Unit 1 Festivals Around the World

1. Unit 1 Festivals Around the World 高一英语 刘碧茹

2. Teaching Aims: • To learn the passage by skimming, scanning and careful reading. • To learn something about different festivals around the world and how people celebrate these different festivals.

3. What festival did we just celebrate?

4. ? How many festivals do you know both in and out of China?

5. Review Spring Festival Mother's Day Lantern Festival Father's Day Tomb-sweeping Day Fool’s Day Labor’s Day Valentine's Day Dragon Boat Festival Christmas Children's Day Carnival Army’s Day Easter Teachers’ Day Halloween Mid-Autumn Day Obon National Day festivals

6. Pre- reading: Oral Practice 1.What is your favourite festival? 2.What does it celebrate ? 3.What do people do? Tips :

7. Reading FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS

8. Skimming(略读，浏览) Para 1 and sub-heading(副标题) • Festivals of all kinds have many________: • some ________, • some ________, • some for special _________________. origins religious seasonal people or events The passage lists _____ kinds of modern festivals namely: (即) four Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honor People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals

9. scanning • Find out different countries how to name the same kind of festivals Obon Japan Festivals of the dead Mexico Western countries

10. Scanning Obon Japan Festivals of the dead Mexico Halloween China Festivals to honour people Columbus Day India Thanksgiving festivals Harvest festivals the Mid-autumn Festival the Spring Festival China Spring festivals Easter Japan

11. Careful reading task1 Origins of festivals Para.1 What and when did ancient people celebrate? Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the ____ _______, planting in ______ and harvest in _______. Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters had caught animals. cold weather spring autumn 庆祝严寒结束，春播秋收

12. 1.Festivals of the Dead How do Japanese honor their ancestors? They have a festival called Obon, when people should go to clean______ and light _____ to honor their ancestors. They light______ and play ________. graves incense lamps music

13. When the festival is over, thousands of lanterns are placed into the water and they drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. Obon in Japan

14. What do people in Mexico do in memory of the dead? They offer____,________and______ to the dead on the Day of the Dead. On that day, People eat food in the shape of ______and cakes with ______on them. food flowers gifts skulls bones

15. The Day of the Dead in Mexico

16. 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 _________festival, when they can _________and go to their neighbor’s homes to ask for______. children’s dress up sweets

17. mask pumpkin head Halloween in Western countries

18. 2.Festivals to Honor People Match the festivals with the proper people. National Festival on October 2 The Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day India China USA

19. 3.Harvest Festivals People will ________ on Thanksgiving festivals. 1.Decorate churches and town halls 2.get together to 3.win awards for have meals their farm produce

20. Different from Thanksgiving festivals in Western countries, what activities do China and Japan have in mid-autumn festivals? admire People _______ the moon and in China, enjoy___________. mooncakes

21. 4.Spring Festivals What do people usually do at Spring Festival? Chinese People usually eat ____________________ and give children___________________________. There are ______________and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have carnivals, including ______ and dances in the streets _____________, loud music and colorful______________________. dumplings,fish and meat lucky money in red paper dragon dances parade day and night clothing of all kinds

22. What does Easter celebrate? It celebrates the return of_____ from the dead and the coming of ______ and_________. Jesus spring new life

23. What is most popular spring festival in Japan ? Cherry Blossom Festival What does Japan looks like in this Festival? The country were covered with cherry tree flowers,looks as though it is covered with pink snow.

24. What are the reasons to have festivals and celebrations? • They let us enjoy life; • They let us be proud of our customs; • They let us forget our daily life for a little while; • People love to get together to eat, drink and • have fun with each other.

25. Summary and homework • Listen to your tape and read the text again. • Finish exercises on Page 4.

26. Enjoy: Enjoy some pictures and get to know the festivals mentioned in the passage.

27. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to lead the ancestors back to home. Obon When the festival is over, thousands of lanterns are placed into the water and they drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. in Japan

28. Halloween in the US and Europe The jack-o’-lantern(空心南瓜灯) is the most common symbol of Halloween. Children dress in costumes and go from house to house to ask for candy by saying “Trick or Treat!” Halloween Parade

29. DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL boat and beat drums to scare fish away threw glutinous(粘性的) ricedumplings into the water to keep the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body to honour the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan

30. Mohandas Gandhi Day October 2is a national festival in India to honour Mohandas Gandhi. Gandhi was the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.

31. The Mid-Autumn Festival

32. Time: late January or early February couplets Spring Festivals

33. Every April when the country is covered with cherry flowers. Japanese go out with their friends or families, sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic. the Cherry Blossom Festival