Unit4HolidaysandFestivals

1、新世纪课标版 Module Two culture Unit4 Holidays and Festivals Writing Task: An Introduction to a Traditional Chinese Festival 汕头市六都中学 蔡颖洁,Dear Vivien, I am writing to ask you for help. Recently I have set up a website introducing festivals around the world, aiming to promote the cultural understanding of t

2、he whole world. And I am wondering if it is possible for you to write some articles introducing some of the important festivals of your country. I would be grateful if you are kind enough to do me a favor. Some examples are enclosed. Looking forward to your positive reply. Yours, Johnson,Festivals:

3、圣诞节 感恩节 万圣节 复活节 愚人节 母亲节 父亲节 教师节 儿童节,Christmas day Thanksgiving Day Halloween Day Easter Day April Fools Day Mothers Day Fathers day Teachers Day Childrens Day,必备词句,国庆节 元旦 春节 端午节 中秋节 清明节 元宵节,必备词句,National Day New Years Day The Spring Festival The Dragon Boat Festival The Mid-autumn Festival Tomb-swee

4、ping Day Lantern Festival,（一）What to include? general introduction（概况） the date（时间） the meaning （意义） the origin（起源） the celebration （庆祝活动）,general introduction（概况） 1.假日: 2.节日: 3.传统的: 4.宗教的: 5.流行的:,holiday / vacation festival traditional religious popular,general introduction（概况） 6.有意义的: 7.重要的: 8.有趣的

5、： 9.最古老的：,meaningful important / significant interesting / fun the oldest,Christmas Day, Which falls on the 25th of December, is the biggest traditional festival for western people. It is meant to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ, but many of the customs and celebrations are not of a religious

6、 nature. It is a festival for family reunion. Before the Christmas, every family will prepare a Christmas tree and decorate it very beautiful. On the Christmas Eve, the whole family will get together and have a big family feast with a wide variety of food. And On Christmas morning, the first thing f

7、or many people is to gather around the Christmas tree to exchange gifts and Merry Christmas greeting with each other.,Thanksgiving Day is a popular holiday celebrated in North America to give thanks to God for having a good harvest. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United S

8、tates and on the second Monday of October in Canada. On this day, people usually decorate their home with flowers and fruit, and it is a day when all the family members get together and have fun with each other. It is also a custom for people to prepare a big feast with the most traditional food , t

9、urkey, which is shared among family and friends.,Meant to celebrate the return of Jesus form the dead and the coming of spring and new life, Easter is one of the most significant and oldest Western festivals. Falling on a Sunday in late March or early April, it began as an important religious festiv

10、al, but now it has become the most fun holiday for the western people. The most important Easter tradition is giving each other Easter eggs, because eggs are the symbol of new life. During the festival , there will be a fun game -the Easter egg hunt. It is a custom for parents to hide chocolate eggs

11、 in the garden, and the children go out to hunt for them. There are also other activities like carnivals, including parades, dancing in the streets, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.,Halloween is a traditional festival held in America to honor the dead. It comes every October 31, the e

12、vening before All Saints Day and his its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. But now, it is a childrens festival. Before the festival, children pick large orange pumpkins, cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person

13、looking out of the pumpkin! And on this evening, children dress up like monsters, putting on strange masks and frightening costumes. They go to their neighbours homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them.,make sentences with the similar

14、 structures 1. 春节是中国人的最重要的传统节日。 2. 中秋节是中国最重要的传统节日之一。,The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival for Chinese people. The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China.,Christmas Day, Which falls on the 25th of December, is the biggest traditional

15、festival for western people. It is meant to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ, but many of the customs and celebrations are not of a religious nature. It is a festival for family reunion. Before the Christmas, every family will prepare a Christmas tree and decorate it very beautiful. On the Chr

16、istmas Eve, the whole family will get together and have a big family feast with a wide variety of food. And On Christmas morning, the first thing for many people is to gather around the Christmas tree to exchange gifts and Merry Christmas greeting with each other.,date for the festival,falls on,Than

17、ksgiving Day is a popular holiday celebrated in North America to give thanks to God for having a good harvest. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. On this day, people usually decorate their home with flowers and frui

18、t, and it is a day when all the family members get together and have fun with each other. It is also a custom for people to prepare a big feast with the most traditional food , turkey, which is shared among family and friends.,It is celebrated on,date for the festival,Meant to celebrate the return o

19、f Jesus form the dead and the coming of spring and new life, Easter is one of the most significant and oldest Western festivals. Falling on a Sunday in late March or early April, it began as an important religious festival, but now it has become the most fun holiday for the western people. The most

20、important Easter tradition is giving each other Easter eggs, because eggs are the symbol of new life. During the festival , there will be a fun game -the Easter egg hunt. It is a custom for parents to hide chocolate eggs in the garden, and the children go out to hunt for them. There are also other a

21、ctivities like carnivals, including parades, dancing in the streets, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.,date for the festival,Falling on,Halloween is a traditional festival held in America to honor the dead. It comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints Day and has its origin

22、 in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. But now, it is a childrens festival. Before the festival, children pick large orange pumpkins, cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! And on this evening

23、, children dress up like monsters, putting on strange masks and frightening costumes. They go to their neighbours homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them.,date for the festival,comes,make sentences with the similar structures 清明节通常是每

24、年的4月4 6号。 (April 4 to 6) Tomb Sweeping Day usually comes on April 4 to 6 every year. 端午节是在农历五月初五。(the fifth day of the fifth lunar month) The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. 春节一般是在农历正月初一。 The Spring festival falls on the first day of the first lunar month. 中秋节是在

25、农历八月十五。 The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month.,the meaning and origin of the festival 庆祝： 举行： 起源 ： 起源于： 开始是： 为了纪念： 死去的人： 祖先：,celebrate / celebration hold origin date from / date back to begin as to honor / in memory of the dead ancestor,Christmas Day, W

26、hich falls on the 25th of December, is the biggest traditional festival for western people. It is meant to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ, but many of the customs and celebrations are not of a religious nature. It is a festival for family reunion. Before the Christmas, every family will prep

27、are a Christmas tree and decorate it very beautiful. On the Christmas Eve, the whole family will get together and have a big family feast with a wide variety of food. And On Christmas morning, the first thing for many people is to gather around the Christmas tree to exchange gifts and Merry Christma

28、s greeting with each other.,the meaning and origin of the festival,is meant to,Thanksgiving Day is a popular holiday celebrated in North America to give thanks to God for having a good harvest. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of Octob

29、er in Canada. On this day, people usually decorate their home with flowers and fruit, and it is a day when all the family members get together and have fun with each other. It is also a custom for people to prepare a big feast with the most traditional food , turkey, which is shared among family and

30、 friends.,is a holiday celebrated to,the meaning and origin of the festival,Meant to celebrate the return of Jesus form the dead and the coming of spring and new life, Easter is one of the most significant and oldest Western festivals. Falling on a Sunday in late March or early April, it began as an

31、 important religious festival, but now it has become the most fun holiday for the western people. The most important Easter tradition is giving each other Easter eggs, because eggs are the symbol of new life. During the festival , there will be a fun game -the Easter egg hunt. It is a custom for par

32、ents to hide chocolate eggs in the garden, and the children go out to hunt for them. There are also other activities like carnivals, including parades, dancing in the streets, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.,Meant to celebrate,the meaning and origin of the festival,Halloween is a tra

33、ditional festival held in America to honor the dead. It comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints Day and has its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. But now, it is a childrens festival. Before the festival, children pick large orange pumpkins, cut faces

34、 in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! And on this evening, children dress up like monsters, putting on strange masks and frightening costumes. They go to their neighbours homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbours do not give

35、 any sweets, the children might play a trick on them.,held,to honor,the meaning and origin of the festival,意义和起源:sth是.的节日，用来。 (1)Sth is a holiday celebrated to. (2)Sth is meant to celebrate/honor. (3)Sth is in memory of / is to honor. (4)Sth is celebrated/held in memory of. (5) sth. dates back to.,非

36、谓语,make sentences with the similar structures 父亲节是一个传统的节日，用来表达对父亲的感激之情。 (express ones gratitude to ) Fathers Day is a traditional holiday celebrated to express our gratitude to our fathers. 教师节是一个有意义的节日，用来表达对老师的尊敬。 Teachers Day is a meaningful holiday celebrated to show our respect to the teachers.

37、3. 中秋节是中国的传统节日，是为了庆祝丰收的节日。 The Mid-Autumn Festival is meant to celebrate the good harvest of a year.,4. 端午节是纪念中国古代伟大诗人屈原的节日（a great poet of ancient China）。 TheDragonBoatFestival is held in memory of Quyuan, a great poet of ancient China. 5. 春节是中国最重要的传统节日，是为了庆祝旧的一年的结束，新的一年的到来的节日。 Meant to celebrate t

38、he end of the old year and welcome the new one, the Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China. 6. 中秋节的起源可以追溯到古代夏商时期(the ancient Xia and Shang Dynasties)。 The Mid-Autumn Festival can date back to the ancient Xia and Shang Dynasties.,celebrations 1.团聚 2.盛宴 3.风俗 4.活动 5.文化 6.装饰

39、 7.聚集 8.互送祝福 9.互送礼物 10.玩得开心,get together feast custom activity culture decorate gather express greetings/ wishes express gifts have fun with each other,celebrations 11.盛装打扮 12.在平安夜 13.在除夕夜 14.合家团圆的日子 吃大餐 游行 17.探亲访友 18.传统食物 19.压岁钱 20.期待，期盼 21.燃放烟花爆竹,dress up on the Christmas Eve on the Eve of Spring

40、Festival a day for family reunion have a big meal / dinner parade visit relatives and friends traditional food lucky money look forward to set off fireworks and crackers,Christmas Day, Which falls on the 25th of December, is the biggest traditional festival for western people. It is meant to celebra

41、te the birthday of Jesus Christ, but many of the customs and celebrations are not of a religious nature. It is a festival for family reunion. Before the Christmas, every family will prepare a Christmas tree and decorate it very beautiful. On the Christmas Eve, the whole family will get together and

42、have a big family feast with a wide variety of food. And On Christmas morning, the first thing for many people is to gather around the Christmas tree to exchange gifts and Merry Christmas greeting with each other.,celebration,Thanksgiving Day is a popular holiday celebrated in North America to give

43、thanks to God for having a good harvest. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. On this day, people usually decorate their home with flowers and fruit, and it is a day when all the family members get together and have f

44、un with each other. It is also a custom for people to prepare a big feast with the most traditional food , turkey, which is shared among family and friends.,celebration,Meant to celebrate the return of Jesus form the dead and the coming of spring and new life, Easter is one of the most significant a

45、nd oldest Western festivals. Falling on a Sunday in late March or early April, it began as an important religious festival, but now it has become the most fun holiday for the western people. The most important Easter tradition is giving each other Easter eggs, because eggs are the symbol of new life

46、. During the festival , there will be a fun game -the Easter egg hunt. It is a custom for parents to hide chocolate eggs in the garden, and the children go out to hunt for them. There are also other activities like carnivals, including parades, dancing in the streets, loud music and colourful clothi

47、ng of all kinds.,celebration,Halloween is a traditional festival held in America to honor the dead. It comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints Day and has its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. But now, it is a childrens festival. Before the festival, children pick large orange pumpkins, cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! And on this evening, children dress up like monsters, putting on strange masks and frighte