1、1FESTIVALNew YearNational DayChristmasFathers DayChildrens DayMothers DayDragon BoatFestivalTeachers DaySpring FestivalMay DayArmy DayMid-Autumn DayWhat festivals do you know?2When do they take place?Spring FestivalJanuary 1 at lunar calendar Lantern FestivalJanuary 15 at lunar calendar 3Dragon Boat
2、 Festival May 5 at lunar calendar Mid-autumn DayAugust 15 at lunar calendar 4 Easter around March 22 April 25 Thanksgiving Daythe last Thursday of November5Halloween October 31Christmas DayDecember 25 6Choose one of the festivals,and think about:What people should do or not do.What it celebrates.FES
3、TIVALSFoodWorkVisitDress upSingingDancingWatching TVMemoryFunJiaoziFruitDate7Spring Festival We celebrate the end of winter,arrival of spring,Lunar New Year,reunion with family and relatives.During Spring Festival,people give money in red paper to children;see dragon dances;eat fish,prawns and dumpl
4、ings;visit family member.Sample:81.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?Work in groups of four and talk about the two questions.92.Look at the pictures and title o
5、f the passage below.Discuss what kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.1011Read through the passage and find out how many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?1.Ancient festivals2.Festivals of the Dead3.Festivals to Honor the People4.Harvest Festivals5.Spring Fes
6、tivals12Whats the main idea of the text?How many kinds of festival are mentioned?What are they?Read the text quickly and answer the following question.13The text mainly tells us about some of todays festivals.There are three kinds of festival.Some are religious,some are seasonal and some are for spe
7、cial people or events.14What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph and what do the ancient festivals celebrate?Para.1 Ancient Festivalcelebrate the end of the cold weather,planting in spring and harvest in autumn;celebrate when hunters catch animals.15Para.2 Festivals of the DeadJapan-ObonMexico
8、-Day of the DeadAmerica-HalloweenPara.3 Festivals to Honour PeopleChina-Dragon Boat Festival USA-Columbus DayIndia-festival to honour Gandhi16Obon（盂兰盆）（盂兰盆）in Japan17Dragon Boat Festival18Columbus Day19Para.4 Harvest FestivalsEuropean and other countries-Harvest and Thanksgiving FestivalChina and Ja
9、pan-Mid-Autumn festivalPara.5China-Spring festivalSome Western countries-Easter and related holidaysJapan-Cheery Blossom Festival20Harvest Festivals 21Halloween(万圣节万圣节)22Read the passage carefully and answer the questions with the help of the pictures.23What would people celebrate at these three tim
10、es of a year?Why do you think music and fire or light are used in festivals?Ancient Festivals24What kind of things are done to honour the dead?Why do you think about the Mexican practice of making cakes with skulls and bones?Mexican Day of the Dead25Obon(日本盂兰盆节日本盂兰盆节)26What do you know about Hallowe
11、en?Halloween27What festivals or celebrations can you think of that honour famous people or important events?the Dragon Boat Festival 28Who do you think should have a festival to honour them?Why?Columbus Day29Harvest Festival Thanksgiving DayDo you know any harvest celebrations in China?301.Why did a
12、ncient people celebrate after hunters had caught animals?A.Because they had no food to eat except animals.B.Because they wouldnt go hungry when food was found.C.Because animals were their favourite food at that time.D.Because they wanted to show their admiration for the hunters.Choose the best answe
13、r.312.Whats the right time order of the following festivals?a.Easter b.Cherry Blossom Festival c.Western carnivalsA.c;a;b B.c;b;a C.a;b;c D.a;c;b321)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 might
14、 return to help or harm living people.Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions.332)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.343)What do
15、 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.354)What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we ca
16、n enjoy life/be proud of our customs/forget our work for a little while.36 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 Japanese
17、 go to clean their ancestors graves,and the Mexicans offer food,37flowers 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.38 True or False1.The ancient people neednt worry about their food.2.Hall
18、oween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.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 FT TT TF FF F391.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.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.4041
