新人教必修三 nit1 Festivals around the world-reading.pptVIP

* * * * P 4.Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival Mid-Autumn festival P 5. Spring festivals The Spring festival Carnival Easter Cheery Blossom Festival Festivals Time What does it celebrate? What do people do ? Ancient Festivals The end of the cold weather, in spring and autumn, when hunters could catch animals When they had food Lit fires and made Music ; a year of _______ Festivals of dead / Light lamps and play music Festivals to honor people / Watch some games/people get together and so on Harvest festivals Autumn /fall Celebrate the harvest in autumn churches/give gifts… Spring festivals January / ______ Celebrate the end of winter and _____ Eat dumplings … as an honor to famous people or to the gods To honour the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestor Decorate February the coming of the spring __________ plenty What are the reasons to have festivals and celebrations? They let us enjoy life; They let us be proud of our customs; They let us forget our daily life for a little while; People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other. Discuss with your partner and pick out three things that most festivals seem to have in common. Write down these three things, and why you think they might be important to people everywhere. Then fill in the chart on Page 3. Three common things Reasons why they are important to people everywhere Nowadays, Chinese become so keen on western festivals such as Christmas and Thanks-giving day. People around celebrate Christmas probably because they want more festivals.  Festival should not only be a day that we get together and enjoy ourselves, but more a day that is full of meanings. Group work: Work in groups. Imagine that your class and your little angel are going to set and celebrate a new holiday together.: 1. What kind of day will you set to celebrate ? 2. When and why do you decide to celebrate the day ? 3.what you will do a