The first thing she did ________ up to her teacher and thank her for all her help.

was go

All we have to do is clean or peel them. P 6

If you really want yourself to be healthier, you always ________ so much.

A.mustn’t; be smoking

B. shouldn’t; be smoked

C. had better; have not smoked

D. ought to; have not smoked

A

a strong belief

Two sides of one’s face below the eyes

The act of destroying something

To touch with one’s lips to show love

a country

A written or spoken request to a party

Members of your family who lived a long time agoTo greet someone with a gesture

UNIT 14

Festivals

Spring cleaning

Making rice cakes

Family reunion dinner

Buy some spring festival couplets

1. New Year’s Day2. The Spring Festival3. The Lantern Festival4. Tree-planting Day5. Tomb Sweeping Festival ( Qingming)6. Youth Day7. Dragon Boat Festival or Double Fifth Fest

ival8. Party’s Day9. Double Seventh Day(Qixi)10. Army Day11. Teachers’ Day12. Double Ninth Festival(Chongyang)13. Mid-autumn Festival 14. National Day15. The mothers’ Day (Second Sunday of Ma

y)

Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, Easter,Valentine’s Day, April Fools’ Day,…

Halloween

USA and Europe

trick or treat

pumpkin

candy(treats)

mask

On October 31st, At the end of October Americans will celebrate Halloween. Children dress up in scary costumes, go to their neighbors' homes, say "Trick or treat", and receive a lot of candy. In the old days, people thought that on this day the spirits of the dead that year would come back to look for a body. So people put out the fires in their homes and made their houses dark to hide. they dressed in costumes and ran through the town making noises so the spirits would be frightened and leave.

ObonJapan

Floating paper lanterns

Obon is one of the most important events for Japanese people as well as New Year's Day. The period of Obon is usually from August 13 to 15.

It is a Buddhist festival during which memorial services are held for the dead ancestors. On this day, people will put food before the grave of the dead, float paper lanterns and pray to the dead.

Day of the Dead

Mexico

Lighting candles to the dead

Day of the Dead in Mexico

• It is a time when Mexican families remember their dead. The celebration usually begins as early as October 18 and continues until November 9.

• The festival honors both the living and the dead. On this day, people light candles for prayers to the dead.

Halloween Obon Day of the Dead

What’s the similarity among the three festivals?

The same theme: for the dead

Listening

Listening text

It was two days before the

Christmas holiday. Our teacher

asked us write about the best

Christmas we had ever had.

Before we started writing, we

discussed the topic in groups.

MIKE: The best thing about

Christmas is the gifts! I

always write a long wish

list. This year I want a

new basketball, a pair of

shoes, a CD, a guitar, a …

SHAWN: Oh, come on Mike,

that’s not what

Christmas is about. It’s

true we like to get and

give gifts, but don’t you

like to get together with

your family?

MIKE: Oh, yeah, I love the dinner.

We always have lots of

great food: turkey and

chocolate pie. Oh, and…

LAURA: Mike! That’s enough. I thi

nk what SHAWN means is

that Christmas is a time t

o be together with your fa

mily and friends. Now, SH

AWN, what’s your favourit

e Christmas memory?

SHAWN: My favourite Christmas was

when I was eight years ole.

My grandparents came two

days before Christmas Day

and we went skating on the

lake together. On Christmas

Eve, we had a picnic in the s

now by the lake. It was great!

Part 2Part 2

1. Why couldn’t Laura’s father

join his family for Christmas?

Laura’s father was working in

another city.

1. Why couldn’t Laura’s father

join his family for Christmas?

Laura’s father was working in

another city.

2. How did Laura and her mother

celebrate Christmas?

The invited Laura’s grandparents

and tried to make the best of the

situation.

3. What happened in March?

Laura’s father came home and

arranged a surprise Christmas

party.

2. How did Laura and her mother

celebrate Christmas?

The invited Laura’s grandparents

and tried to make the best of the

situation.

3. What happened in March?

Laura’s father came home and

arranged a surprise Christmas

party.

SHAWN: What about you, LAURA?

What’s your favourite Chri

stmas memory?

LAURA: My favourite Christmas w

as last year. My dad I were

very sad, because he had

Listening text

called and told us that he wouldn’t be

able to come home for Christmas. We

tried to make the best of it. Mum and I

invited our grandparents and we had

dinner together. In the evening, we

called dad and talked for a long time. I

could hear that dad was very sad, too,

though he tried to sound happy.

SHAWN: That doesn’t sound like a

good Christmas at all. Wh

y do you say that it’s your

favourite Christmas?

LAURA: Well, because of what hap

pened later. My dad retur

ned in March. I was in sch

ool the day he arrived,

and mum hadn’t told me that he was

coming. When I got home from

school, our house was decorated with

Christmas lights and even some

snow. I ran into the house and there

was a big Christmas tree in the living

room. Mum and Dad were waiting for

me and we had a great Christmas

party

that evening. That was the

best Christmas every —

even if it wasn’t really

Christmas at all.

MIKE: Now I understand what you

mean when you say that

Christmas is not just about

getting gifts.

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