U3 CelebrationWarm-upIn this unit you will…Read a magazine article, two Internet pages and a literature extract.Talk about celebrations, give advice and send, accept and refuse invitations.Listen to dialogues and radio programmes.Write a description of a party.Learn about the Passive.Warm-up1 Look at the photos. What are the people celebrating?Key Wordsgraduation, a birthday, Christmas, passing and exam, a sporting victory, Mid-Autumn Festival, the New Year, a wedding, Halloween, Dragon Boat FestivalAnswers: A Dragon Boat Festival B Christmas C a weddingSome pictures about celebration. Can you guess what are they?graduationa birthdayChristmas2 Listen . Which five celebrations do you hear?Answers: 1 Christmas 2 a sporting victory 3 a birthday 4 a wedding 5 the New YearTapescripts1> What a lunch! I love turkey and Christmas pudding. We played with the toy laughed at jokes, put on silly paper hats and laughed again.2> A: What an exciting game! Our team won at last!ChuXiThey are doing dumplingsThey are Moomcakes.Mid-Autumn Festival Dragon Boat FestivalZongziDragon Boat FestivalThey are celebratingSpring FestivalThis is Qian shou guan yinSpring FestivalThey are playingthe firecracker.HalloweenThe bride and the groomwedding in theNortheast of ChinaThe car usedon Wedding B: Let’s go and have a drink to celebrate.3> The boy is blowing the candles on the big cake, with everyone saying good wishes.4> Look! The man is putting a ring on the woman’s finger. How happy they are!5> …six… five… four… three… two… one… Happy New Year!Speaking3 What have you celebrated recently? Tell the class what you did.Example: We had a party at our house to celebrate my grandmother’s seventieth birthday.4 Writing根据如下提示写一篇有关中秋节的作文。（字数 120 左右）1. 中秋节是中国的传统节日。2. 中秋节是团圆节，是家人团聚庆祝的节日。3. 在中秋之夜，人们边吃月饼边赏月。4. 月饼是中秋美食。（果仁的，豆沙的，大枣的――）5. 每年一度的中秋节都会牵动着千万游子的心。
