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Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations
Listening and talking
Talk about festival experiences
At the end of this class, you will be able to:
1. collect information about a family celebration through listening;
2.dentify specific language for showing feelings and emotions;
3. express your own feelings when describing your favorite festival experience .
4. understand different customs and their meanings under different cultural backgrounds.
some representative food during the Spring Festival
What is the best part of a festival
rice cake
sticky rice lotus root
steamed dish
eight treasures rice
spring rolls
Chinese sausage
Do you know the names of these dishes
pumpkin pie
mashed potatoes
apple pie
roast turdey
pudding
Can you guess what festival will be talked about How do you know
Prediction
Song Lin and Max are talking about a recent festival experience.
Before listening, scan the questions to get some basic information about their talk.
Listen for main idea
What festival is Max talking about
A. His Christmas experience with his family.
B. The Thanksgiving day he spent with friends.
2. What did Max do during the festival
He decorated the Christmas tree and put presents under it. Then he helped his mum prepare for the family dinner on Christmas Eve.
Listen for details
Write down key words while listening
3. What dishes did Max’s mother cook
She cooked roast turkey, mashed potatoes, Christmas pudding, and apple pie.
4. What did Max and his family do during and after dinner
They shared stories and told jokes during the dinner. They played games with the children afterwards.
5. What was the best part of the festival
The best part was opening their presents on Christmas morning.
B.
Listen again and fill in the blanks to identify the expressions Max and Song Lin use to express feelings .
Song Lin: Hi, Max. How was your holiday
Max: Hi, Song Lin. It was fantastic, thanks.
Song Lin: So you went back to Canada to celebrate Christmas with your family, right
Max: Yes. I hadn’t seen my family for a whole year. So it was great to see them again.
Song Lin: Good for you! So what did you do when you arrived home
B.
Max: Well, first I helped decorate the Christmas tree and put presents under it. Then I helped my mum prepare for the family dinner on Christmas Eve.
Song Lin: How wonderful! Your mum must have been very happy. I guess it was a really big meal.
Max: Oh, for sure! We cooked so much delicious food, like roast turkey, mashed potatoes, and Christmas pudding. She even taught me how to make apple pie, which is my favourite dessert.
B.
Song Lin: That’s amazing. I didn’t know you could cook.
Max: Haha! I didn’t know either. Anyway, it was great to be with my family. During dinner, we shared stories and told jokes. We also played games with the kids afterwards. It was great fun! The best part, though, was opening our presents on Christmas morning.
Song Lin: Oh, that sounds terrific, Max. I’m really happy that you were able to enjoy Christmas with your family. Festivals are great, aren’t they Just relax with your family and remember what’s truly important in life …
It was fantastic!
That’s amazing.
It was great to …
How wonderful!
It was great fun!
I’m really happy that …
How exciting!
It’s very exciting.
I’m pleased to …
Express feelings and emotions
I am really grateful for the big feast my families prepared.
The reunion filled me with happiness and warmth.
Song Lin met Joe on campus. They
also had a conversation about their festivals. Role-play the conversation with your partner and try to identity the expressions that express their feelings.
Joe: Did you enjoy the holiday, Song LIn
Song Lin: Oh yes, it was great, thanks! The food, the parades, and the beautiful fireworks—
it's always exciting for me. lt's good to spend time with my family, too, although it can get a bit boring in my hometown after a while. How about you
Joe: Well, this was my first Chinese New Year. l loved watching the traditional performances, and l was invited to lots of delicious meals. But, to be frank, the fireworks going off throughout the sky were really annoying.
Song Lin: Oh, well, yes, I can see your point there! But it's all part of the tradition to frighten away the evil spirits.
Joe: Yes, well/there seemed to be a lot of them in my area! Anyway, except for that, everything was fine. l'm really looking forward to the next festival.
Role-play
It can get a little boring in my hometown after a while.
To be frank, the fireworks going off throughout the night were really annoying.
Express feelings and emotions
It was great. The food, the parades, the beautiful fireworks---it's always exciting for me.
It was good to spend time with my family.
I loved watching the traditional performances.
I am looking forward to next festival.
It was discouraging to see the heavy rain ruin our travel plan.
It was annoying that the tourist attractions were always crowded with tourists.
talking
You met Song Lin and Joe on the way to classroom. You shared your festival experience with them.
A: What's the recent festival ...........
B: The recent festival I had was ...........
C: How did you celebrate.......
B: Well, I celebrated with ........ First, I ......... Then, I ........ It was exciting/wonderful/great fun doing.../(positive feelings) But it was annoying/discouraging....... (negative feelings)
A: What special food did you have
B :I tasted/enjoyed.........As I enjoyed ....., I am deeply grateful for...../a surge of ....filled my heart.
A: What is your favourite part ......
B: My favourite part is ...../What was truly amazing was.....
C: What made the festival meaningful ....
B: It was meaningful because....
A: What's the recent festival you celebrated
B: The recent festival I had was the Mid-Autumn Festival.
C: How did you celebrate it
B: Well, I celebrated with my family. First, we gathered for a reunion dinner with traditional dishes. Then, we sat in the yard to admire the bright full moon of the year. It was exciting to share stories and laughter together. But it was a bit disappointing when the fireworks show was canceled due to rain.
A: What special food did you have
B: I tasted soft mooncakes with red bean paste and salted egg yolks.
A: What is your favourite part of the festival
B:What was truly amazing was how the moonlight lit up the entire garden, creating a magical atmosphere.
C: What made the festival meaningful to you
B: It was meaningful because it filled my heart with joy and love and leaves me with wonderful memories to cherish for a lifetime.
A sample:
Summary and homework
Write a holiday postcard to one of your foreign friends, describing :
1. where you went and what you did;
2. your favourite moment and how it made you feel;
3. Include 1-2 emotion details.

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