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Unit 1 Festivals around the worldChinese FestivalsFestivalsTimeThe Spring FestivalLunar January 15Tree-planting Day The Qingming Festival Lunar May 5The Double Seventh FestivalSeptember 10The Double Ninth FestivalOctober 1The Lantern FestivalLunar January 1April 4-6The Dragon-boat FestivalMarch 12Lunar July 7Teachers DayLunar September 9National DayForeign and international festivalsFestivals TimeNew Years DayFebruary 14Fools DayMay 1Childrens DayHalloweenThe fourth Thursday in NovemberDecember 25January 1Valentines DayApril 1Labours DayJune 1October 31Thanksgiving DayChristmas DayTrue or False1.The ancient people neednt worry about their food.2.Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.3.Qu Yuan was a great poet whom people honor a lot in China.4.Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.5.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.6.There is pink snow in spring in Japan.FTTFFFPair work Talk to each other and find out:Which festival do you like most?Why？Fast readingHow many festivals are mentioned in the passage?What are they?12ks5u精品课件FestivalsCountries Obon JapanDay of the DeadMexico HalloweenDragon Boat FestivalChinaColumbus DayUSAMahatma Gandhi DayIndiaMid-autumn FestivalChina/JapanSpring FestivalChinaCarnivalEasterCherry Blossom FestivalJapanThanksgiving festivalsfestivalsAncient festivalsFestivals of the deadFestivals to honour peopleHarvest festivalsSpring festivalsWhen did ancient people celebrate?at the end of winterWhen good weather returneda good harvestanimals caughtWhen they wanted a year of plenty the end of the cold weather,planting in spring,or harvest in autumn when hunters could catch animalslit fires and made musicAncient festivalsWhen do people celebrate now?When they welcome a new yearWhen families get togetherWhen they achieve great successWhen something pleasant happensks5u精品课件CountryName of the festivalsWhat people doThe meaning of the festivalsObon Halloween Japan Mexicolight lampsplay musicDay of the Deadeat foodoffer sth to the deadask for sweetsdress up and frighten peopleTo honor the dead,or satisfy and please the ancestorsFestivals of the DeadDragon Boat Festival _ the famous ancient _,Qu Yuan.honourspoetks5u精品课件Columbus Day is _ the _ of Christopher Columbus in America.in memory ofarrival Mahatma Gandhi(1869-1948)Gandhi,Indian national leader,was born on October 2,1869,and educated in law in London Mahatma Gandhi helped _ Indias independence from Britain.gainks5u精品课件Any other festivals which are meant to honour people in China?Who is honoured?Tree-planting Day;Sun Yetsun.Harvest Festivals1.Why are autumn festivals happy events?2.What do people do to celebrate it?Because people are grateful and happy and a season of agricultural work is over.In European countries,it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit;get together to have meals,win awards for their animals,flowers,fruit and vegetables;admire the moonSpring FestivalsFestivalsCountryWhat to doThe Lunar Chinese New YearCarnivalsThe Cherry Blossom FestivalChinaChristian countriesJapanEat dumplings,fish and meatGive lucky moneyDragon dancesParades,dancing,loud music,colourful clothingEnjoy the cherry tree flowersks5u精品课件1.At the spring Festival in China,people _ food,children may _ lucky money,and families _ the lunar New Year together.2.Easter celebrate the _ of Jesus for Christian and it also celebrate the _ of spring.3.In the Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan,the country _ cherry tree flowers so that it looks _ it might be the sea of pink snow.eatgetcelebratereturncomingis covered withas thoughWhat are the purposes of festivals?FestivalsTo have fun with each other To let us enjoy lifeTo be proud of our customsTo forget our daily life for a little whileTo honour the deadTo honour famous peopleTo celebrate harvestTo welcome a new year and look forward to the futureTo ask people to pay attention to somethingks5u精品课件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 for the end of the cold winter,planting in spring and harvest in autumn.Some festivals are held to _ the dead or satisfy and _ the _ in case they might _ _,while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods,such as _ _ _ and Columbus Day.celebrationsBoat FestivalDragonharmdoancestorspleasehonorfestivalsancientks5u精品课件Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _ for the winter and because a season of _work is over,to which Mid autumn festival belongs.And the most energetic 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.agriculturalgatheredlunarcomingGroup work Festivals are created.Now youve got the chance to create a new festival.Discuss in groups,make a plan:When the festival takes place What the festival is for What people do at the festival What people eat at the festivalks5u精品课件Peace Day It takes place every year on January 2,the day after the New Years Day.At the beginning of a new year,we create such a festival in order to call for peace,to make the world a better place for everyone.People have to learn about foreign countries on that day.The TVs and newspapers will be all about foreign countries.And people are asked to eat foreign food on that day.And they are asked to talk about peace with their families,friends,and so on.ks5u精品课件HomeworkFind out useful words and expressions and finish the exercises in Learning about Language accordingly.Write an introduction of the festival your group have created.ks5u精品课件
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