Unit 1 Festivals around the world

Lead in: News about a festival

• YINCHUAN, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Millions of Muslims across China and the world celebrated ________ on Tuesday, its origin also known as day of sacrifice, when lambs and other animals are slaughtered.

Early on Tuesday morning, Muslims from northwest China like Xinjiang and other areas dressed up and attended mosques.

Which festival is the news about?

The Corban Festival (古尔邦节）

How did you celebrate the Corban Festival this year?

Reading FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS

Tick out the festivals mentioned in the passage.• Ancient festivals

• Obon

• Day of the Dead

• Halloween

• Qing Ming Festival

• Duanwu Festival

• Columbus Day

• Indian national festival on Oct.2nd

• May Day

• Thanksgiving Day

• Mid-autumn festivals

• Christmas

• Spring Festival

• Easter

• Cherry Blossom Festival

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Festivals & CelebrationsFast Reading

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_______festivals

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What do ancient festivals celebrate for?

the end of cold weather, planting in spring,

harvest in autumn, hunting of animals

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Today’s

Time

Which will be talked about in the following passage?

Careful Reading

Origins: some religious, some seasonal, and

some for special people or events.

Festivals of the Dead

Festival Country Celebrations (verbs*)

Careful Reading

clean graves, light incense, light lamps , play music

eat food and cakes, offer food, flowers and gift

dress up, ask for sweets, play a trick

Obon Japan

The Day of Mexicothe Dead

Halloween Western countries in the shape of skullswith “bones ” on them

• Mark the festivals, countries, and the people mentioned in the passage.

Festivals can also be held to honour famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. In the USA, Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.

Festivals to honor PeopleCareful Reading

decorate…with

win awardsAdmire the moon

happy

In European countriesChina and Japan

Careful Reading Harvest Festivals

Key word?

get together have meals

Enjoy mooncakes

True or False?• ( ) 1. At the Spring Festival in China, families

gather to celebrate the New Year on January 1st.

• ( ) 2. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.

• ( ) 3. When Cherry Blossom Festival comes, the country will be covered by pink snow.

• ( ) 4. Spring Festivals are the most energetic and important festivals.

Spring FestivalsCareful Reading

covered with cherry tree flowers, look as though...

return of Jesus from the dead

Lunar New Year

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What can support the idea in this paragraph?

Exciting carnivals/ parades/ dancing/day and night/loud music/ colorful clothing of all kinds…

What are the meanings of festivals in our life?

Festivals let us:

enjoy life

be proud of our customs

forget our work for a little while

Group Discussion :Corban Festival and its

celebrations In the English corner, you are going to use English

to introduce the Corban Festival to the students from Wenzhou Middle School.

HOMEWORK

• Write a description of the Corban Festival.

• Find more information about the festivals around the world.*

1.按理应该2.发生3.使祖先得到满足4.给…带来危害5.扫墓6.纪念，追念7.把……引到8.以……的形状9.盛装，打扮10.搞恶作剧

• be meant to do

• take place

• satisfy the ancestors

• do harm to

• clean the graves

• in memory of

• lead sb. to

• in the shape of…

• dress up

• play a trick on

Useful Expression

= play jokes on

Useful Expression11.赢得独立12.因为…获得奖赏13.赏月14.期望，期待15.压岁钱16.日日夜夜，昼夜17.宗教和社会节日18.似乎，好像19.玩的开心20.对……感到骄傲

• gain independence

• win awards for

• admire the moon

• look forward to

• lucky money

• day and night

• religious and social festival

• as though/if

• have fun with

• be proud of