模块3Unit1 Festivals around the world Warming-up & Reading

课件42张PPT。Unit One
Festivals Around the WorldWarming-up & ReadingWhat Chinese festivals do you know?Spring FestivalLantern FestivalDragon-boat FestivalMid-autumn DayDouble NinthDouble SeventhDiscussion :1.When do these festivals take place?
2.What do they celebrate?
3.What do people do? late January and early FebruaryTime:coupletsTime:The fifteenth day of the first lunar month Lantern showLion dancingGuessing riddlesDumpling ballTime:on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month Time:on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month Talk about some important festivals in western countries.Happy Valentine’s DayThanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn, holiday parades and giant balloons . Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November.
Halloween is one
of the oldest holidays
with origins going back
thousands of years. On October 31 children in countries like the US and Canada celebrate Halloween.All Hallows
All Saints’ Day
November 1Halloween Parade(游行）Carved Pumpkin LanternEaster is the time of springtime festivals, a time to welcome back the Tulips, the Crocuses and the Daffodils. It’s a time of new suits, new dresses and patent leather shoes. A time for Christians to celebrate the life and resurrection of Christ. And a time of chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks, and colored eggs! Easter BunnyEaster eggsIn late March or early AprilPopular symbolsEasterCarnival ChristmasFestivals and celebrationsReading
1. How many parts is the passage divided into?
Fast reading2. How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?Six parts.Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honor the People
Harvest Festivals
Spring FestivalsThe ancient people needn’t worry about their food.
Halloween used to be a festival intended to honour the dead.
Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honour a lot in China.
Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.
Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.FTTFFT or FDetail 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 Festival Obon JapanDay of the DeadMexico HalloweenDragon Boat FestivalChinaColumbus DayUSAMahatma Gandhi DayIndiaMid-autumn FestivalChina/JapanSpring FestivalChinaCarnivalEasterCherry Blossom FestivalJapanThanksgiving festivalsWestern countriesEuropean countriesWestern countriesWestern countriesObon in JapanSpecially-made lanterns/lamps are lit and hung outside each house to lead the ancestors back to home.The Day of the Dead in MexicoIn Mexico, "day of the dead" is a joyful annual celebration to honor the dead. It is believed that, on this day, the spirits of the dead return home to visit their families.They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.Halloween In the US and EuropeParade in the street trick or treatDRAGON BOAT FESTIVALFifth Moon, Day 5 (June) To honour the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Mi Lo River over 2,000 years ago to protest against the corrupt rulers. Legend says that as townspeople attempted to rescue him, they beat drums to scare fish away and threw dumplings into the sea to keep the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body. Columbus Day in the USATo remember the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America.October 2 is a national festival in India to honour Mahatma Candhi, the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.Thanksgiving DayThanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday,falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to commemorate the harvest. The traditional Thanksgiving food---roasting turkey, corn and pumpkin pies with ice-cream. The Mid-Autumn FestivalSpring Festival in ChinaPeople eat dumplings, fish and meatLucky money in red paperDragon dances and carnivalsEaster bunny
Easter eggThe two main popular symbols of EasterCherry Blossom Festival is a Japanese festival.
Every April when the country is covered with cherry flowers, Japanese people celebrate it. They go out with their friends or families. They sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic. Cherry Blossom Festival Homework:
Read the passage and find out the useful expressions.
Complete the exercise 1-3 on Page 4.
Cloze and Reading comprehension on page 4-5 on Guide & Practice.See you