中秋节-高中英语

UNIT2ITHINKTHATMOONCAKESAREDELICIOUS!DOYOULIKEMOONCAKES?Zhongqiujie,whichisalsoknownastheMid-AutumnFestival,iscelebratedonthe15thdayofthe8thmonthofthelunarcalendar.Itisatimeforfamilymembersandlovedonestocongregateandenjoythefullmoon.QUESTION:DOYOUKNOWTHELEGENDOFMID-AUTUMNFESTIVAL?Accordingtolegend,inancienttime,oneyear,tensunsappearedintheskyandthewaterintheplanetdried.Peopleconldn'tliveanylonger.Theearthwassavedwhenastrongarcher,HouYi,succeededinshootingdown9ofthesuns.Sohebecamefamousandhadhisapprentices.Oneday,HouYiwentoutwithhisstudent.OnestudentcalledPengMeng,heknewthatHouYi'swife,ChangE,hassomethingthatcanletpeoplebecomeimmortal.PengMengwantedtobeaimmortal,soheusedaknifeandsaidtoChangEthatifshedidn'tgivehimthatthing,shewilldie.ChangEdidn'twantPengMengtobeaimmortalandsheatethatthingandbecameimmortal.ThenIwilltellyouainterestingstoryabouttherabbitofChangE.Accordingtothelegend,therearethreegodsintothreepoormen.Theyseekingfoodtoafox,amonkeyandarabbit.Themonkeyandthefoxgivesomefoodtothem,buttherabbithavenothing.Thentherabbitsaidthattheycaneatthemeatofhimandthenleapintothefire.FairywasdeeplymovedandtakenontherabbittothepalacetoaccompaniedChangE,andrammingelixir.THECUSTOMOFMID-AUTUMNFESTIVALeatmooncake（吃月饼）moonwalk（走月亮）firethetowerlight（点塔灯）fireDouxiang（烧斗香）worshipmoon（拜月）puttheskylights（放天灯）enjoythemoon（赏月）planttheMid-Autumn（树中秋）ENJOYTHEMUSIC但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。Maythepeopleliveforeverandsharethemoonshineacrossvastdistancestogether.GROUPWORKWhatdoyouusuallydoonthemid-autumn?Sharewithyourgroupmembers.OTHERFESTIVALSSpringFestivalTheLanternFestivalOTHERFESTIVALStheDragonBoatFestivaltheWater-SprinklingFestivaloftheDaiNEWWORDSfestivaln.节日；节期adj.节日的provincen.外省，乡间；省份luckn.运气；好运；机遇hottestadj.热的，热烈的；热的（hot的最高级）wonderadj.奇妙的；钦佩的n.惊奇；奇观vt.对…好奇；想弄明白vi.怀疑，想知道similaradj.相似的；同类的ROLEPLAYClara:Guesswhat?I’mgoingtoChiangMaiintwoweeks.Ben:Soundslikefun!ButIbelievethatAprilisthehottestmonthoftheyearthere.Clara:Yes,that’strue.Butthere’saWaterFestivalfromApril13thto15th.Ben:Iwonderifit’ssimilartothewaterfestivaloftheDaipeopleinYunnanProvince.Clara:Yes,Ithinkso.ThisisthetimeoftheThaiNewYear.Peoplegoonthestreetstothrowwaterateachother.Ben:Cool!Butwhydotheydothat?Clara:Becausethenewyearisatimeforcleaningandwashingawaybadthings.Thenyou’llhavegoodluckinthenewyear.HOMEWORKWriteanessayandintroduceyourfavoriteChinesefestival.HandyourworkinonMonday.PreviewsectionB.Thankyou