Lesson1Festivals

TeachingAims:1.Catchtheimportantsentencesfromthepassage.2.Graspthekeywordsbydoingexercises.RevisionTranslatethefollowingexpressions.theLanternFestival

元宵節(jié)sweetdumpling元宵lightbulb電燈泡inshapesandsizes形狀、大小不一lunarmonth陰歷一個(gè)月hotwater熱湯battery電池成千上萬thousandsof燒毀burndown

2.Remembertheformsofthewords.①

celebratev.慶祝celebration

n.慶祝，慶典celebratebirthdaycelebrateChristmas②lightvt.點(diǎn)燃,照亮（lighted,lighted）/（lit,lit）

n.光，光亮③destroyvt.（destroyed,destroyed）darkadj.黑暗的darkness

n.黑暗，漆黑burnvt.（burnt,burnt）/（burned,burned）

decoratevt.裝飾，布置（decorated,decorated）decoration

n.裝飾WhatfestivalsorholidayshappeninChina?Lead-inspringWomen’sDaysummerChildren’sDaytheDragonBoatFestivaltheMid-AutumnDayNationalDayTeachers’DayautumnwinterTheLanternFestivalSpringFestivalWhichfestivaliscelebrated?theLanternFestival

FastReadingReadthetextquicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whatwerelanternsdecoratedwithinthepast?2.What’sthespecialfoodfortheLanternFestival?LanguagePoints

Readthetextagainandpayattentiontothefollowinglanguagepoints.

TheImportantSentences1.TherearemanystoriesabouthowtheLanternFestivalstarted.關(guān)于元宵節(jié)的起源有許多種傳說。How引導(dǎo)賓語從句，作介詞about的賓語。2.Thestorywasaboutagodwhowantedtoburndownthetown.故事是這樣的，有一位神仙想燒毀這座城市。Who引導(dǎo)定語從句，且在從句中作主語，修飾先行詞agod.3.Inthepast,lanternswereusuallylitbycandlesanddecoratedwithpictureofbirds,animalsandflowers,etc.過去，人民常用蠟燭點(diǎn)燈籠，用鳥,動作,花等圖案裝飾燈籠。本句中第一個(gè)and連接兩個(gè)并列的謂語werelitby……和（were)decoratedwith……

活學(xué)活用

Translatethefollowingsentences.

1.YesterdayIhelpedanoldmanwhohadlosthisway.昨天我?guī)椭艘晃幻月返睦先恕?.Intheolddays,dragonboatraceswereorganisedandcelebratedonlybyChinesepeople.在過去，只有中國人舉行和慶祝賽龍舟活動。

TheKeyWords

TheLanternFestivalfallsonthefifteenthdayofthelunarmonth.每年農(nóng)歷正月十五是中國的元宵節(jié)。fallon(生日、節(jié)日等)適逢某一天；（責(zé)任）落在…身上;撲向Eg1.六月一日是兒童節(jié)。Children’sdayfallsonJune1st.Eg2.夏季將有新節(jié)目在電視上出現(xiàn)。NewprogrammeswillfallontheTVinsummer.

活學(xué)活用：去年的圣誕節(jié)是星期二。Christmas

Tuesdaylastyear.fellon

Inthepast,lanternswereusuallylitbycandlesanddecorated

withpicturesofbirds,animalsandflowers,etc.過去，人們常用蠟燭點(diǎn)燈籠，并用鳥，獸，花等圖案裝飾燈籠。decoratesth.withsth.用…裝飾…Eg：孩子們用彩燈裝飾圣誕樹。ThechildrendecoratedtheChristmastreewith

coloredlights.活學(xué)活用：我爸爸用漂亮的花裝飾屋子。Mydad

theroom

beautifulflowers.拓展：decoration

n.裝飾，裝潢decorated

withEg:sheputsome

decorationsontheChristmastree.她在圣誕樹上放了一些裝飾。Sweetdumplingsareboiledandservedinhotwater元宵用熱水煮，隨湯一起吃。(1)提供(食物），端上（飯菜）；Eg.Itisnouseservingupdinnersifthekidswon'teatthem.如果孩子們不肯吃，就是端上即食快餐也沒有什么用。(2)vi.服役serveinthearmy服兵役Hehasservedinthearmyforfiveyears.他在部隊(duì)服役五年。(3)服侍，服務(wù)servesb

為某人服務(wù),伺候某人servethepeopleheartandsoul全心全意為人民服務(wù)Eg.雷鋒一生全心全意為人民服務(wù)。LeiFengservedthepeopleheartandsoulallhislife.拓展：servicen.服務(wù)atsb’sservice聽....差遣活學(xué)活用：Thewaiter

thesoupwiththebread.Ifyouneedanyhelp,Iam（聽你差遣）。

atyourserviceserved

Practice

Choosethewordsbelowandcompletethesentences.burndown

celebrate

light

decorate

boil

fallonserve

1.Theroom_______bymanycandles.2.Tom

hisroomwithsomephotosofsportsstars.waslithasdecorated3.We

Christmaswithadanceparty.4.Theschool

byamadman.Onlytwoclassroomsstillstand.5.Christmas

Satur