(共18张PPT)
Festivals around the world
Unit1
Period 1
Warming up&Speaking
Spring Festival
What customs do you know about the Spring Festival?
Clean our house, stick New Year couplets, let off fireworks or firecrackers, watch Spring Festival Gala, family get together to have a feast,stay up, dressed in new clothes,visit friends and relatives, give children lucky money in red paper ect.
Dragon Boat Festival
Discussion
When does the Drogon Boat Festival take place?
Who do people honor in this day?
It is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It’s in memory of Chinese poet, Quyuan.
What customs do you know about Dragon Boat Festival?
Dragon Boat racing, eat rice-dumplings and salted duck eggs ect.
Mid-autumn Festival
admire the moon and eat mooncakes.
April Fool's Day
Play tricks╱jokes on somebody.
Valentine's
Day
Pumpkin
Trick or Treat.
Halloween 万圣节
Candy
It's a Christian holiday.
It celebrates the resurrection(复活) of Jesus Christ.
The Easter egg is a symbol of Easter celebration.
The Easter Bunny(兔子) is a mythical character depicted as a rabbit.
Do you know about(了解) Easter?
Canival 狂欢节
It is also the most important celebration in Brazil.
It comes between the end of February and the beginning of March every year.
Hundreds of thousands of tourists from overseas were attracted to join the feast of passionate Samba dance.
Carnival in Brazil
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Some festivals are held to honour the died, famous people or special events.
Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.
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The meaning and function of festivals and celebrations
Festivals let us enjoy our life, be proud of our customs and forgot our work for a little while.
Homework
Write a short passage about your favourite festival.(no less than 100 words)
Writing points: Date/ origins/ customs/ meaning etc.
Thanks for your listening