7A Unit 3 Let’s celebrate!

Welcome to the unit!

Chinese New Year

celebrate v. 庆祝

(the Spring Festival)

Dragon Boat Festival

端午节

Mid-Autumn Festival

中秋节moon cake n. 月饼

Christmas 圣诞节

Halloween 万圣节前夜

October the 31st

ghost n. 鬼

dress up as… 装扮成…

dress v. 给…穿衣服

Monkey King

美猴王

turkey n. 火鸡

Thanksgiving Day 感恩节

Do you know other festivals

in China?May Day

Children’s Day

Teachers’ Day

National Day

New Year’s Day

……

New words

Christmas 圣诞节

festival n. 节日

Halloween 万圣节前夜

Thanksgiving Day 感恩节

Monkey King 美猴王

Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节

Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

ghost n. 鬼

celebrate v. 庆祝guess n. 猜mooncake n. 月饼

interesting n. 有趣的

dress v. 给…穿衣服

dress up as… 装扮成… …

Chinese new year

People often eat lots of nice food .People wear new clothes

Children can get some money and play games.

People often say Gong He Xin Xi to each other.

Christmas

It is the most important festival in the west( 西方 )..

On that day , Children are very happy,because they can get lots of presents

They sing Christmas songs and say ‘Merry Christmas’ to each other.

Dragon Boat Festival

On that day,Chinese people often eat rice dumplings.

It is an important festival in China

Watch Dragon Boat races ( 龙舟赛 )

Thanksgiving day

On that day , people celebrate the harvest ( 丰收 ).

Families often get together and have a big dinner.

The special( 特别的 ) food is turkey.

Halloween

They play a game called ‘trick or treat’( 不招待就使坏 ).

On that day children are very happy.

People often dress up and make pumpkin lanterns .

Mid-Autumn Festival

On that day , families often get together

We eat a kind of special food like moon

We enjoy the full moon in the open air （户外） .

Comic StripComic Strip

EddieEddie andand HoboHobo

Comic StripComic Strip

EddieEddie andand HoboHobo

Listening ：

Answer ： What festival do they celebrate?

Reading：

Are Hobo and Eddie happy ?

What is Hobo dressing up as ?

What will he dress up as then ?

Hobo, today is Halloween.

Great! Let’s celebrate.

What’s in the bag?Have a

guess!

Have a guess!

I want to dress up as a ghost.A ghost? That’s

not ver interesting.

OK. How about the Monkey King?

Talk about these festivals as much as you can according to the key words.

October the 31st

ghost / dress up as

the bright moon

mooncakes

celebrate the harvest

eat turkey

Spring/delicious food

red packets /best wishes…

trees / presents / cardsFather Christmas

Quyuandragon boat races( 龙舟赛 ) rice dumplings

A: Which is your favourite

festival?

B: Mid-Autumn Festival.

A:Why do you like Mid-Autumn Festival?

B:Because I like to eat mooncakes.

Fill in the blanks

1.We eat dumplings on __________________.

But we eat rice dumplings on__________________ .

2.On _________________, the moon is very round and beautiful.

3. Turkey is a kind of special food on __________________

the Spring Festival

Dragon Boat Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival

Thanksgiving Day

4.In the West, children dress up at __________. They play a game called “trick or treat”.

Halloween

5.People often send cards to each other,and fathers often dress up as Father Christmas on ___________.Christmas

6.I hear there are some _______ ( 鬼 ) in the old house.

ghosts

7.Most Chinese people don’t know how to __________( 庆祝 ) Halloween.celebrate

Homework:Make a poster showing your partner’s

favourite festival for a class display.

We will have a competition.