Unit 1 Festivals around the world warming up and reading

课件47张PPT。Unit One
Festivals around the worldHow many festivals do you know both in and out of China?
What festivals are they?
When do they take place? (lunar calendar)
the SpringFestivalOn the first day of the first lunar monththe Lantern FestivalOn the 15th day of the first lunar monthQing Ming FestivalTomb Sweeping DayOn April 5thDragon 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 monthWhat festivals of foreign countries do you know?BrainstormingChristmasApril Fools’?DayValentine’s?DayCarnivalEasterThanksgiving DayMother’s?DayFather’s?DayHalloween Can you find out the right festival for the sentence?It is the birthday of Jesus Christ.EasterChristmasNew YearIt is the day that we remember the poet Qu Yuan.Dragon Boat
FestivalChing Ming
FestivalChong Yang
FestivalPeople send roses and cards to the people they love.Valentine's DayMother's DayHalloween's
DayIt is on the third Sunday in June.Father's DayMother's DayDragon Boat
FestivalWe watch dragon dances and get lucky money.New YearDragon Boat
FestivalChinese New YearReading festivals and celebrationsfestivalsWhat kinds of festivals are mentioned in the text?What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?Fast readingObonThe Day of the DeadHalloweenFestivals of the DeadJapanMexicosome western countriesDragon Boat FestivalMohandas Gandhi Day (a national festival)Festivals to honour PeopleChinaColumbus DayThe USAIndiaThanksgiving festivalHarvest
FestivalsEuropean and other countriesMid-autumn festivalsChina and JapanThe spring festivalCherry Blossom FestivalSpring FestivalsJapanEasterChinasome western countriesReading againRead the passage again and then answer the following questions :ComprehendingP1. When did ancient people celebrate?
Ancient FestivalsMost ancient festivals would celebrate ________________________, _____
________and ______________, and they also celebrated _____________ __________________.When the end of the cold weatherplantingin springharvest in autumnwhen huntershad caught animalsP2.
1. What are festivals of the dead for?
2. What do people do to celebrate each festival?Festivals of the DeadWhy They are held to______________, or to ______the _________, who could return either to ______or to__________.honour the deadsatisfyhelpdo harmancestorsObon
in Japan What kind of things are done to
celebrate the Obon Festival?people should go to clean the graves and light incense to honour their ancestors. They light lamps and play music.The Day of the Dead in MexicoWhat kind of things are done to
celebrate the Day of the Dead?People eat food in the shape of skulls,and cakes with “bones”on them.They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.A children’s festivalIts origin?in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead peopleNow? trick or treatdress upFestivals to honour peopleFestivals can be held to ___________honour famous peopleThe Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Mohandas GandhiExamplesQu YuanThe arrival of Christopher ColumbusA national festival on October 2October 2 is a national festival in India to honour GandhiMohandas Gandhi DayGandhi is the leader who helped gain India’s independence from BritainPeople are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter, the agricultural
work is over.Why are harvest festivals happy events?What do people do on Thanksgiving? they will decorate churches and town hall with flowers and fruit, and will get together to have meals. They might win awards for their farm produceThanksgiving DayThanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday. It falls on the fourth Thursday in NovemberThe traditional Thanksgiving food---roasting 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.People eat dumplings, fish and meatGive children lucky money in red paperSee Dragon dances and carnivalsFamilies celebrate it togetherlist things people do at spring festivals.What does Easter celebrate? It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and it also celebrates the coming of spring and new life.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 In JapanP6. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?
Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.The passage is mainly about different f________ and the ways of c__________ and also the r________ why people celebrate them all over the world. What’s the main idea of the passage? Give one sentence to describe it.festivalscelebrationsreasonsRetell the text by filling the following blanks:There are all kinds of festivals and __________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ festivals celebrated the end of the cold winter, ________ in spring and ________ in autumn.Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or _________the _________ in case they might ___ _____, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as _________ _______ ______ and Columbus Day. celebrationsDragon Boat Festival do harmancestorssatisfyhonorancientplanting harvest Harvest 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 energetic and important festivals are the ones that ____ ______ ___ the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ________ ______, at which people have a very good time. agriculturalgatheredcominglook forward toSpring FestivalFree talking Based on the reading passage, what do most festivals seem to have in common? foodmusicentertainmentbeing with family and friendslights or firedanceremembering events or peoplePeace all year round. Wishing you prosperity. May all your wishes come true. Safe trip wherever you go.