Having parties and making new year resolutions. Dialogue

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Welcome back from the Spring Festival!
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The Spring Festival is the most important
festival for the Chinese people and is when
family members get together.
Home returnees
Busiest time for transportation system
People living away going home
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The Spring Festival starts every year in the
early days of the 12th lunar month and will last
till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year.
Preliminary Eve
Spring Festival Eve
Lunar New Year
Lantern Day
A time to bid farewell to the old year and usher
in the new
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Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some
are still followed today, but others have
weakened.
decorating their houses featuring an atmosphere
of rejoicing and festivity
Extend new years greetings
Set off firecrackers
A luxurious family- reunion meal
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The lively atmosphere not only fills every
household, but permeates to streets and lanes.
Lion dancing show
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Long Conversations

• Topic
• Rounds
• Vocabulary

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How to Understand A Long Conversation?
greetings
introduction of the topic
details
end
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Dialogue 1
Red envelope
Topic
Red envelope and related customs in the States
What is red envelope
Money put inside red envelops given to children
as new year gifts
Any special meaning ?
Happiness and good fortune
Any similar customs in the states? What are they?
Having parties and making new year resolutions
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Dialogue 2
1. What is the topic of the conversation?
Similarities and differences between the
celebrations of Spring Festival and Christmas.
2. How do the Chinese observe the Spring Festival?
A huge dinner on New Years Eve Watching
CCTVs Spring Festival Special Setting off
firecrackers
3. How do the Americans observe the Christmas?
Decorating Christmas trees Placing presents
under the tree family dinner on Christmas Day.
4. What are the similarities and differences
between the two festivals?
Family reunion family dinner
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Talking about Similarities and
Differences
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• Similarities
• There is something in common in
• are just the same as yours.
• have the same
• are quite like ours.
• is as joyful as
• are similar to

• Differences
• There are some differences between
• are quite different from
• differs greatly from
• are not the same as yours.

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Speaking Time
Customs on Spring Festival in different parts of
China
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Dialogue 3
Question 1 Are you going to celebrate a big
firework show? Answer
Not then. We usually have fantastic displays of
fireworks on our National Day.
Question 2 Dont you have big firework shows in
America? Answer
Sure we do. A firework display usually tops the
National Day celebrations.
Question 3 Do many people go out to watch it
like we do In China? Answer
Of course. I was in San Francisco last July. We
all drove to the seaside to watch the fireworks.
There were cars everywhere. The whole city seemed
to have turned out.
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Assignments

• Dictation and Imitation VOA Special English
• Week 1 Helping Foreign Students in the US
  Feel at Home 1
• Week 2 Helping Foreign Students in the US
  Feel at Home 2
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• 2. Two Long Conversations
• Week 1 Unit 1 Part B Why Dont You Join Me at
  the Gym Sometime?
• Week 2 Unit 1 Part C Watching a Game

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Assignments
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