高中英语必修三unit1festival around the world warming and reading festivals and celebrations课件.ppt

1、Unit 1 Festivals Around the World,Happy new year!,The Spring Festival,It celebrates the end of winter and the coming of spring .,Spring,Festival,The Spring Festival is in January or February, it is very important for the Chinese people. During this time, people visit relatives and friends. They cele

2、brate the festival and give the best wishes to each other.,What did we usually do in the Spring Festival?,Do general house-cleaning (大扫除) Spring Festival couplets (贴春联) dress in colorful clothing/ dress up (穿上盛装) lucky money in red paper(压岁钱) set off fireworks(放鞭炮) a get-together feast (团圆饭) ,Words

3、about Spring Festival,Greeting Season,春节 The Spring Festival 农历 lunar calendar 除夕 New Years Eve; eve of lunar New Year 初一 the beginning of New Year 元宵节 the Lantern Festival,Food names,团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve 饺子 dumpling 汤圆 Tang-yuan; 年糕 Nian-gao; rice cake; New Year

4、 cake 红枣 red dates 西瓜子 water melon seed 糖 candy,Activities,春联Spring Festival couplets 剪纸paper-cuts 年画New Year paintings 烟花 fireworks 爆竹 firecrackers 舞狮 lion dance 舞龙 dragon dance 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 守岁 staying-up,拜年pay New Years call; give New Years greetings; New Y

5、ears visit 去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones ancestors 压岁钱 lucky money 辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year 扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning,What are festivals meant? (warming up in page1),Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.,Festivals of China,N

6、ew Year,Spring Festival,Lanterns Festival,May Day,Dragon Boat Festival,Childrens Day,Armys Day,Teachers Day,Mid-Autumn Festival,National Day,Christmas Day,Can you name some Festivals of China?,Tomb sweeping,the Spring Festival,the 1st day of the lunar month,the coming of the spring,visit relatives ;

7、have a big meal ;get together and have fun with friends,the first full moon after Lunar New Year,eat special sweet dumplings: enjoy lanterns and fireworks,International Labor Day,May 1st,the hard-working people all over the world,take a week off work; visit scenic spots; go shopping,the dragon Boat

8、Festival,the 5th day of the 5th lunar month,In memory of Qu Yuan, a great poet,Dragon boat racing; eat zongzi,Mid-Autumn Festival,the 15th day of the 8th lunar month,The beauty of the full moon,harvest,admire the moon: eat mooncakes,the15th day of the 1st lunar month,April,Tomb-Sweeping Day,清明时节雨纷纷，

9、路上行人欲断魂。借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。-杜,清明节 Tomb-sweeping Day,Tomb-sweeping Day is on April 4th,a Chinese traditional festival. It is the most important holiday for sacrifice. On that day, people go to the graveyard and ancestor worship to express our missing.,清明节是一个中国传统节日。它是在4月4日至4月6日之间。这是最重要的祭祀节日。在这一天,人们去墓地祭祀祖

10、先。,今天，中华人民共和国，成立了！,国庆节 National Day,The National Day is the day we celebrate the foundation of new China which is on October 1st ,1949 . At that moment , everyone was excited. From then on, October 1st is the National Day holiday.,National Day,Teachers Day,Teachers Day is a day when we show respect

11、to our teachers.,Festivals,Nowadays, foreign festivals are more and more popular in China. Can you list some? Lets see some picture and guess.,Christmas Day,On December 25th It is the birthday of Jesus Christ Go to the parties and churches , give cards and presents to our friends and relatives,Santa

12、 claus,Valentines Day,On February 14th People send roses and cards to the people they love.,April Fools Day,In April We play tricks on people.,During April to May It is the time when Jesus Christ died and came back to life. Eat chocolate eggs,Easter,Easter Bunny,Easter eggs,Halloween,On Nov. 1st We

13、have the pumpkin lantern.,Halloween is the night of the 31st of October and is traditionally said to be the time when ghosts and witches can be seen. On Halloween, children often dress up as ghosts and witches.,Halloween Parade(游行）,Carved Pumpkin Lantern,Thanksgiving In November,In the USA, a nation

14、al holiday, on the forth Thursday in November. It was first celebrated in 1621 by the Pilgrim Fathers after their first good harvest.,Obon,in Japan,Specially-made lanterns/lamps are hung outside each house to lead the ancestors back to home.,Reading Festivals and celebrations,Kinds of Festivals,Fest

15、ivals to Honour People,Harvest Festivals,Spring Festivals,Festivals of the Dead,What kinds of festivals are mentioned in the passage?,Ancient Festivals,Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of_, _and _. Other celebrations were held _.,the cold weather,planting,in spring,harvest in,autumn,wh

16、en hunters,had caught animals,When did ancient people celebrate?,Todays festivals have many origins , some _, some _ and some for _,religious,seasonal,special people or events,Obon,Japan,Day of the Dead,Halloween,Mexico,Some Western countries,Careful reading,Part 2 Festivals of the dead,Part 2 Festi

17、vals of the dead,What are festivals of the dead for?,They are held to _or to _, who might return either to _ or to _.,honour the dead,satisfy the ancestors,help,do harm,Obon 盂兰盆节,People go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.,The Day of the Dead 亡灵节,In Mexico,Offer food, f

18、lowers and gifts to the dead,People eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them.,Pumpkin head,Halloween Masks,Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about _.It is now _, when they can dress up and go to their neighbors to ask for sweets. If not,play a trick on,Halloween,the

19、return of,the spirits of dead people,a childrens festival,April,Tomb-Sweeping Day,清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。-杜,清明节 Tomb-sweeping Day,Tomb-sweeping Day is on April 4th,a Chinese traditional festival. It is the most important holiday for sacrifice. On that day, people go to the graveyard and anc

20、estor worship to express our missing.,清明节是一个中国传统节日。它是在4月4日至4月6日之间。这是最重要的祭祀节日。在这一天,人们去墓地祭祀祖先。,festival to honour Gandhi,India,Dragon Boat Festival,Columbus Day,China,USA,Part 3 Festivals to Honour People,Honor the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan,In memory of the arrival of Columbus in the New World,Hono

21、r Gandhi,the leader who helped gain Indias independence from Britain.,Dragon Boat Festival China,Columbus Day USA,National Festival India,Part 4 Harvest Festivals,are happy events,People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.,Harvest/ Thanksgivi

22、ng festivals;,European and other countries;,mid-autumn festivals,China and Japan,decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruits;/ get together to have meals; /win awards for their farm produce,Admire the moon Enjoy mooncakes,church,the biggest watermelon,the most handsome rooster/cock,Cher

23、ry Blossom Festival,Japan,Spring Festival,Easter and related holidays,China,some Western countries,Part 5,Spring festivals are the ones that _ _ _ the end of winter and _ the coming of spring,look,forward to,to,1. At the spring Festival in China, people _ , and may give children _.There are _ _ and _ and families _ the lunar New Year together.,2. Carnivals take place _days before Easter, including _, _, loud music and colorful clot