Unit1Festivals
around the world
The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
The Double Ninth Festival 重阳节
The Spring Festival
Tomb Sweeping Day 清明节
The Lantern Festival 元宵节
The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节
The Double Seventh Festival 七夕节
What kinds of festivals in China do you know about?
Brainstorming
festivals
Spring Festival Lantern Festival
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。 ------[唐 ] 杜牧
Tomb-Sweeping Day
April 5th
Dragon Boat Festival Mid-Autumn Day
International Women’s Day
New Year’s Day( 元旦 )
Children’s Day
National Day
The Youth Day
International Labour Day
What Chinese public holidays do you know ?
Holidays
festivals
Christmas
Apirl Fool’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Easter(Mar--Apirl)
Thanksgiving Day November
Mother’s Day May
Father’s Day June
Halloween Oct.31
What festivals of foreign countries do you know?
ValentinesFebruary 14th
Halloween
Easter Thanksgiving Day
名称名称 英文名称英文名称 月份月份情人节 Valentine’s Day 2 月 14 日
复活节 Easter3 月 21 日或此日后月圆的第
一个星期日耶稣受难日 Good Friday 复活节前的星期五
愚人节 April Fool’s Day 4 月 1 日母亲节 Mother’s Day 5 月的第二个星期日父亲节 Father’s Day 6 月的第三个星期日劳动节 Labor Day 5 月 1 日万圣节 Halloween 10 月 31 日感恩节 Thanksgiving Day 11 月的第四个星期 4
斋节 Ramadan 穆斯林历的第 9 个月圣诞节 Christmas Day 12 月 25 日
Foreign Festivals
Pre-reading
What festivals or celebrations do you
have in your city or town? What part
of a festival do you like best- the
activities, the music, the sights, the
food or the people who visit?
Reading
How many types of festivals are
mentioned in the passage?
1. Ancient festivals
2. Festivals of the Dead
3. Festivals to Honor People
4. Harvest Festivals
5. Spring Festivals
Scanning
What festivals are mentioned in
each paragraph?
P1. Ancient festivals
celebrate the end of the cold weather,
planting in spring and harvest in
autumn; celebrate when hunters catch
animals.
P 2. Festivals of the Dead
Japan -----Obon
Mexico------Day of the Dead
America------Halloween
P 3. Festivals to Honour People
Dragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
(India)October 2
Obon (盂兰盆) in Japan
Columbus Day
P 4. Harvest Festivals
Harvest and Thanksgiving
Festival
Mid-Autumn festival
P 5. Spring Festivals
Spring festival
Carnival
Easter
Cheery Blossom Festival
Harvest Festivals
Comprehending
I. Read the passage and then fill
in the following chart.
Purposes To honor the dead or satisfy the 1________
Names 2______ The Day of the Dead
4_________
Countries Japan 3_______ Western countries
1. Festivals of the Dead.
ancestors
Obon
Mexico
Halloween
Activities
Cleaning 5______; lighting 6_______ and lamps; playing 7______
Eating cakes with 8_____ on them; offering food, flowers and 9____ to the dead
Children 10 _______ and ask for sweets
graves
incense
music
bones
gifts
dress up
Obon The Day of the Dead
HalloweenFestivals
2. Festivals to Honour People
Match the person with the festival.
1. Qu Yuan
2. Christopher Columbus
3. Mohandas Gandhi
a. the Dragon Boat Festival
b. an Indian national festival on Oct. 2
c. Columbus Day
a
c
b
3. Harvest Festivals
Choose the best answer.
Many activities can be held in harvest
festivals EXCEPT that people ___.
A. get together to have meals
B. decorate houses to admire the moon
C. win awards for their farm produce
D. enjoy mooncakes
B
B. decorate houses to admire the moon
4. Spring Festivals Fill in the blanks.4. Spring Festivals Fill in the blanks.
Meanings
To look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring
Names 1______ ____________
2______
3_____
Cherry Blossom Festival
The SpringFestival
Carnivals Easter
Coun-tries
China Western countries
Mainly religious countries
8 _____Japan
Activities
Eating good foods; giving children 4_____ money; 5________ ______ and carnivals
6________; dancing in the streets; loud music; 7_________________
lucky
dragon dances
Parades
colourfulclothing
Spring Festival CarnivalsFestivals
1). What are festivals of the dead usually for?
Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.
II. Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following question.
2). What makes autumn festivals happy events?
people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.
3). What do people usually do at spring festivals?
people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.
4).What is one important reason to
have festivals and celebrations?
we can enjoy life/ be proud of our
customs/ forget our work for a little
while.
5). Compare the festivals of the dead in
Mexico, Japan and China. What things
are similar? What things are different?
Similarities: clean their ancestors’
graves, and the Mexicans offer food,
flowers and gifts to the dead.
Differences: the Mexicans eat special
food that looks like bones, something
the Chinese and Japanese do not do.
1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their
food.
2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to
honor the dead.
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T
III. True or False
3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor
a lot in China.
4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the
end of autumn.
5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.
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F
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Which festivals you think are the
most important and which are the
most fun.
Homework
1. Go over the text after class and
find the sentences that you don’t
understand
2. Finish exercise “discovering useful
words and expressions” on Page 4.
(Ex1, 2 and 3)
3. Find out as much information as
possible about festivals around the
world.