Lesson 22 They are preparing for New Year

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How do we prepare for the Chinese New Year?
paint the window frames
write out The Spring Festival couplets
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Lesson 22 They are preparing for New Year
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Read the first paragraph
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1 _______ is writing an e-mail to a friend . A
Mr. Zhang B Lucy C Josh 2 People
get together in ________ in the Us. A April
Fools Day B Halloween C
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas
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• 1 Where is Josh?
• 2 Why is it a very special time for him?
• 3 How is he feeling now?

He is in Beijing China.
Because Chinese people are getting ready to
celebrate the New Year.
He is having a great time.
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Read the text and try to choose True or False

• 1 Right now Mr. Zhang is cleaning the house.
• 2 Mrs. Zhang is painting the window frames of the
  house.
• 3 Lucy is writing out couplets.
• 4 Green is a lucky color in China.
• 5 Chinese people hang these poems on their front
  doors.
• 6 The Chinese New Year in China is the most
  important festival just like Thanksgiving and
  Christmas in the US.

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Get information
character What is he/she doing?
Mrs. Zhang
Mr. Zhang
Lucy
She is cleaning the house.
He is painting the window frames of the house
with red paint.
She is writing out The Spring Festival couplets .
She is painting with black paint on pieces of red
paper.
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Make a dialog
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???,?????????????????? ???? clean the house
write couplets paint the window frames
decorate the house visit friends have
a big meal send e-mail prepare for the
Spring Festival sing Christmas Songs send
Christmas cards
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• Homework
• copy the new words
• Write an e-mail to a friend. Describe what your
  family is doing to prepare for the Chinese New
  Year.

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Lesson 22 They are preparing for New Year
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dumplings
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fish
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meatballs
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rice cake (Nian Gao)
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soup
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Underline the false statements and correct them

• Lucys family always has a big meal on New Years
  Eve.
• Lucys family sometimes goes out for their New
  Years meal.
• They always eat some special dumplings.
• They never have meatballs.
• People often serve fish.
• In Lucys house they always eat the fish.
• Lucy doesnt like rice cake.

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never
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usually
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seldom
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likes
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• Some traditions about the Chinese New Year
• woke (wake) up very early
• wore (wear) new clothes
• made (make) some special cakes
• went (go) to visit some friends and neighbors
• wished (wish) them
• gave (give) small red packets to
• young friends and to children

in the morning
in the af-ternoon
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• I woke up very early on the first day of the New
  Year.
• Everybody in the family wore new clothes.
• Mrs. Zhang made some special cakes from rice
  flour.
• In the afternoon, we went to visit some of the
  Zhangs friends and neighbors
• We wished them all a Happy New Year.
• During the day, Mr. and Mrs. Zhang gave small red
  packets containing money to young friends and to
  children.
• Red is a lucky color in China.

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Answers of 3.1

• 1.Where did Josh spend New year?
• 2.What did everybody wear on New Years Day?
• 3.What did Mrs. Zhang make?
• 4.When did the Zhang family visit friends and
  relatives?
• 5.Who gave small red packets of money to the
  children?
• 6.Who told josh about the tradition of the red
  packets?

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• 1. He spent New Year in Beijing.
• 2. Everybody wore new clothes.
• 3. She made some special cake from rice flour.
• 4. They visited friends and relatives in the
  afternoon.
• 5. Parents and elder people gave small red
  packets of money to the children.
• 6. Lucy told Josh.

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On New Years Day What did we do for traditions
In the morning
At noon
In the afternoon
During the day
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• Homework
• I. ???????????,??????,??????????
• 1.???????
• 2.?????????
• II.?????,??????????,???????