Festivals around the world Unit 1 Festivals around the world

Chinese festivals do you know? What Chinese festivals do you know? National Day Lantern festival New Year … Qingming Festival FESTIVAL Army Day Mid-Autumn Festival May Day Children’s Day Spring Festival Teachers’ Day Dragon Boat Festival Double Nine Festival

Choose one of the Chinese festivals, and think about When the festival comes What people should do or should not do Why the festival is liked by people Food Date Work Fruit Visit Jiaozi FESTIVALS Fun Dress up Memory Singing Watching TV Dancing

Can you guess these festivals? Christmas

Halloween masks pumpkins dress up

witch wizard angel devil saint sweets “trick or treat?” candy

Obon 日本 盂兰盆节 lamps ancestor

Chocolate Valentine’s Day

Thanksgiving turkey

Why would people celebrate at these three times of the year? Why do you think music and fire or light are used in festivals? What kind of things are done to honour the dead? Ancient Festivals What do you think about the Mexican practice of making cakes with skulls and bones? Mexican Day of the Dead

Columbus Day Do you know any harvest celebrations in China? the Dragon Boat Festival What festivals or celebrations can you think of that honour famous people or important events? Columbus Day Do you know any harvest celebrations in China? Harvest Festival

Bunny Easter eggs

fires, music parades Festivals Purpose How to celebrate Ancient Festivals Festivals of the Dead -- Obon -- The Day of the Dead in Mexico -- Halloween Festivals to Honour People --the Dragon Boat Festival -- the Columbus Day Harvest Festivals -- Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals -- Mid-Autumn Festival Warm weather harvest and food fires, music Lamps, music In memory of the dead Food, flowers, gifts dress up , sweets, tricks Honor Quyuan Dragon boat race, zongzi In memory of Christopher Columbus parades Europe:Decorate, meals, win awards Food and harvest admire the moon, mooncakes

Spring Festivals dumplings, fish, meat, lucky money, dragon & lion dances, family reunion --Chinese Spring Festival The end of winter, the coming of spring carnivals(parades, dancing, music, colourful clothing) --Some western countries: The return of Jesus, the coming of spring --Easter Eggs, bunny --Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival Cherry tree flowers, the coming of spring Eat, drink, have fun with each other

Answer the questions in Ex. 1 P3 Learning about language homework: Recite paragraph 1 Modal verbs P91

Language points honour the dead 2. do harm to sb = harm sb 3. in memory of eg: This museum was built in memory of the great president. 4. dress up 5. play a trick (on sb) 6.win awards for 7.admire sb/ sth (for sth) eg: I admire him for his success in business.

8.look forward to (doing) sth 9. as though= as if 10. have fun with 11. be proud of 12. for a little while