1. Unit 1 Festivals around the world

2. Lead in: News about a festival
The Corban Festival (古尔邦节）
Which festival is the news about?
YINCHUAN, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Millions of Muslims across China and the world celebrated ________ on Tuesday, its origin also known as day of sacrifice, when lambs and other animals are slaughtered.
Early on Tuesday morning, Muslims from northwest China like Xinjiang and other areas dressed up and attended mosques.

3. Reading FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
Pre-reading: discuss in pairs
How did you celebrate the Corban
Festival this year?
Reading FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS

4. Tick out the festivals mentioned in the passage.
Fast Reading
Festivals & Celebrations
Tick out the festivals mentioned in the passage. √
Ancient festivals
Obon
Day of the Dead
Halloween
Qing Ming Festival
Duanwu Festival
Columbus Day
Indian national festival on Oct.2nd
May Day
Thanksgiving Day
Mid-autumn festivals
Christmas
Spring Festival
Easter
Cherry Blossom Festival √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Dragon Boat Festival √ √ √

5. para1 GUESSING What do ancient festivals celebrate for?
Careful Reading
para1
Which will be talked about in the following passage?
GUESSING
What do ancient festivals celebrate for?
_______festivals
Ancient
the end of cold weather, planting in spring,
harvest in autumn, hunting of animals
Time
______festivals
Today’s
Origins: some religious, some seasonal, and
some for special people or events.

6. Celebrations (verbs*)
Careful Reading
Festivals of the Dead
in the shape of skulls
with “bones ” on them
Festival Country
Celebrations (verbs*)
clean graves, light incense, light lamps , play music
Obon Japan
The Day of Mexico
the Dead
eat food and cakes, offer food, flowers and gift
Halloween Western
countries
dress up, ask for sweets, play a trick

7. Festivals to honor People
Careful Reading
Festivals to honor People
Mark the festivals, countries, and the people mentioned in the passage.
Festivals can also be held to honour famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. In the USA, Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain. ?

8. Key word? happy Harvest Festivals China and Japan
Careful Reading
Harvest Festivals
China and Japan
In European countries
Enjoy mooncakes
decorate…with
Key word?
happy
get together
have meals
Diligent, intelligent ,ambitious, confident, responsible, open-minded, resourceful, tolerant, active, persistent,
Admire the moon
win awards

9. Spring Festivals F F F T What can support the idea in this paragraph?
Careful Reading
Spring Festivals
What can support the idea in this paragraph?
True or False?
( ) 1. At the Spring Festival in China, families gather to celebrate the New Year on January 1st.
( ) 2. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.
( ) 3. When Cherry Blossom Festival comes, the country will be covered by pink snow.
( ) 4. Spring Festivals are the most energetic and important festivals. F
Exciting carnivals/ parades/ dancing/day and night/loud music/ colorful clothing of all kinds…
Lunar New Year F
return of Jesus
from the dead F
covered with cherry tree flowers, look as though... T

10. What are the meanings of festivals in our life?
Festivals let us:
enjoy life
be proud of our customs
forget our work for a little while

11. Group Discussion : Corban Festival and its celebrations
In the English corner, you are going to use English to introduce the Corban Festival to the students from Wenzhou Middle School.

12. HOMEWORK
Write a description of the Corban Festival.
Find more information about the festivals around the world.*

13. Useful Expression 按理应该 发生 使祖先得到满足 给…带来危害 扫墓 纪念，追念 把……引到 以……的形状 盛装，打扮
搞恶作剧
be meant to do
take place
satisfy the ancestors
do harm to
clean the graves
in memory of
lead sb. to
in the shape of…
dress up
play a trick on
= play jokes on

14. Useful Expression
赢得独立
因为…获得奖赏 赏月
期望，期待
压岁钱
日日夜夜，昼夜
宗教和社会节日
似乎，好像
玩的开心
对……感到骄傲
gain independence
win awards for
admire the moon
look forward to
lucky money
day and night
religious and social festival
as though/if
have fun with
be proud of