unit 1 warming up and reading 必修3(浙江省衢州市)

课件43张PPT。Warming up ＆ reading ⅠHere comes your little angelCan you tell your little angel
more festivals in China ?
SpringFestivalOn the first day of the lunar yearThe Lantern FestivalOn the 15th day of the first lunar monthDragon Boat FestivalOn the fifth day of the fifth lunar monthThe Chinese Valentine's DayThe Double Seventh FestivalOn the 7th day of the 7th lunar monthMid-Autumn FestivalOn the 15th day of the 8th lunar monthCan you tell your little angel
more festivals around the world?
情人节(2月14日)---Valentine’s Day元宵节(阴历1月15日)---Lantern Festival 狂欢节（巴西，二月中下旬)---Carnival桃花节(日本女孩节，3月3日)--- Peach Flower Festival
国际妇女节(3月8日)---International Women’s Day
愚人节(4月1日)---Fool’s Day复活节(春分月圆后第一个星期日)---Easter 国际劳动节(5月1日)---International Labour Day
男孩节(日本，5月5日)---Boy’s Day 母亲节(5月的第二个星期日)---Mother’s Day 鬼节(万圣节除夕，10月31日夜)---Halloween万圣节(11月1日)---Hallowmas 感恩节(美国，11月最后一个星期4)----Thanksgiving
护士节(12月12日)---Nurse day 圣诞除夕(12月24日)---Christmas eve
圣诞节(12月25日)---Christmas day
节礼日(12月26日)---Boxing day 新年除夕(12月31日)---New Year’s Eve
春节(阴历一月一日)--- Spring FestivalfestivalsWhat festivals are mentioned in the text?Ancient FestivalsMost ancient festivals would celebrate ________________________, _____
________and ______________, and they also celebrated _____________ __________________.They _______and___________.They thought these festivals
would __________________.When How Why the end of the cold weatherplantingin springharvest in autumnwhen hunterscould catch animalslit firesmade musicbring a year of plentyFestivals of the DeadWhy They are held to______________, or ______and ________the _________, who could return either to ______or to__________.ExamplesObonThe Day of the DeadHalloweenhonour the deadsatisfypleasehelpdo harmancestorsObon
in Japan What kind of things are done to
celebrate the Obon Festival?Specially-made lanterns/lamps are lit and hung outside each house to lead the ancestors back to home.All night long, people dance and sing.When the festival is over, thousands of lanterns are placed into the water and they drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. The Day of the Dead in MexicoIn Mexico, "day of the dead" is a joyful celebration to honour the dead. It is believed that, on this feast day, the spirits of the dead return home to visit their families.Toys, decorations, and candies in the shape of skulls, are sold in the market-places at this time every year to honor the ancestors.They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.They burn candles to summon
the spirits of the dead.On October 31
In western countriesA children’s festival trick or treatdress upCarved Pumpkin
Lantern /
Jack-o'-lanternthe most common symbolHalloween Parade(游行）P 3.Festivals to Honour People
Dragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
(India)October 2Festivals to honour peopleFestivals can be held as an honour to ____________or to________.famous peoplethe godsThe Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Mahatma GandhiExamplesQu YuanThe arrival of Christopher ColumbusA national festival on October 2Harvest Festivals People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter, and because a season of agricultural
work is over.Why are harvest festivals happy events?ExamplesIn European countriesThe Mid-Autumn Festivaladmire the moon
give gifts of mooncakesThanksgiving DayIt is an American traditional holiday, falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to celebrate the harvest. The traditional Thanksgiving food--- turkey, corn and pumpkin pies with ice-cream. Spring Festivals The most energetic and important festivals are_________________ ___________________________ __________________________ the ones that look
forward to the end of winter and
to the coming of spring.ExamplesSpring Festival in ChinaPeople eat dumplings, fish and meatLucky money in red paperDragon dances and carnivalsFamilies celebrate it togetherthe lunar New Yearparades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds.Carnivals in some Western countriesEaster
(March 23 to April 25)
The first Sunday after the full moon following a spring equinoxa religious and social festival in Christian country
A celebration of Spring
Celebrate the return of JesusEaster bunny
Easter eggThe two main popular symbols of EasterEvery 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 In JapanWhat is important reasons to have festivals and celebrations?
disscusionThey let us enjoy life;
They let us be proud of our customs;
They let us forget our daily life for a little while;
People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other.Retell the text by filling the following blanks:There are all kinds of festivals and __________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ _________ were mainly held at three times a year--- the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and ________ in autumn.Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or _______and please the _________ in case they might _____ _______, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as _________ _______ ______ and Columbus Day. celebrationsBoat FestivalDragonharmdoancestorssatisfyhonorfestivalsancientharvestHarvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and because a season of ___________work is over, to which Mid-autumn festival belongs. And the most __________ and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time. agriculturalgatheredlunarcomingenergeticHomework:Read the text further and finish comprehending exercises and language exercises after it.
Write down your new festival.
Find more information on the Internet about the festivals you have learnt in
the text today.