Celebration
Words and Expressions graduation n.毕业 scholarship n.奖学金 the Mid-Autumn Festival wedding dragon the Dragon Boat Festival merry turkey n.毕业 n.奖学金 中秋节 n.婚礼 n.龙 端午节 adj.高兴的 n.火鸡
Celebration In this unit you will… Read a magazine article, two Internet pages and a literature extract. Talk about celebrations, give advice and send, accept and refuse invitations. Listen to dialogues and radio programmes. Write a description of a party. Learn about the Passive.
Warm-up 1. Look at the photos. What are the people celebrating? Key Words graduation, a birthday, Christmas, passing an exam, a sporting victory, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the New Year, a wedding, Halloween, the Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Christmas
a wedding
Some pictures about celebrations. Can you guess what they are? graduation
a birthday
ChuXi -They are doing dumplings.
Halloween
2. Listen. Which five celebrations do you hear? Answers: 1 Christmas 2 a sporting victory 3 a birthday 4 a wedding 5 the New Year
Tapescripts 1> What a lunch! I love turkey and Christmas pudding. We played with the toy, laughed at jokes, put on silly paper hats and laughed again.
2> A: What an exciting game! Our team won at last! B: Let’s go and have a drink to celebrate. 3> The boy is blowing the candles on the big cake, with everyone saying good wishes. 4> Look! The man is putting a ring on the woman’s finger. How happy they are! 5> …six… five… four… three… two… one… Happy New Year!
Speaking 3. What have you celebrated recently? Tell the class what you did. Example: We had a party at our house to celebrate my grandmother’s seventieth birthday.
Writing 根据如下提示写一篇有关中秋节的作文。（字数120左右） 1.中秋节是中国的传统节日。 2.中秋节是团圆节，是家人团聚庆祝的节日。 3.在中秋之夜，人们边吃月饼边赏月。 4.月饼是中秋美食。（果仁的，豆沙的，大枣的） 5.每年一度的中秋节都会牵动着千万游子的心。
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