--- Miss King

Module 8 Public holidays Unit 1 It’s the last day before

the new school year begins.

Game

Let’s guess

what special days

they are!

January February

New Year’s DaySpring Festival

March

Women’s Day

Tree Planting DayApril

Women’s Day April Fool ’s Day

May June Labour Day

Labour Day Children’s Day

July August

Army Day

Party’s Day

Teachers’ DaySeptember October

Teachers’ Day National Day

September or October

the Mid-Autumn Festival the Moon Festival

November

December

Thanksgiving Day

Christmas day

Easter

Look at the pictures, do you know what holidays they are?

St. Valentine’s Day

party festival sing dance celebrate vacation watch fireworks public holiday

Look at the pictures. Which words can you Look at the pictures. Which words can you use to describe(use to describe( 描述描述 ) them?) them?

1. celebrate v. /e, ə, ei / 　庆祝

他每年庆祝他的生日。

He celebrates his birthday every year.

2. labour / ei, ə / n. 劳动

3. Labour Day = May Day 劳动节

4. season / i ： / n. 季节

There are four seasons in a year.

5. vacation/ e, ei /n. 假期，休假

take a vacation 在度假

6. while / ai / conj. = when 当…的时候

While we are staying with him, we are very happy.

7. as soon as 一…就… .

I will laugh as soon as I see you.

celebrate

labour

season

vacation

Labour Day

Match the words with the pictures:Match the words with the pictures:

A

B

C D

E

Do you know what public holiday it is?Do you know what public holiday it is?

It’s Independence Day/ American national holiday.( 美国独立日 or 美国国庆节）

Now listen and check

1. Independence Day is on July_____ .

A. 4th B. 14th C. 24

2. On a public holiday, people ___ work

A. must B. don’t go to C. have to

3. Most people take a vacation from ____ to _____.

A. July, September B. August ,October C. June , August

4.How do Americans celebrate Independence Day?

They put out flags, listen to bands , and have a picnic in the countryside.

Now listen

1.What’s your favourite public holiday?2.When is Labor Day in our country? 3.How long do we Chinese celebrate Labor Da

y?4.What do you usually do during the course of

the Labor Day?5.What new holidays do we have this year? Ching Ming Festival Dragon Boat Festival Mid-autumn Festival

Labor Day is a public holiday. We have a vacation.

They have some plans for the May Day holiday.

Listen and answer the following question.

Do all the people in the world celebrate May Day on the same day?

Tony: Do you have any plans for

the May Day holiday , Betty ?

有些计划

Betty: My parents and I are going to visit some friends in Shangdong Province.

And while we’re staying with them, we’re going to spend a few days in Qingdao. We’ll stay there until 5th May 度假几天

Daming: Do you celebrate 1st May in the UK, Tony?

　

Tony: Well, we celebrate May Day, but

the holiday is not always on

May 1st. It’s the closest Monday

to May 1st, and we have one day off.

休假一天 : 他们每个星期休假一天

They have one day off every week

　

Betty: In the USA, Labour Day

is a national day, but on a different

date, too. It’s on the first Monday

in September. And it’s the last day

before the new school year begins.

Lingling: Do you do anything special?特别的东西不定代词＋形容词

.

Betty : We go camping or have a

picnic somewhere nice ,or

go to the beach.不定代词＋形容词

　

But it’s also the end of

the vacation season. When September

comes, it starts to get cooler, so after

Labour Day we start classes.

Betty : We also go back to school

as soon as the May holiday

is over .

回到

结束 会议结束了The meeting is over .

一 ..就 ..

　

Lingling : True, but our weather

gets better, and then we only

have a few weeks

　　　　　 before the

start of the summer holidays.

Betty: Right! So Let’s enjoy ourselves

until we go back to school.

变得更好=some,several 几个

暑假

= have a good time 玩得开心

Activity 4 : Complete the table

UK USA ChinaDate of May Day

/ Labour Day

The closest Monday to May 1st

Length( 长度 ) of holiday

three days

the first Monday in September

1st May

one day one day

　

Activity 5 :Choose the best answer

1.Lingling and Sally will leave Qingdao on May_____.

a) 1st b) 3rd c) 5th

2. The Americans celebrate Labour Day

____May Day in China

a) on the same day as b) earlier than

c) later than

3. American children go back to school _.

a) on September 1st

b) on the first Monday of September

c) the day after Labour Day

4. Lingling thinks that after May Day in China, ____.

a) it’s the start of the summer holiday

b) everyone enjoys themselves

c) the weather gets bad

Chinese New Year 春节play with fireworks

（放烟火）lion dance （舞狮子）eat much nice Chines

e food best wishes

Christmas Christmas

圣诞节圣诞节

Father Christmas

Christmas trees

Christmas songs

Christmas presents

Pair work: Talk about festivals.Pair work: Talk about festivals.

Ask and say: 1.When are the Chinese festivals?

2.What do you do during the festivals?

3.Do you stay at home ,or go out to celebrate?

4.Do you eat special food ?

5.Do you wear special clothes?

Useful phrases: go somewhere new ; go to a favourite place; stay at home;

visit family or friends; do some sightseeing, etc.

1.Finish the exercises in the Exercise Book.2.Introduce a Chinese festival in groups.3.Search the Internet to find the information about the Public holidays of the USA

Homework

The ways of writing and saying the date

You write You say

1st January or January 1st

the first of Januaryor January the first

1st May

2nd February

3rd March

13th April

20th June

16th AugustThe sixteenth of August

August the sixteenth

The first of May

May the first

The thirteenth of April

April the thirteenthThe twentieth of June

June the twentieth

Say the date.

The Second of February

February the secondThe third of March

March the third

Listen and check.