1. Reading

2. 重要传统节庆 元旦 (1 月 1 日 )-------------------New Year’s Day 成人节 ( 日本， 1 月 15 日 )------------Adults Day

3. 情人节 (2 月 14 日 )---Valentine’s Day 元宵节 ( 阴历 1 月 15 日 )---Lantern Festival 狂欢节（巴西，二月中下旬 )---Carnival 桃花节 ( 日本女孩节， 3 月 3 日 )--- Peach Flower Festival 国际妇女节 (3 月 8 日 )---International Women’s Day 愚人节 (4 月 1 日 )---Fool’s Day

4. 复活节 ( 春分月圆后第一个星期日 )---Easter 国际劳动节 (5 月 1 日 )---International Labour Day 男孩节 ( 日本， 5 月 5 日 )---Boy’s Day 母亲节 (5 月的第二个星期日 )---Mother’s Day

5. 银行休假日 ( 英国, 5 月 31 日 )---Bank Holiday 国际儿童节 (6 月 1 日 )---International Children’s Day 父亲节 (6 月的第三个星期日 )---Father’s Day

6. 端午节 ( 阴历 5 月 5 日 )---Dragon Boat Festival 仲夏节 ( 北欧 6 月 )---Mid-Summer Day 中秋节 ( 阴历 8 月 15 日 )---Moon Festival 教师节 ( 中国， 9 月 10 日 )---Teacher’s Day 敬老节 ( 日本， 9 月 15 日 )--- Old People’s Day 啤酒节 ( 德国十月节， 10 月 10 日 )---Oktoberfest 南瓜节 ( 北美 10 月 31 日 )---Pumpkin Day

7. 万圣节 (11 月 1 日 )--- Halloween 感恩节 ( 美国， 11 月最后一个星期 4)---- Thanksgiving Day 护士节 (12 月 12 日 )---Nurse day 圣诞除夕 (12 月 24 日 )---Christmas eve 圣诞节 (12 月 25 日 )---Christmas day 新年除夕 (12 月 31 日 )---New Year’s Eve 春节 ( 阴历一月一日 )--- Spring Festival

8. Pre-reading 1. What is your favourite holiday of the year? Why?

9. What kinds of festivals are mentioned in the passage? P1. Ancient festivals Fast reading celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.

10. P 2. Festivals of the Dead P 3. Festivals to Honour People Japan -----Obon Mexico------Day of the Dead America------Halloween Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day (India)October 2

11. P 4. Harvest Festivals P 5. Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival Mid-Autumn festival Spring festival Carnival Easter Cheery Blossom Festival

12. Comprehending

13. Ancient Festivals why how To celebrate the end of the cold winter;planting in spring and harvest in autumn light fire and make music

14. Festivals of the dead why how light lamps, play music, eat food in the shapes of skulls and cakes with bones, go to their neighbors to ask for sweets,dress up to honour the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors

15. Paragraph 2: Festivals of the Dead Country Name of Festival When?How? Mexico the Day of the Dead Early November western countries Halloween(October 31) Japan Obon Mid July/August

16. Obon （盂兰盆） in Japan

17. light incense clean the graves

18. lanterns everywhere lead the dead back to visit the living light the streets where people go out to dance Obon 盂兰盆节

19. the Day of the Dead Mexico and the Southwestern US clean… light… offer… skeleton skull

20. cakes with bones on

21. parades with tall figures of skeletons dressed up as people

22. toys and dolls look like images of the dead

23. the festival of Halloween

24. Halloween ( 万圣节 )

25. children costumed for Halloween play the “trick or treat “

26. Festivals to honour people why how for their great contributions to the society or the country Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi

27. Harvest Festivals why how Food is gathered for the winter. A season of agricultural work is over. decorate churches and town halls, get together to have big meals, admire the moon and eat mooncakes

28. Spring Festivals why how celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring eat delicious food; have exciting carnivals

29. From the passage, why do people have festivals and celebrations or why are festivals so popular with people? Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our custom and forget our daily life for a little while.