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Unit Ten
Have a nice holiday!
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Contents

• Lead-in

• Talking About Festivals

• Watching and Discussing

• Planning a Holiday

• Brainstorming

• Acting It Out

• Fun Time

• Oral Assignment

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Lead-in
Work in groups, discuss the following questions
and then share your answers with the whole class.
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Lead-in
Questions for groups 1 and 2 1. How do you
usually plan your holidays? 2. What do you
often do during your holidays?

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Lead-in
Questions for groups 3 and 4 3. With whom do
you prefer to spend your holiday, your parents
or your friends? why? 4. Have you ever got
holiday blues? Why or why not?

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Talking About Festivals
Work in pairs and identify the traditional
Chinese and Western festivals associated with the
pictures. Then focus on one you are interested in
and discuss with your partner about when and
how it is celebrated.
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
Thanksgiving Day
Spring Festival
Tome-sweeping Day
Christmas
Halloween
Valentines Day
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Talking About Festivals
Match the festivals in Column A with the dates
in Column B. Then give a brief description of
the festivals.
Talking about festival
Dragon Boat Festival is a day to
commemorate the Chinese patriot and poet, Qu
Yuan. Falling on the fifth day of the fifth
lunar month, it is a day to remind oneself
of one's duties and obligations to the
nation. Other than eating rice dumplings and
participating in dragon boat races,
this occasion ought to be used to
commemorate the national patriots and to
emphasize the importance of loyalty and
commitment to the community.
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the
United States. It is a day to commem-orate the
feast held by the Pilgrim colo-nists and members
of the native people at Plymouth in 1621. On
this day people express gratitude to God for his
blessings and give thanks to dear ones for
their love support. Feasting with family is a
most delightful part of Thanksgiving Day
celebrations and the typical food include roast
turkey, mash potatoes, stuffing, pumpkin pie,
corn, salad and etc.
The Mid-autumn Festival falls on the 15th day
of the eighth lunar month. It is an occasion for
family members to get together over
moon-cakes, fruits and fine tea and have "moon
apprecia-tion" sessions. With its association
with moon-cakes and lanterns, it is
also called Moon-cake Festival. It probably
began as a harvest festival where Chin-ese
agrarian communities celebrate and rejoice
over their harvest.
Spring Festival, also called Lunar New
Year, is the most important festival
celebrated by all Chinese around the world.
The celebration lasts from 1st of January till
15th of January on the Lunar Calendar. As
the beginning of the year, it symbolizes another
fresh start in one's life, and heralds fresh
hopes for happiness and prosperity. It is an
import- ant time to reaffirm family ties
and reunion dinners, visitations among
relatives and friends and exchange gifts these
activities serve to remind the Chinese
of the central position of the family in
the society.
The Dragon Boat
Dec. 25 Jan.1 (Lunar Calendar) April,
5Aug. 15 (Lunar Calendar) 4th
Thursday in Nov.
Feb.14 May 5 (Lunar Calendar) Oct. 31
Dragon Boat Festival Mid-Autumn
Festival Thanksgiving Day Spring Festival
Halloween Christmas Valentines
Day Tome-sweeping Day
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Talking About Festivals
Match the festivals in Column A with the dates
in Column B. Then give a brief description of
the festivals
Talking about festival
Halloween is a Western holiday observed on the
evening of October 31, the eve of All Saints'
Day. It is believed that the spirits of the
dead will appear on the day. People, especially
children, dressed up in strange clothes, wear
masks, ask for candies in the neighborhood
and play tricks to celebrate the holiday.
Halloween originated as a celebration connected
with evil spirits. Witches flying on
broomsticks with black cats, ghosts,
goblins (???) and skeletons have all evolved
as symbols of Halloween. Pumpkins are
also a symbol of Halloween and carving
pumpkins into jack- o-lanterns
is a Halloween custom.
Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus
Christ in the Christian religion. Celebration
includes glittering light displays, the ever-
present jolly old Santa Claus, singing of
caroling, baked holiday cookies, decorations of
Christmas trees. Christmas is also a
festival to celebrate family, love, gratitude to
others and to give presents to show
appreciation. Typically, family gather
together on Christmas Eve, on Dec 24, for a
big turkey dinner, with Christmas pudding.
Games are played after the dinner. On
Christmas day, a brunch with family is the
norm, followed by some light sporting events,
such as a country walk, to digest the heavy
food.
Valentines Day is now a festival for
lovers, and people show their love by
sending cards, flowers, chocolates, or
holding parties. As one legend goes, the
festival was celebrated to the memory of
Valentine, a priest who served during the 3rd
century in Rome. When Emperor
Claudius II decided that single men made better
soldiers than those with wives and
families, he outlawed marriages for young
men his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine,
realizing the injustice of the decree,
defied Claudius and performed marriages for
young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions
were discovered, he was put to death.
Tome-sweeping Day is a time to remember the
dead and the dearly departed. It is a
period to honor and respect ones deceased
ancestors and family members. Literally
meaning clear and bright , this Chinese
festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day
after the winter solstice (??). On the day
people visit their family graves to clean up
the gravesites. Weeds are pulled, and dirt
swept away, and the family set out offerings of
food and spirit money.
The Dragon Boat
Dec. 25 Jan.1 (Lunar Calendar) April,
5Aug. 15 (Lunar Calendar) 4th
Thursday in Nov.
Feb.14 May 5 (Lunar Calendar) Oct. 31
Dragon Boat Festival Mid-Autumn
Festival Thanksgiving Day Spring Festival
Halloween Christmas Valentines
Day Tome-sweeping Day
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Watching and Discussing
Now watch two video clips. After that work in
groups of 4 and have a discussion. Then finish
the following tasks.
Video 1
Your Tasks
1
2
3
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Watch and Discuss
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Watching and Discussing
Task 1. Group Discussion
In this movie clip the Stewart family and Harry
and his daughter Michelle are ready to have
their Thanksgiving dinner.
Group members work together, discuss the movie
clip and retell what happens before and after
the dinner. Then one student from your
group comes to the front to give a
presentation.
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Watching and Discussing
Reference
Before having the dinner, Philip, the father,
first welcomed Harry and his daughter
Michelle to spend Thanksgiving with his family,
and then he asked to take a moment and
remember the meaning of the festival. Since
Michelle just watched a school play about the
first Thanksgiving, she told the family
something about its origin. After that all the
people took turns to give
their thanks and then began to serve the dinner.
To be Continued
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Watching and Discussing
Reference
After dinner, Philip and Richard went into
the living room, for they were eager to watch
the Michigan football game and they wanted
Michigan to win by scoring a touch-down. The
other members of the family were taking the
dishes from the table, when the doorbell rang
and Alexandra came by. Although Philip forgot to
turn the oven on and the family didnt enjoy his
famous apple pie, they had the pumpkin pie
brought by Alexandra for dessert. It was a
great Thanks- giving with a lot be thankful
for, as was said by Grandpa, Michigan scored
a touchdown in the end, Alexandra came by and
nobody missed Philips apple pie.
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Watching and Discussing
Task 2. Group Discussion
Before having the dinner, each of the people
around the table gives thanks in his own
way.
Your Task Group members work together, recall
what they say as their thanksgiving and complete
the following sentences according to what
you have heard.
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Watching and Discussing
Task 2. Group Discussion
Grandpa I give thanks for _______________________
__. Susan Id like to give thanks for
____________________. Harry Wed like to give
thanks for ____________________. Robbie Id like
to give thanks for ____________________.
And Id also like to thank ___________________
________. Richard And I thank ___________________
______________. Marilyn I should thank
_______________________________.
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Watching and Discussing
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being here with my family and for being well, so
I can enjoy you all
Grandpa I give thanks for _______________________
____________.

Susan Id like to give thanks
for _____________________________.


Harry Wed like to give thanks for
____________________________.


Robbie Id like to give thanks for
____________________________.

And Id also like to
thank ____________________________. Richard And
I thank ________________________________________.
Marilyn I should thank _________________________
______________.
a healthy year, a good job and for meeting Harry
and Michelle
meeting Susan and the Steward family
Grandpa coming to live with us
my math teacher for giving me a passing grade
Marilyn for being so patient
you for encouraging me to keep working on my
fashion designs.
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Watching and Discussing
Task 3. Group Discussion
Group members work together and discuss what you
will say when given a chance to give thanks.
Read the following sentences, and
use one of the patterns to tell each other five
things or persons that you are grateful for.
--We should always give "thanks to God the Father
for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ." --Id like to take this opportunity to
express my hearty thanks to you for your kindness
in doing me such a big favor. --Im grateful that
you sent me such a lovely birthday present.
--Im grateful to you for your consideration and
compliments. --I greatly appreciate your warm
hospitality.
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Watch and Discuss
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--Im grateful that I can see a beautiful
sunset. --Im grateful that I have a class at
school that I really like. --Im grateful that I
share the dorm with these lovely girls whose
friendship I will cherish all my life. --Im
grateful that I am in good health, and so I can
do what I do now. My health has been a
constant gift I cannot take for
granted. --Im grateful that I lost my job for a
while if I hadn't experienced unemployment, I
would never have acquired the skills that got
me a more fulfilling job.
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Watching and Discussing
Now watch Video Two. After that work in groups
of 4 and have a discussion. Then finish the
following task.
Video 2
Your Task
1
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Act It Out
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Watching and Discussing
Task 1. Story-making
Group members work together, discuss the movie
clip and make up a story based on it and try
to associate your story with holidays.
Then one student from your group comes to the
front to give a presentation.
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Watching and Discussing
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It is Childrens Day and Robert has one day off
from the school. We see him playing
football in the yard but it is obvious
that he is low-spirited, since he cannot find any
kid to play the game with. Very soon, Robert
gives up his game and goes home, only to find
his parents are out. Just to get himself
engaged, he decides to do something for his
parents. He cooks a meal, sets the table,
arranges some flowers in a vase and even opens a
bottle of red wine with a corkscrew. His
parents feel surprised when they come back,
seeing everything gets ready for a
wonderful dinner. But when the parents enjoy
their dinner, Robert keeps yawning, so he goes to
bed earlier than usual. Months later, Robert
goes to see his mother in the hospital, and
finds a newly- born baby. He puts a pair of
football boots in the crib as his gift to his
little brother, and feels happy now for
he will not feel lonely any longer, with a
brother to be his playmate.
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Planning a Holiday
Role Play Where shall we go on holiday?
Directions Suppose the group members come from
one family and they are making a family plan
for a holiday. Each of the family has his own
idea about where to spend the holiday, so
all the members have to discuss together
to see whether they can make some compromise and
come up with a plan that all will agree on

• Procedure
• Each student will be given a card telling
• him or her the role to play in the family.
• 2) The family members introduce themselves,
• without revealing their task.
• 3) Ask the father to open the family discussion.
• 4) Several groups will role play in front of the
  
• class.

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Planning a Holiday
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Planning a holiday
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Discussion
Id rather go to the seaside... I prefer staying
at home Id rather my brother went with us I
prefer to go to China
I dislike/ I cant stand Im tired of/ fed up
with really bugs me/ makes me
mad/drives me crazy.
I think its a good idea. I couldnt agree
more. Thats my opinion, too.
Its a good idea but Well, Im not completely
sure. Thats absurd/ridiculous/ Are
you joking/kidding me/crazy?
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Brainstorming
Talking about festival
How many expressions do you know about giving
invitations?
Would you like to?
How would you like to?
The Dragon Boat
How about?
Wed like you to join us for
Do you think you can come?
Would you be able to come?
Can you make it?
Do you think you can make it?
We hope youll be able to join us.
If youre free,
If you dont have any plans,
I was wondering if you were free
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Brainstorming
Talking about festival
How many expressions do you know about accepting
invitations?
Thank you. Id love/am glad to.
The Dragon Boat
Thank you. That would be very nice.
Thanks. Id love to. What time would you like me
to come?
Thank you. I certainly would. When shall we start?
Wed very much like to attend the party.
Thats really very kind of you.
That sounds a very nice idea.
With pleasure.
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Brainstorming
Talking about festival
How many expressions do you know about declining
invitations?
Thank you. I wish I could but...
Im afraid I cant. What about some other time?
Thank you very much for asking me, but Im
already booked up for next Saturday.
Id love to, but I already have plans for
tomorrow morning. Thank you just the same.
Im afraid Ive already promised to meet Julie
tomorrow night.
Much to my regret, I wouldnt be able to come.
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Acting It Out
Work in pairs and complete the dialogue by
translating the sentences into
English.
Dialogue 1 Jennifer is your friend and you
invite her to your birthday party tomorrow
evening.
You Jennifer, 1.
?????????????? Jennifer No, nothing
special. You 2.
?????????????????? Jennifer Yes, Id love
to. You 3.
??,???????? Jennifer Oh, yes, fine. Do you want
me to bring something to drink? Orange juice or
lemonade. You 4.
???????????,??????? Jennifer Ill
do that. Well, indeed. Thank you very much for
inviting me.
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Acting It Out
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You Jennifer, are you doing anything
special tomorrow evening? Jennifer No, nothing
special. You Id like to invite you to
come to my birthday party. Would you like
to join us? Jennifer Yes, Id love to. You
Good. Will you come at 700? Jennifer Oh,
yes, fine. Do you want me to bring something to
drink? Orange juice or
lemonade. You Lemonade, if you must bring
something. Jennifer Ill do that. Well, indeed.
Thank you very much for inviting me.
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Acting It Out
Work in pairs and complete the dialogue with the
idea given in Chinese.
Dialogue 2 You invite your friend Mary to see a
movie in downtown.
You 1.
(????????????) Mary? Mary Nothing special. Got
any plans? You Want to see a movie? 2.

_____________________ (?????????????????) Mary
Yeah, why not? 3.
(??????)? You Lets go to the early show,
and we could do something afterward. 4.
_________ (??????????) Mary 5.
(???????), 6.
(??????? ????) You Ill come to your house to
pick you up at six oclock. Mary 7.
(???????). See you
then.
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Acting It Out
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You What are you going to do this weekend
Mary? Mary Nothing special. Got any plans? You
Want to see a movie? Forest Gump is on at the
Friendship Cinema. Mary Yeah, why
not? The early show or the late show?
You Lets go to the
early show, and we could do something
afterward. Maybe go to Kentucky Fried Chicken
(KFC) or Coffee Stop. Mary Id rather go
to KFC. What time and where shall we meet? You
Ill come to your house to pick you up at six
oclock. Mary OK. Thats very kind of you. See
you then.
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Acting It Out
Create a dialogue, based on the above patterns,
with your partner for each of the following
situations, and role play the dialogue in
front of the class.
Student A invite B to dinner and after B accepts
it, set time and place to meet Student B
accept As invitation and show how excited you
are Student A invite student B to a new
KTV Student B decline the invitation and give
the reason
Student A invite a close friend of yours (B) to
a movie Student B You have to visit your grandpa
on Saturday, but you have no
other plan on Sunday Student A invite a girl
you like (B) to a movie either on Friday
night or Saturday night Student
B you are not interested in A, so you decline
his invitation politely
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Fun Time
Listen to the song and fill in the missing words
When Christmas comes to town  
4)___________________ When everyone comes home
5)____________________ It's hard to be alone
Putting up the Christmas tree With friends you
come around It's so much fun when Christmas
comes to town
6) _________________ wrapped in red and green
All the things I've heard about, but
7)___________ No one 8)_________ on the night of
Christmas Eve Hoping Santa's on his way
La la la la ... I'm wishing on a star And
1)____________ That even though 2)_______ He'll
find me at Christmas Eve I guess 3)__________
Cause he never comes around I think of him when
Christmas comes to town
When Santa's 9)_________ I listen all around
The herald 10)_________ I never hear a sound
And all the dreams of children Once lie will
all be found That's all I want when Christmas
comes to town That's all I want when Christmas
comes to town
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Fun Time
Listen to the song and fill in the missing words
When Christmas comes to town  
La la la la ... I'm wishing on a star And
trying to believe That even though it's far
He'll find me at Christmas Eve I guess Santa is
busy Cause he never comes around I think of him
when Christmas comes to town
The best time of the year When everyone comes
home With all this Christmas tear It's hard to
be alone Putting up the Christmas tree With
friends you come around It's so much fun when
Christmas comes to town
Presents for the children wrapped in red and
green All the things I've heard about, but never
really see No one will be sleeping on the night
of Christmas Eve Hoping Santa's on his way
When Santa's sleigh bells ring I listen all
around The herald angels sing I never hear a
sound And all the dreams of children Once lie
will all be found That's all I want when
Christmas comes to town That's all I want when
Christmas comes to town
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Oral Assignment
QUIZ 1 WHAT IS YOUR HOLIDAY STYLE? QUIZ 2 WHAT
IS YOUY TRAVEL PERSONALITY?
Login in the following websites and do the quiz
online to identify your holiday style
or your travel personality. Come to the class
next time ready for a presentation.
http//www.nzgirl.co.nz/articles/5644
http//www.blogthings.com/whatsyourtravelpersonali
tyquiz/
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That is all.
See you next time!
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