Unit 5
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What is your favourite 最喜歡 way 方法 to celebrate 慶祝?
1 The best 最佳 part of Chinese New Year is …
A gathering with my family 與家人團聚
B having turnip cake 吃蘿蔔糕
C watching lion dances 睇舞獅
2 On Halloween 萬聖節, I love to …
A watch scary films with my family 與家人看驚慄片
B eat lots of sweets 吃很多糖果
C dress up in scary costumes 穿上嚇人衣飾
3 At the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節, I can’t wait 等待 to …
A watch the races 盼扒龍舟競渡
B eat some rice dumplings 吃粽
C participate in a race 參與比賽
4 When it’s Christmas 聖誕節 time, all I want to do is …
A exchange gifts 交換禮物 with my friends
B eat a big turkey 火雞 dinner
C decorate 佈置 the Christmas tree
5 During 正當 the Mid-Autumn Festival, I really 真的 enjoy 喜愛 …
A having a family reunion 團圓 dinner 飯
B having 吃 mooncakes 月餅, of course 當然.
C making 製作 and lighting 點 lanterns 燈籠
Speaking activity
Think of a festival and name three activities 活動. Then ask your partner to guess 猜 the festival.
Buying peach blossoms … Putting up decorations … Giving red packets …
Chinese New Year
Good job!
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Before your read
Reading skills: Identifying 找出 the main 主 idea 旨 of a text 文章
- The main idea is the most import idea in a text.
- We can skim 速讀 a text to find the main idea. For example, we can look at the title 題目, photos 相片,
captions 標題 and the first 首 and last 末 sentences 句 of the text.
- We can also scan the text to look for keywords 關鍵詞, such as repeated 重覆 words 字, to find the main
idea.
Activity 2
Your teacher has asked you some questions about the texts on pages 4, 6 and 8. Answer the questions.
1 What is the title of Text 1?
A New Day to Celebrate
2 Which THREE festivals are mentioned in Text 2?
i) Spring Lantern Festival
ii) Tin Hau Festival
iii) Cheung Chau Bun Festival
3 What information does Text 2 give about the festivals?
() activities 活動, () date 日期, () location 位置, () personal opinions 個人意見
4 What does GirlyGirl want to know in Text 3?
A the history of different festivals
B where other forum users are from
C the most important festival in different places around the world.
Activity 3
Your teacher has 曾 asked 問 you about 關於 the main 主 idea of the three texts. Match 配對 the main ideas
with 與 the correct 正確的 text.
(B) Text 1 A places around the world have different important festivals 世界各地的人有不同的重要節日
(C) Text 2 B creating a new festival with the writer’s favourite festive foods and activities 用作者最喜好的
節日食物和活動來創製一個新的節日
(A) Text 3 C there are several special Chinese festivals that people can experience in Hong Kong 有幾個人
們可以在香港經歷的特別中國節日
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Reading
You are looking at song 歌 lyrics 詞 online for a song you like. Read the song lyrics.
Text 1 Song lyrics
A New Day to Celebrate 一個可慶祝的新節日
by Calvin Li
(1) I want to create a new festival
There just aren’t enough. 一個不足夠
Drawing from other holidays, 取材自其他的假期
It’ll have all my favourite stuff. 包括我最喜愛的東西
(2) We’ll eat turnip cake 蘿蔔糕 and tong yuen 湯丸
About that I have no doubt 毫無疑問.
Rice dumplings 粽 and Mooncakes 月餅
I simply can’t live without 沒有!
(3) How 如何 are we going to celebrate?
There will be gifts that we’ll trade 交換.
Santa Claus 聖誕老人 and a fire dragon dance 舞火龍
In the very same parade 巡遊!
(4) Having everything I want …
That’s the only way.
What will I call 叫喚 it?
How about Everything Day?
Extension activity
In pairs, take turns reading aloud each verse. Try to create a rhythm, which is a strong pattern of repeated
sounds, as you read.
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Comprehension 閱讀理解 1
Read the song lyrics and answer the questions.
1 The songwriter wants a new festival because _____.
A he wants to have a big holiday party
B he wants a festival for friends and family
C he thinks other festivals are not interesting
D he thinks there are not enough festivals
2 ‘Drawing from’ in line 3 means _____.
A making a picture B taking from C researching D talking about
3 Which food items are mentioned in the song lyrics?
i) rice dumplings ii) ginger breads iii) mooncakes iv) turnip cakes
A I, ii and iii B i, ii and iv C I, iii and iv D ii, iii and iv
4 According to the songwriter, the parade will include _____.
i) Santa Claus, ii) a fire dragon dance, iii) a reunion dinner, iv) fireworks
A i and ii B i and iii C ii and iii D iii and iv
5 The rhyming 押韻 words 字 in verse 3 第三節 are _____.
A going, gifts B celebrate, dance C trade, parade D dance, parade
6 The songwriter calls the new festival ‘Everything Day’ because _____.
A people from all over the world will participate 參與
B it will include 包括 all sorts 種類 of different 不同 foods and activities
C it will happen 發生 every day
D people can do whatever 任何 they want
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Your cousin is visiting Hong Kong and wants to know about some Chinese festivals. You have found a
promotional web page about Chinese festivals that are celebrated in Hong Kong. Read the web page.
Text 2 Promotional 推廣 web page
Chinese festivals to look forward to 期待
(1) Want to experience 經歷 special 特別 Chinese festivals? You’re going to love these ones!
(2) Spring Lantern Festival 春燈節 (元宵)
The Spring Lantern Festival marks 標誌 the end 結束 of Chinese New Year. Locals 本地人 like eating
glutinous rice balls 湯丸, which symbolizes 象微 togetherness 團圓. There’ll be colourful lantern displays 展示
around town 城巿四圍. Remember 記得 to bring 帶備 your cameras!相機
(3) Tin Hau Festival 天后誕
In April or May, fishermen 漁民 will celebrate the goddess 女神 of the sea’s birthday. They will travel 去 to
the temples 廟 to wish 求 for safety 平安, good weather 天氣 and full fishing 魚 nets 穫. You won’t want to
miss 錯過 the dragon, lion and unicorn 麒麟 dances at the temples!
(4) Cheung Chau Bun Festival 長洲包山節
In early May, travel to Cheung Chau for the exciting ‘bun snatching’ race.搶包山比賽 On the last day of
this week-long celebration, climbers will race to the tops of 14-metre-tall towers at midnight and snatch as
many ping on buns 平安包 as they can. Don’t forget to watch the parade 巡遊 and try the delicious 美味的
vegetarian 齋 food 菜.
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Comprehension 2
1 What do ‘ones’ refer to in line 1?
festivals
2 According to the web page, the Spring Lantern Festival is _____.
A before Chinese New Year B after Chinese New Year
C on the last day of Chinese New Year D a week after Chinese New Year
3 Why do fishermen celebrate Tin Hau Festival?
It is to celebrate the goddess of the sea’s birthday.
4 Which THREE activities are mentioned in paragraph 4 as part of the Cheung Chau Bun Festival?
() watching a parade, ( ) riding on boats, () visiting a temple, () eating vegetarian food,
( ) listening to speeches, () watching a race
5 What is the purpose 目竹日戈 of the promotional web page?
A to describe what the author is going to do at different festivals
B to advertise Hong Kong tourist sites to visitors
C to discuss the history of Chinese festivals
D to inform 告知 people about Chinese festivals celebrated in Hong Kong
6 Match 配對 the speech bubbles with the festivals.
A I’m glad I stayed up late 遲遲未睡. The race was very excited 刺激!
B This was the first 首 time 次 I saw a unicorn 麒麟 dance. It was interesting.
C I’m very full 飽 … I think I ate too many glutinous rice balls 湯丸!
i) Cheung Chau Bun Festival: B
ii) Spring Lantern Festival: C
iii) Tin Hau Festival: A
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Text 3 Discussion 討論 forum 欄 posts 貼文
GirlyGirl (1) I’m from South Korea 南韓. The most important festival for my family is Chuseok, which is
celebrated in autumn 秋天. What’s the most important festival for you?
Nadin122 (2) Here in India 印度, Diwali is very important. It’s a festival that celebrates light 光. People light
their homes with oil 油 lamps 燈 and have big feasts 宴. This year, I’m going to decorate 佈置 my home with
a beautiful rangoli, which is a pattern made from coloured 彩 sand 沙. I’ll watch fireworks 煙花 too 也!
Solada_P (3) The most important Thai festival is Songkran, celebrating the solar 陽曆 new year. There’s always
a huge 大 water fight 戰 on the streets 街! Releasing 放生 an animal back into the wild 野外 is another 另一
common 常見 tradition 傳統. This year, I’ll release a fish into the Pa Sak River.
BobCat (4) An important festival in the United States is Thanksgiving 感恩節. It celebrates the harvest 收割.
People travel long 長 distances 途 to gather 團聚 with 與 family 家人. Many American families enjoy
watching football. (American football, obviously 明顯!) At dinner, we will eat roast 烤 turkey 火雞. After, my
family likes to share what we are thankful for.
p. 9 Comprehension 3
1 T, F or NG
i) GirlyGirl wants to travel to different countries. (NG)
ii) Nadin122 plans to watch fireworks during Diwali. (T)
iii) Songkran celebrates the lunar new year. (F)
2 Rangoli (line 10) is a type of _____.
A food B activity C decoration D home
3 Find words in paragraphs 2 and 3 that mean the same as the following:
i) meals feasts
ii) letting go releasing
4 According to Solada_P, what are TWO common Songkran activities?
i) a huge water fight on the streets
ii) releasing an animal back into the wild
5 Is being with family important on Thanksgiving? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
It is important. People travel long distances to gather with family.
6 Complete the table using information from the text.
Festival Country What it celebrates
Diwali (i) India (iv) light
Songkran (ii) Thailand (v) the solar new year
Thanksgiving (iii) United States (vi) the harvest
7 What do Diwali, Songkran and Thanksgiving have in common?
A People celebrate by having a big meal.
B They bring people together.
C People decorate their homes.
D They are celebrated in the autumn.
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After you read
1 Today is a holiday, so no one has to work or go to school! (Text 1)
2 It’s hard to work if you have too much stuff on your desk. (Text 1)
3 Light and darkness often symbolize good and evil. (Text 2)
4 Twelve at night is also called midnight. (Text 2)
Challenge yourself!
1 solar system 太陽系
2 oily lantern 油燈
3 water fight 撥水節
4 harvest 豐收
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Vocabulary building
Festival foods
Festival menu
Appetizers 前菜 (choose 選 one)
Dragon Boat delights
(1) rice dumplings in bamboo leaves.
A taste of Chinese New Year
We make our own (2) turnip cake from rice flour and shredded radish.
Main courses (choose one)
Christmas traditions
Gobbie gobble! You’ll enjoy this delicious meal of (3) roast turkey .
Buddha’s Birthday feast
You don’t need meat for a tasty meal! Enjoy this dish of wonderful (4) vegetarian food .
Desserts (choose one)
Spring Lantern Festival treats
Everyone loves (5) glutinous rice balls ! We will serve them in a sweet ginger soup.
Cheung Chau Bun Festival delight
Why not have a (6) Ping On Bun ? These wonderful steamed buns have a filling of lotus seed paste.
A rich Mid-Autumn Festival experience
Get a delicious (7) mooncake with rich salted egg yolks inside.
Halloween dream
You don’t have to go trick-or-treating to have (8) sweets !
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Festive activities
buy peach blossoms 買桃花 exchange gifts 交換禮物 sweep family graves 掃墓 watch dragon boat 睇扒
龍舟 carry lanterns 玩燈籠 have a reunion dinner 食團圓飯 watch a parade 睇巡遊 watch fireworks
January February
Chinese New Year
- (1) buy peach blossoms at the flower market.
- (2) have a reunion dinner at grandma’s
- (3) watch fireworks over Victoria Harbour 在維港
April
Ching Ming Festival
- buy fresh fruit and flowers
- (4) sweep family graves
May
Cheung Chau Bun Festival
- (5) watch a parade
- go sightseeing on Cheung Chau
June
Dragon Boat Festival
- (6) watch dragon boat
- wrap rice dumplings
September October
Mid-Autumn Festival
- (7) watch dragon boat races
- see a fire dragon dance
December
Christmas
- (8) exchange gifts with friends and family
- decorate a Christmas tree
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Vocabulary
Using words ending in –al and –le
animal, festival, local, social
people, candle, tale, table
culture – cultural
tradition – traditional
emotion – emotional
logic – logical
Fun costume party
Last night 昨晚, I went to a great Halloween party at my friend George’s home. When I walked in, (1)
candles 蠟燭 lit 照亮 the room with a warm 温暖 glow 光. A few (2) people were already 已
there. They were dressed in (3) animal costumes 服飾. Rachel was a bear 熊 and Liam was a lion 獅.
Other guests 客人 arrived 到達 as popular 流行 characters 角色 like Harry Potter and Iron Man.
There were several 幾 buckets 桶 of sweets 糖果 on the (4) table .桌上 Trick-or-treating is not
a (5) cultural 傳統 activity 活動 in Hong Kong. That’s why we 買 our own sweets instead 反而.
We had a fun dance party to spooky 似鬼 music and then we took turns 輪流 telling scary 嚇人 (6)
tales .故事
When the party was over 完成, I felt 感到 a bit 有點 (7) emotional .情緒 I nearly 幾乎 started
開始 crying because I’ll have 要 to wait another 另一 year for Halloween! Halloween is definitely 肯定 my
favourite 最喜愛的 (8) festival of the year!
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Grammar
Simple future tense
will + infinitive 原式
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Grammar practice 1
arrive complete exercise help learn tease
My New Year’s resolutions 立志
(1) I will complete my homework on time.
(2) I will not tease my younger brother any more.
(3) I will help my parents with cleaning.
(4) I will learn how to play the piano.
(5) I will not arrive late when meeting my friends.
(6) I will exercise at least three times per week.
Grammar practice 2
Dear Grandma,
I am so excited for Chinese New Year. This (coming) year, our family (1) will travel (travel)
anywhere. I think it (2) will feel (feel) great to be home during this traditional holiday.
I’m very excited for the night before CNY, when we (3) will have (have) our big reunion dinner. (4)
Will you make (make) poon choi? I love all the tasty food inside this dish!
Then, on the first day of CNY, I (5) will visit (visit) everyone who is important to me, including
Uncle Samuel and Aunt Wendy. I hope they (6) will be (be) excited to see me. I haven’t seen them in
nearly a year! On the second day, I plan to go to Tsim Sha Tsui at night with Mum and Dad. There, There, we (7)
will watch (watch) the fireworks over Victoria Harbour.
For the Spring Lantern Festival, Dad said we (8) will go (go) to the Hong Kong Cultural Central to
see all the beautiful lanterns.
This year, I know Chinese New Year (9) will be (be) amazing!
Love,
Tiffany
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be going to + infinitive 未來即將發生的
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Grammar practice 3
ask be bring buy come eat let make receive serve
You: Nick, (1) Are you going to bring 帶 decorations 裝飾 for the Christmas party?
Nick: Yes, I (2) am . I have some from last 昨 year’s party. However 們, I can’t put them up myself 我
自己. I need your help. What time (3) are you going to come ?
You: I’ll be there 那裏 at 8 a.m. with 與 Sam. She (4) is going to ask Ms Chung for a key to the
classroom so that 因此 we can set up early 早.
Nick: Great! It (5) is not going to be easy to get all the decorations up in that short amount 量 of time,
but at least 最少 it’ll be fun!
You: Definitely!
Nick: What food and drinks 飲品 (6) are we going to eat ?
You I (7) am going to buy some Christmas biscuits 餅干 and fruit 生果 cake 蛋糕 for everyone
from the local 本地 bakery 烘焙店.
Nick: (8) Are you going to serve 提供 a lot of fruit cake?
You: No, I (9) am not !
Nick You don’t like it? Mmm … I think it’s delicious 好味 (10) Am I going to receive 收到
any Christmas cards, do you think?
You: Of course 當然 you are! Actually 事實上 … everyone will. As 作為 one of 其中一個 our activities, we
(11) are going to make Christmas cards for everyone in the class. We (12) are not going to
let anyone 任何人 in the class feel left out 被遺忘.
Nick: That’s a great idea! I’m so excited for our party.
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Gerunds 動名詞 and to-infinitives 帶 to 原式
Gerunds (verb + ing) 用在句子頭作為 subject
avoid, dislike, finish, mind, practise, stop, consider, enjoy, keep, miss, recommend, suggest + gerunds
Grammar practice 4
My aunt in the New Territories enjoys (1) growing (grow) plants in her greenhouse. At Chinese
New Year, she asks us (2) to take (take) a plant home when we go visit. But the plants don’t last long in
our home because we forget (3) to water (water) them sometimes.
(4) Giving (give) one funny gift is our family’s Christmas tradition. Most of the gifts are serious, but
there’s one ‘joke’ gift for each person. Of course, we also promise (5) to buy (buy) what the person really
wants too.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, my family has a rice dumpling wrapping contest. The person who
finishes (6) wrapping (wrap) five dumplings the quickest gets a prize. We all hope (7) to win (win)
the contest because the prize is a big box of chocolates. I suggest (8) starting (start) this tradition with
your own family!
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Are you going attend (going to attend) the Dragon Boat Festival this
year? If so, you may see the work of a local dragon boat
builder, Nathan Tsing. Next summer, three boats that
he restored will appearing (appear) in the Dragon Boat Festival.
You won’t wanting (want) to miss seeing these beautiful boats.
Today, make (making) new wooden dragon boats is difficult
because the type of wood needed is expensive. Wooden
dragon boats are slowly disappearing, but Tsing wants
to change that. He decided follow (to follow) his grandfather’s
footsteps, who was a dragon boat maker.
Tsing learnt making (to make) dragon boats from his grandfather.
He didn’t mind spend (spending) long hours in the shop because
he could hear his grandfather’s stories.
Paddled (Paddling) dragon boats was his grandfather’s favourite
pastime from a young age. He started to drumming (drum) for
a team when he was just ten years old.
At the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, Tsing is finally
going see (to see) the results of his hard work. I asked him, ‘How
you will (will you) feel seeing your boats in action? He replied
that its going to is (be) amazing.
But what is Tsing going to doing (do) next? He has a new
project planned. ‘Well, I want build (to build) a dragon boat
from scratch. It will (will not) be easy, of course. However, it’s
something I dream of achieve (achieving) and I want to make my
grandfather proud.’
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Writing
Promotional 推廣 web 網 page 頁
Your teacher has asked 叫 you to create 創制 a promotional web page for 為 school festival 節日 events 活
動 throughout the year 全年. Write about 150 words.
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Start 開始 by introducing 引入 the topic 主題.
Give sub-headings 副題 for each of 每一 the festival events.
Describe 描述 the events, giving 提供 details 詳情 about activities 活動, the date 日期 and location 地方.
Use adjectives 形容詞 to make the events sound 聽起來 interesting 有興趣.
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Vocabulary
candles glutinous rice balls roast turkey table cultural have a reunion dinner social turnip cake
exchange gifts rice dumplings sweep family graves watch dragon boat races
I’d choose 選擇 Chinese New Year. I’m very (1) social ,喜交際的 so 所以 I love having 有 big
gatherings 聚集. It’s nice 好 to sit at a big (2) table and (3) have a reunion dinner 團圓飯 with 與
family. Plus 加上, (4) turnip cake 蘿蔔糕 is so 那麼 delicious 美味!
I’d choose the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節. I love (5) rice dumplings !粽 And I think 認為 it’s very
exciting 刺激 to (6) watch dragon boat races . The Dragon Boat Festival is a unique 獨一無二 (7)
cultural 文化 event 活動.
The Ching Ming Festival 清明節 is very important 重要 to me. I always go to the cemetery 墳墓 to (8)
sweep family graves 掃墓 with 與 my parents. We also light 燃點 (9) candles 蠟燭 and offer 獻
flowers to our ancestors 祖先.
Personally,個人來說 I’d choose Christmas. It’s nice to (10) exchange gifts 交換禮物 with 與
friends and family. Also 同時, Christmas foods like (11) roast turkey 烤火雞 and mashed potatoes 薯蓉
are delicious. But, I have to 要 say (12) glutinous rice balls 湯丸 we eat during 正當 the Spring Lantern
Festival 春燈節(元宵) are tasty 好味 too 也!
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Grammar
Dear Aunt Tammy,
I’m very excited about the Spring Lantern Festival. This year, I (1) am going to see (see) the lanterns
at the Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront 海濱 Promenade 長廊. I plan 計劃 (2) am going to go (go) with 與 my
parents. I think 想 I (3) will invite (invite 邀請) my friend Ashley to come with me too. She keeps 一直 (4)
asking (ask) me what I’m doing during the festival. (5) Solving (solve 猜) the lantern riddles 謎語 with
her (6) is going to be (be) lots of fun. It (7) is going to be (be) busy 人多 there, so it’s probably 可
能 a good idea to arrive 到達 early 早.
Last year, I made my own lantern, but I (8) am not going to make (make) one this year. I’m just 不過
too 太 busy 忙! (9) Practising (practise 練習) the violin 小提琴 is more important this year since 因為 I
have 有 a recital 獨奏 coming up.
I also 也 want 想 (10) to attend (attend 出席) the Lunar New Year Carnival 嘉年華 to see some
dances and musical performances 表演.
How (11) are you going to celebrate (celebrate 慶祝) this year? (12) Are you going
to visit (visit) us soon 不久? I promise 承諾 I (13) am not going to eat (eat) all the glutinous rice balls
湯丸 myself, like 像 last 往 year 年!
I hope 期望 (14) to hear (hear) back from you soon.
Love,
_____
