人教版必修3_Unit+1+Festivals+around+the+world+warming+up+and+reading（共47张PPT）

1、How many festivals do you know How many festivals do you know both in and out of China?both in and out of China?What festivals are they?When do they take place? (lunar calendar)the SpringFestivalOn the first day of the first lunar monththe Lantern FestivalOn the 15th day of the first lunar monthQing

2、 Ming FestivalTomb Sweeping DayOn April 5thDragon Boat FestivalOn the fifth day of the fifth lunar monthThe Chinese Valentines DayThe Double Seventh FestivalOn the 7th day of the 7th lunar monthMid-Autumn FestivalMid-Autumn FestivalOn the 15th day of the 8th lunar monthWhat festivals of foreign coun

3、tries do you know?BrainstormingBrainstormingChristmasApril FoolsDayValentinesDayCarnivalEasterThanksgiving DayMothersDayFathersDayHalloween Can you find out the right festival for the sentence?It is the birthday of Jesus Christ.Next questionIt is the day that we remember the poet Qu Yuan.Next questi

4、onPeople send roses and cards to the people they love.Next questionIt is on the third Sunday in June.Next questionWe watch dragon dances and get lucky money.Reading festivals and celebrationsfestivalsfestivalsFestivals to honour peopleAncient FestivalHarvest Festivals Festivals of the DeadWhat kinds

5、 of festivals are mentioned in the text?Spring FestivalsWhat festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?Fast readingObonThe Day of the DeadHalloweenFestivals of the DeadJapanMexicosome western countriesDragon Boat FestivalMohandas Gandhi Day (a national festival)Festivals to honour PeopleChinaColumbu

6、s DayThe USAIndiaThanksgiving festivalHarvestFestivalsEuropean and other countriesMid-autumn festivalsChina and JapanThe spring festivalCherry Blossom FestivalSpring FestivalsJapanEasterChinasome western countriesReading againRead the passage again and then answer the following questions :Comprehend

7、ingP1. When did ancient people celebrate? Most ancient festivals would celebrate _, _and _, and they also celebrated _ _.When the end of the cold weatherplantingin springharvest in autumnwhen huntershad caught animalsP2. 1. What are festivals of the dead for?2. What do people do to celebrate each fe

8、stival?Why They are held to_, or to _the _, who could return either to _or to_.honour the deadsatisfyhelpdo harmancestorsObon in Japan What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival?people should go to clean the graves and light incense to honour their ancestors. They light lamps and pl

9、ay music.The Day of the Dead in MexicoWhat kind of things are done to celebrate the Day of the Dead?People eat food in the shape of skulls,and cakes with “bones”on them.They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.A childrens festivalIts origin?in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dea

10、d peopleNow? trick or treatdress upFestivals can be held to _honour famous peopleThe Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Mohandas GandhiExamplesQu YuanThe arrival of Christopher ColumbusA national festival on October 2October 2 is a national festival in India to honour GandhiMohandas Gandhi DayGandhi

11、is the leader who helped gain Indias independence from BritainPeople are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter, the agriculturalwork is over.Why are harvest festivals happy events?What do people do on Thanksgiving? they will decorate churches and town hall with flowers and fruit, an

12、d will get together to have meals. They might win awards for their farm produceThanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday. It falls on the fourth Thursday in NovemberThe traditional Thanksgiving food-roasting turkey, corn and pumpkin pies with ice-cream. The most energetic and important fes

13、tivals are_ _ _ the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.People eat dumplings, fish and meatGive children lucky money in red paperSee Dragon dances and carnivalsFamilies celebrate it togetherlist things people do at spring festivals.What does Easter celebrate? It c

14、elebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and it also celebrates the coming of spring and new life.Every April when the country is covered with cherry flowers, Japanese people celebrate it. They go out with their friends or families. They sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic. Cherry Blossom

15、 Festival In JapanP6. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.The passage is mainly about different f_ and the ways of c_ and also the r_ why people celebrate them all over the

16、world. Whats the main idea of the passage? Give one sentence to describe it.festivalscelebrationsreasonsRetell the text by filling the following blanks:There are all kinds of festivals and _ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _ festivals celebrated the end of the cold winter

17、, _ in spring and _ in autumn.Some festivals are held to _ the dead or _the _ in case they might _ _, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as _ _ _ and Columbus Day. celebrationsDragon Boat Festival do harmancestorssatisfyhonorancientplanting harvest Harvest and Th

18、anksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _ for the winter and because a season of _work is over,to which Mid autumn festival belongs.And the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that _ _ _ the end of winter and to the _ of spring, such as the _ _, at which people have a very good time. agriculturalgatheredcominglook forward toSpring FestivalFree talking Based on the reading passage, what do Based on the reading pass