(共18张PPT)
Festivals around the world
Can you name some festivals
Festival
Spring Festivals
Lantern Festival
New Year
Women’s Day
Qingming Festival
Labor’s day
Children’s Day
The Party’s
Birthday
Army Day
Teacher’s Day
Dragon Boat
Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
National Day
Christmas
Let’s talk about Spring Festivals
The New Moon on the first day of
the new year ---the full moon 15
days later
Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon(新月）on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon（满月）15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival(元宵节）, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade (游行).
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted (突出) with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth（天地万物）, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.
The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged (=widely accepted) on New Year‘s Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet(宴会) table. The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the beginning of the New Year as one great community. The feast(盛宴) is called "surrounding the stove" or weilu. It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations.
Traditional New Year Foods
On New Year’s Day, the Chinese family will eat a vegetarian dish called jai
(斋). Although the various ingredients
(成分) in jai are root vegetables or fibrous vegetables, many people attribute(加于）various superstitious(迷信的) aspects to them.
Other foods include a whole fish, to represent(代表) togetherness and abundance(富足), and a chicken for prosperity（繁荣）. The chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness. Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life.
In south China, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet steamed glutinous rice（糯米）pudding and zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped up in reed（芦苇）leaves), another popular food.
In the north, steamed-wheat
bread (man tou) and small meat dumplings were the preferred food. The large amount of food prepared at this time was meant to (想要) symbolize abundance and wealth (丰裕) for the household.
Auspicious （吉兆的）words:
Treasures
fill the home
Business
flourishes
Peace all
year round
Wishing you
prosperity
Money and
treasures will
be plentiful
Every
-thing
goes
well
Promoting
to a higher
position
May all
your wishes
come true
Wishing
you every
success
Safe trip
wherever
you go
January
Spring Festivals（春节） Coming-of-Age Day (Japan)（日本成人节） Dr. Martin Luther King Day
February
Lantern Festival（元宵节） St. Valentine‘s Day（情人节） George Washington’s Birthday
Some Festivals around the world
March
Japanese Children’s Festivals（日本儿童节） Mardi Gras（四旬斋前的狂欢节） International Women’s Day（国际妇女节） St. Patrick‘s Day（圣帕特里克节） April
April Fool‘s Day（愚人节）
Easter Day（复活节） Arbor Day（植树节） Shakespeare's Birthday
（莎士比亚诞辰纪念日） Queen's Day in Holland（荷兰女王节）
May
Labour’s Day
Shavuot（五旬节） Mother's Day（母亲节） Constitution Day in Norway
（挪威宪法日） Memorial Day（美国阵亡将士纪念日） Shavuot（息汪月）
June
Children’s Day
World Environment Day（世界环境日） Flag Day（美国国旗日） Father's Day（父亲节） Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
（海伦 凯勒周） Dragon Boat Festival（端午节） Phi Ta Khon Festival（佛诞节）
July
US Independence Day（美国国庆日） Pamplola Bull-running Fiesta
（西班牙奔牛节） International Co-operative Day
（国际合作节） World Population Day（世界人口日） Bastille Day（法国国庆日） Kyoto Gion Festival（日本京都祗园祭） Oregon Brewers Festival（俄勒冈啤酒节）
August
The Newport Folk Festival
（纽波特民间艺术节） Chinese Valentine's Day（七巧节） AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival
（AT&T圣 乔斯爵士音乐节） The Edinburgh International Festival
（爱丁堡国际艺术节） International Left-hander's Day
（国际左撇子节） The Feast of the Assumption（圣母升天节） Hungry Ghost Festival（中元节） Notting Hill Carnival（诺丁山儿童节）
September
Labor Day（美国劳动节） Bierborse（啤酒节） Mid-Autumn Festival（中秋节） Accordion & Fiddle Festival
（苏格烂风琴提琴节） The Munich Oktoberfest
（慕尼黑啤酒节） International Day of Peace（国际和平日） Chusok（韩国中秋节）
October
Columbus Day（哥伦布纪念日） White Cane Safety Day（国际盲人节） The Double Ninth Festival（重阳节） Sweetest Day（美国甜蜜日） United Nations Day（联合国日） Diwali（排灯节） Halloween（万圣节）
November
Veterans' Day（美国老兵纪念日） Ramadan (Muslim's Holy Month)（斋月） Chanukah（光明节） Thanksgiving Day（感恩节） St Andrew's Day（圣安德鲁日）
December
World Aids Day（世界艾滋病日） Saint Lucia's Day（瑞典圣露西亚节） Christmas（圣诞节） New Year's Day（新年）(共18张PPT)
A Sad Love Story
Happy Valentine’s Day
1.What do people do on Valentine’s Day
2. Have you ever received any gifts on Valentine’s Day
3. Do you think only lovers send gifts to each other on that day
Do we have our own Valentine’s Day in China
Qiqiaojie (乞巧节)
The seventh day of the seventh lunar month（七夕）
Well-known poem
Eternal love between us two, Shall withstand the time apart.
两情若是久长时, 又岂在朝朝暮暮。
the Double Seventh Day
Chinese Valentine’s Day
the seventh day of the seventh lunar month
乞 巧 节
Feb. 14th
Introduction Zhinu, the _______ girl, the most l_____ of the daughters, visited the earth and met Niulang, the _______ boy.
Development They f___ ___ _____ , married secretly
and were very happy.
Climax
（高潮） The Goddess of Heaven got so angry that she forced Zhinu back to ________ . Niulang tried to f_________ her but was stopped by the Milky Way. Thus, the c_______ were separated.
Ending The Goddess of Heaven allowed the couple to meet once a year on the ______ day of the s_______ l_______ month when magpies made a _________ of their wings.
weaving
herd
ell in love
Heaven
ollow
ouple
seventh
eventh unar
bridge
ovely
Introduction Zhinu, the weaving girl, the most lovely of the daughters, visited the earth and met Niulang, the herd boy.
Development They fell in love , married secretly and were very happy.
Climax
（高潮） The Goddess of Heaven got so angry that she forced Zhinu back to heaven . Niulang tried to follow her but was stopped by the Milky Way. Thus, the couple were separated.
Ending The Goddess of Heaven allowed the couple to meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month when magpies make a bridge of their wings.
Structure of a narrative (叙述文) story
Introduction Development
Climax 高潮
Ending
The Goddess of Heaven allowed the couple
to meet once a year on the seventh day of
the seventh lunar month when magpies
made a bridge of their wings.
about Li Fang and Hu Jin
on Valentine’s Day
another narrative story
Introduction Li Fang was waiting alone at the ________
shop with his roses and chocolates, but
Hu Jin didn’t ______ ______ . He thought she
would keep her w_______. Feeling like a ______,
he would _________ his sadness in coffee.
Development Li Fang watched a TV program about
“Qiqiaojie”. Thinking Hu Jin played a
__________________ on him, he t________ away the gifts and s_____ off for home.
Climax
（高潮）
/ Ending As Li Fang passed the _____ shop on the corner,
he heard Hu Jin calling and waving at him, “I’ve been waiting long. I have a ______ for you! Why are you so late ”
What would he do Would she f________ him
coffee
turn up
ord
fool
drown
trick / joke
et
tea
gift
forgive
threw
Introduction Li Fang was waiting alone at the coffee shop with his roses and chocolates, but Hu Jin didn’t turn up. He thought she would keep her word. Feeling like a fool, he would drown his sadness in coffee.
Development Li Fang watched a TV program about “Qiqiaojie”. Thinking Hu Jin played a trick on him, he threw away the gifts and set off for home.
Climax
（高潮）
/ Ending As Li Fang passed the tea shop on the corner, he heard Hu Jin calling and waving at him, “I’ve been waiting long. I have a gift for you! Why are you so late ”
What would he do Would she forgive him
Structure of a narrative (叙述文) story
Introduction
Development
Climax 高潮 / Ending
As Li Fang passed the tea shop on the corner, he heard Hu Jin calling and waving at him, “I’ve been waiting long. I have a gift for you! Why are you so late ”
What would he do Would she forgive him
A sad love story
1. He was sad that Hu Jin didn’t turn up.
2. The story of Qiqiaojie made him sad.
3. Sadly, he threw away his love gifts.
4. He was sad to have thrown away his love gifts
when he heard Hu Jin calling him.
5. He was sad that this Valentine’s Day wouldn’t
be a happy Valentine’s Day.
Group Writing
Discuss with your group members and write a different ending to the story, beginning with:
As he sadly passed the tea shop
on the corner on his way, …
Content / Idea
Organization
Grammar
Vocabulary
As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way, Li Fang heard his name called. It was Hujin. He didn’t think Hujin would love him any longer. He was so sad. But to his surprise, Hujin went to him with a beautiful flower. Li Fang didn’t know what to say. Would he tell her the truth
Finally he was honest with her. Hujin know she has made a mistake about the place to meet. Hujin forgive him, they look each other, and laugh.
since then, they know each other more better.
Evaluate (评价) writing :
Grammar
Vocabulary
Organization
Content
Group evaluation (评价)
Writing & Evaluating
1. Go over new words and expressions
of the reading passage.
2. Write a narrative story
with “Hu Jin” as the main character.
Thank you!
