Unit 1 Festivals around the world period 1 reading

课件36张PPT。Festivals
around the worldUnit 1 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 first day of the first Lunar monthshoppingLucky moneyreuniondragon dances 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。Peace all year round. Wishing you prosperity. May all your wishes come true. Safe trip wherever you go. The Dragon Boat Festival
端午节
The Double Ninth Festival
重阳节The Spring FestivalTomb Sweeping Day
清明节The Lantern Festival元宵节The Mid-Autumn
Festival 中秋节The Double
Seventh Festival
七夕节What kinds of festivals in China do you know about?BrainstormingfestivalsWhen do they take place ? Spring Festival
January 1
at lunar calendar Lantern Festival
January 15
at lunar calendar Dragon Boat Festival May 5
at lunar calendar Mid-autumn Day
August 15
at lunar calendar festivalsChristmasApril Fool’s?Day
Valentine’s?DayEasterThanksgiving DayMother’s?Day
Father’s?DayHalloween
What festivals of foreign countries do you know? Easter
around March 22— April 25 Thanksgiving Day
the last Thursday of NovemberWhen do they take place ? Halloween
October 31Christmas Day
December 25 ValentinesFebruary 14thPre-reading What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like best- the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit?How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?1. Ancient festivals
2. Festivals of the Dead
3. Festivals to Honor People
4. Harvest Festivals
5. Spring FestivalsSkimmingWhat festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?Para. 1 Ancient festivals
celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.Scanning Para. 2 Festivals of the Dead
Japan -----Obon
Mexico------Day of the Dead
America------HalloweenPara. 3 Festivals to Honour People
China ----- Dragon Boat Festival
USA ----- Columbus Day
India ----- festival to honour GandhiObon（盂兰盆） in JapanColumbus DayPara. 4 Harvest Festivals
European and other countries ----- Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival
China and Japan ----- Mid-Autumn festivalPara. 5 Spring Festivals
China ----- Spring festival
Some Western countries ----- Easter and related holidays
Japan ----- Cherry Blossom FestivalHarvest Festivals Careful readingI. Read the passage and then fill in the following chart.1. Festivals of the Dead.ancestorsObonMexicoHalloweengravesincensemusicbonesgiftsdress upObonThe Day
of the DeadHalloweenFestivals2. Festivals to Honour People
Match the person with the festival.
1. Qu Yuan
2. Christopher Columbus
3. Mohandas Gandhi
a. the Dragon Boat Festival
b. an Indian national festival on Oct. 2
c. Columbus Dayacb3. Harvest Festivals
Choose the best answer.
Many activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people ___.
A. get together to have meals
B. decorate houses to admire the moon
C. win awards for their farm produce
D. enjoy mooncakesB4. Spring Festivals Fill in the blanks.The Spring
FestivalCarnivalsEasterJapanluckydragon dancesParadescolourful
clothingSpring FestivalCarnivalsFestivals 1). What are festivals of the dead usually for?
Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.II. Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following question.2). What makes autumn festivals happy events?
people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.
3). What do people usually do at spring festivals?
people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.4).What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?
we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/ forget our work for a little while.5). Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different?
Similarities: clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.
Differences: the Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.DiscussionWhich festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun. HomeworkFinish exercise “Discovering useful words and expressions” on Page 4. (Ex1, 2 and 3)