课件16张PPT。Festivals around the world about words
about festivals Festivals of all kinds have been celebrated (celebrate) everywhere since ancient times. They take place at different times with different celebrations (celebrate)and customs, for they have different origins, some religious (religion), some seasonal (season) and some for special people or events.timescelebrationscustomsoroginsto happen
to dress colorfully and particularly
make fun of someone
to watch, show respect or praise
to make someone remember …
as if
to expect something to happen
to come or get togetherA. remind
B. take place
C. look forward to
D. gather
E. dress up
F. play a trick on
G. admire
H. as thoughB
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F
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DNancy, an American girl, has been studying in your class since January 2010. Which Chinese traditional festivals do you think she might have enjoyed till now?
Feb,13Before the dinnerI : Hello. This is _________. May I _______?
Someone: Hold on, please.
(a minute later) Nancy: This is Nancy.
I : Nancy, I w_____ if you are i_________ in my family party of the Spring Festival. It is the most _______ (energy) and important festival in China , you see.
Nancy: Yes, I like it . I have been l____ _____ ____enjoying the festival since my _____(arrive) here. People often have a big dinner then, don’t they?…speakingspeak to …ondernterestedenergeticooking forwardtoarrivalFeb,13I : That’s right. Family members will ____ _____
and eat d_________, fish and meat. We watch d_____ dances and c_______ as well. Children like you and I may be given l_____ money in red paper.
Nancy: Money? You must be joking. That can’t be true.
I : You shall be given money. That’s true.
Nancy : Great ! I must be richer!
I : I think so. Could you please come to my house at 6:00 this evening?
Nancy: Of course. See you.
I : See you. get togetherumplingsragonarnivalsuckyYou: That’s right. Family members will get together to eat dumplings, fish and meat. …. Children like you and I may be given lucky money in red paper.
Nancy: Money? You must be joking. That can’t be true.
You: You shall be given money. That’s true.
Nancy : Great ! I must be richer!
You: I think so. Could you come to my house at 6:00 this evening?
Nancy: Of course. See you.
You: See you.Modal verbs be certain (not) to happen
be likely to happen
often happen
request
promiseDuring the dinnerTell Nancy about the Chinese mid-autumn festival. The mid-autumn festival , is celebrated for harvest. It takes place on__________( 阴历8月15)when people _________(收藏粮食，结束农活). They clean and _____ (装饰)their houses and prepare a big dinner. After that, family members sit in the yard. The yard, with bright moon light, looks _________(仿佛）it is covered with frost. They _____（赏月) as well as________(吃月饼).
The festival is also a day for family members to _________ (聚会) and _________(娱乐）each other.
Tell Nancy about the Chinese mid-autumn festival. The mid-autumn festival , is celebrated for harvest. It takes place on August,15 of lunar month when people have gathered their food and finished agricultural work. They clean and decorate their houses and prepare a big dinner. After that, family members sit in the yard. The yard, with bright moon light, looks as though it is covered with frost. They admire the moon as well as enjoy mooncakes
The festival is also a day for family members to get together and have fun with each other.
time, celebrations, customs, origins Tell Nancy about the Dragon Boat FestivalTime:
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Origins:A letter of thanks from Nancy… Chinese traditional festivals and customs and I … And that reminds me of festivals and celebrations in my country.
Exciting carnivals take place in spring. People set off early .. dressing up themselves. .. they dance day and night … as though they want to drown their troubles .. We also celebrate Easter, an important religious and social …After the dinnerA letter of thanks from Nancy… Thanksgiving Day … is held every year … the season for harvesting crops …
Our Halloween has the similar origin as your Qingming Festival--- to honor the dead ... But now Halloween is a festival that children look forward to. … children dress themselves up and … And they might play a trick on their neighbors. Do you feel it’s interesting?
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April first In 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world, and the new year fell on January first. There were some people, however, who hadn't heard or didn't believe the change in the date, so they continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April first. Others played tricks on them and called them "April fools." Festivals around the worldIndividual work: read about a festival from books or the Internet and give a report .
Group Work: Create a festival of your own ! Festivals around the world Festivals are days for us to have fun , enjoy ourselves and share what we have together. In the time of valuing our traditions and admiring foreign customs, we brighten our life. Before class
Read the following words and review their meanings.
take place, religious, in memory of , belief, dress up , play a trick on , gain, gather, celebration, harvest, seasonal, ancestor, award, admire, look forward to , day and night, clothing, as though, have fun with, Christian, custom , permission, turn up, keep one’s word, hold one’s breath, apologize, drown, obvious, set off, remind.
During class
Complete the letter of thanks from Nancy with those words and phrases above.
Dear …,
It’s very kind of you and your family to have invited me to join in your Spring Festival party in which I’ve known a lot about Chinese traditional festivals and ________ and I have become “richer” since then. And that __________ me of festivals and ________ in my country.
Exciting carnivals ________ _______ in spring. People _____ ______ early in the morning for parades after _______ ______ themselves. Wearing colorful clothing and playing loud music, they dance __________________ like crazy______ _____ they want to _______ their troubles in crazy. We also________ Easter, an important ________ and social festival for Christians around the world.
Like your mid-autumn festival, Thanksgiving Day in my country _________(hold) every year on the fourth Thursday of November. The month of November is the season for ______ crops in the United States,. We decorate our churches and town halls with fruits and flowers.
Our Halloween has the similar_________ as your Qingming Festival--- to ________ the dead and ancestors. But now Halloween is a festival that children ______________________. Because at that time children ________ themselves ___ and ask for sweets from their neighbors’ homes. And they might ________________ their neighbors. Do you feel it’s interesting?
I send you a passage about April Fool’s Day, which I think is quiet interesting. I hope you will like it.
Best wishes.
Yours,
Nancy
In sixteenth-century France, the start of the new year was observed on April first. It was celebrated in much the same way as it is today with parties and dancing into the late hours of the night. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world, and the new year fell on January first. There were some people, however, who hadn't heard or didn't believe the change in the date, so they continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April first. Others played tricks on them and called them "April fools." They sent them on a "fool's errand" or tried to make them believe that something false was true. In France today, April first is called "Poisson d'Avril." French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs. When the "young fool" discovers this trick, the prankster yells "Poisson d’Avril!" (April Fish!) Today Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on the first of April. One common trick on April Fool's Day, or All Fool's Day, is pointing down to a friend's shoe and saying, "Your shoelace is untied." Teachers in the nineteenth century used to say to pupils, "Look! A flock of geese!" and point up. School children might tell a classmate that school has been canceled. Whatever the trick, if the innocent victim falls for the joke the prankster yells, "April Fool! " The "fools' errands" we play on people are practical jokes. Putting salt in the sugar bowl for the next person is not a nice trick to play on a stranger. College students set their clocks an hour behind, so their roommates show up to the wrong class - or not at all. Some practical jokes are kept up the whole day before the victim realizes what day it is. Most April Fool jokes are in good fun and not meant to harm anyone. The most clever April Fool joke is the one where everyone laughs, especially the person upon whom the joke is played. "The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. " - American humorist Mark Twain
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