1. Unit 1 Festival around the world

2. What kinds of traditional Chinese festivals do you know?
Brainstorming
What kinds of traditional Chinese festivals do you know?

3. Spring Festival
lucky money
fireworks

4. The Lantern Festival

5. Tomb Sweeping Day

6. The Dragon Boat Festival

7. Mid-Autumn Festival

8. The Double Seventh Festival The Double ninth Festival 七夕节
(the Chinese Valentine’s day)
The Double
ninth Festival
重阳节

9. Para 1 and sub-heading (副标题)
Skimming(略读，浏览)
Para 1 and sub-heading (副标题)
Festivals of all kinds have ________________:
some ________(宗教的),
some ________(季节性的)
some for special _________________.
different origins
religious
seasonal
people or events
The passage lists _____ kinds of modern festivals
four
Festivals for the Dead
Festivals to Honor People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
namely:
(即)
亡灵节
纪念名人的节日
庆丰收的节日
春天的节日

10. Scan(扫读) the passage and fill in the chart. (Ex 1)
Kinds of Festivals
Names of Festivals
Countries
Festivals of
the Dead
Festivals to
Honor People
Harvest
Festivals
Spring
Festivals

11. Kinds of festivals
Names of Festivals
countries
Obon
Japan
Festivals of
the Dead
Day of the Dead
Mexico
some western
countries
Halloween
Dragon Boat Festival
China
Festivals to Honour
People
USA
Columbus Day
Festival to honor Gandhi
India
European and other countries
Harvest
Festivals
Thanksgiving festivals
Mid-Autumn Festivals
China and Japan
China
The Spring Festival
some western
countries
Spring
Festivals
Easter
Cherry Blossom Festival
Japan

12. Para2 Obon Day of the Dead Festivals of the Dead Halloween
1. What are festivals of the dead usually for?
Festivals of the dead are usually for honoring the dead or satisfying the ancestors, who (some people believe) might return either to help or to do harm.
2. Of the three festivals of the dead, Halloween
has a lot in common with the Chinese festival:
Tomb-sweeping Festival. (T/F) F

13. Halloween（万圣节）is on the evening
of October 31 in Europe.
Pumpkins with candles insides (Pumpkin lights) is so popular in Halloween decorations.
Jack Lantern

14. Children dress in strange clothes to frighten people.
They may also ask people for sweets by saying “Trick or Treat!” 给糖果还是要捣蛋？

15. Festivals to Honour People
National Festival
on October India
a famous ancient poet
The leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.
Dragon Boat Festival
China
Columbus
Columbus Day
USA
He found the New World (新大陆）in 1492.
Gandhi

16. Harvest Festivals Para4
thanksgiving festivals
mid-autumn festivals
Harvest Festivals
Para4
Are harvest festivals always happy events?
Why or why not ?
Harvest festivals are always happy events because
people are _______ (thankful) that food is gathered
for the winter and __________________ (农活) is over .
grateful
the agricultural work

17. Thanksgiving Day (in European countries)
How do people celebrate the festivals (key verbs)?
decorate…with…
get together to …
win awards for …
turkey

18. Mid-Autumn Festival How do people celebrate the festivals?
(in China and Japan )
How do people celebrate the
festivals?
admire the moon
and enjoy mooncakes ◆

19. Para5 Spring festival Easter Cherry Blossom Festival Spring Festivals
What do these spring festivals celebrate?
The return of Jesus from the dead.
The end of winter and the coming of spring and new life.
The getting together of the families.
…looks _________ (as if ) it is covered with
_____________
as though
pink snow

20. the Spring Festival in China
It’s the most _________(富有生气的) and
important festival in China, which falls on
the f______ day of the lunar year. Before the
festival, houses are cleaned and d_________.
At the festival , people eat ___________ and fish
and give children _____ ______ in red paper (red
packets). On the eve, people watch CCTV New
Year Gala and often set off __________.There are
______ dances and ________ (狂欢节) in the streets
energetic
first
ecorated
dumplings
lucky
money
fireworks
dragon
carnivals

21. Discussion Is it important to have festivals and celebrations?
Give your reasons. (group discussion）
to enjoy life
to be proud of our customs
to forget our work for a little while
to get relaxed
to get educated
to enrich culture
to develop tourism
to promote economy …