人教版高中英语必修三Unit1 Festivals around the world Warming up课件 (共28张PPT)

课件28张PPT。Guess who “I” am according to my self-introduction and the pictures. GameSpring FestivalI’m the most important festival for the Chinese people. All family members get together, just like Christmas in the West.
I fall on the first day of the first lunar (阴历的) month. I am:Christmas DayDecember 25 is my birthday, when people go to the parties and churches, give cards
and presents to their friends and relatives. Who am I ?Teachers’ DayMy birthday is September the 10th. On this day students show their great love and respect to teachers.I am ...... Valentine’s DayMy birthday comes on
February 14.
Lovers send chocolates, roses, cards or other gifts to each other.I am ......Festivals
around the worldUnit 1The Dragon Boat Festival
The Double Ninth Festival
The Spring FestivalTomb Sweeping Day
The Lantern FestivalThe Mid-Autumn
FestivalNational DayHow many Chinese festivals and public holidays do you know ?Task 1Chinese festivals
BrainstormingfestivalsChristmasApril Fool’s?Day
Valentine’s?DayEaster (Mar– April )Thanksgiving Day
NovemberMother’s?Day
MayFather’s?Day
JuneHalloween
Oct.31 Do you know any foreign festivals? Different countries have different festivals. Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year. Here are several important festivals in China. Work in groups and discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time. The first one has been given.Task 2: Fill in the chartDiscussion Introduce one of the festivals in the chart above. You can use the form you like.Task 3: Oral practiceGroup work: writing and speakingtake place
in memory of
poet
arrival
admire
harvest
celebrate
beauty
发生纪念n. 诗人n.到达vt.赞赏，欣赏v.收获，收割vt. 庆祝 n. 美，美人Task 4 ：Read the following passages about the introduction of the four festivals in the chart.Reading Spring Festival is the most important of all the Chinese festivals. It usually takes place in January or February and it is held to celebrate the end of winter and the arrival of spring. It is a time when people get reunion with their family members and relatives. On this special day, they wear new clothes and shoes. Besides, they usually have very delicious fish and dumplings for meals . Parents give lucky money in red paper to their children. And they wish good luck to each other in the future.Spring Festival The Dragon Boat Festival comes on the fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar(阴历). It is one of the important traditional festivals in China. It is held in memory of the death of Qu Yuan, a famous poet in ancient China. According to the tradition, people usually eat zongzi and watch dragon boat races on this day.
The Mid-Autumn Festival or Chinese
Moon Festival is one of the most important festivals in China . It is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month in Chinese lunar calendar. The Mid-Autumn day is a time when people celebrate the harvest, enjoy the getting-together with family members, taste good food and appreciate the beauty of the full moon. It is a happy event. National Day is held on the first day of October to celebrate the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the birthday of our great motherland. People usually have a seven-day holiday, during which
they often relax themselves in different ways, such as travelling, visiting family members and friends or go shopping. It is a public holiday that many people look forward to.Homework Preview the Reading:
FESTIVALS 　AND　CELEBRATIONS Thank you. So far we have talked much about the festivals. Can you try to divide the festivals both in and out of China into several kinds?Pre-reading:Scan the whole passage quickly and find out how many kinds of festivals are mentioned in the passage?1. Ancient festivals
2. Festivals of the Dead
3. Festivals to Honor People
4. Harvest Festivals
5. Spring FestivalsReadingWhat festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?P1. Ancient festivals
celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.Skimming Para 2. Festivals of the Dead
Japan -----Obon
Mexico------Day of the Dead
America------HalloweenPara3. Festivals to Honour People
Dragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
(India)October 2P 4. Harvest Festivals
Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival
Mid-Autumn festivalP 5. Spring Festivals
Spring festival
Carnival
Easter
Cheery Blossom Festival1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.
2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. FTTrue or False3. 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. TFF