1. Festivals and celebrations
Unit 1 Module 3
Festivals and celebrations
Pre-reading:
Short Discussion:
1. Name as many festivals as possible
2. What can we do in festivals?

2. While-reading Para 1: 1. What would ancient festivals celebrate?
2 What do present people celebrate?
How many kinds of festivals are mentioned in the text?

3. Para 2: Festivals of the dead
Names
Countries
What people do
Obon
The Day of the Dead
Halloween
Japan
Mexico
The Western

4. Obon in Japan

5. The Day of the Dead
in Mexico

6. Halloween
Jack o’lantern
Trick or treat!
Compare the differences and similarities of the three festivals of the dead.

7. Para 3: Festivals to Honor People
Names
Countries
Why they are honored
The Dragon-boat Festival
Columbus Day
Mohandas Gandhi Day
China
United States
India

8. Christopher Columbus
Parade on Columbus Day

9. Mohandas Gandhi

10. Para 4: Festivals to Honor People
Names
Countries
What people do
Thanksgiving Day
Mid-Autumn Day
The Western
China/Japan

11. Thanksgiving Day

12. Para 5: Festivals to Honor People
Names
Countries
What people do
The Spring Festival
Easter
The Cheery Blossom Festival
China
The Western
Japan

13. Customs of the Spring Festival
lucky money in red paper
gather / feast
dragon dance
The Spring Festival Gala
set off firework

14. Japan’s Cheery Blossom Festival

15. In Conclusion One thing most festivals have in common is that
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we can enjoy life, be proud of our customs
and forget our work for a little while

16. Discussion Nowadays foreign festivals seem to
become more popular than Chinese
traditional festivals among young people,
Should we keep our traditional festivals
alive?
Why? And how?