Festivals around the worldFestivals around the world

Module 3 Unit 1

• Traditional Chinese Festivals• Spring festival• Lantern Festival• Tomb Sweeping Day• The Dragon Boat Festival• Double-seventh Festival• Mid-Autumn Day• Double-ninth Festival• Laba Rice Porridge Festival• New Year’s Eve

正月初一春节正月十五元宵节四月五日清明节五月初五端午节七月初七乞巧节八月十五中秋节九月初九重阳节腊月初八腊八节大年三十除夕

农历节日

Tomb Sweeping Festival

• on April the 5th

• clean graves, burn paper money ,light incense

in memory of our ancestors

eat Qingming cakes

• spring-outing and enjoy the beauty of spring

• fly kites

Festivals of all kinds have ________________:

• some ________( 宗教的 ),

• some ________( 季节性的 )

• some for special _________________.

different origins

religious

seasonal

The passage lists _____ kinds of modern festivalsfour

Festivals for the DeadFestivals to Honor People Harvest FestivalsSpring Festivals

namely: ( 即 )

people or events

亡灵节纪念名人的节日

庆丰收的节日春天的节日

Read the text quickly and find the following information:

Para2 :Festivals of the DeadQ: Why are the festivals of the dead held?

These festivals are held to honour the dead or satisfy the ancestors.

Q: How?

1.Japan: clean ______ & light ______.

2.Mexico: eat food _____________ skulls; _____ food, flowers and gifts to the dead.

3.Western countries: its _____ as an event to honour the dead; ________ to frighten people. children might play a ____ if given nothing

graves incense

in the shape ofoffer

origin

dress uptrick

in Japan

Halloween is from _______, which is celebrated on _________. People would dance at the fancy ball ( 化妆舞会） and wear ghost costumes, false faces and witches’ hats （女巫的帽子） , in order to _______ away spirits.

Halloween 万圣节

America

October 31

frighten

Carved Pumpkin Lantern

Para3 Festivals to honour people

Qu yuan

Columbus

Gandhi

is held as an honor to

honors

is held in memory / honor of

1. Dragon boat festival

2. Columbus day

3. Mohandas Gandhi Day

Q: Why? Festivals can be held to honour the famous people.Q: How?

We can infer that India was once d __________on

Britain and people looked forward to g________

independence from it.

ependent

aining

Harvest Festivals

• Thanksgiving Festivals

• Mid-autumn Festival

China and Japan

European countries and America

People will decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit.

Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster.

Para 5 Spring Festivals

1.What festivals are mentioned in these paragraphs?2.Find adj. ( 形容词） in the text to describe them.

• Spring Festival

• Carnival

• Easter

• Cherry Blossom Festival

Para 5 Spring Festivals

China

Japan

Some western countries

Christians around the world

Mar.15 — Apr.15

• Spring Festival

• Carnival

• Easter

• Cherry Blossom Festival

Spring Festivals

energetic; important

pink

exciting; loud; colourful

exciting; religious; social

adj. : describe these festivals

The passage is mainly about different festivals, their origins, the ways of celebrations and also the reasons why people celebrate them.

What’s the main idea of the passage?

Retell the text by filling the following blanks:

There are all kinds of festivals and __________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ _________ were mainly held at three times a year--- the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or ______ the _________ in case they might _____ _______, while other festivals are held to honor famous people, such as ______ _______ _______ and Columbus Day.

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and because a season of ___________work is over,to which Mid autumn festival belongs.And the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time.

Retell the text by filling the following blanks:

There are all kinds of festivals and __________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ _________ were mainly held at three times a year--- the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or ______ the _________ in case they might _____ _______, while other festivals are held to honor famous people, such as ______ _______ _______ and Columbus Day.

celebrations

Boat FestivalDragon

harmdoancestorssatisfyhonor

festivalsancient

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and because a season of ___________work is over,to which Mid autumn festival belongs.And the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time.

agricultural

gathered

lunarcoming

If you have a chance to create a festival , what will your festival be like? (name, time, reason, activities)

I think that the new holiday should be a Peace Day. On this day, no fighting or conflicts are allowed. People will learn and talk about peace. The holiday will celebrates on ___________and people will celebrate it by_____________ . I think this is the best idea because __________.

•1.Peace Day no fighting or conflicts are allowed. People learn and talk about peace.

•2.Happiness Day People must only do things that will make others happy.

People Learn about happiness.

•3.Friendship Day No arguments or fights are allowed. People learn about friendship.

•4.Nature Day No pollution or destruction of nature is allowed. People learn and talk about nature.