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Lesson 61

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UNIT 31 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS (Ⅰ)



Lesson 61

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

Dates: Traditional Holidays

1. Valentine's Day ___________________

2. Feast of Dolls ____________________

3. Feast of Banners __________________

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: _______




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.




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.______________________________

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