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Unit 1 Festivals. Reading. beauty harvest celebration starve origin ancestor feast. poet arrival independence agriculture energetic clothing bone. take place religious in memory of belief dress up play a trick on gain. gather award admire look forward to day and night - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Unit 1 Festivals
Reading
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beauty
harvest
celebration
starve
origin
ancestor
feast
poet
arrival
independence
agriculture
energetic
clothing
bone
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take place
religious
in memory of
belief
dress up
play a trick on
gain
gather
award
admire
look forward to
day and night
as though
have fun with
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1.What’s your favorite holiday of the year?
Pre-reading
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FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
Find out different kinds of
festivals mentioned in the text.
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Obon
Day of the Dead
HalloweenDragon Boat FestivalColumbus Day
Thanksgiving
Easter
Cherry Blossom Festival
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
Match
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festivals
Festivals to honour people
Ancient Festival
Harvest Festivals
Festivals of the Dead
What festivals are mentioned in the text?
Spring Festivals
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Most ancient festivals would celebrate ________________________, _____________and ______________, and they also celebrated _____________ __________________.
When
the end of the cold weatherplantingin spring harvest in autumn
when hunterscould catch animals
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Why They are held to______________, or ______and ________the _________, who could return either to ______or to__________.
ExamplesObon
The Day of the DeadHalloween
honour the deadsatisfy please
help do harm
ancestors
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Obon in Japan What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival?
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Specially-made lanterns/lamps are lit and hung outside each
house to lead the ancestors back to home.
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All night long, people dance and sing.
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When the festival is over, thousands of lanterns are placed into the water and they drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world.
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The Day of the Dead in Mexico
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In Mexico, "day of the dead" is a joyful celebration to honour the dead. It is believed that, on this feast day, the spirits of the dead return home to visit their families.
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Toys, decorations, and candies in the shape of skulls, are sold in the market-places at this time every year to honor the ancestors.
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They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.
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They burn candles to summon the spirits of the dead.
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On October 31In western countries
A children’s festivalIts origin?
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trick or treat
dress up
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Carved Pumpkin Lantern /Jack-o'-lantern
a spell of protection over the household
the most common symbol
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Halloween Parade( 游行)
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Festivals can be held as an honour to ____________or to________.
famous people the gods
The Dragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
Mahatma Gandhi
Examples
Qu Yuan
The arrival of Christopher ColumbusA national festival on October 2
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屈原故里
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Columbus Day
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Mahandas Gandhi(1869-1948)
Gandhi, Indian national leader, was born in Porbandar on October 2, 1869, and educated in law in London .
Gandhi was remembered as the international symbol of a free state . Indians regarded him as a saint(圣者;圣徒) and called him Mahatma (Sanskrit, “great soul”), a title for the greatest saints .
more about him
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People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter, and because a season of agricultural work is over.
Why are harvest festivals happy events?
ExamplesIn European countries……
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The Mid-Autumn Festival
admire the moon give gifts of mooncakes
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It is an American traditional holiday, falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to celebrate the harvest.
The traditional Thanksgiving food--- turkey, corn and pumpkin pies with ice-cream.
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The most energetic and important festivals are_________________ ___________________________ __________________________
the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.
Examples
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Spring Festival in China
People eat dumplings, fish and meat
Lucky money in red paper
Dragon dances and carnivals
Families celebrate it together
the lunar New Year
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parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.
Carnivals in some Western countries
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Easter(March 23 to April 25)
The first Sunday after the full moon following a spring equinox
• a religious and social festival in Christian country
• A celebration of Spring
• Celebrate the return of Jesus
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Easter bunny
Easter egg
The two main popular symbols of Easter
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Every April when the country is covered with cherry flowers, Japanese people celebrate it. They go out with their friends or families. They sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic.
Cherry Blossom Festival
In Japan
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• What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?
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Intensive reading
True or False
1. The ancient people needn’t
worry about their food.
2. Halloween used to be a festival
intended to honor the dead.
F
T
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3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who peopl
e honor a lot in China.
4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebr
ate the end of autumn.
5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.
T
F
F
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Free talking
Based on the reading passage, what do most festivals seem to have in common?
food
musicentertainment
being with family and friends
lights or fire
dance
remembering events or people
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permission
turn up
keep one’s word
hold one’s breath
apologize
obvious
set off
remind…of…