Festivals and Celebrations阅读课教学课件

1、Spring FestivalThe 1st day of the first lunar monthTask 1 : Guess the name of the festival and tell when it takes place. Lantern FestivalThe fifteenth day of the first lunar monthWomens Day-March 8The 1st day of MayLabour DayThe 1st day of JuneChildrens DayArmy Day-August 1stThe 15th day of the eigh

2、th lunar monthMid-Autumn FestivalThe 10th day of September Teachers DayThe 1st day of OctoberNational DayValentines DayFebruary 14In FebruaryCarnival (狂欢节狂欢节)Easter 复活节复活节The first Sunday after a full moon on or after March 21April Fools DayApril 1stMothers DayThe second Sunday in MayThanksgiving Da

3、yThe fourth Thursday in NovemberOctober 31stHalloween 万圣节万圣节Christmas December 25Task 2: Ask and answer the following questions in pairs: 1.What does the Spring Festival / the Mid-autumn Festival/ the Dragon Boat Festival celebrate? 2. What do people do at the festivals? Task 3: Look at the title of

4、 the passage , the titles of the four parts of the passage and the pictures to tell what the passage is mainly about. Task 4: Do Ex. 1 at page 3. Task 5: Read the passage carefully and find the answer to the following questions. Then ask and answer the questions in pairs. 1.What would most ancient f

5、estivals celebrate? 2. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar ? What things are different? 3. What do people usually do at spring festivals? Task 6: Group work: Do Ex. 3 at page 3. Work in groups of four to list three common things at most festivals and tell the reasons why they are important to people everywhere. Three common thingsReasons why they are important to people everywhereTask 7: Suppose you are holding a TV programme called “ Festivals around the World”, try to introduce as many festivals to your aud