Unit 1 Festivals around the world Warming up and reading 高一人教新课标版必修三

Brainstorming How many festivals do you know both in and out of China?

The Dragon Boat Festival The Double Ninth Festival The Spring Festival Tomb Sweeping Day The Lantern Festival The Middle Autumn Festival The Double Seventh Festival In China festivals

Spring Festival The 1st day of the first lunar month

Festival of lanterns

yuanxiao

Tomb Sweeping Day

Dragon Boat Festival May 5 Mid-autumn Day August 15

The Double Seventh Festival

festivals Christmas April Fool’s Day Valentine’s Day Carnival Easter Thanksgiving Day Mother’s Day Father’s Day Halloween In foreign countries

Valentine’s Day

In February Carnival ( 狂欢节 )

Easter 复活节 The first Sunday after a full moon on or after March 21

April Fool’s Day April 1st

Obon （盂兰盆） in Japan

Mother’s Day The Second Sunday in May

Thanksgiving Day The fourth Thursday in November

November 31st Halloween 万圣节

Christmas

Choose one of the festivals, and discuss it with your partner. 1. When the festival is; 2. What the festival celebrates; 3. What people should do or should not do.

Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of a year. Different countries have different festivals. Work in groups and list below three more Chinese festivals that you know.

FestivalTime of year/ date What it celebrates What people do Mid- Autumn Festival autumn /fall the beauty of the full moon ， harvest, time with family and friends give and eat mooncakes, watch the full moon with family and friends

Festival Time of year/date What it celebrates What people do Spring Festival January/ February the end of winter ， arrival of spring, Lunar New Year ， reunion with family and relatives give money in red paper to children; see dragon dances; eat fish, prawns and dumplings ； visit family members

Festival Time of year/date What it celebrates What people do National Day October 1 the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 take time off work; travel to visit family or to see other parts of China; go shopping

FestivalTime of year/date What it celebrates What people do Dragon Boat Festival/ Duanwu Festival the fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar the memory of the beloved poet Qu Yuan who died in 278 BC eat zongzi; watch dragon boat races; throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water in memory of Qu Yuan; put herbs on doorways for good health

Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Chinese people? Spring Festival Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Christian people in Western countries? Christmas

Pre-reading 1. 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? Work in groups of four and talk about the two questions.

2. Look at the pictures and title of the passage below. Discuss what kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.

starve: 饥饿 origin: 起源 ancestor: 祖先 Obon: 盂兰盆节 ( 日本 ) grave: 坟墓；墓地 incense: 熏香 in memory of: 纪念 feast: 节日；盛宴 Goal words

skull: 头骨 dress up: 打扮；盛装 play a trick on: 搞恶作剧 award: 奖品 rooster: 公鸡 energetic: 充满活力的 carnival: 狂欢节 parade: 游行

Read through the passage and find out how many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage? 1. Ancient festivals 2. Festivals of the Dead 3. Festivals to Honor the People 4. Harvest Festivals 5. Spring Festivals Scanning

What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph and? Para. 1 Ancient Festival celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.

Para. 2 Festivals of the Dead Japan -----Obon Mexico------Day of the Dead America------Halloween Para. 3 Festivals to Honour People China Dragon Boat Festival USA Columbus Day India festival to honour Gandhi

Para. 4 Harvest Festivals European and other countries Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival China and Japan----- Mid-Autumn festival Para. 5 China Spring festival Some Western countries Easter and related holidays Japan Cheery Blossom Festival

Read the passage carefully again and answer the questions with the help of the pictures.

What would people celebrate at these three times of a year? Why do you think music and fire or light are used in festivals? Ancient Festivals

What kind of things are done to honour the dead? Why do you think about the Mexican practice of making cakes with skulls and bones? Mexican Day of the Dead

Obon

What do you know about Halloween? Halloween

What festivals or celebrations can you think of that honour famous people or important events? the Dragon Boat Festival

Who do you think should have a festival to honour them? Why? Columbus Day

Harvest Festival Thanksgiving Day Do you know any harvest celebrations in China?

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. Some festivals are held to ______ the dead or to satisfy the _________ in case they might return either to help or to ___ _____, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as celebrations harm do ancestors honour festivals ancient Retell the text by filling the following blanks.

_______ ____ _______ and Columbus Day. Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and the ___________work is over. 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. Some Western countries have very exciting ________. Festivals let us enjoy ____. agricultural gathered Lunarcoming Dragon Boat Festival energetic carnivals life

Group work Work in groups and create your own festival and then report it to the class. Name of the festivals: Date: Meaning: Why it is celebrated: How it is celebrated:

religious, in memory of, belief, custom, look forward to, admire, as though, celebration, play a trick on, award. Homework 1. Read the passage again and review the new words and expressions. 2. 发挥想象，连词成文 ( 字 ).