Happy New Semester!
A New Start
If winter vacation ends, can summer vacation be far behind?
—Adapted from P. B.Shelly
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A Brief Review
Can you name some special customs during the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival?
amazing wearisome
fulfilling disappointing comfortable
gloomy
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A New Semester!
• New Year, new beginning! Are you ready for a new semester?
• • • A short semester (16w) Many day-offs (including festivals, and sports meet) Labor practice week Heavy reading & listening tasks National English Competition for College Students (NECCE)
Final Exam
CET-4
My expectations for you---6 “E”s
Engage--- get involved into the class Enable---find problems and solutions Experience---get both encouraging and discouraging experiences Explore---know what you have known and what you do not know; process not predetermined Enlighten---dig deeper to get more insights Entertain---enjoy your achievement and sharing
---By Benjamin Franklin
EN D
A New Year is a time for resolution.
A New Start
Spring is the best time for a whole year’s planning.
Let’s get started!
“ Tell me and I forget, Teach me and I remember, Involve me and I learn.”
Do part-time jobs
Travel somewhere to broaden horizen
Visit relatives to extend new year wishes
If you are given a wordill you choose? Give your reasons.
Receive red packets
Eat Glutinous Rice Balls/ Tangyuan
How did you spend your winter vacation?
Enjoy glorious feast Attend all kinds of gatherings Play computer games for entertainment
Stick Spring Festival couplets
Stick Fu character
set off firecrackers
offer sacrifices to ancestors
Have family reunion dinner
stay up late on New Year's Eve