Unit 1 Festivals around the world warmming up and pre-reading

课件33张PPT。Unit 1Festivals around the world
Warming up & pre-readingWhat did you do in your winter holiday?
How do you spent your spring festival?
BrainstormingHow many festivals do you
know both in and out of
China?The Dragon Boat FestivalThe Double Ninth Festival
The Spring Festival
Tomb Sweeping DayThe Lantern Festival 元宵节The Mid-Autumn
FestivalThe Double
Seventh FestivalIn ChinafestivalsfestivalsChristmas
Fool’s?Day
Valentine’s?Day
情人节Carnival狂欢节Easter
复活节Thanksgiving DayHalloween
万圣节 In foreign countriesTask 1:
Let’s read the descriptions
and guess what festivals
they are?No. 1It is one of the most important festivals in western countries. People usually celebrate it together with their family members. People send cards or gifts to others. A kind-hearted old man put the gifts in the stockings for children secretly at night. Christmas DayOn December 25th
It is the birthday of Jesus ChristThis festival happens at the beginning of the spring. Usually most young people are happy on this day.They send flowers and chocolate or some other gifts to the one they love. Valentine’s
DayNo. 2Valentine’s DayOn February 14thThis festival happens in winter.Every family has a feast on this day.Turkey is the most important food on this day.People celebrate it to thank God for a harvest in 1620.Thanksgiving DayNo. 3Thanks Giving DayPumpkin pieturkeythe fourth Thursday of December
十二月第四个星期四
Thank God This festival happens in spring.On this day most people are happy. People can tell lies and play tricks on others without being blamed.Some people may be fooled but they can not be angry.April Fool’s DayNo. 4Most children are excited on this day.They would like to dress up as frightening and ugly ghosts or witches. They wear black costumes or masks. They would like to knock others’ doors and say, “trick or treat”.HalloweenNo. 5 Halloween（万圣节）is on the evening
of October 31 in Europe. Pumpkins with candles insides (Pumpkin lights) is so popular in Halloween decorations.And here are some
more festivals, let’s
see them together.In FebruaryCarnival (狂欢节) Easter 复活节
around March 22---April 25The 1st day of MayLabour’s DayThe 15th day of the Eighth lunar monthMid-Autumn FestivalThe 1st day of OctoberNational Day
Task 2: Choose one of the Chinese
festivals, and discuss it with
your partner.
1. When the festival is;
2. What the festival celebrates;
3. What people should do or
should not do.autumn
/fall
the beauty of the full moon，harvest, time with family
and friendsgive and eat mooncakes, watch the full moon with family and friendsMid-Autumn
Festival Skimming the text and find out different
kinds of holidaysREADINGFESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONSFestivals of the DeadAncient festivals Festivals to honour PeopleHarvest FestivalsSpring FestivalsTask 3: Fill in the following chart-Obon
-Day of the Dead
-HalloweenJapan
Mexico
some Western countries-Dragon Boat
Festival
-Columbus Day
-festival to honor
GandhiChina
USA
India-- harvest/ Thanksgiving festivals
--mid-autumn festivalsEuropean and other countries
China and Japan-Spring Festival
-Easter and related holidays
-Cherry Blossom FestivalChina
Some Western countries
Japan?Task 4: Read?the?passage?quickly?and
finish?the?Tor?F exercises?below. 
1.?All?ancient?festivals?would?celebrate?the?end?of?the?cold?weather,?planting?in spring?and?harvest?
in?autumn.?(???) 
2.?In?Mexico,?people?celebrate?the?Day?of?
the?Dead?in?early?November.?(????) FT3.?The?Dragon?Boat?Festival?is?held?to?honor?the?
famous?ancient?poet,?Qu?Yuan.?(???) 
4.?Both?China?and?Japan?have?Mid-autumn?
festivals,?when?people?admire?the?moon?and
enjoy?moon?cakes.??(???) 
5.?Spring?Festivals?are?the?most?important?ones?in?
the?world.???(???)
TFT课件33张PPT。Unit 1Festivals around the world
Warming up & pre-readingWhat did you do in your winter holiday?
How do you spent your spring festival?
BrainstormingHow many festivals do you
know both in and out of
China?The Dragon Boat FestivalThe Double Ninth Festival
The Spring Festival
Tomb Sweeping DayThe Lantern Festival 元宵节The Mid-Autumn
FestivalThe Double
Seventh FestivalIn ChinafestivalsfestivalsChristmas
Fool’s?Day
Valentine’s?Day
情人节Carnival狂欢节Easter
复活节Thanksgiving DayHalloween
万圣节 In foreign countriesTask 1:
Let’s read the descriptions
and guess what festivals
they are?No. 1It is one of the most important festivals in western countries. People usually celebrate it together with their family members. People send cards or gifts to others. A kind-hearted old man put the gifts in the stockings for children secretly at night. Christmas DayOn December 25th
It is the birthday of Jesus ChristThis festival happens at the beginning of the spring. Usually most young people are happy on this day.They send flowers and chocolate or some other gifts to the one they love. Valentine’s
DayNo. 2Valentine’s DayOn February 14thThis festival happens in winter.Every family has a feast on this day.Turkey is the most important food on this day.People celebrate it to thank God for a harvest in 1620.Thanksgiving DayNo. 3Thanks Giving DayPumpkin pieturkeythe fourth Thursday of December
十二月第四个星期四
Thank God This festival happens in spring.On this day most people are happy. People can tell lies and play tricks on others without being blamed.Some people may be fooled but they can not be angry.April Fool’s DayNo. 4Most children are excited on this day.They would like to dress up as frightening and ugly ghosts or witches. They wear black costumes or masks. They would like to knock others’ doors and say, “trick or treat”.HalloweenNo. 5 Halloween（万圣节）is on the evening
of October 31 in Europe. Pumpkins with candles insides (Pumpkin lights) is so popular in Halloween decorations.And here are some
more festivals, let’s
see them together.In FebruaryCarnival (狂欢节) Easter 复活节
around March 22---April 25The 1st day of MayLabour’s DayThe 15th day of the Eighth lunar monthMid-Autumn FestivalThe 1st day of OctoberNational Day
Task 2: Choose one of the Chinese
festivals, and discuss it with
your partner.
1. When the festival is;
2. What the festival celebrates;
3. What people should do or
should not do.autumn
/fall
the beauty of the full moon，harvest, time with family
and friendsgive and eat mooncakes, watch the full moon with family and friendsMid-Autumn
Festival Skimming the text and find out different
kinds of holidaysREADINGFESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONSFestivals of the DeadAncient festivals Festivals to honour PeopleHarvest FestivalsSpring FestivalsTask 3: Fill in the following chart-Obon
-Day of the Dead
-HalloweenJapan
Mexico
some Western countries-Dragon Boat
Festival
-Columbus Day
-festival to honor
GandhiChina
USA
India-- harvest/ Thanksgiving festivals
--mid-autumn festivalsEuropean and other countries
China and Japan-Spring Festival
-Easter and related holidays
-Cherry Blossom FestivalChina
Some Western countries
Japan?Task 4: Read?the?passage?quickly?and
finish?the?Tor?F exercises?below. 
1.?All?ancient?festivals?would?celebrate?the?end?of?the?cold?weather,?planting?in spring?and?harvest?
in?autumn.?(???) 
2.?In?Mexico,?people?celebrate?the?Day?of?
the?Dead?in?early?November.?(????) FT3.?The?Dragon?Boat?Festival?is?held?to?honor?the?
famous?ancient?poet,?Qu?Yuan.?(???) 
4.?Both?China?and?Japan?have?Mid-autumn?
festivals,?when?people?admire?the?moon?and
enjoy?moon?cakes.??(???) 
5.?Spring?Festivals?are?the?most?important?ones?in?
the?world.???(???)
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