Reading: Festivals and Celebrations Unit 1, Module 3 Festivals around the world Reading: Festivals and Celebrations 1

Review of the festivals I. Find out the right festival for each sentence.

1. It is the birthday of Jesus Christ. Easter New Year Christmas

2. It is the day that we remember the poet Qu Yuan. Tomb-sweeping Day Dragon Boat Festival Double Ninth Festival

3. It is the day that people admire the moon and eat moon cakes. Halloween Mid-Autumn Festival Mother's Day

4. It is an American traditional holiday, falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to celebrate the harvest. Thanks-giving Day Mother's Day Dragon Boat Festival

5. It is the day that We watch dragon dances and get lucky money. Lantern Festival Dragon Boat Festival Chinese New Year

Review of the festivals II. Tell the class which festival is your favorite and why.

Festivals and Celebrations Pre-reading: prediction Read the title of the passage and Look at the pictures, then guess what the passage may be about. The passage may be about different _________and ___________ in China or in some _______ countries. celebrations festivals foreign Festivals and Celebrations

Festivals and Celebrations Reading: Festivals and Celebrations

Task 1 Scanning Para 1 & subheadings (副标题) Fast reading： Task 1 Scanning Para 1 & subheadings (副标题) Today’s festivals have many________: some ________, some for special _________________. origins religious seasonal people or events The passage lists _____ kinds of festivals, four Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honor People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals namely: (即) 亡灵节 纪念名人的节日 庆丰收的节日 春天的节日

What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph? Fast reading： Task 2 Skimming Para 2 - Para 5 What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph? ↓ Comprehending 1. Skim the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.

Kinds of festivals Names of Festivals countries 1 2 3 Obon Japan Festivals of the Dead Day of the Dead Mexico some western countries Halloween Dragon Boat Festival China Festivals to Honour People USA Columbus Day Festival to honor Gandhi India harvest /Thanksgiving festivals European countries Harvest Festivals China and Japan Mid-Autumn Festivals China Spring Festival some western countries Spring Festivals carnivals / Easter Japan Cherry Blossom Festival

→ → → → → Close reading： Task 3 Read paragraph by paragraph Para. 1

Para. 1 What and when did ancient people celebrate ? Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of______________, ________________and _______________. Sometimes celebrations would be held ______________________________. planting in spring cold weather harvest in autumn after hunters had caught animals. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.

Para. 2 Obon Day of the Dead Festivals of the Dead Halloween 1. What are festivals of the dead usually for? Festivals of the dead are usually for _______the dead or _________the ancestors, who (some people believe) might return either to help or to_______. honoring satisfying do harm 2. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar（类似的）? What things are different?

2. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China 2. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different? Similar things: The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honor the dead. The _______ and _______ go to clean their ancestors’ graves, and the ___________ offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. Chinese Japanese Mexicans

2. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China 2. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different? Different things: The ________ eat special food that looks like bones, something the ______ and ________ do not do. Mexicans Chinese Japanese

Why does India have a national festival on October 2? Para. 3 Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Festival to honor Gandhi Festivals to Honour People Why does India have a national festival on October 2? To honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India’s ________________ from _________. independence Britain

Para. 4 Thanksgiving festivals Mid-autumn festivals Harvest Festivals Are harvest festivals very happy events? Why? Harvest festivals are very happy events because people are _______ (thankful) that food is ________ for the winter and __________________ (农活) is over . grateful gathered the agricultural work How do people celebrate the festivals ?

D Para. 4 How do people celebrate the festivals ? A. People admire the moon and enjoy mooncakes. B. People decorate churches and town halls. C. People get together to have meals. D. All of the above. D

Para5 A. It celebrates the birth of Jesus . the Spring Festival Easter Cherry Blossom Festival Spring Festivals 1. What do these spring festivals celebrate? The return of Jesus from the dead. The end of winter and the coming of spring. The getting together of the families. 2. What does Easter celebrate ? A. It celebrates the birth of Jesus . B. It celebrates the death of Jesus. C. It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life . D. It celebrates people’s harvest .

3. What do people usually do at Spring Festivals in China? Para5 3. What do people usually do at Spring Festivals in China? It’s the most _________(富有生气的) and important festival in China. At the festival , people eat __________, fish and meat, and give children _____ ______ in red paper. There are ______ dances and ________ (狂欢节), and f_________ celebrate the _______ (阴历)New Year together. energetic dumplings lucky money dragon carnivals families Lunar

Para. 6 Which of the following is not the reason why people love festivals according to the passage? A. Because festivals let us enjoy life. B. Because festivals make us proud of our customs. C. Because festivals can make us have fun with each other. D. Because festivals can let us get money from the government. D

Summary Consolidation celebrations There are all kinds of festivals and __________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ _________ were mainly held at three times a year--- the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or satisfy the _________ in case they might _____ _______, while other festivals are held to honor famous people, such as _________ _______ _______, Columbus Day and a national festival on October 2. ancient festivals honor ancestors do harm Dragon Boat Festival

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and because a season of ___________work is over, to which Mid autumn festival belongs. And the most _________and important festivals are the ones that _______________the end of winter and to the ______ of spring. gathered agricultural energetic look forward to coming

Discussion Is it important to have festivals and celebrations? Give your reasons. (group discussion） to enjoy life to be proud of our customs to forget our work for a little while to get relaxed to get educated to enrich culture to develop tourism to promote economy …

Homework: Write a passage to introduce a festival you are interested in or you think most fun. (when, where, how to celebrate) 2. Read the passage to understand it better and find out the problems if any. 3. Remember the new words.