Unit 1 Festivals Around the World,What kind of festival did we just celebrate?,Chinese festivals,Festivals are meant to celebrate times of year. Discuss: when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time.,Spring Festival,January / February The end of winter, arrival of spring, Lunar New Year, reunion with family and relatives red paper; dragon dances; eat dumplings; New Years visit,National Day,October 1 The founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949 Take time off work; travel to visit family or to see other parts of China; go shopping,Dragon Boat Festival,The fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar The memory of poet Qu Yuan Eat Zhongzi; watch dragon boat races; put herbs on doorways for good health,Festivals,Nowadays, foreign festivals are more and more popular in China. Can you list some? Lets see some pictures and guess.,Obon Festival,Cherry Blossom Festival,Valentines Day,Christmas,Thanksgiving Day,Easter,Festival and Celebrations,How do people around the world celebrate their festivals?,festivals,What festivals are mentioned in the text?,Fast Reading,Skim the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.,Intensive Reading,1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in ancient times?,Answer the following questions:,2. Why does India have a national festival on October 2?,3. How do Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving festivals?,4. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?,Task 1,1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in ancient times?,a. the end of cold weather; b. planting in spring and harvest in autumn; c. When hunters caught animals.,2. Why does India have a national festival on October 2?,To honor Gandhi who helped gain Indians independence from Britain.,3. How do Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving festivals?,People decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit; people get together to have meals.,4. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?,It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while.,Find the sentence closest in meaning to the following one People celebrate some festivals to show respect for the dead or to make the ancestors satisfied, who might come back to do good or harm.,Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm.,Task 2,Translate the following sentence into Chinese and pick out the main structure The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.,最富有生气而又最重要的节日，就是告别冬天、迎来春天的日子。,Task 3,The festivals are the ones.,There are all kinds of festivals and _ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _ _ were mainly held at three times in a year. Some festivals are held to _ the dead or satisfy the _ in case they might return either to help or to _ _, while other festivals are held to honor famous people, such as,celebrations,ancient,festivals,honor,ancestors,do,harm,Summary,_ _ _ and Columbus Day. Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _ for the winter and the _work is over. And the most _ and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the _ of spring, such as the _ New Year, at which people have a very good time. Some Western countries have very exciting _. Festivals let us enjoy _.,Dragon Boat Festival,gathered,agricultural,energetic,coming,Lunar,carnivals,life,What is your favourite festival? Why? When is it? What is the festival about? How long can we have it for holiday? What do we usually do in the festival?,My favourite festival,Discussing,I like festival best. It is celebrated on . to remember/ in memory of . It usually lasts days. People do .,Suggested expressions:,Read the text again. Try to retell the text with only a few sentences. Polish the article “My favourite festival“.,Homework,