Topic 1 Holidays 假日Wordsfestival节日Winter Holiday寒假Summer Vacation暑假Children’s Day儿童节National Day国庆节May Day 劳动节Mid-Autumn Day 中秋节New Year’s Day 新年Spring Festival春节Christmas Day圣诞节Thanks giving Day 感恩节Lantern Festival 元宵节Dragon Boat Festival端午节activity活动outdoor activity户外活动indoor activity 室内活动outing集体出游或学习parade游行/阅兵sightseeing观光/游览scenery/landscape景色/风光firecracker鞭炮firework烟花reunion团聚/聚会Santa Clause/Christmas father 圣诞老人Christmas wreath圣诞花环Christmas cards圣诞贺卡Red Packets/cash gift红包lantern灯笼new year paintings年画lion dance舞狮dragon dance舞龙exhibit of lantern灯会new year’s greetings/new year’s visit拜年new year cake年糕family reunion dinner 团圆饭decorations圣诞装饰Christmas Gift圣诞礼物Christmas Carols/圣诞歌曲Jingle Bells圣诞钟声Sleigh Bell鹿车铃声QuestionsA)about weekend1.What do you often do during the weekend?2.Are there many students taking extra classes?3.When did you get up last Saturday?4.Where did you go after getting up?5.Do you often have a lot of homework at the weekend?6.What are you going to do next weekend?B)about festival1.What do you usually do on Children’s Day?2.What’s your favorite festival? What do people do on this festival?3.What did you do during this National Day?4.Which festival do you like most in China?5.Do you think it is all right for Chinese people to celebrate foreign festivals?6.How did you celebrate Christmas Day last year?7.What did you prepare for that?8.What did you eat?9.Did you receive any presents?C)about vocation1．What is the most important thing during your holiday?2．What do you like most about a holiday?3．What do you usually do with the computer/ on the internet?4．Are you busy on holidays?5．What’s the most interesting holiday for you?6．Do you usually go outside Beijing for holiday? / Do you usually go to another place to spend your holiday?7．Please compare the city you went with Beijing . How is it different from Beijing? 8．Are you satisfied with your last winter holiday?9．What’s your plan for your next summer holiday?10. What do you often do on summer vacation or winter holidays？11. Do you like summer holiday/vacation ?12. Where are you going to go next winter vacation?13. Where did you go last summer holiday?14. Was your last summer vacation a pleasant one?15. Were you busy with your homework last holiday?AnswersA)a bout weekend1.On Saturday I often have extra classes and do my homework. And on Sunday I don’t haveany classes. I can play with my friends.2.Yes, there are many students have extra classes. Just like me, I have English class andDancing class.3.I got up at 8:00 last Saturday. I like Saturday, because I can get up a little late.4.I went to my class after getting up.5.Most of the time I have a lot of homework, but sometimes there’s no homework at theweekend.6.Next Saturday I will go to my extra class, and next Sunday I will go to the park with myclassmates.B)about festival1.I usually go to the amusement park with my parents.2.My favorite festival is the Spring Festival. People often visit their relatives and friends.3.I went to the Mountain Tai during this National Day.4.I like Spring Festival most in China.5.I think it’s hard to say. To me I like to celebrate foreign festivals.6.I went to Pizza hut to have pizza last Christmas.7.I bought some decorations to decorate my house.8.I had pizza.9.I got a teddy bear from my parents.C)a bout vacation1.Enjoying myself is the most important thing.2.I like most about a holiday is that I can relax myself .3.I usually chat with my friends.4.No, I’m not. I do whatever I want to do.5.I think Spring Festival is the most interesting holiday.6.I usually go for an outing with friends.7.I went to Dalian this winter holiday. It’s a coastal city. The air is wetter than that inBeijing, but Beijing is bigger than Dalian.8.Yes, it’s a great fun.9.I’m going to visit my grandparents in Shanghai and I will join a dancing glass for threeweeks.10.I often go to the other cities to visit some famous places on summer / winter holidays.11.Y es, I like summer holiday / vacation.12.I’m going to Xiamen next winter vacation.13.I went to Hainan last summer holiday.14.Y es, it was great fun.15.No, there wasn’t too much homework last holiday. So, I wasn’t busy with my homework.Knowledge1.Do you know anything about Christmas?Yes, I do. Christmas is a Christian holiday. It’s on December 25th. It commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ more than 2,000 years ago. Christian churches hold religious services to celebrate Christmas. At midnight on Christmas Eve, most churches hold special candlelight services.But Christmas is also a social and family holiday. It is a festival of goodwill, a time for family, friends, food, and gift-giving.Many Americans share Christmas cookies, decorate their homes, and place presents under the family Christmas tree. Children often hang up stockings for Santa Claus to fill with small gifts. According to tradition, Santa arrives on a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Presents are usually opened on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Families have a big dinner on Christmas Eve. A roast turkey, a goose, caviar, steaks, hams, and so on is typical food for Christmas dinner.2.Do you know anything about Thanksgiving Day?Yes, I do. Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. It is a holiday celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holidaymeals. People usually have turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie, and Indian corn on this holiday. Parades and giant balloons can be seen on Thanksgiving Day.3.Can you talk about Spring Festival in English?Spring Festivals is always on Dec. 30th of lunar calendar, so it’s usually not on the same day on the solar calendar. Spring Festival usually lasts for 3 days in a row. It is a national holiday and most people have days off at that time. On those days, families will visit each other. People will dress up and have lots of good food.Before the Spring Festival，people clean their houses，put red couplets on their gates. On the eve of the Spring Festival，a get- together banquet is a must，and the most popular food is Dumpling，which is supposed to bring good fortune. On the first day of the new year，everybody wears new clothes and greets relatives and friends with bows and congratulations wishing each other the best during the new yearlighting firecrackers was once the most typical custom during the spring festival. People thought the banging and popping could help drive away evil spirits. children will get money as a new year’s gift, wrapped up in red packets. a series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days. The spring festival then comes to an end when the lantern festival is over.。