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Unit 1Unit 1 Festivals around the worldReadingWarming upFESTIVALNew YearNational DayChristmasFather’s DayChildren’s DayMother’s DayDragon Boat
FestivalTeachers’ DaySpring FestivalMay DayArmy Day…Mid-Autumn DayWhat festivals do you know?When 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 Easter
around March 22— April 25 Thanksgiving Day
the last Thursday of NovemberHalloween
October 31Christmas Day
December 25 Choose one of the festivals, and think about:
What people should do or not do.
What it celebrates.FESTIVALSFoodWorkVisitDress upSingingDancingWatching TVMemoryFunJiaoziFruitDateSpring Festival
We celebrate the end of winter, arrival of spring, Lunar New Year, reunion with family and relatives. During Spring Festival, people give money in red paper to children; see dragon dances; eat fish, prawns and dumplings; visit family member.Sample:1. 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?Work in groups of four and talk about the two questions.Pre-reading2. Look at the pictures and title of the passage below. Discuss what kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.Read through the passage and find out how many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?1. Ancient festivals
2. Festivals of the Dead
3. Festivals to Honor the People
4. Harvest Festivals
5. Spring FestivalsScanningSkimming What’s the main idea of the text? How many kinds of festival are mentioned? What are they?Read the text quickly and answer the following question.The text mainly tells us about some of today’s festivals. There are three kinds of festival. Some are religious, some are seasonal and some are for special people or events.What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph and what do the ancient festivals celebrate?Para. 1 Ancient Festival
celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.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 JapanDragon Boat FestivalColumbus DayPara. 4 Harvest Festivals
European and other countries ----- Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival
China and Japan ----- Mid-Autumn festivalPara. 5
China ----- Spring festival
Some Western countries ----- Easter and related holidays
Japan ----- Cheery Blossom FestivalHarvest Festivals Halloween (万圣节)Read the passage carefully and answer the questions with the help of the pictures.Careful readingWhat would people celebrate at these three times of a year?
Why do you think music and fire or light are used in festivals?Ancient FestivalsWhat kind of things are done to honour the dead?
Why do you think about the Mexican practice of making cakes with skulls and bones?Mexican Day of the DeadObon (日本盂兰盆节) What do you know about Halloween? HalloweenWhat festivals or celebrations can you think of that honour famous people or important events? the Dragon Boat Festival Who do you think should have a festival to honour them? Why?Columbus DayHarvest Festival Thanksgiving DayDo you know any harvest celebrations in China?1. Why did ancient people celebrate after hunters had caught animals?
A. Because they had no food to eat except animals.
B. Because they wouldn’t go hungry when food was found.
C. Because animals were their favourite food at that time.
D. Because they wanted to show their admiration for the hunters.Choose the best answer.2. What’s the right time order of the following festivals?
Easter
b. Cherry Blossom Festival
c. Western carnivals
c; a; b B. c; b; a
C. a; b; c D. a; c; b1) 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. Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions.Post reading2) What makes autumn festivals happy events?
Autumn festivals are happy events because 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?
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?
It is important to have festivals and celebrations so 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?
The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.
However, there are some difference. The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.6) What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?
Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.DiscussionWhich festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun. 1. Go over the text after class and try to write a summary of the text (about 100 words) and retell the text according to the summary.Homework2. If possible try to find out as much information as possible about festivals around the world. You can surf the Internet or refer to the books.