festivals around the world讲课Reading

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 all have customs to honour the dead. (1)The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors’ graves, (2) the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.
1. Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere. of all kinds all kinds of 各种各样的 各种各样的
That kind of question is very difficult to answer. = Questions of that kind are difficult to answer. 那类问题是很难解答的。 We sell all kinds of shoes. = We sell shoes of all kinds. 我们卖各式各样的鞋。 You can see different kinds of animals in the zoo. = You can see animals of different kinds in the zoo. 你在动物园可以看见不同种类的动物。
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
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 carnival: 狂欢节 parade: 游行
Kinds of Festivals Festivals to Honour People P3
Names of Festivals Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day
Countries
China
USA India
festival to honour Gandhi
Columbus Day
(b)Festivals of the Dead: Fill in the blanks.
Festivals Activities
The Day of the Dead Cleaning Eating cakes with graves ______; ______ bones on lighting them; incense _______ and lamps; offering food, playing flowers and music ______ ____ giftsto the dead
Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.
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.
Activities Eating good foods; giving children lucky _____ money; ________ dragon ________ dances and carnivals
2. Answer the following questions.
1. What are festivals of the dead usually for?
Kinds of Festivals Spring Festivals P5
Names of Festivals Spring Festival
Countries China
some Western Easter and related holidays countries Cherry Blossom Festival Japan
Discussion
1.Which festivals do you think the most important? Give your reasons. 2. Now foreign festivals seem to become more and more popular among young people, while some Chinese traditional festivals seem less important than before. Should we keep our traditional festivals alive? why? how? Should we celebrate foreign festivals as well?
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Halloween October 31
Halloween
Halloween is from __________, America which is celebrated on ____________. October 31 People would dance at the fancy ball and wear ghost costumes (clothes), false _____________________________ faces and witches' hats, _____________________________ frighten in order to __________away spirits looking for bodies to possess.
Reading
FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?
P1. Ancient festivals celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.
Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are held in many countries. People decorate _______ churches, get together, have meals or win awards for competitions. On Mid-Autumn Festival people admire the moon and have moon cakes. ______ Chinese New Year is an ________ energetic and important festival. People look forward ______ to _______ dressing up, eating dumplings, giving children lucky money in red paper, playing dragon dances. The celebration of place throughout the lunar New Year may take _______ the country, day and night.
4. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/ forget our work for a little while.
Obon
Halloween Children dress up _______ and ask for sweets
(C)Spring Festivals: Fill in the blanks.
Festivals Spring Festival Carnivals ________; Parades dancing in the streets; loud music; colourful ____________ ____________ clothing
Kinds of Festivals Harvest Festivals P4
Countries Names of Festivals Harvest/ European and Thanksgiving other countries; festivals; mid-autumn festivals China and Japan
或使祖先得到满足因为祖先们有可能回到世上给人们提供帮助也可能带来危害
Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Reading
Guessing Compition:
Guess what festival it is according to the picture you see as quickly as you can.
Retell the text by filling the following blanks.
We have ______ plenty of festivals. Ancient people held festivals and celebrations to celebrate the end of winter or the catching of animals. memory of the ancestors. Some festivals are in _______ They light lamps, play music on an important feast day, offering good things to the dead. People hold festivals to ________ honour famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the poet Qu Yuan. famous ______
Countries Kinds of Names of Festivals Festivals Festivals Japan Obon of the Dead P2 Day of the Dead Mexico
Halloween
Some Western countries
Obon (盂兰盆) in Japan
Detailed reading 1.Read the passage again to find some details. (a)According to P1, when did people celebrate in Ancient Times?
a. the end of the cold weather; b. planting in spring and harvest in autumn; c. when hunters could catch animals.