人教高中英语必修三-Unit1 Festivals around the world Reading 课件（30张ppt）

Brainstorm
What festivals do you know?
New Year’s Day
Lantern Festival
the Spring Festival
Qingming Festival
May Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-autumn Day
Double Ninth Day
Christmas
Halloween
Easter
Thanksgiving Day
carnivals’ parades
How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage and what are their origins?
1. Festivals of the Dead
2. Festivals to Honor People
3. Harvest Festivals
4. Spring Festivals
for religion
for special people or events
for season
for season
Festivals of the Dead
Obon (日本盂兰盆节)
What kinds of things are done to honour the dead?
(1) clean graves
(2) light incense

the Day of the Dead (Mexico)
(3) offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead
Festivals to Honour People
the Dragon Boat Festival
What festival can you think of honors famous people in China?
(1) eat Zongzi
(2) watch dragon boat races
(3) put herbs on doorways
Festivals to Honour People
Columbus Day
in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the new world
Mohandas Gandhi
helped gain India’s independence from Britain
Harvest Festivals
(1) decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruits
Thanksgiving Day
(2) get together to have meals
(3) win awards for farm produce

Harvest Festivals
Mid-autumn Festival
(2) admire the moon
(3) enjoy mooncakes
(1) family reunite
the Spring Festivals
Paste spring festival couplets / set off firecrackers / hang lanterns
watch lion dancing and dragon dancing
the Spring Festivals
have a reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve / receive money in red envelopes from seniors
watch the spring festival gala / pay a new year call
Significance of festivals and celebrations
(1) get together / reunite
(2) have fun / enjoy life
(3) be proud of customs / inherit traditions
(4) forget work for a while / relieve pressure
elements
3
4
5
1
2
3
3
3
4
5
origin/cause
date
activities
significance
people
Summary
why
when
who
what
how
Origin/cause:(why)
religion/season/respect for special people…
1
2
Date:(when)
It falls/takes place/occurs/is celebrated…
3
People:(who)
famous people in historic events
4
Activities:(what)
celebrated in various ways
5
Significance:(how)
enjoy life/respect history/inherit tradition
What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town?
Sports and Art Festival
Motorcycle Race
Harvest Celebrations
elements
3
4
5
1
2
3
3
3
4
5
origin/cause
date
activities
significance
people
Create a new festival
Check to see
Assessment
Everybody participates in and makes contributions to the group.
The group leader encourages each member to give his/her opinions.
Everybody listens to others carefully.
The task is done successfully.
Everyone is happy with the cooperation.
Congratulations!
traditional culture 传统文化
national confidence 民族自信
personal identification 身份认同
value belongingness 价值归属
respect
尊重
understanding
理解
openness
开放
inclusiveness
包容
cooperation
合作
mutual benefit
共赢
Homework
Write a short passage for the new festival that you have created according to the five elements.