1、 To know different festivals. To know the reasons why people celebrate festivals.Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions.1.What festivals are mentioned in the video?2. Why do people celebrate these festivals?1 What festivals are mentioned in the video?2 Why do people celebrate these fest
2、ivals? The festivals mentioned in the video are “hanami”, the Rose Festival, the Mid-Autumn Day, the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, and the New Year.Because people want to celebrate the changing seasons and express their appreciation of nature.Activity 2 Read the festival descriptions a
3、nd complete the sentences._ is to celebrate the harvest._ is to celebrate a season._ is to honour an event._ is to honour a person.ThanksgivingMay DayFreedom DayDragon Boat FestivalActivity 3 Read the festival descriptions again and complete the tableFestivalstime and placesReasons ActivitiesDragon
4、Boat FestivalThanksgiving May DayFreedom Dayfifth day of the fifth lunar month; ChinaIt takes place.It is held.October or November; North Americanat the begining of summer; across Europe and parts of North America.27 April; South Americain memory of Qu Yuangive thanks for a good harvestto celebrate
5、the start of summerto celebrate South Africas first fully-participated elections in 1994; the end of the racial inequality in the countrydragon boat races; eat Zongzi; hang herbs on the front door.go shopping; families get together and have a big dinner; exchanging gifts; hold a paradeprepare decora
6、tions with flowers and dance around the maypoleswear shirts printed with Nelson Mandela, peace dove, freedom; dancing and singingDragon Boat Festival celebrations take place in China on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. They are held in memory of Qu Yuan, a poet and statesman in Ancient China.
7、 It was the first traditional Chinese festival added to UNESCOs list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.Thanksgiving is celebrated mainly in North America, in October or November. Traditionally, it was a chance to give thanks for a good harvest. Now, it is also a time for families to get together for a
8、 big dinner.May Day is a festival to celebrate the start of summer, with celebrations held across Europe and in parts of North America. People prepare decorations with flowers and dance around maypoles.Freedom Day is held every year on 27 April to celebrate South Africas first fully-participated ele
9、ctions in 1994, in which everyone was allowed to vote regardless of skin colour. It celebrates the end of racial inequality in the country.Work in groups. Talk about other tradition festivals in China and other reasons to celebrate.festivalsFestivals in ChinaThe Dragon Boat FestivalThe Double Ninth FestivalThe Spring FestivalQingmingThe Lantern FestivalThe MiddleAutumn Festival The Double Seventh FestivalGhost Festival
