unit 1 festivals around the world happy new year!
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Unit 1
Festivals Around the World
Happy new year!
• Spring Festival is the traditional Chinese New Year’s Day. It usually falls in early February. And the celebration lasts from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month or even longer in the rural areas.
pay New Year’s call; give New Year’s greetings; New Year’s visit
The Spring Festival is a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely.
Here comes your little angel
Can you tell your little angel
more festivals around the world ?
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January 15 of the lunar month
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January 15 of the lunar month
the Lantern Festival
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September 9 of the lunar month
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September 9 of the lunar month
the Double Ninth Festival
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October 1st
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October 1st
National Day
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September 10th
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September 10th
Teachers’ Day
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April 1st
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April 1st
April Fool’s Day
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The 4th Thursday of November
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The 4th Thursday of November
Thanksgiving Day
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Feburary 14
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Feburary 14
Valentine’s Day
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May 1st
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May 1st
International Labor Day
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More Festivals?
Who are the winners?
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Reading
Festivals and Celebrations
Pre-readingPre-reading
2.What part of a festival do you like best--- the music, the things to see, or the visits to food?
1. Of all the festivals, which do you like best? Why?
Fast reading :
What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?P 1. Ancient festivals
celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.
P 2. Festivals of the DeadJapan -----Obon
Mexico------Day of the Dead
America------Halloween
P 3.Festivals to Honour PeopleDragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
(India)October 2
P 4.Harvest FestivalsHarvest and Thanksgiving FestivalMid-Autumn festival
P 5. Spring festivalsThe Spring festivalCarnivalEaster Cheery Blossom Festival
Festivals Time What does it celebrate?
What do people do ?
Ancient Festivals
The end of the cold weather,
in spring and autumn, when hunters could catch animals
When they had food Lit fires and made
Music ;
a year of _______
Festivals of dead
/ Light lamps and play music
Festivals to honor people
/ Watch some games/people get together and so on
Harvest festivals
Autumn /fall
Celebrate the harvest in autumn
churches/give gifts…Spring festivals
January / ______
Celebrate the end of winter and _____
Eat dumplings …
as an honor to
famous people or
to the gods
To honour the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestor
Decorate
February the coming of the spring
__________
plenty
What are the reasons to have festivals and celebrations?
A. They let us enjoy life;B. They let us be proud of our customs; C.They let us forget our daily life for a little while;D.People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other.
Discuss with your partner and pick out three things that most festivals seem to have in common. Write down these three things, and why you think they might be important to people everywhere. Then fill in the chart on Page 3.
Three common things Reasons why they are important to people everywhere
Nowadays, Chinese become so keen on western festivals such as Christmas and Thanks-giving day. People around celebrate Christmas probably because they want more festivals. Festival should not only be a day that we get together and enjoy ourselves, but more a day that is full of meanings.
Group work: Work in groups. Imagine that
your class and your little angel are going to set and celebrate a new holiday together.:
1. What kind of day will you set to celebrate ?
2. When and why do you decide to celebrate the day ?
3.what you will do at that day ?
1.Peace Day no fighting or conflicts are allowed. People learn and talk about peace.
2.Happiness Day People must only do things that will make others happy.
People Learn about happiness. 3.Friendship Day No arguments or fights
are allowed. People learn about friendship. 4.Nature Day No pollution or destruction
of nature is allowed. People learn and talk about nature.
Examples:
I think that the new holiday should
be a Peace Day. On this day, no fighting or conflicts are allowed. People will learn and talk about peace. The holiday will celebrates on ____________and people will celebrate it by_____________ . I think this is the best idea because _____________________________.
Example
Homework:
Read the text further and finish comprehending exercises and language exercises after it.
Write down your new festival. Find more information on the Internet about the
festivals you have learnt in
the text today.