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Module 4 CarnivalModule 4 Carnival
Introduction and Reading
Can you name the following festivals or
The Spring Festival
(lunar January 1)couplet
fireworks
fireworks
paper- cuts
lucky/ gift money
对联
烟花
爆竹
剪纸
压岁钱
The Lantern Festival(Lunar January 15)lion /dragon dance
riddles written on lanterns
exhibit of lanterns
rice glue ball
舞狮 / 龙
灯谜
灯会
元宵
Ching Ming Festival /
Tomb-sweeping Day
(Lunar April 5)
rebirth of nature
celebrat it with picnics, and kite flying
sweep and weed graves
honor ancestors
Dragon Boat Festival (Lunar May 5)
rice dumplings
Dragon Boat race
棕子
龙舟赛
Double Seventh Festival
(Lunar July 7 )
CowherdGirl Weaverthe Milky Way magpie
牛郎
织女
银河
喜鹊
Mid-Autumn Festival
(Lunar August 15)
Chang E flying to the moon moon cake
嫦娥奔月
月饼
Double Ninth Festival
( Lunar September 9 )
ascending a height
enjoying the flourishing chrysanthemum
登高
赏菊
New Year’ Eve
(Lunar December 31)
festivals
festivals in China
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Double Ninth Festival
The Spring Festival
Qingming
The Lantern Festival
The MiddleAutumn Festival
The Double Seventh Festival
Ghost Festival
Other holidays
Teachers’ DAY
Children's Day
What is your favorite Chinese festival? What do you do this day?Why do you like it?wear special clothes eat special food
give or receive gifts
have a holiday from school
take part in a traditional ceremony
dance and listen to music
enjoy yourself with friends or family
festivals
festivals in other countries
Christmas Fool’s Day
Valentine’s DayCarnival Easter
Thanksgiving Day Mother’s Day
Father’s DayHalloween
Christmas
(25th December)This is a Christian festival which comes in the middle of winter.
reindeersleigh
Santa Claus 圣诞老人
驯鹿
雪橇
Valentine’s Day
Feb. 14th
April Fool’s Day
(April 1)
HoliThis is a festival of color, which marks the beginning of spring in India.
(胡里节)
Thanksgiving Day
(The 4 th Thursday in November)
turkey
pumpkin pie
This is when Americans remember the hard times when they first arrived in the country.
This festival is at the end of October, when “ghosts” come out.
Halloween (31th. October/ 1st Nobember)
( All Saints' Day )
Jack-o-Lantern
Trick-or-Treat on Halloween
Dunking For Apples
Halloween Parade
Easter (March 23 to April 25)
This is a Christian holiday in March or April when Christians remember the death of Christ and his return to life.
Easter BunnyEaster eggs
Carnival
Reading
The Magic of the Mask
Lisening the passage and check the topics it mentions.
1.Different carnivals
2.The orgins of carnival
3.Spencial food
4.Carnival in Venice
Read the whole passage and generalize the main idea of each paragraph.
Para1. People’s general imperssion of
carmival.
Para2. The meaning of carnival and how
it was celebrated in history.
Para3. Carnival in Venice and the problem
it caused when people celebrated it.
Para4. The law about wearing masks.
Para5. The revival of the tradition of
celebration carvinal.
Para6. How canival is celebrated in
Venice today and the feature of the
carnival in Venice.
Read the passage again and do exercise 2.
Answers: c cb a b b b b
Exercise 3 and 4
Ex. 3
1.confusing
2.excitement
3.mask
4.mystery
5.magic
6. costume
7. crowd
8. tradition
9. atmosphere
Ex. 4 ab bb a bbb
Group competition
Give us the information about carnival as much as you can.
Test about the Reading
Test 11.Think of carnival, and you think of crow
ds, c________, and confusion.
2.As time passed, however, the carnival period was e________.
3.But in the late 1970s the tradition was r_______ by students.
4. If the key to Rio is music and movement, then in Venice it is the m_______.
5. If the masks comeoff, the m____ is lost.
ostumses
xtended
evived
ysteryagic
Test 2 At the beginning of the carnival in Venice, ordinary people wearing masks could pretend to be rich and ________, While famous people could have romantic adventures in ________. Later, People who wore masks could not carry ________ or enter a church. At the end of the 18th, masks were banned completely, and carnival became a _______. In the late 1970s, the tradition revived. Today, when you ______ through the street, you can see thousands of masks- ______ or frightening, sad or _______.
important secret
firearms
memerywonder
elegant amusing
Homework
Exercises on page 86 and 87 in the Work book