1、Festivals around the worldUnit 1BrainstormingHow many festivals do you know both in and out of China?The Dragon Boat FestivalThe Double Ninth FestivalThe Spring FestivalTomb Sweeping DayThe Lantern FestivalThe MiddleAutumn Festival The Double Seventh FestivalIn ChinafestivalsSpring FestivalThe 1st d
2、ay of the first lunar monthFestival of lanternsyuanxiaoWomens Day-March 8The 1st day of MayLabour DayThe 1st day of JuneChildrens DayArmy Day-August 1stThe 15th day of the eighth lunar monthMid-Autumn FestivalThe 10th day of September Teachers DayThe 1st day of OctoberNational DayfestivalsChristmasF
3、ools DayValentines DayCarnivalEasterThanksgiving DayMothers DayFathers DayHalloween In foreign countriesValentines DayIn FebruaryCarnival(狂欢节狂欢节)Easter 复活节复活节The first Sunday after a full moon on or after March 21Fools DayApril 1stMothers DayThe second Sunday in MayThanksgiving DayThe fourth Thursda
4、y in NovemberNovember 31stHalloween 万圣节万圣节ChristmasNew Year Spring Festival Mothers Day Lantern Festival Fathers Day Tomb-sweeping Day Fools DayLabors Day Valentines Day Dragon Boat Festival ChristmasChildrens Day CarnivalArmys Day EasterTeachers Day HalloweenMid-Autumn Day ObonNational Day festival
5、sReviewChoose one of the festivals,and discuss it with your partner.1.When the festival is;2.What the festival celebrates;3.What people should do or should not do.Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of a year.Different countries have different festivals.Work in groups and list below thr
6、ee more Chinese festivals that you know.Festival Time ofyear/dateWhat it celebratesWhat people doMid-AutumnFestivalautumn/fallthe beauty of the full moon，harvest,time with family and friendsgive and eat mooncakes,watch the full moon with family and friendsFestival Time ofyear/dateWhat it celebratesW
7、hat people doSpring FestivalJanuary/Februarythe end of winter，arrival of spring,Lunar New Year，reunion with family and relativesgive money in red paper to children;see dragon dances;eat fish,prawns and dumplings；visit family membersFestivalTime ofyear/dateWhat it celebratesWhat people doNationalDayO
8、ctober 1the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949take time off work;travel to visit family or to see other parts of China;go shoppingFestival Time ofyear/dateWhat it celebratesWhat people doDragon Boat Festival/Duanwu Festivalthe fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendarthe memory o
9、f the beloved poet Qu Yuan who died in 278 BCeat zongzi;watch dragon boat races;throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water in memory of Qu Yuan;put herbs on doorways for good healthWhich is the greatest and the most important festival to Chinese people?Spring FestivalWhich is the greatest and the
10、most important festival to Christian people in Western countries?ChristmasA question for after classA question for after class：Can you tell the similarities and differences between Spring Festival and Christmas?HomeworkHomework1.Prepare the reading part for next class2.Write a composition about one of your favorite festivals within 120 words.33谢谢谢谢
