festivals and celebrations

The little boy likes to eat bread in the shape of a little bird. 那个小男孩喜欢吃小鸟形状的面 包。
The Day of the Dead in Mexico
What do people in Western countries do in memory of the dead?
Unit 1
Listen to the tape , and complete the following task.
1.Find out the main idea of each part .
2.How many festivals does the author refer to in the passage ?
Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar and what things are different?
The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead honor all have customs to_______ the dead. The Chinese and go to clean their ancestors’ graves Japanese ______________________________. However, there are some differences. The Mexicans, eat food in shape of skulls and cakes with bones on them ______________________________________ ,something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.
Homework
Write a composition about one of your favorite festivals within 120 words.
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People love to get together to eat , drink and have fun with each other . Festivals let us enjoy life , be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while .
1.Festivals of the Dead
How do Japanese honor their ancestors? They have a festival called Obon, when graves people should go to clean______ and light _____ incense to honor their__________. They ancestors lamps light______ and play music ________.
What do people in Mexico do in memory of the dead?
They offer____,________and______ to food flowers gifts the dead on the Day of the Dead. On that day, People eat food in the shape of ______and cakes with ______on skulls bones them.
The following sentences are TRUR or FALSE .
1.Obon is celebrated iple choice
1.Which of the following are not mentioned in the passage?
They used to believe in the return _______of the_______ of dead spirits people. It is now a children’s _________festival, when they dress up can _________and go to their neighbor’s homes to ask sweets for______.
pumpkin head
mask
Halloween in Western countries
What are festivals of the dead for? They are held to honor the dead,or satisfy and please the ancestors.
1.Find out the main idea of each part . 2.How many festivals does the author refer to in the passage ?
Origins of festivals Para.1
庆祝严寒结束，春播秋收 Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the ____ weather planting in cold _______, ______ and harvest in _______. Today’s spring autumn festivals have many origins some ______, ________, some _________and some religious seasonal for special ______ or ______. people events
P 2.
Japan ----- Obon Mexico------Day of the Dead
America------Halloween
Obon in Japan
in memory of : 为了纪念……
1.We named the lake Rebecca in memory of her. 2.They presented a sum of money to the college in memory of their son.
A. Carnival and Columbus Day.
B. Halloween and Spring Festivals.
C. Thanksgiving Festivals and Obon. D. Valentine’s Day and Fool’s Day.
Discussion
What’s your favorite festival and can you introduce it in your own words?