英語：Unit1《Festivals around the world》課件(7)(新人教版必修3).ppt

1、Festivals around the world,Festivals,Chinese Festivals Lantern Festival The Dragon Boat Festival Tomb Sweeping Day Mid-Autumn Day New Years Day Double-ninth National Day May 1st,Foreign Festivals Christmas Day Thanksgiving Day Mothers Day Fathers Day April Fools Day Valentines Day Easter Halloween,S

2、pring Festival,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,In April It is the time when Jesus Christ died and came

3、 back to life. Eat chocolate eggs,Easter,Christmas Day,On December 25th It is the birthday of Jesus Christ Go to the parties and churches , give cards and presents to our friends and relatives,Valentines Day,In February People send roses and cards to the people they love.,Ching Ming Festival,In Apri

4、l The day we remember our dead relatives Visit graves,Mothers Day,In May We give flowers and presents to our mothers.,Reading,You are given 5 minutes to read the passage quickly and try to remember different kinds of festivals mentioned in the text.,Obon,Day of the Dead,Halloween,Dragon Boat Festiva

5、l,Columbus Day,Thanksgiving,Easter,Cherry Blossom Festival,Festivals of the Dead,Festivals to Honour People,Harvest Festivals,Spring Festivals,Task 1,. What can we learn from the passage? A. All festivals have been lasting for a long period. B. People like festivals just because they can eat a lot t

6、hen. C. Different countries have different customs. D. People celebrate festivals in the same way.,C,Which of the following is not the reason why people love festivals according to the passage? A. Because festivals let us enjoy life. B. Because festivals make us proud of our customs. C. Because fest

7、ivals can make us have fun with each other. D. Because festivals can let us get money from the government.,D,Which of the following festivals is not celebrated in Japan? Easter B. Obon C. Cherry Blossom Festival D. Mid-autumn Festival,A,6. What do people do in Spring Festivals in China? Eat dumpling

8、s, fish and meat together B. Give children lucky money in red paper C. Watch dragon dance D. All the above.,D,The ancient people neednt worry about their food. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honour the dead. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honour a lot in China. Mid-autumn Festival

9、is held to celebrate the end of autumn. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.,F,T,T,F,F,T or F,Detailed Reaing,Part1,When did ancient people celebrate?,They celebrated at the end of the cold weather/when good weather returned / when they had a good harvest / when the hunters caught animals for food/

10、 when they had enough food / when wanted a year of plenty.,Part 2,What are festivals of the dead for?,They are to honour our ancestors / to make our ancestors happy so they wont harm us / to satisfy our ancestors,in Japan,Obon,The Day of the Dead,In Mexico,Pumpkin head,Halloween Masks,The night of O

11、ctober 31st, when it was believed that the spirits of dead people appeared, and which is now celebrated in the US by children, who dress as witches and ghosts.,Halloween,Part 3,Why does India have a national festival on October 2?,To honour Mahatma Gandhi, the leader who helped gain Indias independe

12、nce from Britain.,Mahatma Gandhi(1869-1948) Gandhi, Indian national leader, was born in Porbandar on October 2, 1869, and educated in law in London Gandhi was remembered as the international symbol of a free state Indians regarded him as a saint（圣者；圣徒） and called him Mahatma (Sanskrit, “great soul”)

13、, a title for the greatest saints,more about him,Dragon Boat Festival China,Columbus Day USA,National Festival India,Part 4,Why are autumn festivals happy events?,People are grateful for the harvest / for the end of the agricultural work / the end of the hard work on the farms .People are happy that

14、 they will have food for the year.,Harvest Festivals: What do people do on Thanksgiving?,decorate churches and town hall.,get together to have meals.,win awards for crops and animals.,1. Name three things people do at spring festival. 2. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebration

15、s.,To have a break from daily life, to celebrate our customs / our history / our heroes, to enjoy meeting family and friends, to eat special food, to have fun with each other,People eat, dance, play and listen to music, visit family members ,have parade ,give and receive gifts.,Part 5,Cherry Blossom

16、 Festival (March 15- April 15),Post Reaing,Summarize and fill in the chart,the end of the cold winter;planting in spring and harvest in autumn,light fire and make music,to honour the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors,light lamps, play music, eat food in the shapes of skulls and cakes with bones, go to their neighbors to ask for sweets,dress up,for their great contributions to the societyor the country,Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi,Food is gathered for the winter. A season of agricultural work is over.,dec