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The Spring Festival may take place in February. It is on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month. At the Spring Festival, people have plenty of food and fruit, and may give children lucky money in red paper. People studying or working in other cities and countries will look forward to seeing their relatives and friends, so that they will come back and have fun with them. People ,especially children ,will dress up during the Spring Festival. On New Year’s Eve, people will have a dinner , watch the Spring Festival programme, watch fireworks, set off firecrackers Mother’s day Father’s day Obon(盂兰盆节) ----is an annual Buddhist (佛教徒) festival , which takes place in July or August in Japan. People hang lanterns in front of their houses and float paper lanterns on the river in order to guide their ancestors spirits .  It is a traditional festival in Mexico to honor the dead. People light candles at a tomb covered with flowers and food. Are harvest festivals always happy events? Why or why not ? Language points 1.starve 1)vi./vt. （使）挨饿，（使）饿死 They got lost and starved to death. Boxers sometimes starve themselves for several days to control weight. 2)vi. 渴望，急需要 starve for sth; starve to do sth She’s starving for your attention. She has been starving to see you. 她一直 渴望见到你。 be starved of 极需，缺乏 3. satisfy : vt / vi (使)满意,满足 satisfy sb / sth (one’s need) The story didn’t satisfy me. What he did didn’t satisfy me. satisfied adj. 感到满意的 satisfying adj. 令人满意的 satisfactory adj. 使人满意的 satisfaction n. 满意，满足 be satisfied with sb/sth 对...满意 be satisfied to do sth 对做...感到满意 to one’s satisfaction 使某人满意的是.. far from satisfactory 远非令人满意 I’m satisfied with what he did. To my satisfaction, he passed the exam. Are you __________ to hear the ___________news? Yes, I’m _______ with the news. That is to say, the news _________me .