Festivals around the world
Unit 1Warming-up
Think and list as many festivals as possible in a piece of paper. (2mins)
Festival
Lead in:
January New Year’s Day (元旦 ) /Spring Festival (春节)February Lantern Festival (元宵节)Valentine’s Day (情人节)March International Women’s Day (国际妇女节)Tree-Planting Day ( 植树节 )April April Fool’s Day (愚人节)Qingming Festival ( 清明节 )Easter Day (复活节)
Some Festivals around the world 1
May Labour’s Day( 劳动节 )Mother’s Day (母亲节)June Children’s Day ( 儿童节 )Father’s Day (父亲节)Dragon Boat Festival (端午节)July Party’s birthday ( 建党日 )US Independence Day (美国国庆日)Bastille Day (法国国庆日)August Army Day 建军节Chinese Valentine's Day (七巧节)
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September Teacher’s Day ( 教师节 )Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节)October Columbus Day (哥伦布纪念日)The Double Ninth Festival (重阳节)Halloween (万圣节)National Day ( 国庆节 )November Thanksgiving Day (感恩节)December The World Aids Day (世界艾滋病日)Christmas (圣诞节)
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Select one Chinese festival and discuss when people celebrate and how people celebrate. (3mins)
Warming-up
Festival Time What it celebrates How people celebrate
Mid-Autumn Festival
autumn the beauty of the full moon, harvest, time with family
give and eat mooncakes, watch the full moon with family and friends
Sample1:
Festival Time of Year/ date
What it celebrates
What people do
Spring Festival
the first day of the first lunar month
the end of winter, arrival of spring, Lunar New Year, reunion with family and relatives
have a reunion with family•wear new clothes, eat plenty of delicious food•give lucky money to children•……
Sample 2:
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•go shopping•visit family
Sample3:
Festival Time 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
•eat zhongzi;•watch dragon boat races;•throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water•put herbs on doorways for good health
Read the following descriptions and guess which western festival it is. At the same time, try to learn more about the festival.
Learn & Guess
This festival happens at the beginning of the spring.
Usually most young people are happy on this day.
They send flowers and chocolate or some other gifts to the one they love.
Valentine’s
Day
This festival happens in spring.
People can tell lies and play tricks on others without being blamed.
Some people may be fooled but they can not be angry.
Mother’s Day
• The second Sunday in May
• We give flowers and presents to our mothers.
This festival happens the 4th Thursday of November.
Every family has a feast( 盛宴 ) on this day.
Turkey is the most important food on this day.
People celebrate it to thank God for a harvest in 1620.
People usually celebrate it together with their family members.
People send cards or gifts to others.
A kind-hearted old man put the gifts in the stockings for children secretly at night.
Christmas Day
Festivals and
Celebrations
1. How many kinds of festivals are mentioned in the passage?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.2. Which of the following are not mentioned i
n the passage? A. Carnival and Columbus Day. B. Halloween and Spring Festivals. C. Thanksgiving Festivals and Obon. D. Valentine’s Day and Fool’s Day.
Skimming Listen to the tape and find:
Kinds of Festivals Names of Festivals
Countries
Festivals ofthe Dead
Festivals to Honour PeopleHarvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
Fill in the following chart.
Scanning
Festivals Names of Festivals
Countries
Festivals of the Dead
Obon
Day of the Dead
Halloween
Japan
Mexico
some Western countries
Festivals to Honour People
Dragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
festival to honor Gandhi
China
USA
India
Harvest Festivals
harvest/ Thanksgiving festivals
mid-autumn festivals
European and other countries
China and Japan
Spring Festivals
Spring Festival
Easter and related
holidays
Cherry Blossom Festival
China
some Western countries
Japan
Read paragraph1 and find:
1. What do festivals celebrate for ?
Careful Reading Introduction
In ancient time, festivals would celebrate the end of cold water, planting in spring and harvest in autum.
Today’s festivals are celebrated for religion, a season ,special people or events.
2. How do Japanese honour their ancestors?
They have a festival called Obon, when pe
ople should go to clean the graves and ligh
t incense to honour their ancestors. They l
ight lamps and play
music.
Careful Reading Festivals of the Dead
Obon in Japan
3. What do people in Mexico do in memory of the dead?
They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead on the Day of the Dead. People eat certain food on that day.
The Day of the Dead in Mexico
4. What do people in Western countries do in memory of the dead?
They used to believe in the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children’s festival, when they dress as witches and ghosts and go to their neighbour’s homes to ask for sweets.
pumpkin head
Halloween in Western countries
mask
5. Match the festivals with the proper people.
Columbus Day
National Festival on October 2
The Dragon Boat FestivalChinaIndia USA
Festivals to Honor People
Harvest Festivals6. People will ________ on Thanksgiving festivals.1.2.3.
decorate churches and town hallsget together to have meals
win awards for their farm produce
Spring Festivals
7. What do people usually do at spring festivals? At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.
8. What does Easter celebrate?
9. Do you know the symbols of Easter?
It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life.
Easter eggs and Easter Bunnies.
Do you know the date of Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival? March 15- April 15
Retell the text by filling the following blanks.
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 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
Quiz
celebrations
ancient
festivals
honor
ancestors
do harm
______ _____ ______ 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 ____.
Dragon Boat Festival
gatheredagricultural
energetic
comingLunar
carnivals life
Thank you.
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