1、Part A Name (名称 )What do we usually call 春节 ?Chinese New Year Lunar New Yearthe Spring FestivalWarm-up (准备工作 ) Vocabulary :(相关词汇 )过年春联年画灯笼烟花爆竹拜年1.celebrate the spring festival2.spring festival couplets3.new year paintings4.lantern5.fireworks6.firecrackers7.pay new years call /give new years greeting
2、s 大扫除 团圆饭 年夜饭 守岁 去晦气 祭祖宗 压岁钱 舞狮 杂耍1.spring cleaning2.family reunion dinner3.the dinner on new years eve4.staying-up5. get rid of the ill-fortune6.offer sacrifices to ones ancestors7.pocket money; red envelope8.lion dance9.variety showPart B(1) Group Celebrations（集体庆祝活动） How does group usually celebr
3、ate it ?dancing, singing, playing, lion dance, variety shows, stilt-walking(踩高跷） Part B (2) Family Celebrations家庭庆祝活动 How does family celebrate the Spring Festival ?getting together, family reunion, feasts,watching CCTV New Years showplaying cards/majiang ,giving gifts tomaking New Years visits,send
4、ing New Years greetings, giving pocket money toworshipping ancestors and deceased（已去世的） family membersputting up New Year couplets（对联）Part B (3) Children Celebrations getting red envelope/ pocket money / gifts from parents / relatives setting off fireworks/ firecrackers playing gamesPart C Food What
5、 do we usually eat during the Spring Festival ? various dishes: chicken ; fish; pork dumplings steamed bread niangaoThe Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festivaland also the most important one of the whole year. Through the development of thousands of years,a series of customs are still the
6、same as before.Sweeping the Dust( 扫尘 )“Dust” is homophonic(同音 ) with “chen”（尘）in Chinese, which means old and past. In this way, “sweeping the dust” before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year. This custom shows a good wish of putting away old things to welcome a new life.
