高中英语module3教学资料unit 1 reading

1、整理课件Unit 1 Festivals around the world整理课件 Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Different countries have different festivals.What are festivals meant for ?Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.How many festivals do you know at home

2、and abroad?整理课件FestivalsNew years DayNational dayMid-Autumn festivalChristmas (day)Spring FestivalLantern FestivalQing Ming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day , Clear Brightness Festival) Dragon Boat FestivalFathers DayMothers dayChildrens dayTeachers DayInternational Labor DayEasterThanksgiving dayHallowe

3、en整理课件International Womens Day整理课件Chinese Youth Day整理课件Arbor Day (Tree Planting Day)整理课件FestivalTime What it celebratesWhat people doMid-Autumn FestivalAutumn / fallThe beauty of the full moon, harvest, time with family Give/Eat mooncakes and watch the full moon with family and friends.Spring Festiv

4、al整理课件FestivalTime What it celebratesWhat people doNational Day.Dragon Boat Festival/Duanwu Festival整理课件FestivalTime What it celebratesWhat people doMid-Autumn FestivalAutumn / fallThe beauty of the full moon, harvest, time with family Give/Eat mooncakes and watch the full moon with family and frien

5、ds.Spring FestivalJanuary/FebruaryThe end of winter, arrival of spring, Lunar New Year, reunion with familyGive money in red paper to children; see dragon dances; eat fish, prawns and dumplings; visit family members.整理课件FestivalTime What it celebratesWhat people doNational DayOctober 1Dragon Boat Fe

6、stival/Duanwu FestivalThe founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949Take time off work; travel to visit family or to see other parts of China; go shopping.The 5th day of the 5th month in lunar calendarThe memory of the beloved poet Qu Yuan who died in 278 BCEat zhongzi; watch dragon boat race

7、s; throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water in memory of Qu Yuan; put herbs on doorways for good health.整理课件Which festival is your favourite ?And which festival do you think is the most important? Why?整理课件 What part of a festival do you like best - the activities , the music, the sights , the fo

8、od or the people who visit ?整理课件Festivals and CelebrationsWhy were most ancient festivals held ? Why? to celebrate the end of cold weather , planting in spring and harvest in autumn or even catching animals.It was because people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold

9、winter months.整理课件Skimming Different kinds of festivals of todayFestivals of the deadFestivals to honour peopleHarvest festivals Spring festivalsPurposes To honour the dead or satisfy the ancestorTo honour famous peopleTo celebrate harvestTo look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spr

10、ing整理课件Close readingKinds of FestivalsNames of FestivalsCountriesFestivals of the DeadFestivals to Honour PeopleObonDay of the DeadHalloween Japan Mexico some WesterncountriesDragon Boat FestivalColumbus Dayfestival to honour GandhiChinaUSAIndia整理课件Kinds of FestivalsNames of FestivalsCountriesHarves

11、t FestivalsSpring FestivalsClose readingharvest/Thanksgiving festivals mid-autumn festivalsEuropean and other countriesChina and JapanSpring FestivalEaster and related holidaysCherry Blossom FestivalChinasome Western countriesJapan整理课件The holiday also _old beliefs about _of the spirits of the dead.

12、But it is now a _festival. Children will _ and go to their neighbours homes to ask for sweets. The children might _them unless they give some sweets.had its origin inthe returnchildrensdress upplay a trick onHalloween in the western整理课件People go to clean graves and light incense _their ancestors. In

13、 order to lead _back to earth, they also light lamps and play music. the Japanese festival Obonin memory ofthe ancestorsPeople eat food _skulls and cakes _“bones” on them. They offer food , flowers and gifts to_ .in the shape ofwiththe deadthe Day of the Dead in Mexico整理课件The dragon Boat Festival in

14、 China _the famous ancient poet and Columbus Day in the USA is _ the arrival of Christopher Columbus _the New World.A national festival in _ honors Gandhi, _helped _ from Britain.in memory ofinhonorsIndiawhogain its independence整理课件To show their gratitude because their food is _and the agricultural

15、work is _, people in European countries will usually _ churches and town halls _flowers and fruit , and will get _ to have meals. China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, _ people _ the moon and in China , enjoy mooncakes. gatheredoverdecoratewithtogetherwhenadmire整理课件The most energetic and _festi

16、vals are the ones that _ the end of winter and to the coming of spring. In China Families celebrate the Lunar New year together and children may get _ money in red paper. Easter is an important _festival for Christians around the world. It celebrates the _of Jesus from the dead and the _ of spring and new life. important