(共39张PPT)
Festivals
around the world
Unit 1
Words and expressions
Guess who “I” am according to my self-introduction and the pictures.
Guessing game
Spring Festival
I’m the most important holiday in China. I always come on the eve of the lunar(农历)New Year and go on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Celebrate the coming of spring. People visit relatives; have a big meal; display Spring Festival couplets and pictures; give money in red paper to children; see dragon dances.
Lunar New Year-the 1st day of the 1st Lunar month
Introduction
shopping
give money
reunion
Watch the Spring Festival Gala
dragon dances
How does your family celebrate the Spring Festival
Clean the house: the Chinese consider it
important to give the
house a thorough cleaning.
Decorate: paint the doors and window
frames red, hang papercuts.
Give children money packets
Serve/Supply festival foods
Visit relatives and friends
A happy New Year to you. 恭贺新年。
Best wishes for the holidays and happiness throughout the New Year. 恭贺新禧,万事如意。
Wish you the best (of luck )for everything.
Greetings
诸事顺利。
Colorful lanterns and delicious yuanxiao are my favorites. I’ve got two names, both of which express my wish for good fortune, happiness and health.
Lantern Festival
Valentine’s Day
My birthday comes on
February 14.
Lovers send chocolates, roses and cards to each other.
I’m kind of sad not that it is rainy, but that people remember their dead relatives and visit their graves on my birthday.
Tomb-sweeping Day
clean graves(扫墓)
light incense(烧香)
offer flowers
Dragon Boat Festival
Love the great poet Qu Yuan, love me. People eat rice dumplings and watch boat races in memory of Qu Yuan.
Christmas Day
December 25 is my birthday, when people go to the
parties and churches, give
cards and presents to their
friends and relatives.
Chinese public holidays
International
Women’s Day
New Year’s Day
Children’s Day
National Day
Labour Day
Brainstorming
festivals
Teacher's Day
Chinese Festivals & Celebrations
Labour Day
1st day of May
Guess and say something about the
festival according to the pictures below.
Children’s Day
1st day of June
Mid-Autumn Festival
15th day of the eighth lunar month
National Day
1st day of October
Teachers’ Day
10th day of September
festivals
Christmas
Fool’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Carnival
Easter
Thanksgiving Day
Mother’s Day
Halloween
Brainstorming
Foreign Festivals &Celebrations
Foreign Festivals &Celebrations
Carnival (狂欢节) February 21-23
Guess and say something about these
festivals according to the pictures below.
Easter
the first Sunday after a full moon on
or after March 21
Halloween (万圣节) November 31st
Thanksgiving Day
the fourth Thursday in November
Fool’s Day
April 1st
Mother’s Day
the second Sunday in May
Festivals are meant to celebrate
times of year.
Discuss:
when they take place,
what they celebrate
and what people do at that time.
Festival Time of
Year/
date What it celebrates What people do
Mid-autumn
Festival autumn
fall
The beauty of the full moon,harvest, time with family and friends Give and eat mooncakes, watch the full moon with family and friends
Festival Time of
Year/date What it celebrates What people do
Spring
Festival January
The end of the winter,Lunar New Year, reunion with family and relatives Give money in red paper to children;eat fish and dumplings;visit family members
Festival Time of
Year/date What it celebrates What people do
National
Day October 1 The founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 Take time off work; travel to visit family or to see other parts of China; go shopping
Festival Time of
Year/date What it celebrates What people do
Dragon
Boat
Festival The fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar The memory of the beloved poet QuYuan who died in 278 BC Eat Zongzi;
watch dragon boat races; throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water in memory of Qu Yuan
food
work
visit
singing & dancing
watching TV
fruit
memory
Why do people like spring festivals
dress up
family together
spring festival
Discussion
Which part of a festival do you like best
— the activities, the music, the sights,
the food or the people who visit
Tips:
My favourite … is …
I like … best.
I prefer ….
I enjoy/like….
Oral Practice
Homework
Write a passage about your
favourite Chinese festival
in about 150 words.
2. Preview the reading:
Festivals and Celebrations
Thank you.