Unit 8 – Celebrations
Period 2- Speaking
Warm up: Look at the photos. Match each of them with the suitable words in the box below. There are more words than needed.

Mid-Autumn festival Thanksgiving Valentine’s day Women’s day
Teachers’ day Anniversary Lunar New Year Birthday
1………………………..
2………………………..
3………………………..
4………………………..
5………………………..
6………………………..
Cultural notes:
1. Thanksgiving or thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks for the things one has at the end of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In the US, certain kinds of food traditionally served at Thanksgiving meals. First and foremost, turkey is usually the featured item on any Thanksgiving feast table (so that Thanksgiving is sometimes called "Turkey Day".
2. Valentine`s Day is a holiday on February 14th. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine`s cards or candy (chocolates are very common). It is very popular to present flowers on the Valentine`s Day.

You: Do you know that ..............................………
………….........……?
Your friend: What is……………….?
You: It’s the time when……………………………..
…………………………………………………………
Your friend: When is it exactly?
You: Well, It’s on……………………………….
Your friend: What do you often/ usually do …….?
You: Well, …….eat……., dress up……..visit ….., play………..
Your friend: Oh, that sounds really interesting.
Time
Purpose
Activities
Name of holiday/celebration

Further practice. Find out the names the celebrations according to the statements that follow.
1. People often express their love to each other.
2. Children eat cakes, fruits and wear masks.
3. They have a large meal with turkey.
4. People make it to celebrate after the harvest season.
5. People celebrate the day when a person was born.
6. People give chocolates, gifts to people they love.
1……………………

2……………………

3……………………

4……………………

5……………………

6……………………
Valentine’s Day
Mid-Autumn Festival
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Birthday
Valentine’s Day
7. People give the children “Lucky money”.
8. People blow the candles on cakes these days.
9. Only positive comment should be made on this occasion.
10. It is on the 15th day of 8th lunar month.
7…………….......

8…………………

9…………………

10……………….
Lunar New Year
Birthday
Lunar New Year
Mid- Autumn Festival