coming of the spring

visit relatives:have a big meal:get together and have fun with friends

the first full moon after Lunar New Year

eat special sweet dumplings: enjoy lanterns and fireworks

International Labor Day

May 1st

the hard-working people all over the world

take a week off work; visit scenic spots; go shopping

the dragon Boat Festival

the 5th day of the 5th lunar month

In memory of Qu Yuan, a great poet

Dragon boat racing; eat zongzi

Mid-Autumn Festival

the 15th day of the 8th lunar month

harvest admire the moon: mooncakes

the15th day of the 1st lunar month

Festivals in foreign countries

Talk about some important festivals in western countries.

Happy Valentine’s Day

Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn, holiday parades and giant balloons .

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year (2004) is November 25th.

turkey

Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years.

On October 31 children in countries like the US and Canada celebrate Halloween.

All Hallows

All Saints’ Day

November 1

Halloween Parade( 游行）

Carved Pumpkin Lantern

Easter is the time of springtime festivals, a time to welcome back the Tulips, the Crocuses and the Daffodils. It’s a time of new suits, new dresses and patent leather shoes. A time for Christians to celebrate the life and resurrection of Christ. And a time of chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks, and colored eggs!

Easter will be celebrated on Sunday March 27, 2005.

Easter Bunny

Easter eggs

In late March or early April

Popular symbols

Easter

Carnival

Christmas

festivals

Brainstormingfestivals of foreign countries

Warming Up

Christmas

Fool’s DayValentine’s Day

Carnival

EasterThanksgiving Day

Mother’s Day

Father’s Day

Halloween

1.What’s your favourite holiday of the year?2.What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town?

Do you like spending festivals with your family or friends? What part do you like best—the music, the things to see,the visits or the food?

Reading I. Read the text , and fill in the chartAncient Festivals

why

how

Festivals of the dead

why

how

Festivals to honour people

why

how

Harvest Festivals

why

how

Spring Festivals

why

how

the end of the cold winter;planting in spring and harvest in autumn

light fire and make music

to honour the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors

light lamps, play music, eat food in the shapes of skulls and cakes with bones, go to their neighbors to ask for sweets,dress up

for their great contributions to the societyor the country

Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi

Food is gathered for the winter. A season of agriculural work is over.

decorate churches and town halls, get together to have big meals, admire the moon and eat mooncakes

celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring

eat delicious food; have exciting carnivals

in celebration of = for the celebration of 为了庆祝

congratulate sb on sth

congratulations to sb on /upon sth 祝贺某人某事

•When the Chinese team won the match, many football fans organized different activities __________the success.

A.to congratulate B. in celebration of

C. celebrated D. to express congratuatuons

•On his reaching the finishing line, his classmates came round __________.

A. for celebrations B. congratulated him on success

C. to congratulate him D. to congatulations

C

B

2. starve: suffer or die from hunger vt. 使饿死 vi. 饿得要死 starve to death be starved of/ starve for: long for; be in great need of

n. starvation

die of ____________starvation

The motherless children were starved of/ were starving for affection. …. s 渴望母爱

渴望消息 starve for news 她很寂寞 , 渴望友谊。She's lonely, and starving for

companionship(friendship)

There is plenty of room in my bag.我包里还很空。There are plenty of men out of work.有很多人失业。We have plenty of time to finish the job.我们有充裕的时间完成这项工作

years of peace and plenty

live in peace and plenty

3.plenty: n. as much as is needed 丰富 , 大量

太平丰收年

过太太平平的日子

4. satisfy; vt.make contented; give (sb) what he wants or needs 满足 , 使满意 , 说服 , 使相信

这件工作我不满意。This work does not satisfy me.

" 我不满意我们在那家旅馆受到的待遇 , 因此我要向旅馆老板投诉。 ""I wasn't satisfied with our treatment at that hotel, so I shall complain to the proprietor."satisfy the eyesatisfy the people's needssatisfy one's desire [curiosity]

n. satisfaction

adj. satisfactory satisfying 令人满意的

悦目满足人民需要

满足欲望 [ 好奇心

5.feast: n.splendid meal with many good things to eat节日 , 盛宴 v. give a feast to

举行宴会 to give a feast

款宴朋友 feast one’s friendsfeast one's eyes on the beautiful scene饱览美景

6. origin n. starting_ point

文明的起源 the origins of civilization

争吵的起因 the origin of the quarrel

be of noble [humble] originsHe is a German by origin.

adj. original v. originate originate in /from sth

originate from/ with sb

发源 , 发起

出身高贵 [ 微贱 ] 他原籍德国

the origin of a word

词源Origin of Species

物种起源

The film originated __________a short story.这部电影取材于一篇短篇小说。The optic theory originated ____________Einstein.光学理论是爱因斯坦首创的。

in / from

with/ from

7. In memory of 纪念 ...

have a good/bad memory

memorize 记住 , 记忆Do you know who wrote the article ______Norman Bethune?

A. memorize B. in memory of

B

He has a bad ___________for dates.memory

I got him to write his __________of his early days.memories

8. dress up (1) 穿着打扮；装饰 (2) （孩子）穿别人的衣服闹着玩她喜欢把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮去参加晚会。

She likes to dress up for a party.孩子们打扮成海盗 .

The children dressed (themselves) up as pirates.

Walking around, I found the city was full of people _________for the festival.A. wearing B. dressing up C.worn D. dressed up

9. gain vt., vi. 获得，得到他很快就有经验了。 He quickly gained experience.

He gained weight after his illness.

这只钟每天快 5 分钟。This clock gains five minutes a day.

D

病后他的体重增加了

10. award: give

11. admire: look at sth with pleasure and satisfaction 赞美 , 钦佩 , 羡慕

He was _________ the first prize.

The gold medal was ________ to Mr Brown for his excellent work.

我钦佩她的勇气。人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感。Everybody admires him for his fine sense of humour.

admirer n. 赞美者 , 爱慕者 , 求爱者 , 求婚者 ; 爱人

n. admiration

awarded

awarded

I admire her for her bravery.

12. have fun with

for fun开玩笑 , 不是认真的in fun开玩笑 , 不是认真的great fun有趣的人 [ 事物 ]make fun of sb.嘲弄 ; 取笑poke fun at嘲弄 ; 取What fun !多么有趣。

Reading A sad love story

1. turn up: appear

2.keep one’s word/keep one’s promise

3. look forward to /pay attention to/ object to/ reduce to/

4. hold one’s breath

5. remind …of

eat one's words 承认说错了话have words 吵嘴；争论

in other words 换句话说 word for word逐词地；原原本本地

6. drown : vt&vi die in water because unable to breathe 溺死 , 淹死他溺死了那些小猫 He drowned those kittens.

猫容易淹死吗 ? Can cats drown easily?

a drowning man

He drowned himself in work. 他埋头工作。

It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting ...

READING TASK

WINTER CARNIVAL IN QUEBEC

1. Carnival n. 狂欢节 , 饮宴狂欢

2. freezing adj. 冰冻的 , 严寒的 , 冷冻用的adv.冰冻一样地be freezing cold冰冻一样地冷

n.冻结 , 冷冻作用 , 结冰 ; 凝固

freezevt&i.( 使 ) 结冰 , ( 使 ) 冷冻 , 冻结froze, frozen, freezing

当水凝固时就变成冰When water freezes it becomes ice.

snowboarding competitions

canoe race

make an exciting experience

ice sculptures

snowmobile races

be dressed up for

虚拟语气

I. 条件状语从句中使用的虚拟语气（ 1 ）表示与现在事实相反的虚拟语气•If I ___the king, you would be my queen. A. was B. were C. had been D. will2. If I were there , everything would be all right.3. If there were life on Mars, such life forms ____unable to survive on earth. A. would be B. are C. will D. should

C

A

从句谓语 主句谓语 系动词 were should would

行为动词 V ＋ ed could might ＋V 这种形式中， 把从句谓语 were 提前，可省去 if

2 ）表示与过去事实相反的假设4. The supervisors could have prevented the problem ____ it before hand.

A. if they knew B. had they known

C. if had they known D. Whether

5. Had the damage been worse, the insurance company _____.

A. would pay B. paid

C. would have paid D. had paid

（

B

C

从句谓语 主句谓语 系动词 were should would

行为动词 V ＋ ed could might ＋V 这种形式中， 把从句谓语 were 提前，可省去 if

2 ）表示与过去事实相反的假设4. The supervisors could have prevented the problem ____ it before hand.

A. if they knew B. had they known

C. if had they known D. Whether

5. Had the damage been worse, the insurance company _____.

A. would pay B. paid

C. would have paid D. had paid

（

B

C

从句谓语 主句谓语 had ＋ V ＋ ed should ， would

could ， might ＋ have ＋V ＋ ed这种形式中，如果把从句谓语中的 had提前，可省 if 。

（ 3 ）表示与未来的事实相反的假设6.The business is risky. But ____, we would be rich.

A. should we succeed B. would we succeed

C. might we succeed D. could we succeed

7._____ today, he would get there by Friday.

A. Would he leave B. Was he leaving

C. Were he to leave D. If he leaves

A

C

从句谓语 主句谓语 should should,would

were to could ， might＋ V ＋ V

若把从句中的 should或 were提前，可省去 if 。1.Were I in your place, I would go.

2.Had they not helped us, our experiment would have

failed.

3.Should he come, tell him to join them in the work.

USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS:

Exercise 3

1.Wang Wei admired the pop star so much that day and night he looked forward to meting him in Beijing.

2.The children didn’t have enough to eat and starved to death at last.

3.The energetic poet could not find out the origins of these words.

4.The new policy will lead to the rise of the agricultural output value.

5. When we met again, he apologized to me for not having kept his word.

6. It was obvious that he was trying to hold his breath.

7. The couple were cleaning their lovely new car over and over.

8. The meeting that will take place next week is in memory of their ancestor’s arrival in the village one hundred years ago.

Grammar: Modal verbs:

Find sentences with models in the passage:

1. Other celebrations were held when hunters could catch animals.

2. They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty.

3. …or satisfy and please the ancestors, who could return either to help or to do harm.

4. In Japan the festival is called Obon, when people should go to clean the graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.

5. On this important feast day, people might eat food in the shape of skulls, and cakes with “bones” on them.

6. It is now a children’s festival, when they can go to their neighbours’ homes and ask for sweets.

ability

possibility

possibility

the past habit

7. If they are not given anything, the children might play a trick.

8. Some people might win awards for their animals, flowers, fruit and vegetables,…

9. At the Spring Festival in China, people…and may give children lucky money in red paper.

10. They might include parades, dancing in the streets day and night.