黎丽程-人教新课标英语Book 3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world reading（共38张PPT）(1).ppt

1、Festivals around the world,Unit 1,Guessing,Spring Festival,To celebrate the coming of the spring,dress in new clothes/ dress up (穿上盛装) lucky money in red paper(压岁钱) set off firecrackers(放鞭炮) and fireworks Lion/Dragon dances a get-together feast (团圆饭) pay visits to relatives,Purpose:,Celebrations:,Ch

2、ristmas,This Festival celebrate the birth of Jesus. In western countries, around the festival, people will stop working and have a week off. People will decorate their house with some trees and other decorations. Family members may get together to have a big dinner. Children can get gifts in stockin

3、gs on that day and friends may sent cards to each other.,December 25th,It is an American Festival. It was first celebrated to thank for a good harvest. Nowadays, on this festival, family members will get together to have a meal and give thanks together for the good things they have . Turkey and corn

4、 are usually symbols of this festival.,Thanksgiving Day,The fourth Thursday in November,It was first celebrated in honour of the dead. Now it becomes a festival of children. On this festival, children will dress up and play trick or treat.,Halloween,The night of Oct.31st,It celebrates Jesus coming b

5、ack to life. On this festival, people often go to church to sing songs and hear about Jesus. Lilies, rabbits and colored eggs are the symbol of the festival.,Easter,A Sunday in March or April between March 21st and April 25th,It is a western festival for lovers.,Valentines Day,February 14th,It is ac

6、ceptable to play tricks on your friends on this day.,April Fools Day,April 1st,It is a day you should say thanks to your mother.,Mothers Day,The second Sunday in May,Fathers Day,The third Sunday in June,foreign festivals,Foreign festivals,Christmas Day,Thanksgiving Day,Mothers Day,Fathers Day,April

7、Fools Day,Valentines Day,Easter,Halloween,Chinese festivals or holiday,Lantern Festival,The Dragon Boat Day,Tomb Sweeping Day,The Spring Festival,Double-ninth Day,New Years Day,Womens Day,International Labor Day,Childrens Day,National Day,What kinds of Chinese festivals or holiday do you know?,Brain

8、storm,Mid-Autumn Festival,Army Day,Teachers Day,Tree-Planting Day,Discussion,what is your favorite festival? What does it celebrate? What do people do at that time? Why do you like it best?,My favorite festival is _. It takes place on_. It celebrates_. People often _.,1. Read Para 1 and answer the f

9、ollowing question.(1) what kind of origins do todays festivals have?,Fast reading,2. How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?,1. Festivals of the Dead 2. Festivals to Honor the People 3. Harvest Festivals 4. Spring Festivals,Why are festivals important to people?,3. Read the last pa

10、ragraph and answer the following question.,4. EX1 Fill in the following chart according to the passage(,Obon,Japan,Day of the Dead,Mexico,Halloween,Western countries,Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Mohandas Gandhi Day,China USA India,Thanksgiving Festival Mid-Autumn festival,Spring festival Carniv

11、al Easter Cherry Blossom Festival,China Western countries Japan,USA,China and Japan,1、Whats the purpose of this kind of festivals? 2、How do peopole celebrate the festivals?,Careful reading,Type 1,Festivals of the dead,to honour the dead to satisfy the ancestors.,Purpose:,Obon 盂兰盆节,clean the graves a

12、nd light incense in memory of their ancestors.,Light lamps and play music to lead the ancestors back to earth.,Offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead,Eat food in shape of skull and cakes with bone on them,The Day of the Dead 亡灵节,old beliefs the return of the spirits of dead people,Halloween 万圣节,d

13、ress up and ask for sweets play a trick on,Type 2,Festivals to Honour People,Purpose: be held to honour famous people,Dragon Boat Festival China,Columbus Day USA,National Festival India,Type 3,Harvest Festivals,Purpose: People are grateful for the harvest / for the end of the agricultural work / awa

14、rd for farm produce,Harvest Fstivals,rooster/cock,decorate churches and town hall.,get together to have meals.,Thanksgiving Day,Mid-Autumn festival,people admire the moon and enjoy the mooncake,Type 4,Spring Festivals,purpose： the most energetic and important festivals / look forward to the end of w

15、inter/ to the coming of spring,people eat dumplings, meat, fish dragon dances/carnivals children may get lucky money families celebrate the lunar New Year together.,the spring Festival 春节,Carnivals and Easter,Parades, dancing day and night colourful clothing,religious and social festival for Christi

16、ans return of Jesus,Cherry Blossom Festival,is covered with cherry tree flowers / looks as though it might be the sea of pink snow.,Discussing,Many pepole today would like to celebrate foreigh festivals rather than Chinese traditional festivals.whats your opinion about this situation?,For example: V

17、alentines Day Vs. Qiqiao Festival The Spring Festival Vs. Christmas which one do you prefer? why?,Homework,Work in groups and create your own festival and then report it to the class.,Name of the festivals: Date: Meaning: Why it is celebrated: How it is celebrated:,1.Peace Day no fighting or conflic

18、ts are allowed. People learn and talk about peace. 2.Happiness Day People must only do things that will make others happy. People Learn about happiness. 3.Friendship Day No arguments or fights are allowed. People learn about friendship. 4.Nature Day No pollution or destruction of nature is allowed. People learn and talk about nature.,Examples: ,Retell the text by filling the following blanks: There are all kinds of festivals and _ around the world ,which are held for different reasons . The were mainly held at three times a year-the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in