(共17张PPT)
Festivals
around the world
Unit 1
Warming up
Brainstorming
How many festivals do you
know both in and out of
China?
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Double Ninth Festival
The Spring Festival
Tomb Sweeping Day
The Lantern Festival
The Middle
Autumn Festival
The Double
Seventh Festival
In China
festivals
New Year's Day
festivals
Christmas
Fool’s?Day
Valentine’s?Day
Carnival
Easter
Thanksgiving Day
Mother’s?Day
Father’s?Day
Halloween
In foreign countries
New Year's Day
Guess who “I” am according to my self-introduction and the pictures.
Game
Spring Festival
I’m the most important holiday in China. I always come on the eve of the lunar(农历)New Year and go on the fifth day of the first lunar month.
Colorful lanterns and delicious yuanxiao are my favorites. I’ve got two names, both of which express my wish for good fortune, happiness and health.
Lantern Festival
Valentine’s Day
My birthday comes on
February 14.
Lovers send chocolates, roses and cards to each other.
I’m kind of sad not that it is rainy, but that people remember their dead relatives and visit their graves on my birthday.
Tomb-sweeping Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Love the great poet Qu Yuan, love me. People eat rice dumplings and watch boat races in memory of Qu Yuan.
Christmas Day
December 25 is my birthday, when people go to the
parties and churches, give
cards and presents to their
friends and relatives.
What’s your favourite holiday?
Why? Give your reasons.
Tips:
My favourite … is …
Because I can …
A dialogue about Spring Festival
A: Li Mei, when does the spring Festival usually take place?
B: Well, the date is a little different every year, but it usually happens at the end of January or the beginning of February.
A: What do you usually do to celebrate it?
B: My whole family gets together and we cook a lot of food.
A: What special food do you eat?
B: We almost always make and eat dumplings.
That’s the most traditional Spring Festival food.
A: What is the origin of Spring Festival?
B: Well, there are several old stories about Spring Festival. In old Chinese stories, there was a monster named Nian who would come into towns at the end of the year and frighten people.
Sometimes he would eat them. At some point, people discovered that the monster Nian was frightened of loud noises and the color red. They began to put red paper on their doors and set off firecrackers. It became the tradition to do this every year to frighten the monster away from the town.
A: Wow! That’s an amazing story! Why is Spring Festival such an important holiday in China?
B: I guess it’s like Christmas in Western countries. It’s the most important family holiday all year.
Homework
Write a passage about your
favourite Chinese festival
in about 50 words.
2. Preview the reading:
Festivals and Celebrations
Thank you.