festivals 课件.ppt

Pre-reading What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like best- the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit? Comprehending 1). What are festivals of the dead usually for? Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people. 2). What makes autumn festivals happy events? people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished. 3). What do people usually do at spring festivals? people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring. 4).What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/ forget our work for a little while. 5). Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different? Similarities: clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. Differences: the Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do. 1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. 2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. Homework 1. Go over the text after class and find the sentences that you don’t understand 2. Finish exercise “discovering useful words and expressions” on Page 4. (Ex1, 2 and 3) 3. Find out as much information as possible about festivals around the world. F T III. True or False 3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. 4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. 5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. T F F Which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun. * Unit1 Festivals around the world The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 The Double Ninth