新人教必修三UnitFestivalsaroundtheworldReading.pptx

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1、FESTIVALNew YearNational DayChristmasFathers DayChildrens DayMothers DayDragon Boat FestivalTeachers DaySpring DayMay DayArmy DayMid-Autumn FestivalWhat festivals do you know?第1页/共51页When do they take place?lunar calendarSpring FestivalJanuary 1Lantern FestivalJanuary 15第2页/共51页Dragon Boat Festival

2、May 5 Mid-autumn DayAugust 15第3页/共51页 Easter around March 22-April 25 Thanksgiving Daythe last Thursday of November第4页/共51页Halloween October 31Christmas DayDecember 25 第5页/共51页Choose one of the festivals,and think about:What people should do or not doWhat it celebratesFESTIVALSFoodWorkVisitDress upS

3、ingingDancingWatching TVMemoryFunJiaoziFruitDate第6页/共51页Sample:Spring Festival We celebrate the end of winter,arrival of spring,Lunar New Year,reunion with family and relatives.During Spring Festival,people give money in red paper to children;see dragon dances;eat fish,prawns and dumplings;visit fam

4、ily member.第7页/共51页Pre-reading1.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?Work in groups of four and talk about the two question.第8页/共51页2.Look at the pictures and titl

5、e of the passage below.Discuss what kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.第9页/共51页New words starve:饥饿 origin:起源 ancestor:祖先 Obon:盂兰盆节(日本)grave:坟墓；墓地 incense:熏香 in memory of:纪念 feast:节日；盛宴第10页/共51页skull:头骨dress up:打扮；盛装play a trick on:搞恶作剧award:奖品rooster:公鸡 energetic:充满活力的ca

6、rnival:狂欢节parade:游行第11页/共51页Read through the passage and find out how many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?1.Ancient festivals2.Festivals of the Dead3.Festivals to Honor the People4.Harvest Festivals5.Spring FestivalsScanning第12页/共51页What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph and

7、?Para.1 Ancient Festivalcelebrate the end of the cold weather,planting in spring and harvest in autumn;celebrate when hunters catch animals.第13页/共51页Para.2 Festivals of the DeadJapan-ObonMexico-Day of the DeadAmerica-HalloweenPara.3 Festivals to Honour PeopleChina-Dragon Boat Festival USA-Columbus D

8、ayIndia-festival to honour Gandhi第14页/共51页Obon（盂兰盆）in Japan第15页/共51页Dragon Boat Festival第16页/共51页Columbus Day第17页/共51页Para.4 Harvest FestivalsEuropean and other countries-Harvest and Thanksgiving FestivalChina and Japan-Mid-Autumn festivalPara.5China-Spring festivalSome Western countries-Easter and

9、related holidaysJapan-Cheery Blossom Festival第18页/共51页Harvest Festivals 第19页/共51页Halloween(万圣节)第20页/共51页Read the passage carefully again and answer the questions with the help of the pictures.第21页/共51页What would people celebrate at these three times of a year?Why do you think music and fire or light

10、 are used in festivals?Ancient Festivals第22页/共51页What kind of things are done to honour the dead?Why do you think about the Mexican practice of making cakes with skulls and bones?Mexican Day of the Dead第23页/共51页Obon 第24页/共51页What do you know about Halloween?Halloween第25页/共51页What festivals or celebr

11、ations can you think of that honour famous people or important events?the Dragon Boat Festival 第26页/共51页Who do you think should have a festival to honour them?Why?Columbus Day第27页/共51页Harvest Festival Thanksgiving DayDo you know any harvest celebrations in China?第28页/共51页Consolidation I.Finish the t

12、asks one by one according to the text.第29页/共51页Purposes To honor the dead or satisfy the 1_Names 2_ The Day of the Dead9_Countries Japan6_Western countries1.Festivals of the Dead Fill in the blanks.ancestorsObonMexicoHalloween第30页/共51页Activities Cleaning 3_;lighting 4_ and lamps;playing 5_Eating cak

13、es with 7_ on them;offering food,flowers and 8_ to the deadChildren 10 _ and ask for sweetsgravesincensemusicbonesgiftsdress up第31页/共51页2.Festivals to Honour People Match the person with the festival.1.Qu Yuan 2.Christopher Columbus 3.Mohandas Gandhia.the Dragon Boat Festivalb.an Indian national fes

14、tival on Oct.2c.Columbus Dayacb第32页/共51页3.Harvest FestivalsChoose the best answer.Many activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people _.A.get together to have mealsB.decorate houses to admire the moonC.win awards for their farm produceD.enjoy mooncakesB第33页/共51页4.Spring Festivals Fil

15、l in the blanks.4.Spring Festivals Fill in the blanks.Meanings To look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of springNames 1_ _4 _7_ Cherry Blossom Festival The SpringFestivalCarnivalsEaster第34页/共51页Countries China Western countriesMainly religious countries8 _Japan第35页/共51页Activities Eati

16、ng good foods;giving children 2_ money;3_ _ and carnivals5_;dancing in the streets;loud music;6_luckydragon dancesParadescolourfulclothing第36页/共51页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 migh

17、t return to help or harm living people.II.Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following question.第37页/共51页2).What makes autumn festivals happy events?Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.

18、3).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.第38页/共51页4).What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?It is important to have festivals and cel

19、ebrations so we can enjoy life/be proud of our customs/forget our work for a little while.第39页/共51页5).Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico,Japan and China.What things are similar?What things are different?The Chinese,Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the de

20、ad.The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors graves,and the Mexicans offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead.第40页/共51页However,there are some difference.The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones,something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.第41页/共51页6).What is one important reaso

21、n to have festivals and celebrations?Festivals let us enjoy life,be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.第42页/共51页1.The ancient people neednt worry about their food.2.Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.FTIII.True or False第43页/共51页3.Qu Yuan was a g

22、reat 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.TFF第44页/共51页Which festivals you think are the most important and which are the funniest.Type of festivalExample of festivalReasons for your choiceMost importa

23、ntMost fun第45页/共51页选用合适的词或短语，用其适当形式填空。be meant to;take place;at that time;beauty;harvest 1.A terrible accident _ at the crossroads three days ago.took place第46页/共51页be meant to;take place;at that time;beauty;harvest 2._,we didnt have enough money to buy a car.3.Millions of dollars are spent each yea

24、r on _ products.At that timebeauty 第47页/共51页be meant to;take place;at that time;beauty;harvest 4.Even the youngest children would come and help to get the _ in.5.I _ be working on Sunday,but I just fooled around all day.harvest was meant to第48页/共51页Homework1.Go over the text after class and try to w

25、rite a summary of the text(about 100 words)and retell the text according to the summary.第49页/共51页2.Prepare for“discovering useful words and expressions”on Page 4.(Ex1,2 and 3)3.If possible try to find out as much information as possible about festivals around the world.You can surf the Internet or refer to the books.第50页/共51页感谢您的观看！第51页/共51页