高中英语必修3课件Unit 1 Festival around the world 人教版

Festivals and Celebrations
Warming up
What did you do during the Spring Festival?
S:Sleeping; playing computer games; having delicious food
Do you think these are celebrations?
Celebrating a festival is to do something special to show that a day or an event is important .
Why do people celebrate festivals?
1.How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?
Skimming
2.How many parts can the passage be divided into?
Ancient festivals & origins
Festivals
to Honour
People
Harvest
Festivals
Spring
Festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Purposes/ meanings
What are the origins of the festivals?
Today's festivals have many origins:
, , ,or .
religion
season
special people
special events
1.Origin (why):
Para 2 Festivals of the Dead
to honour the dead or satisfy the ancestors
Obon
盂兰盆节
1. Clean graves
2. Light incense
3. Light lamps
4. Play music
the Day of
the Dead
(亡灵节）
亡灵节
“Trick or Treat !”
I will play a trick on
you , if you don’t want to
give me a treat.
Halloween
Are there any similar festivals in China? What do we usually do?
Qingming Festival, also known as Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb-sweeping Day, falls on the 4th or 5th April of the lunar calendar, which is a time to pay respects to one’s ancestors and to tidy their gravesite. Whole family, young and old, go to the gravesite of the ancestors to burn incense and perform ritual offering while clearing away plants overgrowth from the gravesite.
Para3 Festivals to Honour People
Festival name
countries
Great people
The Dragon
Boat Festival
Columbus Day
a national
festival
China
The USA
India
Qu Yuan
Christopher
Columbus
Mohandas
Gandhi
Any other festival which is meant to honour people in China? Who is honoured?
Teacher’s Day is celebrated on the September 10 in memory/ honour of teachers in China.
Harvest Festival are always happy events because people are ________ ( thankful) that food ___________for the winter and the ____________ work is over.
grateful
is gathered
agricultural
names?
Thanksgiving Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
Para4 Harvest Festivals
In China and Japan,
People _______ the moon and in China, enjoy___________ on Mid- autumn day.
admire
mooncakes
In European countries, people will _____on Thanksgiving day.
decorate churches and town halls with
flowers and fruits
B. get together to have meals
C. win awards for the farm produce
D. All of the above
Para 5 Spring Festivals
What do people not do during the Spring Festival in China?
Eat dumplings, fish and meat
Give children luck money in red paper
Enjoy dragon and lion dances
Do parade and dancing in the street day and night .
春联 Spring Festival couplets
剪纸 paper-cuts
年画 New Year paintings
What do we usually do for the Spring Festival?
压岁钱 gift money
守岁 staying-up
放烟花 set off fireworks
Para 6
Why are there so many festivals around the world?
The following statements are right except_________.
Festivals let us enjoy life.
Festival let us be proud of our customs
Festivals let us forget our trouble forever.
Festivals let us forget our work for a little while.
The passage is mainly about different _________and the _______of celebrations and also the _______why people celebrate them all over the world.
To sum up,
festivals
ways
reasons

What's the reason? Give some examples.
Nowadays, an increasing number of people say they can't feel the asmosphere of the Spring Festival which they enjoyed very much in their childhood.
The reason why we lose the atmosphere of the Spring Festival is that .
1. we pay little attention to the origins of the Spring Festival and traditional culture, such as paper-cuts and Spring Festival couplets. In addition, we prefer to celebrate it in modern ways, like watching the Spring Festival Gala, travelling and so on.
2. we live a better-off live than before with a variety of entertainments, such as watching films, travelling and going to concerts. Therefore, some traditional customs have been forgotten.
Homework
A letter of suggestion to classmates
More and more poeple prefer to celebrate western festivals rather than Chinese traditional festivals.
What should we do to prevent our traditional festivals and customs from being forgetten?

Dear classmates,
Nowadays, more and more people prefer to celebrate western festivals rather than Chinese traditional festivals. I think we should take action to prevent our traditional festivals and customs from being forgotten.
Firstly, it is necessary to spread knowledge about our traditional festivals, such as the origin of the Spring Festival, the story of Chang'e, and the history of Qu Yuan. What's more, we are supposed to gather our family and friends to celebrate festivals in traditional ways, not just enjoying a feast but taking part in the preparation and celebration. For example, we can make Jiaozi together before the Spring Festival, or make Zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival.
By doing what is mentioned above, I believe we can keep our traditional customs in mind.