Festivals around the World

1.What’s the name of the festival you have just spent? Is it your favorite festival of the year? Warming up

2. During the Spring Festival, how did you spend your holiday? How did your group members spend the holiday? Requirements: Do a survey with your group members about how they spend their holiday and their favorite festival.

Group members A B C D Where did they spend their Spring Festival? How did they spend their Spring Festival? Favorite festival

How many festivals do you know in China? Festivals Dragon Boat Festival Tomb Sweeping Chinese Valentine’s Day Double-Ninth Time Meaning ( 意义 ) Activity ( 活 动 )

Festivals Valentine’s Day Easter April Fool’s Day Thanksgiving Day Time MeaningActivity How many festivals do you know out of China?

Dragon Boat Festival: the fifth day of the fifth month by the lunar calendar. Chinese Valentine’s Day: Double-Ninth: Valentine’s Day: Easter: Easter is always celebrated on the Sunday immediately following the first full moon after the vernal (spring) equinox ( 昼夜平 分 ). It can fall anywhere between March 22 and April 25. Thanksgiving Day: the fourth Thursday of November.

Festivals are meant to celebrate important events. Festivals are meant to celebrate important events. 1. Mean 1) 打算, 意欲做某事 mean to do 1) 打算, 意欲做某事 mean to do He means to cause trouble. He means to cause trouble. 2) be meant for / be meant to do 2) be meant for / be meant to do These books are meant for blind people. These books are meant for blind people. The meeting is meant to solve the problem. The meeting is meant to solve the problem. 3) 意思是，意味着 mean doing 3) 意思是，意味着 mean doing Missing the bus means waiting for another two days. Missing the bus means waiting for another two days. meaning (n) 意思 meaningful (a) 有意义的 meaning (n) 意思 meaningful (a) 有意义的

Discuss when they take place. 2. take place 发生 The opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games took place in Italy, Feb. 10. Attention: take place 不用于被动语态 take sb’s place/ take the place of sb = replace sb She didn’t attend the meeting, so her assistant took her place (replace her).

take place happen break out The World War ___________ in The football match will ____________ tomorrow. A terrible traffic accident ___________ last night. broke out take place happened 指经过安排的事情 偶然发生，碰巧发生 灾难、疾病、战争等突然爆发

1. starve (1) V: become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat: e.g.: Millions of people starved during the war. 饿死： starve to death (2) be starved of: if you are starved of something necessary or good, you do not receive enough of it: e.g. : He was starved of sleep. e.g. : He was starved of sleep. n. starvation die of starvation = starve to death

2. plenty plenty of + 可数名词复数 / 不可数名词 a day/year… of plenty 富裕 ( 尤其指食物和 钱 ) 的日子, 年月, 生活等 e.g: In years of plenty ( 在风调雨顺的日子 里 ), people have enough to eat. e.g: In years of plenty ( 在风调雨顺的日子 里 ), people have enough to eat. You have a life of plenty, what would you be worried about?

3. satisfy Nothing can satisfy him except the best. Some people are really hard to satisfy. sb. be satisfied with 对 … 满意 e.g. She’s not satisfied with her new house.

4. in memory of in memory of sb. 纪念某人 in memory of sb. 纪念某人 e.g: The museum was built in memory of the famous scientist. e.g: The museum was built in memory of the famous scientist. 5. dress up 盛装打扮，化装打扮 You don’t have to dress up. Come as you are. Children love dressing up in Halloween.

6. arrival (n.) arrive (v) The arrival of the plane has been delayed. ____ my arrival at school, Mr. Li was there. On

7. gain (n./v.) 我们从李先生那里得到很多支持。 We gained a lot of support from Mr. Li. No pain, no gain.

8. look forward to Boys and girls are looking forward to the Spring Festival. 孩子们渴盼着过年。 He’s looking forward to hearing from his pen pal. 他期待着笔友来信。 look forward to sth. / doing sth.

9. clothing 总称，不可数名词 a piece of clothing clothes two piece of clothes pieces

10. as though / as if 她装得好像什么事也没发生过似的。 She acted ______________________________ ． 那孩子说话的样子好像她是个大人。 The child talks _______________________. 看样子天要下雨了。 It looks _____________________ ． as though 和 as if 从句用虚拟语气, 还是用陈述语 气，完全根据具体情况而定。如果从句表示的 意思与事实完全相反, 或者纯粹是一种假设, 通常 用虚拟语气。 as though nothing had happened as if she were an adult as if it’s going to rain

1.Take me home ( 连线题 ): You are given 5 minutes to read the passage quickly and try to remember different kinds of festivals mentioned in the text.

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 These festivals are classified according to their _______. meaning

Pair works Name of the Festival TimeCountryMeaningActivities (Name of the Festival) is celebrated in (Country) in (Time). (Meaning) It is meant to celebrate ___________. / Its meaning is ____________. People will (Activities) on this festival.

Pare.2 Festivals of the Dead What are festivals of the dead for? They are to _______, satisfy and please our __________ and to make our ancestors happy so they won’t _______ us. honor ancestors harm

Festivals of the Dead: 1.How do Japanese honor their ancestors? They have a festival called ______, when people should go to clean the _______ and light ________ to honor their ancestors. They light _______ and play_______. 2. What do the people in Mexico do in memory of the dead? They offer _____, ________ and ______ to the dead on the Day of the Dead. People might eat certain food on that day. Obon graves incense musiclamps food flowers gifts

Obonin Japan

The Day of the Dead In Mexico

1) 光荣，荣誉 (n) They fight for the honour of the country. One must show honour to one’s parents. 2) in honour of 为了纪念 = in memory of… A festival is set in honour of the hero. 3) an hounour 光荣的人或事情 Liu Xiang is an honour to our country. 4) 尊敬, 给以荣誉（ v ） Children should honour their parents. 1. honour

2. harm n. do harm to sb./sth.=harm sb./sth. 伤害某 人 v. 伤害, 损害 e.g: This event didn’t harm his reputation. = This event didn’t do harm to his reputation. 3. in the shape of e.g: The boy likes to eat the cake in the shape of a little bird.

Dragon Boat Festival China Columbus Day USA National Festival India Para.3 Festival to Honor People

1 Why do the Chinese have the Dragon Boat Festival? 2 What do people do on this day? Why? 1. To honour the ancient poet Qu Yuan. 2. They have a rowing competition on the boats which are decorated as dragons and they eat Zongzi.

Para.4 Harvest Festivals Why are autumn festivals happy events? People are grateful for the harvest and for the end of the ____________ ______. People are happy that they will have food for the year. agricultural work

Harvest Festivals: 2. What do people do on Thanksgiving? decorate _________ and _______________ get together to have ________ win _______ for crops and animals churches town halls meals awards

The origin of Thanksgiving Day in America In 1620, settlers from England landed at Massachusetts. During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of starvation or epidemics. The next autumn, they got a bump harvest. And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed.

A big family dinner is the usual celebration. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince pie, and cranberry juice and squash. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie.

Para.6 Reasons to have festivals What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? To ____ special food, to enjoy meeting family and friends, to __________ with each other, to celebrate _____________, to have a break from ___________ eat have fun our customs daily life