1、Part APart A NameName(名称)What do we usually call 春节春节?Chinese New Year Lunar New Yearthe Spring FestivalWarm-up Warm-up Vocabulary:(Vocabulary:(相关词汇相关词汇)过年过年春联春联年画年画灯笼灯笼烟花烟花爆竹爆竹拜年拜年1.celebratethespringfestival2.springfestivalcoupletskplt3.newyearpaintings4.lantern5.fireworks6.firecrackers7.paynewyea
2、rscall/givenewyearsgreetings大扫除大扫除团圆饭团圆饭年夜饭年夜饭守岁守岁去晦气去晦气祭祖宗祭祖宗压岁钱压岁钱舞狮舞狮杂耍杂耍1.springcleaning2.familyreuniondinner3.thedinneronnewyearseve4.staying-up5.getridoftheill-fortune6.offersacrificesskr,fastoonesancestors7.pocketmoney;redenvelope8.liondance9.varietyshow There is a Chinese There is a Chinese
3、There is a Chinese ancient times called the ancient times called the ancient times called the years of the monster,the years of the monster,the years of the monster,the first long tentacles,first long tentacles,first long tentacles,unusually ferocious.Year unusually ferocious.Year unusually ferociou
4、s.Year for many years hiding the for many years hiding the for many years hiding the sea,only to climb up every sea,only to climb up every sea,only to climb up every New Years Eve shore,New Years Eve shore,New Years Eve shore,devouring livestock harm devouring livestock harm devouring livestock harm
5、 human life.Therefore,every human life.Therefore,every human life.Therefore,every New Years Eve that day,New Years Eve that day,New Years Eve that day,the village young people the village young people the village young people Walled villages fled to the Walled villages fled to the Walled villages fl
6、ed to the mountains,to escape the mountains,to escape the mountains,to escape the year animal damage.year animal damage.year animal damage.Spring Couplets春联春联 Dont Forget Our Door GodYou know,I am You know,I am Zhang FeiZhang Fei贴春联贴春联PastingSpringCouplets“TheSpringCouplet”,alsocalled“couplet”and“ap
7、airofantitheticalphrases”,isaspecialformofliteratureinChina.TheSpringCoupletiscomposedoftwoantitheticalsentencesonbothsidesofthedoorandahorizontalscrollbearinganinscription,usuallyanauspiciousphrase,abovethegate.“春联春联”也被称为和也被称为和“对联对联”对立的一对短语，在中对立的一对短语，在中国是一种特殊的文学形式。春联是由贴在门口两侧两国是一种特殊的文学形式。春联是由贴在门口两侧两
8、组对立的句子组成，在门上面的横批通常是一个吉祥组对立的句子组成，在门上面的横批通常是一个吉祥的短语。的短语。Pasting Paper-cuts and“Up-sided Fu”(贴窗花和贴窗花和“福福”字字)Paper-cuts,usually with lucky patterns,give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival and express the good wishes of Chinese people looking forward to a good life.In addition to pasting p
9、aper-cuts on windows,it is common for Chinese to paste the character“fu（福）（福）”,big or small,on walls or doors.“Fu”shows peoples yearning(向往向往)toward a good life.Some people even invert(倒置）倒置）the character“fu”to mean that blessing has arrived because“inverted(倒转的倒转的)”is a homonym(同音同音)for“arrive”in C
10、hinese.Staying Up Late on New Years Eve(守岁守岁)The tradition of staying up late to see New Year is originated from an interesting folk tale.In ancient China there lived a monster named Year,who was very terrible.Year always went out from its burrow(洞穴洞穴)on New Years Eve to eat people.Therefore,on ever
11、y New Years Eve,every household would have supper together.After dinner,no one dared go to sleep and all the family members would sit together,chatting and emboldening(壮壮胆胆)each other.Gradually the habit of staying up late on New Years Eve is formed.Thus in China,“celebrating the Spring Festival”is
12、also called“passing over the year(guo nian)”.看春节联欢晚会看春节联欢晚会TheCCTVNewYearsGalaTheNewYearsGalaisavarietyshowheldbyChinaCentralTelevision(CCTV)since1983.ForeveryyearattheturnoftheLunarNewYear,theprogrambeginsat8:00PMandlastsfiveorsixhours.Itbringslaughtertobillionsofpeopleandcreatesmanypopularwords.Fo
13、rovertwentyyears,itsvaluehasgonefarbeyondavarietyshow.ItisessentialentertainmentfortheChinesebothathomeandabroad.ManyChinesewouldliketowatchthegalawhilehavingthedinneronNewYearsEve.NewYearsVisitandGiftMoney(拜年和压岁钱拜年和压岁钱)redenvelope红包红包OnthefirstdayoftheChineselunaryear,everybodyputsontheirbestclothe
14、sandpaysformalcallsontheirrelativesandfriends,wishingthemalltheluckinthecomingyear.Juniorswillgreetseniors,wishingthemhealthandlongevity(长寿长寿),whileseniorswillgivejuniorssomegiftmoneyasawishfortheirsafetyinthecomingyear.Whenfriendsmeet,theywillwisheachotherhappinessandprosperitywithabigsmile.Eating“
15、jiaozi”(吃饺子吃饺子)OnNewYearsEve,thewholefamilywillsittogethertomakejiaoziandcelebratetheSpringFestival.TheshapeofjiaoziislikegoldingotfromancientChina.Sopeopleeatthemandwishformoneyandtreasure.ThetraditionofhavingjiaoziisveryimportantduringtheSpringFestival.YoucannothaveacompleteSpringFestivalwithouthavingjiaozi.How do you celebrate How do you celebrate the Spring Festival?the Spring Festival?最后，祝同学们新的学期取得更大进步，决战高考，高考必胜！
