M3U1READING开课用课件.ppt

What do they have in common? They have something in common with our Qingming Festival. Suppose you are writing a post card to your pen friend Tom in the USA and introducing the Chinese Tomb Sweeping Day to him. You will write the origin of it, why and how people celebrate it. (work in pairs) Our Chinese Tomb-sweeping Day will take place in a few days, so I want to introduce it to you. The origin of it is around 2,500 years ago. People celebrate it by sweeping the tombs, offering food and flowers to honor our ancestors. Although it’s mainly a festival in memory of the dead, it’s not all sadness. People will get together and admire the beauty and hope of spring. We Chinese people are proud of the custom and has made it an official holiday, so many people are looking forward to it. * Lunar New Year — the first day of the first Lunar month yuanxiao Lantern Festival — the 15 day of the 1st lunar month Women’s Day-March 8 Children’s Day-June 1st Duan Wu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival) — the 5th day of the 5th lunar month Army Day-August 1st Mid-Autumn Festival - the 15th day of the 8th lunar month Teacher’s Day-September 10th Celebrate the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. People take time off work, travel to visit family or to see other parts of China, go shopping. National Day - October 1st How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage? What are they? Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honor People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals Subtitles 副标题 Read the first paragraph What did ancient people celebrate? How about today’s festivals? Ancient festivals The end of spring Harvest in After Today: Festivals of all kinds have many________: some ________,some ________,some for special _________________. origins religious seasonal people or events cold weather