人教版高一英语必修3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world reading-课件 (共49张PPT)

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高一 必修 3 Unit 1
Unit1
Festivals
around the world
Can you name some festivals in China
National Day
Spring Festival
Lantern Festival
Spring Festival
It’s the most important holiday in China. It always come on the eve of the lunar(农历)New Year and go on the fifth day of the first lunar month.
清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。 借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。------[唐] 杜牧
Tomb-Sweeping Day
April 5th
On this day, people can remember their dead relatives and visit their graves on this day.
Tomb-sweeping Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
People eat rice dumplings and watch boat races in memory of Qu Yuan.
Mid-Autumn Day
Mid-Autumn Day
People can eat moon cakes and watch the full moon with the family.
festivals
Christmas
Dec.25
April Fool’s Day
Apr.01
Valentine’s Day
Feb.14
Easter (Mar--April)
Thanksgiving Day
November
Mother’s Day
May
Father’s Day
June
Halloween
Oct.31
What festivals of foreign countries do you know
Valentines
February 14th
Pumpkin light
Halloween
Easter
Thanksgiving Day
名称 英文名称 月份
情人节 Valentine’s Day 2月14日
复活节 Easter 3月21日或此日后月圆的第一个星期日
耶稣受难日 Good Friday 复活节前的星期五
愚人节 April Fool’s Day 4 月1日
母亲节 Mother’s Day 5月的第二个星期日
父亲节 Father’s Day 6月的第三个星期日
劳动节 Labor Day 5 月1日
万圣节 Halloween 10月31日
感恩节 Thanksgiving Day 11月的第四个星期4
斋节 Ramadan 穆斯林历的第9个月
圣诞节 Christmas Day 12月25日
Foreign Festivals
Reading
How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage
1. festivals
2. Festivals of
3. Festivals to
4. Festivals
5. Festivals
Scanning
Ancient
the Dead
Honor People
Harvest
Spring
What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph
Para1. Ancient festivals
celebrate the end of the ,
in spring and harvest in autumn;celebrate .
cold weather
planting
when hunters catch animals
Para2. Festivals of the Dead
Japan -----
------Day of the Dead
America------
Para 3. Festivals to Honour People
Festival
Day
October 2
Obon
Mexico
Halloween
Dragon Boat
Columbus
(India)
P 4. Harvest Festivals
and Festival
festival
P 5. Spring Festivals
festival
Festival
Harvest
Thanksgiving
Mid-Autumn
Spring
Carnival
Easter
Cheery Blossom
Comprehending
I. Read the passage and then fill in the following chart.
Activities Cleaning 5______; lighting 6_______ and lamps; playing 7______ Eating cakes with 8_____ on them; offering food, flowers and 9____ to the dead Children 10 _______ and ask for sweets
graves
incense
music
bones
gifts
dress up
Obon
The Day
of the Dead
Halloween
Festivals
1. Festivals of the Dead.
Obon（盂兰盆） in Japan
Obon
in Japan
Specially-made lanterns are 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 Mexico
In Mexico, "day of the dead" is a joyful annual celebration to honor the dead. It is believed that, on this day, the spirits of the dead return home to visit their families.
They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.
Skeleton
Costume
Toys, decorations, and candies in the shape of skulls, are sold in the market-places at this time every year to honor ancestors.
Halloween
In the US and Europe
Parade in the street
trick or treat
Pumpkin head
Halloween Masks
The night of October 31st, when it was believed that the spirits of dead people appeared, and which is now celebrated in the US by children, who dress as witches and ghosts.
Halloween
On Halloween many children dress in costumes and go from house to house to ask for candy by saying ”Trick or Treat!” The saying implies that the children will play a trick on their neighbors if they are not given a treat.
2. Festivals to Honour People
Match the person with the festival.
1. Qu Yuan
2. Christopher Columbus
3. Mohandas Gandhi
a. the Dragon Boat Festival
b. an Indian national festival on Oct. 2
c. Columbus Day
a
c
b
3. Harvest Festivals
Choose the best answer.
Many activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people ___.
A. get together to have meals
B. decorate houses to admire the moon
C. win awards for their farm produce
D. enjoy mooncakes
B
B. decorate houses to admire the moon
4. Spring Festivals Fill in the blanks.
Meanings To look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring
Names 1______ ____________ 2
______ 3
_____ Cherry Blossom Festival
The Spring
Festival
Carnivals
Easter
Coun-
tries
China
Western countries
Mainly religious countries
8 _____
Japan
Activities Eating good foods; giving children 4_____ money; 5________
______ and carnivals 6________; dancing in the streets; loud music; 7_________________
lucky
dragon dances
Parades
colourful
clothing
Spring Festival
Carnivals
Festivals
1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.
2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.
F
T
II. True or False
3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China.
4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.
5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.
T
F
F
Find important sentences
1.多数古老的节日总是庆祝严寒的结束，春季的种植和秋天的收割。
2.有些节日是为了纪念死者或使祖先得到满足，因为（祖先）可能回到世上帮助他们，也可能带来危害。
3.西方的万圣节前夕也有自己的起源，源自人们古老信念中望着返回世上的思想。
Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold winter,planting in spring and harvest in autumn.
Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or do harm.
The western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people.
（定语从句）
4.有些节日是纪念名人的。
5.在中国和日本都有中秋节，这时，人们会赏月，在中国，人们品尝月饼。
6.整个国家到处都是盛开的樱花，看上去就像罩上了一层粉红色的雪。
Festivals can also be held to honour famous people.
China and Jpan have mid-autumn festivals,when people admire the moon and in China, enjoy mooncakes.
The country, covered with cherry flowers, look as though it is covered with pink snow.
（定语从句）
（后置定语）
Useful expressions
1.自古以来
2.在那时
3.在寒冷的冬季
4.纪念死者
5.为了纪念
6.通向；导致
7.以…的形式
8.盛装打扮
9.捉弄
10.用…装饰
11.期盼；盼望
12.日夜；整天
13.好像
14.被…覆盖
15.玩得开心
16.以…自豪
since ancient times
at that time
during the cold winter months
honour the dead
in memory of
lead (…) to
in the shape of
dress up
play a trick on
decorate… with
look forward to
day and night
as though
be covered with
have fun with
be proud of
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 harvest in autumn.Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or satisfy and ______ the _________ in case they might _____ _______, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as _________ _______ ______ and Columbus Day.
celebrations
Boat Festival
Dragon
harm
do
ancestors
please
honor
festivals
ancient
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 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.
agricultural
gathered
lunar
coming
What is your favourite festival Why
When is it
What is the festival about
How long can you have for holiday
What do you usually do in the festival
My Favourite Festival
Discussion
Homework
1. Go over the text after class and find the sentences that you don’t understand
2. Finish exercise “discovering useful words and expressions” on Page 4. (Ex1, 2 and 3)
3. Find out as much information as possible about festivals around the world.