Festivals Differentculturesandtraditionshavedifferentfestivals aroundtheworld Festivalsaremeanttocelebrateimportanttimesofyear Differentcountrieshavedifferentfestivals Whatfestivalsdoyouknowabout Groupwork Pleasemakealistofthreefestivalsyouknow tellwhentheytakeplace whattheycelebrateandwhatpeopledoatthattime Whichisyourfavorite Why Aquiz 3 the7thdayofthe7thmonth ChongyangFestivaltheDoubleNinthFestival 2 The5thdayofthe5thmonth 1 The15thdayofthe1stmonth theLanternFestival 元宵节 4 The15thdayofthe8thmonth theMid autumnFestival theDragon boatfestival 端午节 ofChineselunarcalendar 农历 5 the9thdayofthe9thmonth QiqiaoFestival theChineseValentine sday SomeChinesetraditionalfestivals April5th Tomb sweepingFestival 清明节 namesomewesternfestivals Christmas Valentine sDay AprilFool sDay ThanksgivingDay Halloween Easter Obon 盂兰盆节 isanannualBuddhist 佛教徒 festival whichtakesplaceinJulyorAugustinJapan Peoplehanglanternsinfrontoftheirhousesandfloatpaperlanternsontheriverinordertoguidetheirancestors spirits ItisatraditionalfestivalinMexicotohonorthedead Peoplelightcandlesatatombcoveredwithflowersandfood SugarSkeleton theDayoftheDead 亡灵节 Fastreading 1 Howmanykindsoffestivalsarementionedinthispassage 2 FinishEx1P3 FestivalsoftheDead FestivalstoHonourPeople HarvestFestivals SpringFestivals Obon Japan DayoftheDead Mexico Halloween somewesterncountries DragonBoatFestival China ColumbusDay USA FestivaltohonorGandhi India Thanksgivingfestivals Europeanandothercountries Mid AutumnFestivals ChinaandJapan TheSpringFestival China Easter somewesterncountries CherryBlossomFestival Japan Closereading FinishEx2P3 Groupwork Basedonthereadingpassage whatdomostfestivalsseemtohaveincommon food music entertainment beingwithfamilyandfriends lightsorfire dance rememberingeventsorpeople Understandingofsentences Howdoyouunderstandthefollowingsentences Festivalsaremeanttocelebrateimportanttimesofyear 节日旨在庆祝一年中重要的时期 Somefestivalsareheldtohonourthedeadortosatisfytheancetors whomightreturneithertohelpordoharm 有些节日是为了纪念死者 或使祖先得到满足 因为祖先们有可能回到世上提供帮助 也有可能带来危害 Onthisimportantfeastday peopleeatfoodintheshapeofskullsandcakeswith bones onthem 在这个重要的节庆日子里 人们会吃制成颅骨形状的食物和装点有 骨头 的蛋糕 4 ThewesternholidayHalloweenalsohaditsorigininoldbeliefsaboutthereturnofthespiritsofdeadpeople 西方节日万圣节也源自人们古老的信念 认为亡者的灵魂会返回人间 5 IntheUSA ColumbusDayisinmemoryofthearrivalofChristopherColumbusintheNewWorld 6 HarvestandThanksgivingfestivalscanbeveryhappyevents 7 Thecountry coveredwithcherrytreeflowers looksasthoughitiscoveredwithpinksnow 整个国家到处是盛开的樱花 看上去就像覆盖了一层粉红色的雪 Chooseonefestivalfromthosedescribedandretell Useaboutatleast30words Assignment FinishEx1 3P4RecitetheParagraphaboutSpringFestivalsMakesentenceswith6oftheboldfacedwordsorexpressions What sthefunctionofPara1andPara6 Para 1 Tointroducefestivalsingeneral 一般而言 Para6 Tosumup 总结 thetext KindsofFestivals FestivalstoHonourPeople HarvestFestivals SpringFestivals FestivalsoftheDead Structure Reasons Importantwords phrases 意欲做 打算做发生 产生古时候纪念死者使坏为了纪念盛装打扮捉弄赢得独立收集食物赢得奖项赏月期望夜以继日地仿佛 好像玩得开心 meantodotakeplaceancienttimeshonourthedeaddoharmInmemoryofdressupplayatrickongaindependencegatherfoodwinawardsadmirethemoonlookforwardtodayandnightasthoughhavefunwith 18 Ex2P4celebration religious Christians origin custom asthough havefunwith beliefaworldwideholiday Thenewshasbeenspreadworldwide asthoughitwerejustaholiday Heisanidiot ratherthanagenius 19 1Don tlookforwardtothedayyoustopsuffering becausewhenitcomesyouknowyou llbedead 生于忧患 死于安乐 人活着总会受苦的 别期待有哪一天是不用受苦的 除非死亡2 Adogstarvingathismaster sgatepredictstheruinofthestate 树死先从叶子黄3 Iwouldratherhaveamindopenedbywonderthanoneclosedbycustom 宁愿创新 不愿陈腐 4 Gatheryourosebudswhileyoumay oldtimesisstilla flying andthissameflowerthatsmilestoday tomorrowwillbedying未雨绸缪 20 5 Howeverbigthefool thereisalwaysabiggerfooltoadmirehim 存在即合理 傻瓜总会发现有比他更傻的人在赞美他6Belief then isthegreatguideofhumanlife 信仰是生活的向导 7 Otherpeople sharvestsarealwaysthebestharvests butone sownchildrenarealwaysthebestchildren别人的收获总是最好的 自己的孩子总是最乖的8 Thereisnofeastonearththatdoesnotendinparting 天下没有不散的宴席 9 Everyonehassometrickstheycando buteachhashisownwayofdoingthem 条条大路通罗马10 thosewhocanloseshallgain thosewhowishgainshalllose 输得起 才能赢 只想赢 就会输 Languagepoints 1 mean的用法 meantodo意欲做 打算做bemeanttodo Whatdoyoumeantodowithit meansbtodo打算让某人干 meandoing意味着做 Missingthebusmeanswaitingforanotheronehour Ididn tmeanhimtohelpme meansthfor打算把 用作 Imeantheroomformybedroom meanadj 卑鄙的 自私的 meansn 方式 方法 手段 工具 单复数同形 Acarisameansoftransport Everymeansisverygood meaningn 意思 意义 含义meaningfuladj 富有意义的 意味深长的meaninglessadj 无意义的 无目的的 knowledge 即境活用 Youshouldhavethankedherbeforeyouleft Imeant butwhenIwasleavingIcouldn tfindheranywhere A todoB toC doingD doingso B 2 celebratevt 1 庆祝 祝贺celebrateChristmas one sbirthday avictory 2 赞扬 称颂Thenamesofheroesarecelebratedbythepoets celebrationn 庆祝 祝贺celebrityn 名声 名人 词语辨析 celebrate congratulatecelebrate后常接日期 事情或场合congratulate后常接人表示为某事而祝贺某人congratulatesb on uponsth eg congratulateyouonyourmarriage 有时还表示私自庆幸的意思 eg Icongratulatedmyselfonmyescapefrombeingpunished 3