Unit 1 Festivals around the world---Warming up (共30张PPT)

课件30张PPT。Unit 1
Festivals around the world人教新课标必修三贵州省思南中学 许义怀 编制Spring Festival January 1Lantern Festival January 15Warming up
Do you know these festivals?
When do they take place? lunar calendarDragon Boat Festival
May 5Mid-autumn Day August 15Easter
around March 22---
April 25Thanksgiving Day the last Thursday of NovemberHalloween October 31Christmas Day December 25FestivalsChinese Festivals
Lantern Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival
Tomb Sweeping Day
Mid-Autumn Day
New Year’s Day
Double-ninth
National Day
May 1stForeign Festivals
Christmas Day
Thanksgiving Day
Mother’s Day
Father’s Day
April Fool’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Easter
HalloweenSpring FestivalThe 1st day of the first lunar monthFestival of lanternsThe 15th day of the first lunar monthWomen’s Day-March 8The Tree-planting DayMarch 12Tomb-sweeping DayApril 4-6The 1st day of MayLabour DayThe 1st day of JuneChildren’s DayArmy Day-August 1stThe 15th day of the eighth lunar monthMid-Autumn FestivalThe 10th day of SeptemberTeachers’ DayThe 1st day of OctoberNational DayValentine’s Day—February 14thIn February
Forty days before EasterCarnival (狂欢节/嘉年华)Easter 复活节The first Sunday after a full moon on or after March 21Fool’s DayApril 1stMother’s DayThe second Sunday in MayHappy Father’s DayThe third Sunday in JuneOctober 31stHalloween 万圣节前夕Thanksgiving DayThe fourth Thursday in NovemberChristmas —December 25thFestivals are meant to celebrate important time of years. Different countries have different festivals. Work in pairs and list below three more Chinese festivals that you know. Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time. Then tell the group which festival is your favourite and why.FestivalsDateWhat does it celebrate?What do people do?the Lantern Festivalthe Spring Festivalthe 1st day of the lunar monththe end of winter; the coming of the springvisit relatives;have a big meal;get together and have fun with friendsthe first full moon eat dumplings; after Lunar New Yearenjoy lanterns andfireworksInternational Labor DayMay 1stpeople all over the worldthe hard-working take three days offwork; visit scenic spots; go shoppingthe Dragon Boat Festivalthe 5th day of the 5th lunar monthIn memory of Qu Yuan, a great poet who died in 278 BCDragon boat racing; eat zongziNational DayOctober 1stof China in 1949The founding of theTake time off work;People’s Republictravel to visit or seeother parts of Chinathe15th day of the 1st lunar monthPre-reading1. What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like best- the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit?2. Look at the pictures and title of the passage below. Discuss in pairs what kind
of information you think will be introduced in the passage.