Listening and Speaking,Part I,Book 3-Unit 13,Listening and Speaking,Return to Menu,Brainstorming Listening Speaking,Book 3-Unit 13,Brainstorming,Work with your group to think of as many words/phrases/expressions as possible regarding the following topics. Chinese festivals Times before and after a festival Activities for group celebrations Activities for family celebrations Activities for childrens celebrations Traditional foods at the festival dinner Festivals in English speaking countries,Book 3-Unit 13,Notes,Chinese Festivals,Book 3-Unit 13,Lunar New Year Chinese New Year Spring Festival,Lantern Festival,Mid-autumn Festival,Book 3-Unit 13,Dragon-boat Festival,Water-sprinkling Festival,Torch Festival,Kite-flying Day,The Day for Mourning the Dead Qingming Memorial Day Tomb-sweeping Day,Book 3-Unit 13,Double Ninth Chongyang,Double Seven Qixi,Times Before and After a Festival,Time Before a Festival Days before The day before New Years Eve,Time After a Festival The day after Days after The ten days following the festival,Book 3-Unit 13,Activities for Group Celebrations,dancing singing parades playing games stilt-walking lion dance, dragon dance yangko dance variety shows kite-flying,Book 3-Unit 13,getting together family reunion feasts watching CCTV New Years Eve Show playing cards/majiang giving gifts to. making New Years visits sending New Years greetings/greeting cards to.,giving pocket money to children worshipping ancestors and deceased family members worshipping gods of various kinds (e.g. by making an offering to the Kitchen God, the Land God, the Jade Emperor) house-cleaning putting up New Year couplets,Activities for Family Celebrations,Book 3-Unit 13,Activities for Childrens Celebrations,getting gifts from parents getting red envelope/pocket money from parents playing games setting off fireworks/fire-crackers visiting temple fairs,Book 3-Unit 13,Jiaozi (dumplings) Steamed bread/bun Braided bun stuffed/plain bun Zongzi various dishes hot dishes cold dishes Chinese salad,Traditional Foods at the Festival Dinner,Book 3-Unit 13,Festivals In English Speaking Countries,On Jan. 1 On Feb. 14 In March or April On Apr. 1 In May On May 3 In June On July 4 In September In October On Nov. 5 In November In December After Christmas,New Years Day Valentine s Day Easter April Fools Day Mothers Day Memorial Day (U.S., Canada) Fathers Day, Childrens Day Independence Day (U.S.) Labor Day (U.S., Canada) Thanksgiving Day (U.S., Canada) Guy Fawkes Day (U.K.) Halloween/All Saints Day Christmas Boxing Day (U.K., Canada),Book 3-Unit 13,Listening,Discuss the following questions in pairs. How many ethnic minority groups are there in China? How many ethnic minority groups in China do you know? Where do most of them live? What festivals do the ethnic minorities observe?,Book 3-Unit 13,Water-sprinkling Festival of the Dai,The Dais are mainly distributed in Dehong and Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. The Water-sprinkling Festival, the New Year in the Dai calendar, is held in the last ten days of the 6th month or early in the 7th month of the Dai calendar, and usually lasts three to five days. The first day of the festival is the day for seeing off the old and welcoming the new. On this day, the Dai people dip flowering branches in water and sprinkle the water on one another as a blessing.,Example,Book 3-Unit 13,The second day is devoted to splashing water on everyone, as a symbol of good luck and happiness; the more water one is splashed with, the happier one will be. On the third day are held the “dropping the pouch” game（丢包) and the “ascending higher”（放高升） competition. During the festival, the Dai people also hold boat races, dance the peacock dance and play the Ganbai（赶摆）game.,Book 3-Unit 13,The Torch Festival,The following words in the recording may be new to you: minority: a racial group regarded as different from the larger group of which it is part worship: the reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object variation: something slightly different from another of the same type parade: an organized public procession on a festival or ceremonial occasion,Book 3-Unit 13,Task 1: Listen and answer the following questions.,When does the Torch Festival begin and how long does it last? How do young men and women celebrate the festival at night? In what special way do some Yizu people in Yunnan celebrate the Festival? What is the torch parade like?,Book 3-Unit 13,Reference Answers,When does the Torch Festival begin and how long does it last? 2. How do young men and women celebrate the festival?,The Torch Festival usually begins in early June or on the 24th or 25th of the month, and it often lasts for three days.,They gather round the big torches in their villages, singing and dancing and playing musical instru-ments, and this could last a whole night.,Book 3-Unit 13,3. In what special way do some Yizu people in Yunnan celebrate the Festival? 4. What is the torch parade like?,They m