课件36张PPT。Unit1
Festivals
around the worldThe Dragon Boat Festival
端午节
The Double Ninth Festival
重阳节The Spring FestivalTomb Sweeping Day
清明节The Lantern Festival元宵节The Mid-Autumn
Festival 中秋节The Double
Seventh Festival
七夕节What kinds of festivals in China do you know about?BrainstormingfestivalsSpring FestivalLantern Festival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 DayApril 5thDragon Boat FestivalMid-Autumn DayInternational
Women’s DayNew Year’s Day(元旦)Children’s DayNational DayThe Youth?DayInternational Labour DayWhat Chinese public holidays do you know ?HolidaysfestivalsChristmasApirl Fool’s?Day
Valentine’s?DayEaster(Mar--Apirl)Thanksgiving Day
NovemberMother’s?Day
MayFather’s?Day
JuneHalloween
Oct.31 What festivals of foreign countries do you know?ValentinesFebruary 14thPumpkin lightHalloween Easter Thanksgiving DayForeign FestivalsPre-reading 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?Reading How many types 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 FestivalsScanningWhat 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 P 2. Festivals of the Dead
Japan -----Obon
Mexico------Day of the Dead
America------HalloweenP 3. Festivals to Honour People
Dragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
(India)October 2Obon(盂兰盆) in JapanColumbus DayP 4. Harvest Festivals
Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival
Mid-Autumn festivalP 5. Spring Festivals
Spring festival
Carnival
Easter
Cheery Blossom FestivalHarvest Festivals ComprehendingI. Read the passage and then fill in the following chart.1. Festivals of the Dead.ancestorsObonMexicoHalloweengravesincensemusicbonesgiftsdress upObonThe Day
of the DeadHalloweenFestivals2. 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 Dayacb3. 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 mooncakesBB. decorate houses to admire the moon4. Spring Festivals Fill in the blanks.The Spring
FestivalCarnivalsEasterJapanluckydragon dancesParadescolourful
clothingSpring FestivalCarnivalsFestivals 1). What are festivals of the dead usually for?
Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.II. Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following question.2). What makes autumn festivals happy events?
people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.
3). What do people usually do at spring festivals?
people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.4).What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?
we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/ forget our work for a little while.5). Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different?
Similarities: clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.
Differences: the Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.
2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. FTIII. True 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. TFFDiscussion Which festivals you think are the
most important and which are the
most fun. Homework1. Go over the text after class and find the sentences that you don’t understand2. 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.