Festivals
around the world
Spring Festival

FESTIVALS
Food
Work
Visit
Dress up
Singing
Dancing
Watching TV
Memory
Fun
Jiaozi
Fruit
Date
When we talk about festivals, what do we often mention?
Brainstorming
Festivals in China
festivals
The Dragon Boat Festival
Traditional Chinese Festivals
春节
七夕节
重阳节
冬至
清明
端午节
中秋节
元宵节
Festivals in foreign countries
festivals
Brainstorming
festivals of foreign countries
Christmas
圣诞节
Fool’s Day
愚人节
Valentine’s Day
情人节
Carnival
狂欢节
Easter
复活节
Thanksgiving Day
感恩节
Mother’s Day
母亲节
Father’s Day
父亲节
Halloween
万圣节
Why do people have such festivals ?When do the festivals take place?What do the festivals celebrate?What do people do at these festivals?
Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Period 2 Reading
Fast reading for the passage:
Festivals?
1.What is the main idea of the text?
Festivals have many origins.
Festivals are held to honor the dead and famous people.
Festivals are held for happy events.
Festivals are happy times for people to get together.
Task One
2.In ancient times, people would celebrate _____.
when winter began.
when winter ended.
if food was difficult to find.
during the cold winter months.
3.What can we infer from the passage?
People would have feasts, sing and dance at all festivals.
People celebrate festivals because they don’t want to work.
By celebrating festivals, people are developing the culture and the customs.
Festivals have only four kinds of origins.
Task Two
1.How many kinds of origins of festivals are mentioned ? What are they?
Festivals of the Dead;
Festivals to Honor People;
Harvest Festivals;
Spring Festivals.
2.How many festivals are mentioned in the passage?
What are they?
Obon
Japan
Day of the Dead
Mexico
Halloween
Dragon Boat Festival
China
Columbus Day
USA
Mohandas Gandhi Day
India
Mid-autumn Festival
China/Japan
Spring Festival
China
Carnival
Easter
Cherry Blossom Festival
Japan
Thanksgiving festivals
Careful reading for the passage:
Festivals?
Ancient Festivals
What would ancient festivals celebrate?
the end of the cold weather,
planting in spring ,
harvest in autumn
when hunters could catch animals
Festivals of the Dead
Japanese festival Obon:
People should go to ________ and light incense __________ their ancestors. They also light _____ and _________.
clean graves
play music
lamps
in memory of
Festivals of the Dead
Mexico the Day of the Dead:
People eat food _______________
and cakes with _____ on them.
They offer _____,____ and _____
to the dead.
bones
in the shape of skulls
food
flowers
gifts
Festivals of the Dead
The Western holiday Halloween:
This festival also had its origin in old _____ about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children’s festival, _____ they can_______ and go to their neighbor’s home to ______ sweets. If they can’t get sweets, they might ___________ their neighbors.
when
belief
dress up
ask for
play a trick on
Festivals to Honor People
Dragon Boat Festival ________ the famous ancient ______, Qu Yuan.
honors
poet
Columbus Day is ______________ the ________ of Christopher Columbus in America.
in memory of
arrival
India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Gandhi, the leader ____ helped ___________________ for Indian people.
who
gain independence
Any other festivals which are meant to honor people in China? Who is honored?
Tree-planting Day; Sun Yetsun.
Harvest Festivals
Why are autumn festivals happy events for people?
Because their food is ________ for the winter and the __________ work is over.
agricultural
gathered
Harvest Festivals
2. What do people do to celebrate it?
Western countries:
______churches and town halls_____ flowers and fruit; _________to have meals;_________.
China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, _____ people _____ the
moon and in China enjoy mooncakes.
admire
decorate
with
get together
win awards
when
1. At the spring Festival in China, people ________ food, children may get____________, there are _____________and________ and families ________ the lunar New Year together.
eat
lucky money
carnivals
Spring Festivals
celebrate
dragon dances
2. Western countries have very exciting carnivals, which ________ forty days before ______. They might include __________, dancing in streets ___________, music and colorful ___________.
parades
take place
Western Carnivals
Easter
clothing
day and night
3.Easter is an important __________ and social festival for ________ around the world. It celebrates _______________ and ___________ and __________
religious
Easter
Christians
the return of Jesus
the coming of spring
new life
4. In the Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan, the country, _______________ cherry tree flowers , looks _________ it might be the sea of pink snow.
covered with
as though
Cherry Blossom Festival
What are the purposes of festivals?
Festivals
To have fun with each other
To let us enjoy life
To be proud of our customs
To forget our work for a while
To honor the dead
To honor famous people
To celebrate harvest
To welcome a new year and look forward to the future
To ask people to pay attention to something
Discuss in groups:
Can you retell the main idea of this passage?
Festivals and _________ of all kinds have been held since ancient times. Festivals may have many _______, some religious, some _______ and some for special thing or people. Festivals of the Dead honor the dead or__________________. Some festivals are held to honor important famous people. We also have ones to celebrate ________ for farmers’ produce. The most ________ and important festivals are the ones that _____________ the end of winter and the spring’s coming. In Festivals, people can__________ with each other, _____ life happily, _________ customs and forget daily life for a while.
celebrations
origins
seasonal
satisfy the ancestors
harvest
energetic
look forward to
have fun
be proud of
enjoy
words and expressions
1. celebration
2. harvest
3.hunter
4. starve
5. origin
6. religious
7. ancestor
8. feast
9. bone
10. belief
words and expressions
11. poet
12. arrival
14. agriculture
13. gather
15. award
16. admire
17. energetic
18. parade
19. custom
20. christian
words and expressions
1. take place
2. in memory of
3.dress up
4. play a trick on
5. gain independence
6. look forward to
7. day and night
8. as though
9. have fun with
10. be covered with
Recite important sentences:
1. Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times.
2. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find.
3.The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.
4. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.
Homework
Festivals are created. Now you’ve got the chance to create a new festival. Please create a new festival according to the following items:
When the festival takes place
What the festival is for
What people do at the festival
What people eat at the festival
Have a good day!!Bye!
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