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Unit 1 Festivals

Unit 1 Festivals. Reading. beauty harvest celebration starve origin ancestor feast. poet arrival independence agriculture energetic clothing bone. take place religious in memory of belief dress up play a trick on gain. gather award admire look forward to day and night

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Unit 1 Festivals

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  1. Unit 1 Festivals Reading

  2. beauty harvest celebration starve origin ancestor feast poet arrival independence agriculture energetic clothing bone

  3. take place religious in memory of belief dress up play a trick on gain gather award admire look forward to day and night as though have fun with

  4. Pre-reading 1.What’s your favorite holiday of the year?

  5. FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS Find out different kinds of festivals mentioned in the text.

  6. Match Obon FestivalsoftheDead Day of the Dead Cherry Blossom Festival Festivalsto Honour People Halloween Dragon Boat Festival Harvest Festivals Columbus Day Easter Spring Festivals Thanksgiving

  7. What festivals are mentioned in the text? Festivals of the Dead Ancient Festival Spring Festivals Harvest Festivals Festivals to honour people festivals

  8. Ancient Festivals When Most ancient festivals would celebrate ________________________, _____ ________and ______________, and they also celebrated _____________ __________________. the end of the cold weather planting in spring harvest in autumn when hunters could catch animals

  9. Festivals of the Dead Why They are held to______________, or ______and ________the _________, who could return either to ______or to__________. honour the dead satisfy please ancestors do harm help Examples Obon The Day of the Dead Halloween

  10. Obon in Japan What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival?

  11. Specially-made lanterns/lamps are lit and hung outside each house to lead the ancestors back to home.

  12. All night long, people dance and sing.

  13. When the festival is over, thousands of lanterns are placed into the water and they drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world.

  14. The Day of the Dead in Mexico

  15. In Mexico, "day of the dead" is a joyful celebration to honour the dead. It is believed that, on this feast day, the spirits of the dead return home to visit their families.

  16. Toys, decorations, and candies in the shape of skulls, are sold in the market-places at this time every year to honor the ancestors.

  17. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.

  18. They burn candles to summon the spirits of the dead.

  19. On October 31 In western countries Its origin? A children’s festival

  20. dress up trick or treat

  21. a spell of protection over the household the most common symbol Carved Pumpkin Lantern / Jack-o'-lantern

  22. Halloween Parade(游行）

  23. Festivals to honour people Festivals can be held as an honour to ____________or to________. famous people the gods Examples The Dragon Boat Festival Qu Yuan Columbus Day The arrival of Christopher Columbus A national festival on October 2 Mahatma Gandhi

  24. 屈原故里

  25. Columbus Day

  26. Mahandas Gandhi(1869-1948) Gandhi, Indian national leader, was born in Porbandar on October 2, 1869, and educated in law in London． Gandhi was remembered as the international symbol of a free state．Indians regarded him as a saint（圣者；圣徒）and called him Mahatma (Sanskrit, “great soul”), a title for the greatest saints． more about him

  27. Harvest Festivals Why are harvest festivals happy events? People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter, and because a season of agricultural work is over. Examples In European countries ……

  28. The Mid-Autumn Festival admire the moon give gifts of mooncakes

  29. It is an American traditional holiday, falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to celebrate the harvest. Thanksgiving Day The traditional Thanksgiving food--- turkey, corn and pumpkin pies with ice-cream.

  30. Spring Festivals The most energetic and important festivals are_________________ ___________________________ __________________________ the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. Examples

  31. Spring Festival in China the lunar New Year People eat dumplings, fish and meat Lucky money in red paper Dragon dances andcarnivals Families celebrate it together

  32. Carnivals in some Western countries parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.

  33. Easter (March 23 to April 25) The first Sunday after the full moon following a spring equinox • a religious and social festival in Christian country • A celebration of Spring • Celebrate the return of Jesus

  34. The two main popular symbols of Easter Easter bunny Easter egg

  35. Cherry Blossom Festival In Japan Every April when the country is covered with cherry flowers, Japanese people celebrate it. They go out with their friends or families. They sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic.

  36. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?

  37. Intensive reading True or False 1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. 2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. F T

  38. T 3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. 4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. 5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. F F

  39. Free talking Based on the reading passage, what do most festivals seem to have in common? dance food entertainment music lights or fire being with family and friends remembering events or people

  40. permission turn up keep one’s word hold one’s breath apologize obvious set off remind…of…

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