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What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?
Ancient Festivals What did the ancient festivals celebrate? Ancient festivals celebrated _th_e__e_n_d_o_f_c_o_l_d_w__e_a_th__er_, _p_l_a_n_ti_n_g__in__s_p_r_in_g__ and _h_a_r_v_e_st_i_n__a_u_tu__m_n_; celebrated when hunters had caught animals.
Spring Festival
Lantern Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-autumn Day Halloween
What festivals do you know?
Dec. C_h__ri_s_tm__a_sJanuary _N_e_w__Y_e_ar_
5) Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different? They all have customs to honor 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 eats special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.
“_b_o_n_es_”_o_n__th_e_m____ _an_d__gi_ft_s_t_o_th_e__de_a_d_.
Obon (日本盂兰盆节)
_li_g_h_t_l_a_m_p__s _a_n_d___ _in__ce_n_s_e__________
_c_l_e_a_n_g_r_a_v_e_s____
Nov. T_h_a_n_k_s_g_i_v_in_g_
February S__p_ri_n_g_F_e_s_t_iv_a_l
Day
Oct. N__a_ti_o_n_a_l _D_a_y
March W__o_m__en_’_s_D__a_y
FESTIVALS April A_p_r_il_F_o_o_l_s’_D_ay
Festivals that looking forward to the end of winter and the coming of spring. China — _S_p_r_in__g_F_e_s_t_iv_a_l_ Some Western countries — _E_a_s_t_e_r_a_n_d__r_el_a_t_e_d_h_o_l_id__a_y_s ____ Japan — _C__h_e_er_y__B_l_o_s_so_m__F__e_st_i_v_a_l _
d. January 1 at lunar calendar
red packet dumpling
food firecracker
work
fun Spring Festival visit
memory Watching TV
New clothes singing dancing
Work in groups and talk about the two questions. 1. What festivals or celebrations do you
Festivals to Honor People
What festival can you think of that honors famous people in China?
__t_h_e_D_r_a_g_o_n_B_o_a_t_F_e_s_ti_v_a_l _
What festival that honors famous people in the USA?
Halloween
What do you know about Halloween? It is now a children’s festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbors’ homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbors do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions with the help of the pictures.
Ancient Festivals
What would people celebrate at these three times of a year? _t_h_e_e_n_d__o_f _c_o_ld__w_e_a_t_h_e_r_, _p_la_n_t_i_n_g_i_n_s_p_r_i_n_g, and _h_a_r_v_e_st_i_n__a_u_tu__m_n_.
Festivals of the Dead Japan — _O__b_o_n_ _M__e_x_ic_o_— the Day of the Dead Western countries — _H__a_ll_o_w_e_e_n
Festivals to Honor People
Match the country with the festival.
Festivals of the Dead
What kinds of things are done to honour the dead?
Mexican Day of the Dead
Eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with Offer food, flowers
• To talk about some festivals and the date on which they are celebrated.
• To learn some kinds of festivals and their celebrations.
Look at the pictures and guess what festival it is.
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.
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.
When do they celebrate?
Spring Festival Lantern Festival Dragon Boat Festival Mid-autumn Day
a. May 5 at lunar calendar
b. August 15 at lunar calendar
c. January 15 at lunar calendar
__C_o_l_u_m_b_u__s _D_a_y__
Harvest Festivals Thanksgiving Day
Do you know any harvest celebrations in China?
____M__id_-_a_u_tu__m_n__F_e_st_i_va_l__
Spring Festivals
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.
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?
2. Look at the pictures and title of the passage. Discuss in pairs what kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.
Scan the text quickly and fill in the blanks. The text mainly tells us about some of today’s festivals. There are __4__ kinds of festivals. Some are _r_e_li_g_io_u_s_, some are _s_e_a_so_n_a_l_ and some are for special people or events.
Skim the passage and find out how many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage.
1. Festivals of the Dead 2. Festivals to Honor People 3. Harvest Festivals 4. Spring Festivals
China USA India
India national festival Columbus Day The Dragon Boat Festival
Harvest Festivals European countries — _H_a_r_v_e_s_t _a_n_d_T__h_a_n_k_s_g_iv_i_n_g__F_e_st_i_v_a_ls____ China and Japan — _M_i_d_-_A_u_t_u_m__n_f_e_s_ti_v_a_ls
What’s the right time order of the following
festivals?
a. Easter
b. Cherry Blossom Festival
c. Western carnivals
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A. c; a; b
B. c; b; a
C. a; b; c
D. a; c; b
Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions. 1) What are festivals of the dead usually for?
Sep. M__id_-_A_u_t_u_mn
Festival
August _A_r_m_y_D__a_y
May _L_a_b_o_u_r _D_a_y_
Dragon Boat
June F_e_s_t_iv_a_l________
July _F_o_u_n_d_a__p_a_r_ty__s_av_i_n_g__