高一英语必修3Unit1Festivalsaroundtheworld概要.pptVIP

Type of festival Example of festival Reasons for your choice Most important Most fun Based on the passage fill in the chart. ( give your own ideas.) I like … festival best. It is celebrated on … to remember/ in memory of … It usually lasts … days. People do … suggested expressions: Compose some short sentences to introduce your favourite festivals. TXZH 英语学习辅导报 出品 Para.4 How do Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving festivals? Decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruits; people get together to have meals. People are grateful because their food is ________ for the winter, and because a season of __________ work is over. gathered agricultural Thanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday, falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to commemorate the harvest. The traditional Thanksgiving food---roasting turkey, corn and pumpkin pies. The Mid-Autumn Festival Para. 5 Name three things people do at Spring Festival. Eat dumplings, fish, meat; give children lucky money; dragon dances; visit family members late January or early February Time: couplets Parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds. Carnival Easter is an important religious and social festival in Christian countries. It celebrates the return of Jesus and the coming of spring. Egg hunts Easter bunny Easter egg the Cherry Blossom Festival Every April when the country is covered with cherry flowers. Japanese go out with their friends or families, sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic. True or False The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. ( ) 2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. ( ) 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. ( ) F T T F F Read and sum up 1. celebrations 2. cold weather 3. harvest 4. ho