1、Unit1 Festivalsaround the world,The Dragon Boat Festival端午节,The Double Ninth Festival重阳节,The Spring Festival,Tomb Sweeping Day 清明节,The Lantern Festival元宵节,The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节,The Double Seventh Festival七夕节,What kinds of festivals in China do you know about?,Brainstorming,festivals,Spring Fes
2、tival,Lantern Festival,清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。 借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。-唐 杜牧,Tomb-Sweeping Day,April 5th,Dragon Boat Festival,Mid-Autumn Day,festivals,Christmas,Apirl Fools Day,Valentines Day,Easter(Mar-Apirl),Thanksgiving DayNovember,Mothers DayMay,Fathers DayJune,HalloweenOct.31,What festivals of foreign countri
3、es do you know?,Valentines,February 14th,Pumpkin light,Halloween,Easter,Thanksgiving Day,Foreign Festivals,Pre-reading,What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like best- the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit?,R
4、eading,How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?,1. Ancient festivals 2. Festivals of the Dead 3. Festivals to Honor People 4. Harvest Festivals 5. Spring Festivals,Scanning,What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?,P1. Ancient festivals celebrate the end of the cold weather, p
5、lanting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.,Skimming,P 2. Festivals of the Dead Japan -Obon Mexico-Day of the Dead America-Halloween,P 3. Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day (India)October 2,Obon（盂兰盆） in Japan,Columbus Day,P 4. Harvest Fest
6、ivals Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival Mid-Autumn festival,P 5. Spring Festivals Spring festival Carnival Easter Cheery Blossom Festival,Harvest Festivals,Comprehending,I. Read the passage and then fill in the following chart.,1. Festivals of the Dead.,ancestors,Obon,Mexico,Halloween,graves,incense
7、,music,bones,gifts,dress up,Obon,The Day of the Dead,Halloween,Festivals,2. Festivals to Honour People Match the person with the festival. 1. Qu Yuan 2. Christopher Columbus 3. Mohandas Gandhi a. the Dragon Boat Festival b. an Indian national festival on Oct. 2 c. Columbus Day,a,c,b,3. Harvest Festi
8、vals Choose the best answer. Many activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people _. A. get together to have meals B. decorate houses to admire the moon C. win awards for their farm produce D. enjoy mooncakes,B,B. decorate houses to admire the moon,4. Spring Festivals Fill in the blan
9、ks.,The Spring Festival,Carnivals,Easter,Japan,lucky,dragon dances,Parades,colourful clothing,Spring Festival,Carnivals,Festivals,1). What are festivals of the dead usually for?Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to hel
10、p or harm living people.,II. Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following question.,2). What makes autumn festivals happy events?people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished. 3). What do people usually do at spring festivals?people usua
11、lly have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.,4).What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/ forget our work for a little while.,5). Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico,
12、 Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different?Similarities: clean their ancestors graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. Differences: the Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.,1. The ancient
13、people neednt worry about their food. 2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.,F,T,III. True or False,3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who 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.,T,F,F,Discu
14、ssion,Which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun.,Homework,1. Go over the text after class and find the sentences that you dont understand,2. Finish exercise “discovering useful words and expressions” on Page 4. (Ex1, 2 and 3) 3. Find out as much information as possible about festivals around the world.,
