人教版高中英语必修3 Unit 1 Festivals Around the World reading课件 (20张PPT)

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Unit 1
Festivals around the world
exchange gifts
have a big meal
Lucky money
set off firecrackers
How do people celebrate Spring Festival?
put up couplets(对联）
What other Chinese festivals do you know ?
Spring Festival
Lantern Festival

eat Tang-yuan
guess riddles
make lanterns
Tomb-sweeping Day
Mid-autumn festival
Dragon-Boat Festival
The Double Seventh Festival
eastern

Valentine’s Day
Easter
Halloween
Christmas
western

Festivals and celebrations
Skimming: Divide the text into 3 parts and find the main idea of each part(1min).
Part 1(para._____)

Part 2(para._____)

Part 3(para._____)
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Fast-reading Tasks:






the reasons and origins of the festivals
Main idea of each part(2mins)




1.Festivals for the Dead
2.Festivals to Honor People
3.Harvest Festivals
4.Spring Festivals




the reason why people celebrate the festivals

1.enjoy life
2 .be proud of our customs
3 .forget our work
Different kinds of festivals around the world
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Reasons :
celebrate important times of the year.
the end of cold weather
planting in spring
harvest in autumn
after hunters had caught animals

Origins :
some are religious
some are seasonal
some are for special people or events.
1.Festivals for
the Dead
3.Harvest Festivals
4.Spring Festivals
To honour the dead or satisfy the ancestors.
Because of their great contributions to the society or the country.





People are grateful because food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.
To celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.
Why do people celebrate these festivals?
2.Festivals to
Honor People

1. Festivals of the Dead
Japan
Mexico


eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with bones/
offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead
clean graves / light incense
Light laps / play music

How to celebrate these festivals?
people dress up and go to their neighbors to ask for sweets.
Play tricks on neighbors
some western countries
Obon
Day of the Dead
Halloween

2. Festivals to Honour People


Gandhi
Columbus
Some festivals are celebrated ___________(为了纪念）them.
so
in memory of
Dragon Boat Festival
Festivals to honour Gandhi
Columbus Day
They are all great people who devoted their lives to making a better life for people.


3. Harvest Festivals
Decorate churches and town halls,
have big meals
3.win awards for farm produce

admire the moon,
eat moon cakes.
Thanksgiving Day
Mid-autumn festival










4. Spring Festivals
Eat dumplings, fish and meat
Give children lucky money in red paper
Dress in colorful clothing
Have dragon dances and carnivals
How to celebrate the Spring Festival ?
In China
In some western countries
Easter
have exciting carnivals,including parades,dancing,loud music,and colorful clothing.

the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming
of spring and new life
it celebrates

Cherry Blossom Festival
It looks _________ it is
covered with _____________

as though
pink snow
In Japan
Ways : Vary from festival to festival
have a big meal
clean and decorate houses
give children gifts or lucky money
it is a time for familiy memebers to get toghter
Conclusion:
Festivals of the dead
Group work : Introduce a type of festival
Festivals to honnor people
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals

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Try to retell the text with only a few sentences.
Finish exercises on Page 4.
Homework