《Festival around the World》（市级优质课）：课件一（33张PPT）（人教版必修3）.pptVIP

Revision Ask students to spell the new words of unit one in five minutes Finish a piece of reading material ListeningWhat festivals are mentioned in the text? When did ancient people celebrate ? the end of cold weather Planting in spring Harvest in autumn When they had food animals caught When they wanted a year of plenty Festivals of the dead Who was honoured in the USA mentioned in the text? In memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus Why does India have a national festival on October 2? To honour the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, To honour/remember the leader who helped India’s independence from Britain Festivals to honour people Harvest Festivals Why are autumn festivals happy events? 2. What do people do to celebrate it?  The Cherry Blossom Festival Spring Festivals What are the purpose to have festivals and celebrations? Festivals Homework Find out difficult words and expressions in the text. Write an introduction of the festival your group have created. Possible version Peace Day It takes place every year on January 2, the day after the New Year’s Day. At the beginning of a new year, we create such a festival in order to call for peace, to make the world a better place for everyone. People have to learn about foreign countries on that day. The TVs and newspapers will be all about foreign countries. And people are asked to eat foreign food on that day. And they are asked to talk about peace with their families, friends, and so on. Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the 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 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. agricultural gathered lunar coming energetic * Festivals and celebrations Festivals Obon The Day o