1、-1-2How many festivals do you know both in and out of China?Lead-in-3Do you know these festivals?Spring Festival-4Lantern FestivalJanuary 15元宵节元宵节-5Dragon Boat Festival May 5 Dragon boat raceRice dumplingsIts held to honour a famous poet-Qu Yuan.-6Mid-autumn DayAugust 15admire the moon(赏月）赏月）enjoy m
2、ooncakes Its also a harvest festival.(丰收节）丰收节）-7Tomb-sweeping Day clean graves(扫墓）light incense(烧香）offer flowers a festival of the dead(亡灵节）亡灵节）-8HolidaysHolidaysSome Chinese traditional festivalsInternational Womens DayNew Years DayChildrens DayNational DayThe Youth DayInternational Labour DayTeach
3、ers DaySpring FestivalFestival of LanternsDragon Boat FestivalMid-Autumn DayFFChinese festivals and holidays-9Happy Valentines DayHappy Valentines Day Bname some western festivals-10 BThanksgivingwatermelonrooster/cock-11Halloween Parade万圣节万圣节 B-12ChristmasChristmas B-13Carnival狂欢节狂欢节 B-14Easter Fes
4、tival复活节复活节 B-15festivalsfestivalsBrainstormingfestivals of foreign countriesChristmasFools DayValentines DayCarnivalEasterThanksgiving DayMothers DayFathers DayHalloween-161、What kinds of festivals are mentioned in the passage?1.Festivals of the Dead2.Festivals to Honor the People3.Harvest Festival
5、s4.Spring FestivalsFast reading-17 2、Scan(扫读扫读)the passage and fill in the chart.(Ex 1)Kinds of Festivals Names of FestivalsCountriesFestivals of the DeadFestivals toHonor PeopleHarvest Festivals Spring Festivals-18Kinds of festivals Names of FestivalscountriesFestivals of the DeadFestivals to Honou
6、r PeopleHarvest Festivals Spring Festivals Obon Japan Day of the Dead Mexico Halloween some western countries Dragon Boat FestivalChinaColumbus DayUSAFestival to honor GandhiIndiaThanksgiving festivalsEuropean and other countriesMid-Autumn FestivalsChina and JapanThe Spring FestivalChinaEastersome w
7、estern countriesCherry Blossom FestivalJapan-19 1.What do people do in Spring Festival in China?Eat dumplings,fish and meatB.Give children lucky money in red paperC.Watch dragon dance and carnivalsD.All the above.2.What does Easter celebrate?It celebrates the birth of Jesus.It celebrates the death o
8、f Jesus.It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life.A.It celebrates peoples harvest.Careful-reading 1、To choose the right answer-204.What can we learn from the passage?A.All festivals have been lasting for a long period.B.People like festivals just because t
9、hey can eat a lot then.C.Different countries have different customs.D.People celebrate festivals in the same way.C C5.Which of the following is not the reason why people love festivals according to the passage?A.Because festivals let us enjoy life.B.Because festivals make us proud of our customs.C.B
10、ecause festivals can make us have fun with each other.D.Because festivals can let us get money from the government.D6 Which of the following festivals is not celebrated in Japan?A Easter B.Obon C.Cherry Blossom Festival D.Mid-autumn Festival-21 The ancient people neednt worry about their food.Hallow
11、een used to be a festival intended to honour the dead.Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honour a lot in China.Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.FTTFF-223、Whats the main idea of the passage?Give one sentence to describe it.The passage is
12、 mainly about _and the ways of _and also the reasons _ all over the world.different festivalscelebrationswhy people celebrate them-23There are all kinds of festivals and _ around the world,which are held for different reasons.The _ _ were mainly held at three times a year.Some festivals are held to
13、_ the dead or satisfy the _ in case（以免）they might return either to help or to _ _,while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods,such ascelebrations harmdoancestorshonorfestivalsancient.Retell the text by filling the following blanks.-24_ _ _ and Columbus Day.Harvest and Thanksgiv
14、ing festivals are happy events because the food is _ for the winter and the _work is over.And the most _ 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.Some Western countries have very exciting _.Festivals let us enjoy _.agriculturalgatheredLunarcomingDragon Boat Festivalenergeticcarnivalslife
