Unit1 Warming up and reading(浙江省温州市苍南县)

课件17张PPT。Unit One
Festivals around the world February 20nd How did you spend your Spring Festival?the first day of the lunar yearSpring Festivaldo spring cleaning
decorate housesThe New Year’s Vigil :
we eat …
we get …
put up…
set off …
watch…
play…
pay a New Year visit
…January/FebruaryThe end of winter, arrival of spring, lunar New Year, time with family and relativesGive money in red paper to children, see dragon dances, eat fish, prawns, and dumplings, visit family membersWarming upWhat festivals are they?
When do they take place?Spring FestivalLantern Festival
January 15 (Lunar Calendar)Dragon Boat Festival
May 5 (Lunnar Calendar)Mid-autumn Day
August 15(lunar calendar)Easter Thanksgiving Day
the last Thursday of NovemberHalloween
October 31Christmas Day
December 25 What festivals are they?
When do they take place?Go through the passage quickly:
How many types of festivals are mentioned in
the passage?Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honor the People
Harvest Festivals
Spring FestivalsPre-reading Pre-reading 1.When did ancient people celebrate?
2.What are festivals of the dead for?
3.Why are autumn festivals happy events?GuessFirst- Reading 1.What did ancient people celebrate?
2.Why are festivals of the dead celebrated?
3.Why are autumn festivals happy events? The end of the cold weather
planting in spring
harvest in autumn
…To honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who
might return either to help or to do harm.Because food is gathered for the winter, and because
a season of agricultural work is over.Detail reading Paragraph 2:Festivals of the DeadMexico the Day of the DeadEarly Novemberwestern
countriesHalloween(October 31)Japan Obon Mid July/AugustParagraph 3: Festivals to Honor PeopleChina
Dragon Boat Festival/
Duanwu festival
May5
in lunar
calendarThe famous
ancient poet,
Qu yuanThe second
Monday
of OctoberU.S.A.Columbus Day
Christopher
ColumbusIndiaOct.2
Mahatma
GandhiHarvest FestivalsEuropean countriesChina & JapanHow to celebrateThanksgiving DayMid-autumn festivalandParagraph 4Decorate…with…Get together to…Some people might
win awards for…admire the moonenjoy mooncakesWestern countriesParagraph 5: Spring FestivalscarnivalsEasterFor what?The return of Jesus;
the coming of springChina Food:
What people do:Spring
FestivalDumplings, fish and meatLucky money; dragon dances;
carnivals, family…Japan the Cherry Blossom FestivalLanguage focus Connect the words/phrases with their explanations 1. plenty
2. look forward to
3. have fun with
4. ancestors
5. agricultural
6. customconnected with farming
have a good time with
usual way of doing something
a lot
feel excited about something that
is going to happen

f. old relatives who have diedPost-readingWhat is one important reason to have all these festivals? The last paragraphAncient Festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honor the People
Harvest Festivals
Spring FestivalsDiscussion With a partner discuss
which kinds of festival you think are the most important
and which are the most fun.
Using information from the passage and your own ideas,
fill in the chart.HomeworkFinish Ex.1-3 on P4
Workbook P42, Ex.1-2
Write a passage on the topic
“My Spring Festival”
(optional)