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Festivals around the world,Learning goals,1. To master the important words and expressions of this text. 2. To improve your reading skills, and catch the information available. 3. To learn much about festivals around the world and express your opinions about them.,Jingle bell,Spring Festivals,The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.,Spring Festival In China,on the first day of the lunar year,last fifteen days,do spring cleaning , decorate their houses,On New Years Eve, dinner, watch the Spring Festival programme, watch fireworks, set off firecrackers,get lucky money,Lantern Festival,ValentinesDay,In February People send roses and cards to the people they love.,Ching Ming Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day,In April The day we remember our dead relatives Visit graves,Obon,in Japan,Halloween,In the US and Europe,Parade in the street,trick or treat,The Day of the Dead,In Mexico,Mothers Day,In May We give flowers and presents to our mothers.,Thanksgiving Day,Thanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday,falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to commemorate the harvest.,The traditional Thanksgiving food-roasting turkey, corn and pumpkin pies with ice-cream.,The Mid-Autumn Festival,In April It is the time when Jesus Christ died and came back to life. Eat chocolate eggs,Easter,Easter bunny Easter egg,The two main popular symbols of Easter,Guessing,Predict what will be talked about .,Find the main idea of the text.,A. The text mainly tells us the origin of festivals. B. The text mainly tells us the development of festivals. C. The text is about different kinds of festivals around the world, and the ways people celebrate them. D. The text is about the differences between the east and the west.,Skimming,Scan the text quickly and then fill in the following chart. 5 minutes,Scanning,Obon,Japan,Mexico,Halloween,Dragon Boat Festival,China,Columbus Day,USA,India,Thanksgiving Day,Mid-Autumn Festivals,China and Japan,The Spring Festival,Easter,Cherry Blossom Festival,China,Japan,Detailed reading,Read the text carefully and finish the following exercises.,Group Work(小组活动),Requirements: Please finish the tasks first by yourself(5mins) then discuss your answers in groups. (2mins) After discussion, each group should present your answers. 我的课堂我做主,Assignment(任务分配),Group1. Task2. Group2. Task3. Group3. Task4.(1) Group4. Task4.(2) Group5. Task4.(3),Detailed reading,Read the text carefully and finish the following exercises.,Task1. Divide the text into 3 parts and find the main idea of each part.,Part1. (Para.1) _ Part2. (Para.2-5) _ Part3. (Para.6) _,A. Different kinds of festivals around the world. B. The reason why people celebrate the festivals. C. The origin of the festivals.,C,A,B,Task2. Read Part1. (Para.1) and do the following exercises.,1. What did most ancient festivals celebrate? A. Seasons. B. Religion. C. Special people. D. Special events.,2. Choose a sentence to replace the following sentence. In cold winter , people would die because of having no food to eat. _ _,At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.,A,Task3. Read Part2. (Para.2-5) and do the following exercises.,1. What are festivals of the dead usually for? _ 2. What makes autumn festivals happy events? _ 3. What do people usually do at the Spring Festival in China? _,1. What are festivals of the dead usually for?,Festivals of the dead are held to honour the dead or satisfy the ancestors.,2. What makes autumn festivals happy events?,People are grateful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.,3. What do people usually do at the Spring Festival in China?,People eat dumplings, fish and meat and children can get lucky money in red paper. And families usually get together to have dinner.,Task4.Important sentences in the text,1. Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. 本句中，who 引导了一个_ 从句，eitheror 译为_ do harm _ sb./sth.= be harmful to Translation：_ _ _,非限制性定语,或者或者,to,有些节日，是为了纪念死者，或者,使祖先得到满足，他们可能回到世上或者提供帮助，,或者带来危害。,2. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow. 本句中covered with cherry tree flowers，为_作状语， as though= _ 译为：_ Translation：_ _,过去分词短语,as if,好像,整个国家到处是盛开的樱花，看上,去就像覆盖了一层粉红色的雪。,1. Retelling. Most ancient festivals would the end of winter, planting in spring and in autumn. Todays festivals have many origins. Some festivals are held to the dead or the ancestors. In Japan, is celebrated, when people go to clean graves and light incense their ancestors. Besides, some festivals are held to honor people. For example, the Dragon Boat Festival honors the famous , Qu Yuan.,Post reading,celebrate,harvest,honour,Obon,in memory of,poet,There are also harvest festivals. China and Japan have festivals, when people_ the moon and enjoy moon cakes. And Spring Festivals are the most and important festivals, which the end of winter and to the coming of spring.,mid-autumn,admire,energetic,look forward to,Suggested expressions:,Questions: What is your favourite festival? Why? When is it? What is the festival about? How long can we have it for holiday? What do we usually do in the festival? Answers: I like festival best. It is celebrated on . to remember/ in memory of . It usually lasts days. People usually do .,Discussion,With the development of society, more and more western festivals are popular with Chinese. For example, Valentines Day. Whats your opinion about it? Discuss with your partner and share your opinions with us.,Suggested answers,I am in favor of it . . Give us chances to learn more about the culture of the west. . Relax ourselves for a while. I am against it. . Have a bad effect on our traditional festivals. . Cost us too much time, money and energy.,课后提升,近年来西方传统节日在中国越来越流行。其中最受中国人欢迎的是圣诞节、情人节和愚人节。但是很多人持有不同的观点。下面是某报社对某一学校的学生进行的采访，请结合采访内容写一篇文章，并发表自己的观点。,要求：A级 100词左右 B级 70 词左右 C级 50词左右,Thank you!,
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