课件35张PPT。Unit 1Unit 1
Festivals around the worldFESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONSTo talk about some festivals and the date on which they are celebrated.
To learn some kinds of festivals and their celebrations.Look at the pictures and guess what festival it is.Spring FestivalLantern FestivalDragon Boat
FestivalMid-autumn DayHalloweenFebruary ____________Dec. ________January ________FESTIVALSNational DayChristmasDragon Boat
FestivalMid-Autumn
FestivalSpring FestivalArmy DayWhat festivals do you know?New YearMarch ___________April __________May __________June ______________July ___________________August ________Sep. ________Oct. __________Nov. ___________Thanksgiving DayWomen’s DayApril Fools’ DayFound a party saving Labour DayWhen do they celebrate? Spring Festival
Lantern Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-autumn Daya. May 5 at lunar
calendar
b. August 15 at lunar
calendar
c. January 15 at lunar
calendar
d. January 1 at lunar
calendar firecrackerred packetfoodSpring FestivalworkvisitsingingdancingmemoryfundumplingNew clothesWatching TV1. 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?Work in groups and talk about the two questions.2. Look at the pictures and title of the passage. Discuss in pairs what kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.Skim the passage and find out how many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage.1. Festivals of the Dead
2. Festivals to Honor People
3. Harvest Festivals
4. Spring FestivalsScan the text quickly and fill in the blanks.The text mainly tells us about some of today’s festivals. There are ____ kinds of festivals. Some are ________, some are ________ and some are for special people or events.seasonal4religiousWhat festivals are mentioned in each paragraph? Ancient Festivals
What did the ancient festivals celebrate?
Ancient festivals celebrated ____________________, _________________ and ________________; celebrated when hunters had caught animals.the end of cold weatherplanting in springharvest in autumn Festivals of the Dead
Japan — ______
_______— the Day of the Dead
Western countries — _________ Festivals to Honor People
Match the country with the festival.ObonMexicoHalloweenIndia national festival
Columbus Day
The Dragon Boat FestivalChina
USA
India Harvest Festivals
European countries —
__________________________________
China and Japan — __________________ Festivals that looking forward to the end of winter and the coming of spring.
China — ______________
Some Western countries —
____________________________
Japan — _______________________Harvest and Thanksgiving FestivalsMid-Autumn festivalsSpring FestivalEaster and related holidaysCheery Blossom FestivalRead the passage carefully and answer the questions with the help of the pictures.What would people celebrate at these three times of a year?
____________________________________, and ________________.Ancient Festivalsthe end of cold weather, planting in spring
harvest in autumnWhat kinds of things are done to honour the dead?Mexican Day of the Dead______________________________Festivals of the DeadEat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them Offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. Obon (日本盂兰盆节) _______________________________________________clean graves light lamps and incenseWhat do you know about Halloween? HalloweenIt is now a children’s festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbors’ homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbors do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them.______________________What festival can you think of that honors famous people in China? Festivals to Honor Peoplethe Dragon Boat Festival _______________Columbus DayWhat festival that honors famous people in the USA? Harvest Festivals
Thanksgiving DayDo you know any harvest celebrations in China?______________________Mid-autumn Festival Spring FestivalsWhat’s the right time order of the following festivals?
Easter
b. Cherry Blossom Festival
c. Western carnivals
c; a; b B. c; b; a
C. a; b; c D. a; c; b1) 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.Use the information from the reading
passage to answer the following questions.2) What makes autumn festivals happy events?
Autumn festivals are happy events because 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?
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?
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.5) Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different?
They all have customs to honor 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 eats special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.Which festivals do you think are the most important and which are the most fun?Make two mind maps about festivals. One is Chinese festival, the other is foreign festival.
