Unit1
Festivals around the world
Festivals
around the world
Unit 1

Skim the whole passage quickly to find the four kinds of modern festivals and the main idea.
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honor People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
Step I : Skimming （略读）
The passage is mainly about different festivals and the ways of celebrations and also the reasons why people celebrate them all over the world.
1. What did ancient people celebrate ?
Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of______________, ________________ and _________________ .
cold weather
planting in spring
harvest in autumn
Para1
Step II Careful reading
2.What are the origins of today’s festivals ?
some ________,
some ________,
some for special _________________.
religious
seasonal
people or events
Para2 Festivals of the Dead
1. Why do we hold festivals of the dead?
2.What do they do at these festivals?

Why do we hold festivals of the dead?

Festivals of the dead are usually held to _________ the dead or _________the ancestors.
honour
satisfy
Obon（盂兰盆节） in Japan
People should go to clean the graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.
2.What do people do at these festivals?
They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to the earth.
Obon 盂兰盆节
People eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them.
The Day of the Dead In Mexico
dress up, ask for sweets, play a trick on
play the “trick or treat “
Halloween
Please read paragraphs 3 and 4 to answer the following questions
Para 3 Festivals to Honour People
Match the festivals with the proper people.
Columbus
Day
National Festival to honor Gandhi
The Dragon Boat
Festival
China
India
USA
Para4
How do people celebrate harvest festivals?
Harvest Festivals
In European countries In China and Japan
1
2
In European countries:
People will ________
1.
2.
3.
decorate churches and town halls with…
get together to have meals
win awards for their farm produce
In China and Japan:
People _______ the moon and in China, enjoy___________.
admire
mooncakes

Spring Festivals
Para5 Spring Festivals
the Spring Festival
Carnivals
Easter
Cherry Blossom Festival
There are many kinds of festivals all around the world.
The first one, festivals of the______. For example, the Japanese Festival Obon. People should go to clean graves and _____incense in _________of their ancestor. The western holiday Halloween, now it’s a children’s festival, when they can _____up and ask for________. If they don’t give any sweets, the children might play a _______on them.
The second one, festivals to ________people. For example, the Dragon Boat Festival.
当堂检测
Dead
light
memory
dress
sweets
trick
honour

The third is Harvest and ___________Festivals. China and Japan have Mid-autumn festivals, when people ________the moon. The last one is Spring Festivals. They are the most energetic and important festivals that ______________the end of winter and to the coming of spring. In China, people eat ________(饺子)and give the children _______money. In Japan ,the country, covered with ________tree flowers ,looks as though it is covered with pink snow.
Thanksgiving
admire
look forward to
dumplings
lucky
cherry
StepIV Discussion
Discussion:
Which festivals do you think are the most important and which are the most fun?
Homework
Write a passage on the topic “the Most Fun Festival ”
Thank you!