Transcript Document 7262128

Unit 1
Festivals
around the world
世界各地的节日
Which festival does Jingle Bells celebrate(庆祝)?
Christmas
Jingle Bells is written to celebrate Christmas.
Celebrate:v.庆祝
celebration:n.庆典,庆祝
Tree Planting Day
Discuss and talk about what people do
to celebrate the following festivals
（讨论人们在这些节日里都会做些什么）
Set off firecrackers
visit relatives:
Fireworks
have a big meal:
get together and have fun with
friends
Spring Festival
(Lunar(阴历的) New Year)
dumpling
Dragon boat racing;
eat zongzi
Dragon Boat Day
Eat mooncakes
Admire the moon
with family
Mid-Autumn Day
Teachers’ Day
Express thanks to teachers
• Guess what festival it is.
（猜猜看）
Quiz 1
Valentine’s Day, February 14th
Lovers send
chocolates, roses and
cards to each other.
Quiz 2
Halloween (万圣节), October 31st
Pumpkin lantern(南瓜灯笼) ,lead the spirits
back(引导灵魂返回人间),play tricks on each
other, dress up and ask for sweets
Quiz 3
Carnivals（狂欢节）,
usually in Feb
Crazy activities , dancing and singing
in the street,parade,colorful clothing
Parade游行
Easter （复活节）
Thanksgiving Day
（感恩节）
Match the festivals with the dates
Festivals
Dates
the Spring Festival
the 1st day of the lunar month
Women’s Day
October 31st
International Labor Day
March 8th
the dragon Boat Festival
May 1st
Mid-Autumn Festival
Halloween
the 5th day of the 5th lunar month
the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
Thanksgiving Day
Tomb-sweeping day
the 4th Thursday of November
April 4th or 5th
Reading
Festivals and Celebrations
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harvest 收获
celebration 庆祝
starve 饿死
origin 来源
religious 宗教的
ancestor 祖先
in memory of 纪念
belief 信任
dress up 盛装打扮
play a trick on搞恶作剧
Columbus day 哥伦布日
Obon 盂兰盆节
grave 坟墓
license 熏香
Jesus耶稣
cherry樱桃
blossom 花
admire赞美，欣赏
custom 习俗
gather搜集
1.Fast reading
1. How many types of festivals are mentioned
in the passage?
1)Festivals of the dead(亡灵节)
2）festivals to honour people(纪念名人的节日)
3）harvest festivals （庆祝丰收的节日）
4）spring festivals (春天的节日)
2.Which of the following festivals are not mentioned
in the passage?
A.Carnival and Columbus Day.
B. Halloween and Spring Festivals.
C. Thanksgiving Festivals and Obon.
D. Valentine’s Day and April Fool’s Day.
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FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have
been held everywhere since ancient times. Most
ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold
weather, planting in spring and harvest in
autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held
after hunters had caught animals. At that time
people would starve if food was difficult to find,
especially during the cold winter months.
Today's festivals have many origins, some
religious, some seasonal, and some for special
people or events.
Careful reading
Para1：origin(起源) of the festivals
Most ancient festivals would celebrate
the end of cold weather
and harvest in autumn
, planting in spring
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Festivals of the Dead
• Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy
the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do
harm. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go
to clean graves and light incense in memory of their
ancestors. They also light lamps and play music
because they think that this will lead the ancestors back
to earth. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the
Dead in early November. On this important feast day,
people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes
with“bones”on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to
the dead. The Western holiday Halloween also had its
origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead
people. It is now a children's festival, when they can
dress up and go to their neighbours' homes to ask for
sweets. If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the
children might play a trick on them.
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Para2. Festivals of the Dead.
Purpose To honor the dead or satisfy
ancestors
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the 1________
Obon The Day
Halloween
Names
2_____
4________
of the
Dead
Mexico
Countrie Japan 3_______
Some
s
western
countries
Festivals
Obon
Cleaning
graves
5______;
lighting
incense
Activitie 6_______
s
and
lamps;
playing
music
7______
The Day
Halloween
of the Dead
Eating
cakes with
bones on
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them;offer
-ing food,
flowers
gifts
and 9____
to the
dead
Children
10
dress up
_______
and ask
for
sweets
Obon in Japan
The Day of the Dead in Mexico
Festivals to Honour People
Festivals can also be held to honour
famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival
in China honours the famous ancient poet,
Qu Yuan. In the USA, Columbus Day is in
memory of the arrival of Christopher
Columbus in the New World. India has a
national festival on October 2 to honour
Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped
gain India's independence from Britain.
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Para3.Festivals to Honor People
Match the festivals with the proper people.
National Festival The Dragon Boat Columbus
on October 2
Festival
Day
India
China
USA
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Harvest Festivals
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Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals
can be very happy events. People are
grateful because their food is gathered for
the winter and the agricultural work is over.
In European countries, people will usually
decorate churches and town halls with
flowers and fruit, and will get together to
have meals. Some people might win
awards for their farm produce, like the
biggest watermelon or the most handsome
rooster. China and Japan have midautumn festivals, when people admire the
moon and in China, enjoy mooncakes.
Para4.Harvest Festivals
People will ________ on Thanksgiving
festivals.
1. decorate churches and town halls
2. get together to have meals
3. win awards for their farm produce
Different from Thanksgiving festivals in
Western countries, what activities do
China and Japan have in mid-autumn
festivals?
admire the moon and in China,
People _______
enjoy___________.
mooncakes
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Spring Festivals
The most energetic and important festivals are the
ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the
coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in China，
people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give
children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon
dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar
New Year together. Some Western countries have very
exciting carnivals, which take place forty days before
Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might
include parades, dancing in the streets day and night,
loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds. Easter is an
important religious and social festival for Christians
around the world. It celebrates the return of Jesus from
the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan's
Cherry
Blossom Festival happens a little later. The
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country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as
though it is covered with pink snow.
• People love to get together to eat, drink and
have fun with each other. Festivals let us
enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget
our work for a little while.
Para5.Spring Festivals
Q1.What do people usually do at Spring
Festival?
Chinese People usually eat ____________________
dumplings,fish and meat
and give children___________________________.
lucky money in red paper
There are ______________and
__________,and
families
dragon dances
carnivals
celebrate the _________________together.
Lunar New Year
Some Western countries have _________,including
carnivals
parade
day and night loud
______ and dances in the streets _____________,
music and colorful______________________.
clothing of all kinds
Q2.What is most popular spring
festival in Japan ?
Cherry Blossom Festival
Q3.What does Japan looks like in
this Festival?
The country were covered with cherry tree
flowers,looks as though it is covered with pink
snow.
Q4. What does Easter celebrate?
It celebrates the return of_____
Jesus from the
spring
dead and the coming of ______
new life
and_________.
Q5.Do you know the symbols(象征） of
Easter? Easter eggs and Easter
Bunnies(rabbits).
1.Retell the text by filling the following blanks.
There are all kinds of festivals and
___________
celebrations around the world, which are
held for different reasons. The _______
ancient
________
festivals were mainly held at three times a
year. Some festivals are held to ______
honor the
dead or satisfy the _________
ancestors in case（以
免） they might return either to help or to
do _____,while
harm
___
other festivals are held to
honor famous people or the gods, such as
_______
_____Festival
______ and Columbus Day.
Dragon Boat
Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are
gathered
happy events because the food is _________
for the winter and the ___________work
is
agricultural
over. And the most _________
energetic and
important festivals are the ones that look
forward to the end of winter and to the
coming of spring, such as the ______
Lunar New
______
Year, at which people have a very good time.
Some Western countries have very exciting
carnivals Festivals let us enjoy ____.
________.
life
Homework
Write a composition about one
of your favorite festivals within
120 words.