课件26张PPT。Festivals around the worldUnit 1Festivals in ChinaThe Spring Festival
The Lantern Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Double Seventh Festival
The Mid-autumn Festival
The Double Ninth Festival
Teachers’ Day
National Day
The 1st day of the 1st lunar month
The 15th day of the 1th lunar month
The 5th day of the 5th lunar month
The 7th day of the 7st lunar monthSeptember 10th
October 1st
The 15th day of the 8st
lunar month
The 9th day of the 9th
lunar month
? ? 春节 The Spring Festival ?除夕New Year's Eve初一元宵节the beginning of New YearThe Lantern Festival 春联 Spring Festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts 年画 New Year paintings 买年货 do Spring Festival shopping 烟花 fireworks 红包 red packets
压岁钱 gift money 爆竹 firecrackers 舞狮 lion dance 舞龙 dragon dance 戏曲 traditional opera 杂耍 vaudeville 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns 灯笼 lantern灯会 exhibit of lanterns 年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 团圆饭年夜饭什锦糖蜜冬瓜西瓜子金桔
红枣糖莲子糖藕花生糖family reunion dinnerthe dinner on New Year's Eve assorted candies - sweet and fortune candied winter melon - growth and good health red melon seed
- joy, happiness, truth and sincerity candied lotus root
- fulfilling love relationshipcumquat – prosperityred dates - prosperity candied lotus seed
- many descendents to comepeanut candy – sweetCandy tray守岁拜年恭喜发财 May wealth and riches be drawn your way.
May you walk the path of prosperity. 心想事成 Hope everything goes your way. 万事如意 May the New Year bring you good fortune. 大吉大利 May you always get more than you wish for. staying-up pay New Year's call;
give New Year's greetings;
New Year's visit The Dragon Boat FestivalEat glutinous rice dumplingWatch Dragon boat racesThe Double Seventh FestivalVega Altair The Mid-autumn FestivalEat Moon cakesAdmire the MoonThe Double Ninth FestivalWear cornus Mum Wineascend a heightFestivals in other countriesNew Year’s Day
Valentine’s Day
April Fool’s Day
Easter
Mother’s Day
Father’s Day
Halloween
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas DayJanuary 1st
February 14th
April 1st
The 1st Sunday after the full moon between March 22nd and April 25th
The 2nd Sunday of May
The 3rd Sunday of June
October 31st
The 4th Thursday of November
December 25th Easter
a religious festivalEaster BunnyEaster BunnyEaster eggsHalloween
USA and Europe
Trick or treat?
Money or eat?Thanksgiving Dayheld?after?the?harvest, and
people get together to have meal
Speaking:1.What is your favourite festival of the year? Why ?
2. How did you celebrate your favourite festival?ReadingFestivals And CelebrationsAncient FestivalsWhen did ancient people celebrate?
2. Why would people celebrate at these times of the year?
3. Why do you think music and fire or light are used in festivals?
They are related to agricultural life, food, safety, family life.They would bring a year of plenty.Read the following passages:What’s the topic sentence of each paragraph?
2. What are the festivals the passage talks about?
3. When & where will each festival take place?
Festivals of the DeadWhat kind of things are done to honour the dead?
2. What are festivals of the dead for?
They are to honour our ancestors.
They are to make our ancestors happy so they won’t harm us.
They are to celebrate life in the presence of death. Toro nagashipumpkinsDress themselves up as ghostsClean the graves, offer flowers and gifts to the deadObon danceFestivals of Honour PeopleWhy does India have a national festival on October2?
2. Who do you think should have a festival to honour? Why?
To honour the memory of Mahatma Gandhi who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.Harvest FestivalsWhy are autumn festivals happy events?
People are grateful for the harvest/ for the end of the hard work on the farms.
People are happy that they will have food for the year.Spring FestivalsName three things people do at spring festivals.
2. Why are spring festivals popular?
Cherry BlossomRead the following sentences and decide if they are true or false.1 ( )The Dragon Boat Festival is a very young festival.
2 ( )The Obon is a festival of the Dead.
3 ( )Children play a trick on friends in Halloween.
4 ( )Easter celebrates the return of Jesus and the end of spring.
5 ( ) The Day of the Dead is celebrated in late November.
6 ( )Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America.FTTFFTWhat is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?
To celebrate our customs, history and heroes
To have a break from daily life
To enjoy meeting family and friends
To eat special foodEach time we celebrate a festival which changes a little and in that way we keep our culture alive.
The Spring Festival, Christmas, Thanksgiving Day, Easter and all the other holidays and festivals help us understand who we are, remember where we come from and share our hopes for a happy future.
Festivals celebrate history and keep our culture alive.Summary:1 在中国北方,尤其是农村地区,人们穿上古时候的衣服,走上街头游行,以庆祝新年
2 庆祝“地球日”可以提醒我们关心这个世界,尊重生命和自然。
3 4月1日要当心,在这一天你的朋友可能会开你的玩笑。如果你上当受骗,别人会把你叫做“四月傻瓜”In northern China,especially in the countryside, people celebrate the New Year by dressing up in ancient costumes and going on parades.The celebration of Earth Day can be a reminder that we need to care about the world around us and respect life and nature.Be careful on April 1st ,because your friends may play a trick on you.If you are taken in,you’ll be called”April Fool!”4 我们庆祝“世界环境日”的目的是什么?
5 在“和平日”这一天,不允许有打斗或冲突。
6 许多人仍然相信,人死后会轮回转世。What’s the purpose of celebrating the “World Environment Day”?On “Peace Day”,no fighting or conflicts are allowed.Many people still believe that when a person dies he will start a new cycle of life.