M3U1 Festivals around the world ---reading(浙江省温州市)

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课件43张PPT。Unit 1 Festivals Reading1.What’s your favorite holiday of the year?2.What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town?
Do you like spending festivals with your family or friends? What part do you like best—the music, the things to see,the visits or the food?Pre-readingFESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
Find out different kinds of
festivals mentioned in the text.ObonDay of the DeadHalloweenDragon Boat FestivalColumbus DayThanksgivingEasterCherry Blossom FestivalFestivals of the DeadFestivals to Honour PeopleHarvest FestivalsSpring FestivalsMatchPara1When did ancient people celebrate?They celebrated at the end of the cold weather/when good weather returned / when they had a good harvest / when the hunters caught animals for food/ when they had enough food / when wanted a year of plenty.
Para.2What are festivals of the dead for?They are to honour our ancestors / to make our ancestors happy so they won’t harm us / to satisfy our ancestors 1 How do Japanese honour their ancestors?
2 .What do the people in Mexico do in memory of the dead? 1. They have a festival called Obon, when people should go to clean the graves and light incense to honour their ancestors. They light lamps and play music.2. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead on the Day of the Dead. People might eat certain food on that day.Festivals of the Dead:
.Obon in JapanThe Day of the DeadIn MexicoPumpkin headHalloween MasksThe night of October 31st, when it was believed that the spirits of dead people appeared, is now celebrated in the US by children, who dress as witches and ghosts.Halloween给糖果还是要捣蛋? Trick or Treat?It began from a custom hundreds of years ago where groups of farmers would go house to house collecting food for the village. Prosperity was promised for generous (慷慨的)givers and threats were made against the stingy(吝啬的) villagers.Para.3 Why does India have a national festival on October 2?
To honour Mahatma Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.
Mahatma Gandhi(1869-1948)
Gandhi, Indian national leader, was born in Porbandar on October 2, 1869, and educated in law in London.
Gandhi was remembered as the international symbol of a free state. Indians regarded him as a saint(圣者;圣徒) and called him Mahatma (Sanskrit, “great soul”), a title for the greatest saints.more about himDragon Boat Festival
ChinaColumbus Day
USANational Festival
IndiaFestivals to Honour People:
1 .Why do the Chinese have the Dragon Boat Festival?
2 .What do people do on this day? Why?1 .To honour the ancient poet Qu Yuan.2. They have a rowing competition on the boats which are decorated as dragons and they eat Zongzi.It is said that people wanted to save Qu Yuan by boat. They offer zongzi to him without worrying that it would be eaten by fish.
Para.4Why are autumn festivals happy events?People are grateful for the harvest / for the end of the agricultural work / the end of the hard work on the farms .People are happy that they will have food for the year.Harvest Festivals:
What do people do on Thanksgiving?
decorate churches and town hall get together to have meals win awards for crops and animalschurch rooster
watermelon
Para.5Name three things people do at spring festival.People eat, dance, play and listen to music, visit family members ,have parade ,give and receive gifts.
Easter
The most important holiday in spring, especially for Christians(n.基督徒), is Easter. This Christian holiday is not on the same date every year, but it’s always on a Sunday. It can be any Sunday between March 22 and April 25. Cherry Blossom Festival
(March 15- April 15)Common things:
food, music, entertainment
being with family and friends
dance, lights and fires,
remembering friends of peopleWhat is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?
To have a break from daily life, to celebrate our customs / our history / our heroes, to enjoy meeting family and friends, to eat special food, to have fun with each other
autumnfiremusicancestorsthe gravesincenseMexico in the shape of with bones on themthe
USAsweetsfrightentricksthe godsagriculturalwesternchurcheshave mealsawardsJapan the moonmooncakes winterspringlucky moneyparadesChristian The Cherry
Blossom
Festivalloud musicMake up a holiday by yourselfExpressions 1. mean的用法mean to do意欲做 mean doing意味着做What do you mean to do with it?
This means staying here longer.mean意欲,计划,意指Is this figure(数字) meant to a 1 or a 7?
Festivals are meant to celebrate important events.2. take place, happen, break out的比较take place发生,举行; 侧重于安排或计划而发生的事
The wedding will take place tomorrow.
(2)happen指具体的客观事物或情况的“发生”,用于有明显起因或偶然发生的事 happen to 碰巧,恰好
What has happened to her?
(3)break out (火灾、战争、疾病)突然发生、爆发
The Second World War broke out in 1939.即境活用---You should have thanked her before you left.
---I meant _____, but when I was leaving I couldn’t find her anywhere.
A. to do B. to C. doing D. doing soBStarveV.(1) 挨饿
e.g.: Millions of people starved to death during the war.
(2) starve for sth, starve to do,渴望
e.g.: The homeless children were starving for love.
be starved of 缺乏,通常用被动
e.g. : He was starved of love.
(3)to feel very hungry 感觉很饿,仅用于进行时态
e.g.: When will be the dinner be ready? I’m starving.
n. u. starvationplentydays/years… of plenty 富裕(尤其指食物和钱)的日子,年月,生活等
e.g: You have a life of plenty, what would you be worried about?harmn. do harm to sb=harm sb 伤害某人
come to harm 身体,精神上受到损害,通常用于否定句
e.g: I’ll go with her to make sure she comes to no harm.
do more harm than good 弊大于利
e.g: If we solve the problem in this way, it may do more harm than good.
v. cause harm to 伤害,损害
e.g: This event didn’t harm his reputation. in memory of /to the memory of 纪念某人
e.g: The museum was built in memory of/to the memory of the famous scientist.
in the shape of 以…形状
e.g: The boy likes to eat the cake in the shape of a little bird.
dressu.n 连衣裙,女装
c.n衣服,男女均可 casual dress
v.穿衣,穿晚礼服
e.g: Do you need to dress to the theatre?
dress up穿上盛装,化装打扮
e.g: Children love dressing up. look forward to sth/doing sth欣然期待某事/做某事
e.g: I’m looking forward to seeing you again. as though=as if 仿佛,好象,从句表示与现在事实相反,谓语动词用一般过去式
e.g: He looks as though/if he were ill.
He behaves as if nothing happened.
When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as though it were broken.
He walks as if he is drunk.=He is probably drunk.
He walks as if he were drunk.=He walks as if he were drunk, but he is not. have fun have fun (with sb) (与某人)玩得开心
e.g: We had fun with each other on that day.
fun为不可数名词,没有复数,也不能加a
make fun of 取笑…
adj. funny 有趣的admire
(1) admire sd/sth 钦佩,赞赏,羡慕
e.g: They admired our garden.
I admire him for his success in business.
(2)赞美,夸奖
e.g: Aren’t you going to admire my new house?
n. admirer 赞赏者,追求者
eg:I am not a great admirer of her work.
She has many admirers.Answer key for Exercise 1:
plenty
harm
satisfy
look forward to
have fun with
custom
agricultural
ancestors
Answer key for Exercise 2:
custom
have fun with
looked forward to
ancestors
plenty of
satisfied
Answer key for Exercise 3:
1 look forward to
2 in memory of
3 day and night
4 poet
5 daily
Answer key for Exercise 5:
1 awarded
2 as though
3 independent
4 nation
5 trick
6 gathered
ObonA traditional Buddhist festival which takes place throughout Japan around August 15. At this time, people visit their ancestors' graves, welcome the ancestors' spirits home with food and offerings and then see the spirits off, but it is also meant to be a joyful time to celebrate life.