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Celebration Festivals

Part A Warm-up:

1. Look at the photos. What are the people celebrating?

Key Words: graduation, a birthday, Christmas, passing an exam, winning a scholarship, a sporting victory, the Mid Autumn Festival, the New Year, a wedding, Halloween, the Dragon Boat Festival

2. What have you celebrated recently?

Part B Reading: Festivals

Before you start

1. What’s your favourite season? What festivals happen during your favourite season?

Festivals

A: Autumn

Every year in September or October, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated by the Chinese people all over the world. On this day, the moon is said to be its biggest and brightest. People like to meet in the evening and watch the moon.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is important because it is a special occasion for family. It is also a day for special foods like moon cakes. There are all kinds of moon cakes. Traditional moon cakes are usually made with bean paste, but nowadays, there are many different kinds of moon cakes including fruit, coffee, chocolate and even ice-cream moon cakes. B: Winter

The Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations.

There are many stories about how the Lantern Festival started. In one story, lanterns were lit to celebrate the power of light over darkness. In another story, a town was almost destroyed but the light from many lanterns saved it. The story was about a god who wanted to burn down the town. He was fooled when he saw thousands of lanterns. He thought the town was already burning.

In the past, lanterns were usually lit by candles and decorated with pictures of birds, animals and flowers, etc. Nowadays, most lanterns are made with light bulbs and batteries, and they come in many shapes and sizes. In the north-eastern part of China, there are even ice-lanterns.

The special food for the Lantern Festival is the sweet dumpling. Sweet dumplings are boiled and served in hot water. C: Summer

The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar year, As it is in early summer, it marks the beginning of the hottest season of the year.

The tradition of the Dragon Boat Festival started more than 2,000 years ago. In the old days, dragon boat races were organized only by Chinese people. However, in recent years, people from other cultures have also taken part in races and enjoyed the fun.

There is a special food for the festival. It is called zongzi, which is sticky rice in fresh bamboo leaves

Read to learn

2. Read the texts again and fill in the table with the information you read from the texts. Add another typical festival that you know well. Festivals The Mid-Autumn Festival The Lantern Festival The Dragon Boat Festival

voice your opinion

3. Do you think too much money is spent at festival times? Why or why not?

4. Which festival in China is most important for children? Young people? Old people? Women and men?

Season& date/ month Typical activity or food Part C Grammar: The Passive

5. Look at the first sentence in each group and complete the second sentence with the correct verb forms. (1) …the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated by Chinese people all over the world. Traditional moon cakes (make) with beam paste. (2) In one story, lanterns were lit to celebrate the power of light over darkness. In the old days, dragon boat races only (organise) by the Chinese people. 6. Look at the given sentences and work out the correct verb forms of the other sentences.