1、Unit 3 Unit 3 Festivals and customs To know the reasons for the promotion of traditional Chinese festivals To summarize various ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals Of all traditional Chinese festivals, which one do you like best? How is it celebrated? Which one(s) are you unfamiliar with?
2、And Why? Read the website article in part A on page 36 and answer the following questions. 1) What challenges are traditional Chinese festivals facing? In modem society, many traditional Chinese festivals are becoming less and less popular. A 2) Whats the authors attitude towards traditional Chinese
3、 festivals? Traditional Chinese festivals are an important part of Chinese culture, and we must protect and maintain them. Reasons why we should promote traditional Chinese festivals? 1. Traditional festivals teach us about Chinese history. 2. Traditional festivals enable us to learn more about fine
4、 Chinese values. 3. Traditional festivals are a source of national pride and help shape our national identity. 1. Promoting traditional Chinese festivals promote vt. 宣传宣传, 推销推销(产品产品); 提升提升, 晋升晋升； 支持支持, 促进促进; 鼓励鼓励 【归纳归纳】 promote development/growth/understanding 促进发展促进发展/增长增长/加深了解加深了解 promote sb. from
5、 sth. to sth. 把某人从某职位提升至某职位把某人从某职位提升至某职位 be promoted to. . . 被被升为升为 【拓展拓展】 promotion n. 提升提升, 晋级晋级; 促销产品促销产品 gain / get promotion of sth. (对某事业的对某事业的)促进促进, 提倡提倡, 赞助赞助 win promotion 获得获得晋级晋级, 争取晋升争取晋升 【语境应用语境应用】完成句子。完成句子。 1) The organisation works _ (促进友谊促进友谊) between nations. 2) Linda hopes to _ _ (
6、被提拔到一个更高的职位被提拔到一个更高的职位) through her hard work. 3) There was a _ (promote) in the supermarket and they were giving away free glasses of milk. be promoted to a higher to promote friendship position/post promotion 2. but how many people today till observe this tradition? observe vt. 庆祝庆祝; 观察观察; 评说评说, 评
7、论评论; 注意到注意到, 看到看到; 遵守遵守 【语境展示语境展示】阅读阅读下面句子下面句子，写出句中，写出句中 observe的的中文释义。中文释义。 1) As a child, he liked to observe the behaviour of birds. 2) I observed that Tom locked the door with the windows open. 观察观察 注意注意到到, 看到看到 3. People must observe the law. Nobody should be an exception. 4. The Chinese-Americ
8、ans are observing the Spring Festival. 5. “Martin is a fine young man,” observed Stephen. 遵守遵守 庆祝庆祝 评说评说, 评论评论 【拓展拓展】 observer n. 观察者观察者 observation n. 观察观察; 观测观测 【运用运用】翻译下面句子。翻译下面句子。 1) The woman was observed to follow him closely. 有人有人看到那女子紧跟着他。看到那女子紧跟着他。 2) “It may rain,” he observed. “可能要下雨，”可能要
9、下雨，” 他说。他说。 3) Do people observe Christmas Day in that country? 那个那个国家的人过圣诞节吗国家的人过圣诞节吗? 3. The Dragon Boat Festival, for example, is celebrated in honour of Qu Yuan honour n. 荣誉；尊敬荣誉；尊敬； 使人感到光荣的人或事使人感到光荣的人或事。 e.g. They fought for the honour of their country. I was taught to show honour to my elders.
10、 Its a great honour to receive the award. honour v. 使感到荣幸；尊敬使感到荣幸；尊敬； 纪念纪念。 e.g. You honour us by being with us. Children should honour their father and mother. In the evening a party was held to honour the occasion. 【拓展拓展】 in honour of . 为了为了纪念纪念, 为为向向表表 敬意敬意 【运用运用】写出下列句子中写出下列句子中honour的词性及中的词性及中 文释
11、义。文释义。 1) One must honour ones parents. _ _ 2) Its an honour to hear you speak so highly of me. _ _ 3) Work for the member of the new society is a matter of honour. _ _ 4) I am honoured to be asked to speak. _ _ 动词动词 使感到荣幸使感到荣幸 动词动词 尊敬尊敬 名词名词 使使人感到光荣的事人感到光荣的事 名词名词 荣誉荣誉 Listen to the report and answe
12、r the following questions. Last term. Alice is listening to a school radio report about what her school has done to promote traditional Chinese festivals. Listen and finish the exercises below. B B1 1. When did the course Traditional Chinese Festivals start? 2. Who was the winner of the poster desig
13、n competition? The Art Club. More than 100. About 30 minutes. 3. How many students took part in the poetry writing competition? 4. How long did the play about the Qingming Festival last? Different ways to promote traditional Chinese traditional An optional course The course is called Traditional Chi
14、nese Festivals. The number of students who have signed up for the course has increased from 50 to (1)_ B2 Listen to the report again and complete the table below. 200 Different ways to promote traditional Chinese traditional Several competitions Poster design The winning design was about the Mid- Au
15、tumn Festival, showing (2)_ with Change on it. Poetry writing The winner wrote about his experience with his grandpa on (3) _. a full moon the Double Ninth Festival Different ways to promote traditional Chinese traditional Events organized by school clubs (4) _. They put on a play about the Qingming
16、 Festival. The Cooking Club They taught students how to make (5) _. The Theatre Club rice dumplings School reporter: Over the past year, our school has successfully organized a number of activities to promote traditional Chinese festivals. An optional course called Traditional Chinese Festivals star
17、ted last term. It has proved very popular so far. The number of students who have signed up for the course has increased from 50 to 200. Many students say that they have become more interested in traditional festivals and wish to learn more about them. Tapescript In addition to the course, several c
18、ompetitions have been held to promote traditional festivals. The most recent one was the competition to design a poster about traditional festivals. The winning design was created by the Art Club, about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Their poster showed a full moon with the beautiful figure of Change on i
19、t. We also had a poetry writing competition. More than 100 students took part and wrote wonderful poems about traditional festivals. The winner was Joseph Lin from Class 3C. He wrote a poem about his experience with his grandpa on the Double Ninth Festival . School clubs have also played an importan
20、t role in promoting traditional Chinese festivals. Just last week, the Theatre Club put on a play about the Qingming Festival in the school hall. The play lasted about 30 minutes and was a great success. On the Dragon Boat Festival, the Cooking Club taught students how to make rice dumplings. Many s
21、tudents said their handmade rice dumplings were the most delicious they had ever eaten. fall on according to in honour of pass down stand for enable sb. to do sth. family togetherness take part in sign up for sth. put on 1. 适逢适逢, 正当正当 2. 根据根据 3. 为向为向表示表示敬意敬意 4. 使时代使时代相传相传, 流传流传 5. 代表代表 6. 使使(某人某人)能够能够做某事物做某事物 7. 家庭团聚家庭团聚 8. 参加参加 9. 报名参加报名参加 10. 演出演出(戏剧戏剧); 举办举办(展展 览等览等) Make a list of the reasons why we should maintain some Chinese customs.
