Key Words
autumn (n) [:Ot/m]
The weather is nice in autumn.
holiday (n) [:hAlI;de]
What is your favorite holiday?
moon (n) [mun]
The moon looks so big tonight!
celebrate (v) [:sEl/;bret]
How will you celebrate your birthday?
traditional (adj) [tr/:dI{/n/l]
The group did a traditional dance.
modern (adj) [:mAd-n]
Gary doesn’t like modern music.
barbecue (v) [:bArbIkju]
Dad loves to barbecue on Saturdays.
full (adj) [fUl]
The full moon looks beautiful.
purpose (n) [:p=p/s]
What’s the purpose of your trip?
poem (n) [:po/m]
Jena likes to write poems.
poet (n) [:poIt]
Which poet is your favorite?
poetry (n) [:poItri]
I enjoying reading poetry.
share (v) [{Er]
Can you share some of your food?
mile (n) [maIl]
My house is a mile away.
More Information
filling (n) [:fIlI?]
paste (n) [pest]
reunion (n) [ri:junj/n]
apart (adv) [/:part]
Use It!
I’ll give you...
- I’ll give you more time.
- I’ll give you a piece of cake.
Write your own!
Can you tell me.. .?
- Can you tell me how to get home?
- Can you tell me when the bus will come?
Write your own!
May we live long and share the
beauty of the moon together.
may
- May all your dreams come true.
- May you have a good time with your
family.
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Grammar Point
Conversation B
Greg: Can you get a good view of the
moon there?
Luna: Oh, yes! That’s the purpose of
going there.
Greg: What else do you want to share?
Luna: There’s a famous Chinese poem
about the moon and family.
Greg: What does it say?
Luna: The end says, “May we live long
and share the beauty of the moon
together, even if we are
hundreds of miles apart.”
Questions
- Where do Luna and her family go to
barbecue? - Where do you celebrate Moon
Festival?
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