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UNIT 31 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS ( Ⅰ ) Lesson 61 Part Ⅰ

UNIT 31  HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS (Ⅰ)

 

Lesson 61

Part Ⅰ  Warming-up Exercises

Dates: Traditional Holidays

1. Valentine's Day ___________________

2. Feast¹ of Dolls ____________________

3. Feast of Banners² __________________

4. Dragon Boat Festival _______________

5. Mid-Autumn Festival _______________

6. April Fools' Day ___________________

7. Bastille Day _______________________

8. Halloween ________________________

9. All Souls' Day _____________________

10. Boxing Day ______________________

Score: _______

Lesson 61 Part Ⅱ Dragon Boat Festival ( Ⅰ )

Lesson 61

Part Ⅱ Dragon Boat Festival (Ⅰ)

 

Exercises:

1. is about                  2. cut himself off from society

3. lost heart                4. made the Emperor believe

5. envied                    6. planned secretly

7. killed himself          8. made up groundless stories

9. unfaithful               10. drove Qu Yuan out

 

The Origin of Dragon Boat Festival

 

Dragon Boat Festival ___ ___ Qu Yuan. He was a famous scholar-statesman. Other government officials ____ him. They ____ ____ against him. They ____ ____ ____ ____ about him. They ____ ____ ____ ____that Qu Yuan was ____. The Emperor was annoyed. He ___ ____ ____ ____of the kingdom. Qu Yuan ____ ____ ____ ________. He became an excellent poet. But in the end he ____ ____. He ____ by jumping into the river.

Lesson 61 Part Ⅲ DragonBoat Festival ( Ⅱ )

Lesson 61

Part Ⅲ                Dragon Boat Festival (Ⅱ)

 

Exercises:

Ⅰ. 1. Dragon Boat Festival is on ____ according to the ____ Calendar. It is held at ____ o'clock.

2. People hold____ ____ ____. The teams race. against one another in resembling____ . They keep pace by the ____ in the boats.

3. Originally people threw ____ in the water. Now they give offerings of ____.

4. People have a big ____ on this holiday. There is usually a big ____ on the table.

Ⅱ. 1____________________________

2.______________________________

3.______________________________

 

 

 

1 feast   

n.盛宴，筵席，节日

参考例句：

• After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.大吃了一顿之后，她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己。
• You shouldn't have troubled yourself to prepare such a feast!你不该准备这样丰盛的饭菜，这样太麻烦你了！

2 banners   

横幅( banner的名词复数 )； 旗，旗帜； 虹采

参考例句：

• They were carrying placards and banners demanding that he resign. 人们手持标语牌和横幅，要求他下台。
• The city's main streets were decked with multi-coloured banners. 市区的主要街道装饰着各种颜色的彩旗。