高一英语 Festivals around the world课件

Valentine’s Day
What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like best- the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit? Watermelon Lantern Culture Festival
8. 9th day of 9th lunar month • 8. Chung Yeung Festival
9. 8th day of 12th lunar month • 9. Laba Festival
Chinese modern festivals
• 1. Mar. 8th • 2. Mar. 12th • 3. May. 1st • 4. May 4th • 5. second Sunday in May • 6. June 1st • 7. third Sunday in June • 8. July 1st • 9. Aug. 1st • 10. Sep. 10th • 11. Oct. 1st
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.
events? 3. What do people usually do at spring
festivals? 4. What is one important reason to have
festivals and celebrations? 5. Compare the festivals of the dead in
• 5. around Mar. 7th
• 5. Easter Day
• 6. Oct. 31st
• 6. Halloween
• 7. from Nov. 11th
• 7. Carnival
Obon
Can you guess these festivals?
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Festival
China
-- Columbus Day USA
--festival to
India
honor Gandhi
Festivals Names of Festivals Countries
Harvest -- harvest/ Festivals Thanksgiving
festivals
5. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different?
The Chinese, Japanese and Mexico festivals of dead all have customs to honour the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.
However, there are some differences. The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.
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.
4. around April 5
• 4. Tomb Sweeping Day
5. 5th day of 5th lunar month • 5. Dragon Boat Festival
6. 7th day of 7th lunar month • 6. Qiqiao Festival
7. 15th day of 8th lunar month • 7. Mid-Autumn Festival
Read the text and find out different kinds of holidays
Ancient festivals Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals
• 1. Women’s Day • 2. Tree Planting Day • 3. International Labor day • 4. Youth Day • 5. Mother’s Day • 6. Children’s Day • 7. Father’s Day • 8. Army Day • 9. Party Day • 10. Teachers’ Day • 11. National Day
Festival
Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions.
1. What are festivals of the dead usually for? 2. What makes autumn festivals happy
Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different?
1.What are festivals of the dead usually for? 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.
Chinese traditional festivals
1. Last day of 12th lunar month • 1. Chinese New Year Eve
2. 1st day of 1st lunar month • 2. Spring Festival
3. 15th day of 1st lunar month • 3. Lantern Festival
European and other countr源自文库es
--mid-autumn festivals
China and Japan
Spring Festivals
Spring Festival Easter and related holidays Cherry Blossom
China Some Western countries Japan
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Names of
Countries
Festivals
--Obon
Japan
--Day of the DeadMexico
-- Halloween some Western
countries
-- Dragon Boat
Foreign festivals
• 1. Dec. 25th
• 1. Christmas
• 2. Feb. 14th
• 2. Valentine’s Day
• 3. Apr. 1st
• 3. Fool’s Day
• 4. fourth Thursday in Nov. • 4. Thanksgiving Day
3. What do people usually do at spring festivals?
At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.
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Festivals
Names of Festival
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
Countries
Festivals