Spring Festival

What’s your feeling on that special day?

give the house a good cleaning

Read and match

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When is Spring Festival?

How do people prepare for Spring Festival?

What do people do on New Year’s Eve?

Susan: Why is Spring Festival so important to the Chinese?

Wei: Because it’s the _____________________.

Susan: Is it on January 1?

Wei: Not really. It ______________ on the first day of the Chinese Lunar Year and ________________ Lantern Festival. It _____________ fifteen days.

Susan: Do you need to do something special?

Wei: Yes, we do. We begin to __________________ and ___________ our houses a few days before Spring Festival. On New Year’s Eve, family members ______________ and have a New Year’s Eve dinner.get together

startsends with

lasts

give our houses a good cleaning

decorate

Chinese New Year

Susan: Do you eat a lot of delicious foods?

Wei: Yes. _________, __________, duck, pork, ____________, dumplings and many other nice things.

Susan: What do you do after dinner?

Wei: We watch the Spring Festival __________ on CCTV. Children get ____________________ .

Susan: Do you wait for the coming of the New Year?

Wei: Yes. When the clock strikes 12, we ______________ firecrackers, and say “___________________” to each other.

Fish chickenvegetables

gala

lucky money

set offHappy New Year

Read and answer.

1.Spring Festival is the Chinese New Year, isn’t it?

2. Is it very important?

3. When does Spring Festival start and end?

4. What does it start with and end with?

Read and answer.

1. What do they do to prepare for Spring Festival?

2. When do they prepare for it?

Read and answer.

1.What do they eat?

2.What activities do they take part in after dinner?

3.What do they do at midnight?

4.How do they say “Happy New Year” to each other?

• When

January 1st of the lunar year

January 15th of the lunar year

• How

clean the house

decorate the house

• What

New Year’s Eve dinner

Spring Festival gala

fireworks and firecrackers

Name Favorite Activity

Reason

What’s your favorite activity during Spring Festival?Why do you like it best?