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,Happy New Year,Unit 12 The Spring Festivals,It falls on the first day of the first Chinese,lunar month,and the celebration lasts from the 23,rd,of the 12,th,lunar month up to the 15,th,of the first lunar month next year.,What is the longest and most important festival in China,What do you do in the Spring Festival,春节习俗 Customs of the Spring Festival,The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and also the most important one of the whole year. Through the evolvement of thousands of years, a series of customs are spreading far and wide.,we clean our houses and sweep away bad luck, and then we paint doors and windows red.,我们清扫房子的卫生，将霉运扫走，然后我们将门和窗户刷成红色,扫尘 Sweeping the Dust,扫尘 Sweeping the Dust,“Dust is homophonic with “chen尘in Chinese, which means old and past. In this way, “sweeping the dust before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life. In a word, just before the Spring Festival comes, every household will give a thorough cleaning to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new.,春联,spring festival couplets,贴春联 Pasting Spring Couplets,“The Spring Couplet, also called “couplet and “a pair of antithetical phrases, is a special form of literature in China. The Spring Couplet is composed of two antithetical sentences on both sides of the door and a horizontal scroll bearing an inscription, usually an auspicious phrase, above the gate. The sentence pasting on the right side of the door is called the first line of the couplet and the one on the left the second line. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste on doors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival. In the past t, the Chinese usually wrote their own spring couplet with a brush or asked others to do for them, while nowadays, it is common for people to buy the printed spring couplet in the market.,When,fu(福),comes to town,We usually decorate the doors and windows with paper cuts.,我们常常用剪纸将门和窗户装饰一下。,剪纸 paper-cuts,贴窗花和“福字 Pasting Paper-cuts and “Up-sided Fu,Paper-cuts, usually with auspicious patterns, give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival and express the good wishes of Chinese people looking forward to a good life. In addition to pasting paper-cuts on windows, it is common for Chinese to paste the character “fu福, big and small, on walls, doors and doorposts around the houses. “Fu福 shows peoples yearning toward a good life. Some people even invert the character “fu福 to signify that blessing has arrived because “inverted is a homonym for “arrive in Chinese. Now many kinds of paper-cuts and “fu福 can be seen in the market before the Festival.,the dinner on New Years Eve,年夜饭,family,reunion,dinner,团圆饭,【Food names】春节食品名称:,年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake,团圆饭 family reunion dinner,年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve,饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli,八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding,汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings,糖果盘 candy tray:,什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune,蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health,西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness,金桔 cumquat - prosperity,红枣 red dates - prosperity,糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come,糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship,花生糖 peanut candy - sweet,吃饺子 Having Jiaozi,On New Years Eve, the whole family will sit together to make jiaozi and celebrate the Spring Festival. The shape of jiaozi is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure. The tradition of having jiaozi is very important during the Spring Festival. You cannot have a complete Spring Festival without having jiaozi.,看春晚 The CCTV New Years program,看春节联欢晚会 The CCTV New Years Program,The New Years,Gala,is a variety show held by China Central Television (CCTV),since 1983,. For every year since then at the turn of the Lunar New Year, the program begins at,8:00PM,and lasts five or six hours. It brings laughter to billions of people, creates many popular words and produces lots of TV phenomena meriting attention. For over twenty years, its value,has gone far beyond,a variety show. It is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. Many Chinese would like to watch the gala while having the dinner on New Years Eve.,烟花 firework,Firecrackers,鞭炮,set off,fireworks /,firecrackers,燃放,烟花爆竹,放鞭炮 Setting off Firecrackers,The firecracker is a unique product in China. In ancient China, the sound of burning bamboo tubes was used to scare away wild animals and evil spirits. With the invention of the gunpowder, “firecracker is also called “鞭炮binpo (“炮 in Chinese means gun) and used to foster a joyful atmosphere. The first thing every Chinese household does is to set off firecrackers and fireworks, which are meant to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new. This shows that burning firecrackers is a very important activity during the Spring Festival.,New Years visit,On New Years Day, we put on our new clothes and visit our family and friends.,在新年那天，我们穿上新衣服回家或到朋友家拜年。,lucky money,Children Getting money in,red envelopes,from their parents and relatives.,How do you spend your gift money,拜年和压岁钱 New Years Visit and Gift Money,On the first day of the Chinese lunar year, everybody puts on their best clothes and pays ceremonial calls on their relatives and friends, wishing them all the luck in the coming year. Juniors will greet seniors, wishing them health and longevity, while seniors will give juniors some gift money as a wish for their safety in the coming year. When friends meet, they will wish each other happiness and prosperity with a big smile. With the development of the new technology, there is a change on the way of giving New Years greetings. In recent year, it is common to send New Years greetings by such modern means of communication as telephones, emails and text messages.,庙会temple fair,The,Temple Fair,is busy and crowded today.,庙会上人们比肩继踵，真是热闹啊。,舞狮,lion dance,舞龙,dragon dance,灯谜,riddles written on lanterns,逛庙会 Temple Fair,Temple fair, usually held outside temples, is a kind of folk custom in China. During the Spring Festival, temple fair is one of the most important activities, in which there are such performances as acrobatics and Wushu, numerous kinds of local snacks and many kinds of things for everyday life. In recent years, the temple fair has become a place for people to appreciate the traditional art and experience the traditional life.,Traditional Festival Greetings:,Wishing You Prosperity,Promoting To A Higher Position,guess,May All Your Wishes Come True,Everything Goes Well,Traditional Festival Greetings:,金玉满堂 Treasures Fill The Home,生意兴隆 Business Flourishes,岁岁平安 Peace All Year Round,恭喜发财 Wishing You Prosperity,和气生财 Harmony Brings Wealth,心想事成 May All Your Wishes Come True,桔祥如意 Everything Goes Well,国泰平安 The Country Flourishes And People Live In Peace,一帆风顺 Wishing You Every Success,步步高升 Promoting To A Higher Position,出入平安 Safe Trip Wherever You Go,Blessing,With best wishes for a happy New Year!,祝新年快乐，并致以良好的祝福。,Wishing you peace, joy and happiness through the coming year.,在新年降临之际，祝福你平安、快乐、幸福！,Good luck and great success in the coming New Year.,祝来年好运，并取得更大的成就。,At New Year and always, may peace and love fill your heart, beauty fill your world, and contentment and joy fill your days.,新年的祝福，平日的希冀，愿你心境祥和、充满爱意，愿你的世界全是美满，愿你一切满意如意，快乐无比。,Please accept our wishes for you and yours for a happy New Year.,请承受我们对你及你全家的美好祝福，祝你们新年快乐。,May the joy and happiness around you today and always.,愿快乐幸福永伴你左右。,At first ,the preparing work:,Clean the house,go to the flower markets.,do Spring Festival shopping,Paste Spring Couplets,Cook the meals,Secondly, eat family reunion dinner;,Light all the lamps,Set off fireworks and firecracks,Start eating family reunion dinner,Thirdly, stay up late on New Years Eve:,Watch TV,Play majiang or card,Set off firecracks at 24 oclock,Finally, “Bainianon new year:,Junior wish senior a happy new year,Senior give junior lucky money.,从初一到十五的日子,年初一：祭拜天地Day1: People began their day by offering prayers and welcome the gods ofheaven and earth. Most of the people stay away from meat to ensure healthy living。,年初二：狗狗过生日Day 2:Successively, prayers are offer to their ancestors and other gods.Chinese are strict care-taker of dogs and feed them well. This is dayis considered to be the birthday of all dogs。,初三初四：走亲访友，媳妇回娘家Day3 and 4: These are very important days for the families to keep uptheir relations. It calls for every son-in-law to pay respect to theirparents-in-law。,年初五：“破五祭财神Day5: According to the traditions, nobody visits friends and relativeshouses as it would bring bad omen. They stay back home to worship theGod of wealth. The day is called Po Woo。,年初六：百无禁忌，出门活动筋骨Day6: On this day, people freely meet their near and dear ones and evenvisit nearby temples to pray for their well being and high spirits。,年初七：吃面条，祝长寿Day 7: This is Chinese farmers day. They display their backbreakingproduce. They also prepare a drink from seven different types ofvegetables. On this day, everybody eats noodles which is a symbol oflong life and fish representing success。,年初八：凌晨拜天公Day8: Its an other day to be celebrated with the family and friends. Theyalso offer midnight prayers to Tian Gong, the God of Heaven。,年初九：玉皇大帝登场Day 9: Prayers are offered to Jade Emperor。,初十、十一、十二、十三：大吃大喝，最后记得回归清淡Days 10 to 13: From 10 to 12, people celebrate the days by having sumptuous dinner with the loved ones and the 13th day is left for a very light dinner to cleanse the system。,年十四：准备闹元宵Day 14: People start preparing for the celebration of Lantern Festival to be held on next day,。,年十五：吃元宵看灯火Day 15: Since it is the first night to see full moon, people hang out colorful lanterns, eat glutinous rice balls and enjoy the day with their families。,Review:,春联,剪纸,烟花,爆竹,舞狮,舞龙,灯谜,灯会,守岁,Spring Festival couplets,paper-cuts,fireworks,firecrackers,lion dance,dragon dance,riddles written on lanterns,exhibit of lanterns,staying-up,Chinese Zodiac,生肖,Rat,Ox,Chinese Zodiac,生肖,Rat comes first in the Chinese Zodiac.,Tiger,Rabbit,Dragon,Snake,Horse,Goat,Monkey,Rooster,Dog,Pig,Chinese Zodiac,生肖,Spring festival,Spring Festival day that the families get together. Chinese people most like the Spring Festival. The spring festival is usually in the February ,.In the spring festival, every family all paste the lucky, Spring Festival couplets and they fire the cracker, they eat the dumplings, we are have make dumplings it, is very delicious. playing fireworks in the open air. My brother and I played fireworks on that day. We had many fireworks. the families get together to have the new years dinner, wish each other, talk about the wishes about the new year. Small I hope make progress in study and everyone in families happy. we are receive the money given to them as a lunar new year gift. l like it very much.,Warming up,The Spring Festival：,1 the Chinese Lunar New Years Day.,2on the first day of a year on the lunar calendar.,3peoples favorite festival in China and in many Asian countries, just like Christmas in the West.,dumplings,firework,crackers,Red lantern,Paper-cuts,couplets,The Spring Festival,is coming. Id like to go back home and,spend,the long holiday,with,my parents. The Spring Festival is,the Chinese Lunar New Years Day,. It is on the first day of a year,on the lunar calendar,. It is peoples favorite festival in China and in many Asian countries,just like,Christmas in the West. The family members would,get together,around their parents to celebrate the Spring Festival happily.,No matter how,far away from,home, people,try to get back,home before Lunar New Years Eve, just as the old saying goes ,East or West, home is the best.,Para1-2,Language Points,1. is coming: 现在进展时态表示将来,The summer holiday is coming.,暑假快到了。,2. would like to: 想要做,Id like to go with him.,我想和他一起去。,3. spend+ money/time on sth/ (in) doing sth,He spent two hours doing his homework.,他花费两个小时做作业。,4. on + 具体到某天的上下午或者晚上,He left on Monday morning.,他周一早晨走的。,Language Points,5. lunar calendar: 农历,6. just like: 就像,He looks just like his father.,他看上去像他的父亲。,7. get together: 团聚,We got together to celebrate his birthday last Sunday.,上周日我们聚会为他庆祝生日。,8. no matter: 无论,No matter what she says, keep calm please.,无论她说什么，请保持镇静。,People usually,begin preparing,a celebration a week,before,the,festival. They clean their houses,meaning to sweep,all the bad,luck,in,the past year. They prepare many traditional Chinese,food,get new clothes,for,children,hang up,red lanterns,in,the,yard, paste colorful paper-cuts on windows and Spring Festival,couplets,on,both side,of,gates or doors. People,try to,make,New Year,full of,joy so that they will have,good luck,in,the,coming year.,Para3,Language Points,9. far away from: 远离,Tell the boy to keep far away from fire.,告诉男孩要远离火。,10.try to：努力；尽量,He tried to earn money to support family.,他努力挣钱养家。,11. prepare: 准备 prepare for: 为 做准备,My mother prepared some money for me.,妈妈为我准备了一些钱。,12. mean to; 想做,What do you mean to do on earth,你终究想干什么？,Language Points,13. sweep out: 清扫；扫出去,She swept out the dirt.,她把土扫出去。,14. in the past/coming year: 在去/来年,15. many kinds of: 各种各样的,I met all kinds of people there.,在那里，我遇到了各种各样的人。,16. hang up:悬挂,17. be full of: 充满,The room is full of smoke.,屋子里都是烟。,As,for our family, we have a family,reunion on,every Lunar New Years Eve.,With,the whole family together, we,share,happiness and great joy, having delicious food, playing games, singing and dancing,and watching wonderful TV programs for the Spring Festival on CCTV. At midnight, we have some,jiaozi,and,set off,crackers and fireworks,to,welcome the coming New Year.,Para4,Language Points,18. So that; 以至于；所以,I left early so that I could get there on time.,我早点动身，这样就能按时到了。,19. as for: 至于；关于,As for the money, we will talk about it later.,关于钱，我们以后再谈。,20. share sth with sb: 同 分享,Mary shares the room with three other girls.,玛丽和其他三名女孩共住一个房间。,21. having delicious food, playing games, singing and dancing: 现在分词作伴随状语。,He sat there, saying nothing.,他坐在那里，一言不发。,Language Points,22. at midnight: 半夜,I woke up at midnight suddenly.,我半夜突然醒了。,23. set off: 燃放，出发,We set off at eight this morning.,今天早晨，我们八点出发。,On the first morning of the Lunar New Year, we get,up early, dress up and go to show respect to the senior,members of the family. We also express good wishes to,our friends, neighbors and relatives. Children are very,happy to receive the “lucky money from the seniors members of the family.,we enjoy the happiness and the tender sentiments of,our family and we learn a lot about Chinese traditional,culture during the Spring Festival.,Para5-6,Language Points,24. get up: 起床,He gets up early every morning.,他每天早晨早早地起床。,25.learn about:学,He learns a little about western culture.,他学了一点西方文化的知识。,26. a lot (of): 许多；大量,He helps me a lot.,He gives me a lot of help.,他帮助我很多。,Difficulty,The Spring Festival is coming.,is coming 是进展时，表示将来要发生的动作。类似的动词还有go, arrive, leave, get, return,The bus is leaving.,He is arrive in London.,No matter how far away from home, ,no matter how + adj./ adv. 无论怎么 无论如何,No matter how difficult the work was, the young man could try his best to work it out.,no matter what 无论什么，,no matter where 无论哪儿,Difficulty,With the whole family together, ,having,delicious food,playing,games,singing,and,dancing,and,watching,wonderful TV programs,having, playing, singing, dancing, watching,在句中是现在分词短语作伴随状语。,She got on the bus,carrying,her baby in her arms.,The boy lay on the ground,looking,at the sky.,Discussion,1.What are other customs of The Spring Festival,2.What are the customs in your family or your hometown,3.Do you think it is important to stay with family members,4. What are your opinions about reunion dinner,5.What other funny things that you think,Traditional Festival Greetings:,恭喜发财,岁岁平安,桔祥如意,心想事成,步步高升,Wishing You Prosperity,May All Your Wishes Come True,Promoting To A Higher Position,Everything Goes Well,Peace All Year Round,Thank,you !,
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