Unit 3 Let’s celebrate!Reading

Getting ready for Halloween

Chinese new year

Christmas

Thanksgiving Day

Mid –Autumn Festival

Dragon Boat Festival

Halloween

圣诞树

南瓜灯

放鞭炮

火鸡

赏月

赛龙舟

Listen to the tape,answer the question:

When is Halloween?

It’s on October 31st.

Halloween

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1.What is this?

2. Is it a paper lantern?

3. When do people make pumpkin lanterns?

It’s a lantern.

At Halloween.

No, it is a pumpkin lantern.

•pumpkin lantern

•trick or treat

•special costume

•party

1.People in the USA usually have a party on October 30th to celebrate Halloween.

2. Wendy and her friends often play “trick or treat”

at Halloween.

3. Wendy and her friends always paint their faces at Halloween.

4. People in the USA make lanterns out of oranges.

5.The party usually starts at about 8 a.m.

6. People eat special Halloween chocolates and candies

on that day.

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True or False

T

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Try to find out the answers to these questions:

1.When did Wendy write the letter?

2.What do the children do for Halloween?

3.What do Wendy and her friends wear at

Halloween?

4. What costume will Wendy wear this year?

5. What do they make for Halloween?

6. How do they make a pumpkin lantern?

7. What do they do at the party?

On October 15th.

They cut out the eyes, the nose and the sharp teeth on the lantern.

They eat special chocolates and candies. They also have hot drinks and eat nice, hot food.

They play a game called “trick or treat”.

They wear special costumes.

She will wear a tiger costume.

They make special pumpkin lanterns.

The people in the USA do not c_______

Mid-Autumn Festival, but they celebrate

Halloween.They have a s______ Halloween party on ____________.

The children play a game called

____________.Usually, people give

Them c ______ as a treat. If they don’t,

the children can ___________ on them.

October 31st

‘trick or treat’

andy play a trick

elebrate

pecial

The children always __________ atHalloween. They wear special costumeswith m_____. They sometimes _____________and people do not know who theyare. This year, Wendy will wear_______________.They make their o____Pumpkin lanterns.They _______ the eyes, the nose and the

sharp t______.

dress up

paint theirfaces

a tiger costume

cut out

asks

wn

eeth

The family always have a party _____________October 31st. It usually

starts at 8 p.m.They eat lots of special Halloween c__________and candies. They have _________and eat lots of nice,

hot f______.

hocolates hot drinks

on the evening of

ood

Homework •1.Read the text.•2.Write a small passage a

bout Halloween.