(共23张PPT)
Festivals
and
customs
节日与习俗
Unit 3
Guess a festival
Spring Festival 春节
List some customs of Spring Festival
customs
Have a New Year's Eve dinner
Watch the Spring Festival Gala
Get red packets (hong bao)
吃年夜饭
看春晚
发或收红包
习俗
List some customs of Spring Festival
customs
1.clean the house
2.put up Spring Festival couplets
3.do shopping
大扫除
买年货
贴春联
The Spring Festival
It is the grandest traditional festival in China.
People visit family members, get red packets, watch dragon dances, eat dumplings, and set off fireworks... at that time.
Can you speak out some festivals as quickly as possible
Christmas
Qingming Festival/
Tomb-sweeping Day
National Day
Mid-Autumn Festival
The day is known as the Moon Festival, as at that time of the year the moon is at its roundest and brightest.
People usually eat mooncakes and enjoy the full moon with family and friends at that time.
Traditionally, it was a chance to give thanks for a good harvest.
It is also a time for families to get together for a big dinner.
Thanksgiving Day
感恩节
Halloween
万圣节前夕
Activities:
●Make a Jack-O’-Lantern
●Trick or treat
Date: Oct.31
Dragon Boat Festival
端午节
It falls on May 5th in the lunar calendar.
People celebrate this festival in memory of Qu Yuan.
Besides, do a variety of activities to honor him, such as dragon boat racing and eating zongzi.
Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs,what he must do.
-Robert A. Heinlein
风俗习惯告诉一个人,他是谁,属于哪里,必须做什么。
——罗伯特·A. 海因莱因
Festivals can tell us a lot about
the cultures of different countries.
1.Watch the video and fill in the blanks.
Tip:
Look through the exercises to have a basic understanding of what you’re going to hear.
Watch the video and complete the sentences.
Yi Peng Lantern Festival(义蓬灯节) is celebrated in Chiang Mai(清迈), Thailand as a way to_________________________________________________.
Check your answers:
let bad memories go and make a wish for the future
Midsummer's Day(仲夏节) is celebrated in Sweden(瑞典) for people to __________________ ___________________________________________________________________.
hold parties, singing and dancing around a midsummer pole
The Day of the Dead, which lasts ____________, is a festival in Mexico for people to _________________________________________ .
for three days
remember loved ones who are no longer alive
What Chinese festivals are similar to each of the three festivals in the video
Yi Peng Lantern Festival is similar to the Lantern Festival in China.
On both festivals people make lanterns.
Midsummer's Day is similar to the Dragon Boat Festival.
Both celebrate the start of summer, though the latter takes on other meanings as it develops.
The Day of the Dead is similar to the Qingming Festival.
Both festivals are celebrated for people to remember their loved ones who are no longer with them.
Viewing and enjoying
Leona