Section B 3a-Self Check,Review： Chinese festivals,Spring Festival,The 1st day of the first lunar month,Festival of lanterns,yuanxiao,Womens Day-March 8,The 1st day of May,Labour Day,The 1st day of June,Childrens Day,Army Day-August 1st,The 15th day of the 8th lunar month,Mid-Autumn Festival,The 10th day of September,Teachers Day,The 1st day of October,National Day,festivals,Christmas,FoolsDay,ValentinesDay,Carnival,Easter,Thanksgiving Day,MothersDay,FathersDay,Halloween,Foreign festivals,the Cherry Blossom Festival,Every April when the country is covered with cherry flowers.,Japanese go out with their friends or families, sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic.,In February,Carnival (狂欢节),Easter 复活节,The first Sunday after a full moon on or after March 21,FoolsDay,April 1st,Mothers Day,The second Sunday in May,Thanksgiving Day,The fourth Thursday in November,November 31st,Halloween,Christmas,3a Your English-speaking pen pal wants to know about your favorite Chinese festival. Make some notes about the festival.,3b Write a letter to your pen pal and tell him/her about your favorite Chinese festival. Use your notes in 3a.,In your letter: First, introduce the festival and when it is celebrated. Then talk about what people do and eat. Finally, explain why you like it best and how it makes you feel.,Use the following expressions to help you: My favorite Chinese festival is . It is celebrated in/on . During this festival, people . It is my favorite festival because . It makes me feel .,Dear Tom, My favorite Chinese festival is Spring Festival. It is a traditional festival in China. It is celebrated on the 1st day of the first lunar(阴历) month. During this festival, people usually clean and decorate their house carefully before it comes. They eat Nian-gao, eight treasures rice (八宝饭)and family reunion dinner.,Sample 1,It is my favorite festival because we kids can wear new clothes and get gift money. Whats more, we can watch the dragon dance(舞龙). It makes me feel very happy and excited.,The Middle-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is often celebrated in September or October. During the festival, family members get together and eat mooncakes. There are various kind of delicious mooncakes.,Sample 2,On the evening of the Middle-Autumn Festival, people can enjoy the full moon in the dark sky. I like Mid-Autumn Festival because it makes me happy.,Self Check,Many Western countries celebrate Easter. This holiday is always on a Sunday _ March 22nd _April 25th. It celebrates the beginning of new life. Hens _ eggs, giving birth to life, so an egg is a symbol of new life.,1 Complete the passage with the words in the box.,spreadaround betweenand give out business lay relatives,between,lay,and,A popular activity during Easter is to hide eggs around your home or garden for friends or _ to find. These can be real eggs, but they are more often chocolate eggs. Not only do people _ them _in different hiding places for an egg hunt, but they also_these treats as gifts. So just like Christmas, Easter creates good_ for supermarkets and chocolate stores.,relatives,spread,business,around,give out,Not only do people spread them around in different hiding places for an egg hunt, but they also give out these treats as gifts. 句中的not only . but (also) . 意为“不但而且”。当not only位于句首时，其后的主谓要部分倒装。,Language points,Not only has he a first-class brain but also he is a tremendously hard worker. 他不仅有着头等聪明的脑子，而且工作很能吃苦。 Not only has the poor man lost his car，but (also) he has lost his house. 这个可怜的人不仅丢失了车，而且也丧失了他的房子。,此外，当not only . but (also) . 连接两个代词或名词作主语时，谓语动词要与but (also)后的代词或名词在数上保持一致。如： Not only he but also I am wrong. Not only books but also water is needed.,1. The mooncakes are delicious. _! 2. The festival will be fun. _!,2 Rewrite these sentences as exclamations.,How delicious the mooncakes are,What a fun festival it will be,3. This concert is boring. _! Im really excited. _ ! 5. The band played really loud music. _!,How boring the concert is,How excited I am,What loud music the band played,I think _. I know _. I believe_. I wonder_.,3 Make sentences about a festival/festivals you like using these words + that/whether/if.,that mooncakes with yolks are more delicious than the ones without,that the shape of the mooncake symbolizes the full moon a mid-autumn.,that a clean house for the Spring Festival will bring good fortune to my family,whether we will have fireworks at the next Spring Festival,1. _ good advice! Its so helpful to us. A. How B. What C. What a 2. _ excellent work you have done!