Unit 1,Festivals around the world,Spring festival of China,Questions about Spring Festival,What is the most important festival in China? Why do you think so? What is the date of Chinese Spring festival? What do people do at Spring festival? Did you have a happy time during the holidays? Why or why not? Do you know the real meaning of Spring festival?,Chinese New Year/Spring Festival,The first day of Chinese lunar year is Chinese New year or Spring Festival. Families of China will meet together, cleaning their houses, eating dumplings as well as other delicious food, watching TV, visiting relatives and friends. The older will give the young lucky money in red paper envelopes with beautiful designs and best wishes on them. Outside in the street there are dragon dances and carnivals. Chinese New Year is by far the most well-known Chinese holiday, and also the most significant to Chinese culture.,Valentines Day,Valentines Day (February 14th),Day to exchange messages of love with the object of ones romantic interest. Usually observed through the gifting of roses and heart-shaped boxes of chocolates. The day gets its name from the Christian saint(圣徒） Valentine.,The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao. The 15th day is the first night to see a full moon. So the day is also called Yuan Xiao Festival in China.,Lantern Festival 元宵节,Mid-autumn Festival,Mid-Autumn Festival,The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the exact middle of autumn, hence the festivals name. On this mid-autumn night, the full moon is especially bright. The whole family may sit together beneath the clear moonlight eating tasty moon cakes and appreciating the beauty of the fully rounded moon. Those who are far away from their homes that night are only too easily reminded of their families when they look up at the luminous moon.,Festivals around the world,New years Day元旦 Valentines Day情人节 Lantern festival元宵节 Carnival狂欢节（巴西, 二月中、下旬） Peach Flower Festival桃花节（日本女孩节，3月3日） International Womens Day妇女节 St. Patricks Day 圣帕特里克节（爱尔兰，3月17日）,Maple Sugar Festival 枫糖节（加，3 或4月） April Fools Day Easter复活节（春分月圆后第一个星期日） Songkran Festival宋干节（泰，4。13） Food festival食品节（新，4。17） International Labour Day Boys Day男孩节（日，5。5） Mothers Day（5月第二个星期日） Bank Holiday银行休假日（英，5。31） International Childrens Day Fathers day（6月第三个星期日）,Dragon Boat Festival Mid-summer day仲夏节（北欧，6） Corban古尔邦节（伊斯兰，7） Chopsticks day筷子节（日，8。4） Moon Festival Old Peoples day Thanksgiving Day感恩节（美，11月最后一个星期四） Nurse Day（12。12） Christmas Eve Christmas day New years eve Spring festival,Shopkeeper Vs customer,Would you like ? Might I suggest ? You should try Can you see ? Could I have ? May I see ? Could we look at ? We might take,Pre-reading,Can you name other festivals in China or around the world? What does it celebrate? What do people do? What is your favorite festival of the year? Why? What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town? Do you like spending festivals with your family or with friends? What part of a festival do you like best the music, the things to see, the visits or the food?,Reading and comprehending,They celebrated at the end of winter, when good weather returned, when they had a good harvest, when the hunters caught animals for food, when they had enough food, when they wanted a year of plenty. They are to honor our ancestors, to make our ancestors happy so they wont harm us, to satisfy our ancestors, to celebrate in the presence of death. To honour the memory of Magatma Gandhi who helped gain Indias independence.,Reading and comprehending,4. People are grateful for the harvest , for the end of the agricultural work, the end of the hard work on the farms. People are happy that they will have food for the year. 5. People eat, dance, play and listen to music, visit family members, have parades, give and receive gifts 6. To have a break from daily life, to celebrate our customs, our history, our heroes, to enjoy meeting family and friends, to eat special food, to have fun with each other, to make our community closer, to show that are thankful.,Discussion,With a partner discuss which kinds of festival you think are the most important and which are the most fun. From the text pick out three things that most festivals seem to have in common. Write down these three things , and talk with a partner about why you think they might be important to people everywhere.,Fill in the blacks with words in the text,There are all kinds of festivals and _ around the world, which are held for different_. The ancient festivals were mainly held at _ times a year - the end of the cold _, planting in spring and_ in autumn. Some festivals are held to _ the dead or satisfy and _ the ancestors in case they might _, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or to the _, such as Dragon Boat Festival and Columbus Day. Harvest and _ festivals are happy events because their food is _ for the winter and because a season of _ work is over, to which Mid autumn festival belongs. And the most _ and important festivals are the ones that _ to the end of winter and to the coming of _, such as the lunar New Year, at which people have a very_.,