1、Chinese traditional festivals name: 春節(jié) (Chinese) Spring Festival 中國結：Chinese knotwhen (date): 正月初一 (農歷) It falls on the first day of the first lunar month activities/ customs: 放鞭炮: set off firecrackers 活動 / 習俗: 貼對聯(lián): put up couplets 壓歲錢/ 紅包：get lucky money / get red packets/ get red envelopes 吃團年飯：ha

2、ve a reunion dinner with family/ (get together to) have dinner with family 拜年、走親戚：visit relatives name:元宵節(jié) the Lantern Festival when (date): 正月十五 (農歷) It falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. activities/ customs: 吃湯圓：eat/ have sweet (rice) dumplings 掛燈籠：hang lanterns 猜謎：guess (lantern

3、) riddles 放鞭炮：set off firecrackers 玩鞭炮：play with firecrackers name:清明節(jié) Tomb Sweeping Day / Qingming Festival when (date): 公歷4月5日前后 It falls on April 5th this year activities/ customs: People always bring flowers, food and wine to the tombs of their ancestors. They sweep dust off the tombs. ( tomb:墳墓

4、 ) name: 端午節(jié) Dragon Boat Festival when (date): 農歷五月初五 It falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.activities/ customs: 龍舟賽：have dragon boat races 吃粽子：eat zongzi 紀念屈原: memorize/ honor/ show respect to Quyuan, a great ancient poet 放風箏(放紙鳶)：fly kites name: 中秋節(jié) Mid-Autumn Festival when (date): 農歷

5、八月十五 It falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month.activities/ customs: 吃月餅：eat mooncakes 賞月：admire the moon 吃團年飯：have a reunion dinner with family/ (get together to) have dinner with family name: 除夕 (Chinese) New Years Eve name: 元旦 New Years Day when (date): 一月一日 January 1stname:國慶節(jié) Natio

6、nal Day when (date): 十月一日October 1st activities/ customs: 七天假期：have 7 days off Western festivalsname: 圣誕節(jié)Christmas when (date): 12月25日 on December 25th 關鍵詞：圣誕樹 Christmas tree 圣誕老人 Santa Claus activities/ customs: 裝扮圣誕樹：decorate the Christmas tree 寄贈圣誕賀卡表達祝福：send Christmas cards to family members and

7、 friends to show their wishes the purpose: 為了紀念耶穌的誕生：to memorize the birth of Jesus name:萬圣節(jié)(前夜) Halloween when (date): 10月31日 on October 31st activities/ customs: 做南瓜燈：make Jack-O-Lanterns 不給糖就搗亂：trick or treat (children who dress up as ghosts knock at peoples doors to ask for candies by saying “tr

8、ick or treat”. ) 化妝舞會：have costume parties 通用句子：XX Festival is one of the most important festivals in China. XX Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals. It is important for people to do sth. 表達節(jié)日在哪一天(慶祝)：It falls on + 日期 every year. It is a traditional festival which falls on . (定從) It

9、is celebrated on. It is a traditional festival (which is) celebrated on. (定從) XX Festival, one of the Chinese traditional festival, is celebrated on. 講述活動、習俗(做什么)：There are many activities during the festival. On that day, people will do sth. People usually celebrate it by doing sth. To celebrate it

10、, people do sth. / People do sth. to celebrate it. One of the customs is that+句子目的/原因：The purpose of . is to . The festival is to show. In order to do sth./ To do sth. , people celebrate it. People celebrate it in order that+ 句子 People celebrate it to show. We celebrate it because+句子/ because of+n./

11、 due to+n. /as a result of+n. The reason why we celebrate it is that + 句子 One of the main reasons is that+句子 Another reason is that+句子 Thats because+ 原因句子 Thats why+句子(結果) (通過例句體會用法：He got bad grades. Thats because he is lazy. & He is lazy. Thats why he got bad grades ) 其它：the symbol of the fest

12、ival is. / . is the symbol of the festival. (節(jié)日象征) XX is a symbol of good luck and health. XX is connected with. XX stands for(代表). Chinese New Year is a celebration marking the end of the winter season and the beginning of spring. 并列：and, not only.but also., neither.nor., either. or., both.and., as

13、 well as. 因果：so, as a result(結果是), because, as a result of./ because of./ due to.+n. 轉折：but, although/ though, while(表對比) , or(否則) , in spite of sth. (盡管.)其它：unless(如果不,除非)，even if/ even though(即使)， so.that+句子(如此.以至于.) , as long as (只要), in order that+句子(為了)，in order to do, too.to do, so that+句子(以便), 副詞： however(然而)， instead(相反,代替)， therefore(因此)，thus(因此)， on the contrary(相反) There is no doubt that+句子 It is believed that+句子 Its said that+句子 書面表達