Unit 1 Festivals around the world(陕西省咸阳市三原县)

课件18张PPT。Module 3Unit 1 Festivals around the World三原南郊中学
杨静
Introduction
A festival is a special day for fun and pleasure. In the following classes, you will learn about the different festivals. You will discover when they are celebrated, what people do on these days, and what event or person they honor. Warming upWhat festivals are they?
When do they take place?Spring Festival
January 1Lantern Festival
January 15Dragon Boat Festival
May 5 Mid-autumn Day
August 15(lunar calendar) Easter
around March 22---April 25 Thanksgiving Day
the last Thursday of NovemberHalloween
October 31Christmas Day
December 25 Valentine’s day
Valentine’s day is a special day that is celebrated on February 14. many people make or buy valentine cards to send to their friends and family. Some valentine cards are funny. Some are romantic. Most valentines are decorated with red hearts and say, “be my valentine.” Many people give their special friends or sweethearts candy, flowers, or other gifts on Valentine’s day Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is always the fourth Thursday in November. Originally(起初，原来) this day was to give thanks for plentiful crops and to celebrate the fall harvest. Today people celebrate Thanksgiving with big turkey（火鸡） dinners and give thanks for all the good things that happened during the year. Many people go to special church services. Most people spend the day with their families.Father’s Day Father’s Day is always on the third Sunday in June. On this day, children and adults honor their fathers with greeting cards and gifts. People whose fathers are dead sometimes decorate their father’s graves with flowers.Go through the passage quickly:
How many types of festivals are mentioned in
the passage?Ancient Festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honor the People
Harvest Festivals
Spring FestivalsPre-reading First- Reading 1.When did ancient people celebrate?
2.What are festivals of the dead for?
3.Why are autumn festivals happy events? The end of the cold weather
planting in spring
harvest in autumnTo honor the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors, who
could 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 DeadParagraph 3: Festivals to Honor PeopleHarvest FestivalsEuropean countriesChina & JapanHow to celebrateThanksgiving DayMid-autumn festivalandParagraph 4Some people might
win awards for…Admire the moon give gifts of mooncakesParagraph 5: Spring FestivalsChina Western countriesFood
What people doSpring FestivalcarnivalsFor what?Dumplings, fish and meatLucky money; dragon dances; carnivals, family…EasterThe return of Jesus;
the coming of springthe 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 diedWhat are they?may/might can/could/, will/would, shall/should, must/can Model verbsThe most ancient festivals would celebrate
the end of the cold weather.
2. … people might eat food in the shape of skulls,…Can you find out other sentences with model verbs?Post-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 the exercises on P4
Workbook P42
Write a passage on the topic
“The Most Fun Festival”