1、Reading Warming upDo you know these festivals?When do they take place?lunar calendarSpring FestivalJanuary 1Lantern FestivalJanuary 15Dragon Boat Festival May 5 Mid-autumn DayAugust 15 Easter around March 22-April 25 Thanksgiving Daythe last Thursday of NovemberHalloween October 31Christmas DayDecem
2、ber 25 Pre-reading1.What festivals or celebrations do you 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 below.What kind of information you think will be introduce
3、d in the passage.New words starve:饥饿饥饿 origin:起源起源 ancestor:祖先祖先 Obon:盂兰盆节盂兰盆节(日本日本)grave:坟墓；墓地坟墓；墓地 incense:熏香熏香 in memory of:纪念纪念 feast:节日；盛宴节日；盛宴skull:头骨头骨dress up:打扮；盛装打扮；盛装play a trick on:搞恶作剧搞恶作剧award:奖品奖品rooster:公鸡公鸡 energetic:充满活力的充满活力的carnival:狂欢节狂欢节parade:游行游行How many types of festivals ar
4、e mentioned in the passage?1.Ancient festivals2.Festivals of the Dead3.Festivals to Honor the People4.Harvest Festivals5.Spring FestivalsScanningWhat festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?P1.celebrate the end of the cold weather,planting in spring and harvest in autumn;celebrate when hunters cat
5、ch animals.P 2.Festivals of the DeadJapan-ObonMexico-Day of the DeadAmerica-HalloweenP 3.Festivals to Honour PeopleDragon Boat FestivalColumbus Day(India)October 2Obon（盂兰盆）（盂兰盆）in JapanHalloween(万圣节万圣节)Dragon Boat FestivalColumbus DayP 4.Harvest FestivalsHarvest and Thanksgiving FestivalMid-Autumn f
6、estivalP 5.Spring festivalCarnivalEaster Cherry Blossom FestivalHarvest Festivals ComprehendingI.Read the passage and then fill in the following chart.Purposes To honor the dead or satisfy the 1_Names 2_ The Day of the Dead9_Countries Japan6_Western countries1.Festivals of the Dead Fill in the blank
7、s.ancestorsObonMexicoHalloweenActivities Cleaning 3_;lighting 4_ and lamps;playing 5_Eating cakes with 7_ on them;offering food,flowers and 8_ to the deadChildren 10 _ and ask for sweetsgravesincensemusicbonesgiftsdress up2.Festivals to Honour People Match the person with the festival.1.Qu Yuan 2.Ch
8、ristopher Columbus 3.Mohandas Gandhia.the Dragon Boat Festivalb.an Indian national festival on Oct.2c.Columbus Dayacb3.Harvest FestivalsChoose the best answer.Many activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people _.A.get together to have mealsB.decorate houses to admire the moonC.win a
9、wards for their farm produceD.enjoy mooncakesB4.Spring Festivals Fill in the blanks.Meanings To look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of springNames 1_ _4 _7_ Cherry Blossom Festival The SpringFestivalCarnivalsEasterCountries China Western countriesMainly religious countries8 _JapanAct
10、ivities Eating good foods;giving children 2_ money;3_ _ and carnivals5_;dancing in the streets;loud music;6_luckydragon dancesParadescolourfulclothing1).What are festivals of the dead usually for?Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others,who some people believe m
11、ight return to help or harm living people.II.Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following question.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.3).Wha
12、t 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.4).What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we
13、 can enjoy life/be proud of our customs/forget our work for a little while.5).Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico,Japan and China.What things are similar?What things are different?The Chinese,Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead.The Chinese and Japan
14、ese go to clean their ancestors graves,and the Mexicans offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead.However,there are some difference.The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones,something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.6).What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?Festi
15、vals let us enjoy life,be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.1.The ancient people neednt worry about their food.2.Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.FTIII.True or False3.Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China.4.Mid-autumn Festi
16、val is held to celebrate the end of autumn.5.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.TFF Which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun.Homework1.Go over the text after class and try to write a summary of the text(about 100 words)and retell the text according to the summary.2.Prepare for“discovering useful words and expressions”on Page 4.(Ex1,2 and 3)3.If possible try to find out as much information as possible about festivals around the world.You can surf the Internet or refer to the books.
