Festivals

Revision Ask students to spell the new words of unit one in five minutes Finish a piece of reading material

Listening Listening What festivals are mentioned in the text? Festivals Obon The Day of the Dead Halloween The Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu Festival) Columbus Day National Festival in India Mid- autumn Festivals Easter The Cherry Blossom Festival Carnivals The Spring Festival Task1

Obon Day of the Dead Halloween Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Thanksgiving Easter Cherry Blossom Festival Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals Take me home ( 连线题） :

When did ancient people celebrate ? the end of cold weather Planting in spring Harvest in autumn When they had food animals caught When they wanted a year of plenty Task3 Scanning What did they do? Lit fires and made music

Obon in Japan

People might eat food in the shape of skull

The Day of the Dead In Mexico

Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years. On October 31 children in countries like the US and Canada celebrate Halloween. All Hallows All Saints’ Day November 1

给糖果还是要捣蛋？ Trick or Treat? The festival of Halloween had its origin as an event in memory of the dead. It is now a children’s festival,when they can go to their neighbours’ homes and ask for sweets.They dress up and try to frighten people. If they are not given anything, the children might play a trick.

Halloween Parade( 游行）

Festivals of the dead FestivalsWhereWhenWhat to doWhat to eat ObonIn July or August The Day of the Dead Halloween The U.S and some other countries Japan Clean the graves Light incense Light lamps Play music Mexico In early November People offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead Food in the shape of skulls, and cakes with “bones” on them October 31 Go to neighbours’ Dress up and try to frighten people

Are there any similar festivals in China? What to do ? The Qingming Festival Or Sweeping Tomb Festival

Duan Wu Festival

Who was honoured in the USA mentioned in the text? In memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus

Why does India have a national festival on October 2? To honour the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, To honour/remember the leader who helped India’s independence from Britain

Dragon Boat Festival China Columbus Day USA National Festival India

Festivals to honour people FestivalsCountryPeople honoured The Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day National Festival China Qu Yuan, the famous ancient poet The USA Christopher Columbus India Mahatma Gandhi

Harvest Festivals 1.Why are autumn festivals happy events? 2. What do people do to celebrate it? Because people are grateful and happy and a season of agricultural work is over. In European countries, it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit; get together to have meals, win awards for their animals, flowers, fruit and vegetables; admire the moon

church rooster watermelon

Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn, holiday parades and giant balloons. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year (2007) is November 22rd.

Mooncakes

Easter Bunny Easter eggs In late March or early April They are popular symbols Easter

复活节是基督教纪念耶稣复活的一个宗教节日。每年，春分过 去，第一次月圆后的第一个星期日就是复活节。日期年年不同， 一般在 3 月 22 日至 4 月 25 日之间。 复活节有不少传统习惯，最典型的要数复活节彩蛋。古人常 把蛋视为多子多孙和复活的象征。后来基督教徒又赋予蛋新的 涵义，认为它是耶稣墓的象征，未来的生命就是从其中挣脱而 出世的。复活节时人们把鸡蛋染成红色，代表耶稣受难时流出 的鲜血，同时也象征复活后的快乐。还有一种古老的习俗，是 把煮熟的鸡蛋送给街头的孩子们做游戏，他们把蛋往前滚，谁 的蛋最后破，谁就获得胜利，蛋全归他所有。 兔子也是复活节的象征。因为兔子繁殖力很强，所以人们把 它视为新生命的表现者。大人常绘声绘色地告诉孩子复活节彩 蛋是兔子下的，并把彩蛋放在花园里，让孩子们玩找蛋游戏。 现在每逢复活节，美国大小糖果店总要出售用巧克力制成的 复活节小兔和彩蛋。这些彩蛋小的和鸡蛋差不多，大的竟有甜 瓜那么大，孩子们自然喜欢，送给亲戚朋友，也不失为上佳礼 品。

Carnival

The Cherry Blossom Festival

Spring Festivals FestivalsCountryWhat to do The Lunar Chinese New Year Carnivals The Cherry Blossom Festival China Christian countries Japan Eat dumplings, fish and meat Give lucky money Dragon dances Parades, dancing, loud music, colourful clothing Enjoy the cherry tree flowers

What are the purpose to have festivals and celebrations? Festivals To have fun with each other To let us enjoy life To be proud of our customs To forget our daily life for a little while To honour the dead To honour famous people To celebrate harvest To welcome a new year and look forward to the future To ask people to pay attention to something

Retell the text by filling the following blanks: 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 ________ in autumn.Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or _______and please the _________ in case they might _____ _______, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as _________ _______ ______ and Columbus Day. celebrations Boat Festival Dragon harm do ancestors satisfy honor festivals ancient harvest Task4

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 look forward to the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time. agricultural gathered lunar coming energetic

Homework Find out difficult words and expressions in the text. Write an introduction of the festival your group have created. Possible version Peace Day It takes place every year on January 2, the day after the New Year’s Day. At the beginning of a new year, we create such a festival in order to call for peace, to make the world a better place for everyone. People have to learn about foreign countries on that day. The TVs and newspapers will be all about foreign countries. And people are asked to eat foreign food on that day. And they are asked to talk about peace with their families, friends, and so on.