外研版(2019)必修第二册Unit 2 Let's celebrate!Starting out课件(共30张PPT)

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名称 外研版(2019)必修第二册Unit 2 Let's celebrate!Starting out课件(共30张PPT)
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(共29张PPT)
Unit 2
Let’s celebrate!
To know different festivals.
To know the reasons why people celebrate festivals.
To talk about some customs of different festivals.
1 Watch the video and answer the questions.
1 What festivals are mentioned in the video
2 Why do people celebrate these festivals
1 What festivals are mentioned in the video
2 Why do people celebrate these festivals
The festivals mentioned in the video are “hanami”, the Rose Festival, the Mid-Autumn Day, the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, and the New Year.
Because people want to celebrate the changing seasons and express their appreciation of nature.
2 Read the festival descriptions and complete the sentences.
__________ is to celebrate the harvest.
__________ is to celebrate a season.
__________ is to honour an event.
__________ is to honour a person.
Dragon Boat Festival celebrations take place in China on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. They are held in memory of Qu Yuan, a poet and statesman in Ancient China. It was the first traditional Chinese festival added to UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Thanksgiving is celebrated mainly in North America, in October or November. Traditionally, it was a chance to give thanks for a good harvest. Now, it is also a time for families to get together for a big dinner.
May Day is a festival to celebrate the start of summer, with celebrations held across Europe and in parts of North America. People prepare decorations with flowers and dance around maypoles.
Freedom Day is held every year on 27 April to celebrate South Africa’s first fully-participated elections in 1994, in which everyone was allowed to vote regardless of skin colour. It celebrates the end of racial inequality in the country.
______________ is to celebrate the harvest.
______________ is to celebrate a season.
______________ is to honour an event.
____________________ is to honour a person.
Dragon Boat Festival
Freedom Day
May Day
Thanksgiving
festivals
Festivals in China
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Double Ninth Festival
The Spring Festival
Qingming
The Lantern Festival
The Middle
Autumn Festival
The Double
Seventh Festival
Ghost Festival
Firecrackers sent a year away,
Warm spring breeze’s sneaking into Su Tu.
Thousands of households were all sleepless,
The new is always replacing the past.
爆竹声中一岁除,春风送暖入屠苏。
千门万户曈曈日,总把新桃换旧符。
Can you name these festivals
Lunar New Year January 1
the Spring Festival
couplet 对联
fireworks 烟花
firecrackers 爆竹
paper-cuts 剪纸
lucky/ gift money 压岁钱
What do you do at the Spring Festival
As the bright moon shines over the sea,
From far away you share this moment with me.
海上生明月,天涯共此时。
Mid-Autumn Festival
(Lunar August 15)
Words about Mid-Autumn Festival.
full moon
mooncakes
Chang’e
Hou Yi
family union
lunar
calendar
农历
How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival
eat mooncakes
appreciate the bright full moon
offer sacrifice
(供品)to the moon
family reunion
(合家团聚)
express strong yearnings (思念) to family members and friends
But in the crowd once and again,
I look for her in vain,
When all at once I turn my head,
I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.
众里寻他千百度,蓦然回首, 那人却在,灯火阑珊处。
Lantern Festival
(Lunar January 15)
lion /dragon dance 舞狮/龙
riddles written on lanterns
灯谜
exhibit of lanterns 灯会
rice glue ball 汤圆
A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day;
The mourner’s heart is going to break on his way.
Where can a wineshop be found to drown his sad hours
A cowherd points to a cot’ mid apricot flowers.
清明时节雨纷纷,路上行人欲断魂。
借问酒家何处有,牧童遥指杏花村。
Ching Ming Festival /
Tomb-sweeping Day
(Lunar April 5)
Tomb Sweeping 扫墓
honor ancestors 祭祖
Spring Outing 春游、踏青
Planting Willow Trees 插柳
festivals
Festivals in other countries
Christmas
Fool’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Carnival
Easter
Thanksgiving Day
Mother’s Day
Father’s Day
Halloween
It is one of the most important festivals in Western countries.
People usually celebrate it together with their family members.
A kind-hearted old man puts gifts in the stockings for children secretly at night.
People send cards or gifts to others.
Read the following descriptions about Western festivals and guess what festivals they convey.
Christmas Day
This festival happens on the second Sunday in May.
It is a special day in honour of mothers and it has a long history.
Many people send cards or gifts to their mother or make a special effort to visit her.
Mother’s Day
This festival happens in winter.
Every family has a feast on this day.
Turkey is the most important food on this day.
People celebrated it to thank for a harvest in 1621.
Thanksgiving Day
3 Work in groups. Talk about:
Other festival of each type.
to celebrate the harvest.
to celebrate a season.
to honour an event.
to honour a person.
Other reasons to celebrate a festival
To show respect for some occupations.
To show care and love for the environment.
To show care for a special group of people.
Choose a festival that you are interested in than make a report.