高中英语必修3课件Festivals around the word.ppt

What holiday is this? On that day you send a card or a rose, a flower to someone you love or think is attractive. What holiday is this? A Christian holy day in March or April when Christians remember the death of Christ and his return to life. Kids usually color and decorate eggs or search for Easter eggs hidden by the parents in their backyards Thanksgiving In the USA, a national holiday, on the forth Thursday in November. It was first celebrated in 1621 by the Pilgrim Fathers in New Plymouth colony, Massachusetts, after their first good harvest.  It is a traditional festival in Mexico to honor the dead. People light candles at a tomb covered with flowers and food. Halloween Parade(游行） Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Chinese people? Spring Festival Which is the greatest and the most important festival to Christian people in Western countries? Christmas Both of them are quite popular around the world. Can you tell the similarities and differences between them by comparison? Spring Festival Christmas Gifts Special food Time Christmas Spring Festival Festival from the 1st day to the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month dumpling (jiaozi), sweet dumpling (tangyuan/yuanxiao) Dec. 25th candies, cookies, pudding foods, fruits, clothes, drinks, red packets … foods, desserts, Christmas decorations … Major activities Prepa-ration Christmas Spring Festival Festival do spring-cleaning, do Spring Festival shopping, decorate the houses do cleaning and shopping, decorate the houses with Christmas trees and colored lights have family reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve; pay New Year’s visits, recreational activities (dragon / lion dance, …) family reunion, have a big dinner on Christmas Eve … What part of activities you like best Purpose Christmas Spring Festival Festival say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year, hoping for the best and the good future. celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ Halloween