人教必修三Unit1-Warming-Up.ppt

1、Unit 1 Festivals Around the World Warming up,What kind of festival do we just celebrate?,Chinese Festivals,Spring Festival,The 1st day of the first lunar month,恭贺新禧！ Best wishes for the year to come! 恭喜发财！ May you come into a good fortune! 心想事成 May all your wishes come true. 愿你健康长寿！ I want to wish y

2、ou longevity and health!,Blessing,Festival of Lanterns,yuanxiao,Womens Day-March 8,The 1st day of May,Labour Day,The 1st day of June,Army Day-August 1st,The 15th day of the eighth lunar month,Mid-Autumn Festival,The 10th day of September,Teachers Day,The 1st day of October,National Day,festivals,In

3、foreign countries,the Cherry Blossom Festival,Every April when the country is covered with cherry flowers.,Japanese go out with their friends or families, sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic.,Valentines Day,In February,Carnival (狂欢节),Carnival Parade and dance in the streets day and night, wi

4、th loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds. The Brazilian Carnival is one of the best-known celebrations.,The first Sunday after a full moon on or after March 21,Easter,复活节,Easter is an important religious and social festival in Christian countries. It celebrates the return of Jesus for Christ

5、ians and the coming of spring.,FoolsDay,April 1st,Mothers Day,The second Sunday in May,Thanksgiving Day,The fourth Thursday in November,Thanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday, falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to celebrate the harvest. The traditional food are roasting turkey,

6、 corn and pumpkin pies with ice-cream.,Thanksgiving Day,November 31st,Halloween 万圣节,Christmas,Discussion,Choose one of the festivals, and discuss it with your partner. 1. When the festival is? 2. What the festival celebrates? 3. What people should do or should not do?,food,work,visit,singing,watchin

7、g TV,fruit,memory,Why do people like festivals?,dress up,family together,festival,Which part of a festival do you like best the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit? Tips: My favourite is I like best. I prefer . I enjoy/like.,Oral Practice,Festivals are meant to celebr

8、ate important times of a year. Different countries have different festivals. Work in groups and list below three more Chinese festivals that you know.,Spring Festival,January/ February,the end of winter，arrival of spring, Lunar New Year， reunion with family and relatives,give money in red paper to c

9、hildren; see dragon dances; eat fish, prawns and dumplings；visit family members,National Day,October 1,the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949,take time off work; travel to visit family or to see other parts of China; go shopping,Dragon Boat Festival/Duanwu Festival,the fifth day of th

10、e fifth month in lunar calendar,the memory of the beloved poet Qu Yuan who died in 278 BC,eat zongzi; watch dragon boat races; throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water in memory of Qu Yuan; put herbs on doorways for good health,Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Chinese people?,Spring Festival,Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Christian people in Western countries?,Christmas,Both of them are quite