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Festivals around the world
Find out the right festival for the sentence?
Review of the festivals
It is the birthday of Jesus Christ.
It is the day that we remember the poet Qu Yuan.
People send roses and cards to the people they love.
It is on the third Sunday in June.
We watch dragon dances and get lucky money.
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?
The Spring Festival
How does your family celebrate the Spring Festival?
Clean the house: the Chinese consider it
important to give the
house a thorough cleaning.
Decorate: paint the doors and window
panes窗玻璃; 窗格 red, hang papercuts.
Give our money packets
Serve festive(adj.) foods
Visit relatives and friends
lanterns
Reading
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.
Which festivals are mentioned in the passage?
Listening & Skimming
Obon
Japan
the Day of the Dead
Mexico
Halloween
the Dragon Boat Festival
China
Columbus Day
USA
Mahatma Gandhi Day
India
the Mid-autumn Festival
China/Japan
the Spring Festival
China
Carnival
Easter
Cherry Blossom Festival
Japan
Thanksgiving festivals
Festivals of the dead
Festivals to honour people
Harvest festivals
Spring festivals
western countries
western countries
western countries
European countries
Festivals Countries
Scanning
1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient Times?
Answer the following questions:
2.What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival?
3. Why does Indian have a national festival on October 2?
4. How do Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving festivals?
5. Name three things people do at Spring Festival.
1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient Times?
a. The end of The cold weather;
b. planting in spring and harvest in autumn;
c. When hunters could catch animals.
2.What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival?
People should go to clean the graves, light incense, lamps and play music.
3. Why does Indian have a national festival on October 2?
To honor Ganhdi who helped gain Indian’s independence from Britain.
4. How do Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving festivals?
Decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruits; people get together to have meals.
5. Name three things people do at Spring Festival.
eat dumplings, fish, meat; give children lucky money; dragon dances; visit family members
Careful - Reading
Enjoy some pictures and get to know the festivals mentioned in the passage.
in Japan
Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to lead the ancestors back to home.
Obon
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
People offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.
Toys, decorations, and candies in the shape of skulls, are sold in the market-places to honor ancestors.
Halloween Parade
Halloween
In the US and Europe
The jack-o’-lantern is the most common symbol of Halloween.
children dress in costumes and go from house to house to ask for candy by saying “Trick or Treat!”
DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
boat and beat drums to scare fish away
to honour the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan
threw glutinous rice dumplings into the sea to keep the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body.
Columbus Day in the USA
in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America
October 2 is a national festival in India to honour Mahatma Candhi
Mahatma Gandhi Day
Gandhi is the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain
People are grateful because their food is ________
for the winter, and because a season of __________
work is over.
gathered
agricultural
Thanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday, falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to commemorate the harvest.
The traditional Thanksgiving food---roasting turkey, corn and pumpkin pies with ice-cream.
The Mid-Autumn Festival
late January or early February
Time:
couplets
Parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.
Carnival
Easter is an important religious and social festival in Christian countries.
It celebrates the return of Jesus for Christians and the coming of spring.
Egg hunts
Easter bunny
Easter egg
the Cherry Blossom Festival
Every April when the country is covered with cherry flowers.
Japanese go out with their friends or families, sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic.
Comprehending
Read the passage again. Finish the following activities.
Use the information from the passage to answer the questions.
What are festivals of the dead usually for?
What makes autumn festivals happy events?
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.
Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.
Use the information from the passage to answer the questions.
3. What do people usually do at spring festivals?
4. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?
At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.
It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life / be proud of our customs / forget our work for a little while.
Use the information from the passage to answer the questions.
5. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different?
The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. However, there are some differences. The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.
Based on the passage fill in the chart.
( give your own ideas.)
Three common things Reasons why they are important to people everywhere
1
2
3
Based on the passage fill in the chart.
( give your own ideas.)
Type of festival Example of festival Reasons for your choice
Most important
Most fun
Free talking
Based on the reading passage, what do most festivals seem to have in common?
food
music
entertainment
being with family and friends
lights or fire
dance
remembering events or people
What is your favourite festival? Why?
When is it?
What is the festival about?
How long can we have for holiday?
What do we usually do in the festival?
My favourite festival
Discussing
I like … festival best. It is celebrated on … to remember/ in memory of … It usually lasts … days. People do …
suggested expressions:
Finish reading tasks in workbook, Page 44.
Revise the reading passage and learn the important words and expressions.
