With whom do people usually spend the New Year’s Day? With their family members.
Plus Activities
Who will bring good luck to the rest of the year? 2) The first visitor who is a tall dark-haired man .
Around the Topic Section A
Section B
Section C
Leading in
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate phrase concerning holidays.
• On New Year’s Eve, people fire__fi_r_e_c_r_a_c_k_e_r_s__.
Warming-up Text A Exercises
.
Background Information
Reading Through
Exercises
4
Section
C
Related knowledge
Sample Reading Useful Terms Exercises
Around the Topic Section A
Unit 6
Celebration of Holidays
NEW HORIZON ENGLISH COURSES
.
Book One
Unit 6
Celebration of Holidays
1
Around the
Topic
2
Section
A
n
Exploring the Topic Plus Activities
What does a thing in the shape of a ring mean? It means 3) good luck .
Leading in
Around the Topic Section A
Section B
Section C
Match the holidays in the left column with the dates in the right, and then make sentences with the matching.
Exercises
Text A
Exercises
Around the Topic
Section A
Section B
Section C
New York City
It is the largest city in the United States and one of
the largest in the world, situated on New York Bay at the mouth of the Hudson River. It comprises (由······组成) five boroughs (行政区): Manhattan (曼哈顿区) (New York co.), the heart of the city, an island; the Bronx (布 朗克斯区) (Bronx co.), on the mainland, northeast of
Section B
Section C
Exploring the Topic
Plus Activities
We all love holidays! No matter how old we get, we all get excited about special days in our culture. Food, family, friends, and fireworks are all big parts of enjoying these times. But why wait for a special day to celebrate? Come on—let the fun begin now!
Leading in
Around the Topic Section A
Exploring the Topic
Section B
Section C
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a short talk about bringing good luck to the New Year. While listening, try to complete the following chart with the information you hear.
_t_h_e__N_e_w__Y__e_a_r__.
Around the Topic
Section A
Section B
Section C
Section A: Happy New Year
Around the Topic
Section A
Section B
Section C
Text A
New York City Times Square
Exploring the Topic
• On New Year’s Eve, people fire firecrackers to
drive away _e_v_i_l _s_p_i_ri_t_s____.
• On New Year’s Eve in New York city, thousands of people gather in Times Square to welcome
Plus Activities
Around the Topic Section A
Section B
Section C
Leading in
What could affect people’s luck in the coming year? 1) What they did or ate on the first day of the year.
Exploring the Topic
Column A
•New Year’s Day •Labor Day •Youths’ Day •Children’s Day •Christmas
Matching game
Column B
4 May 1 June 1 January 25 December 1 May