新人教必修三Unit1Festivalsaroundtheworld-Read.ppt

Activities Cleaning 3______; lighting 4_______ and lamps; playing 5______ Eating cakes with 7_____ on them; offering food, flowers and 8____ to the dead Children 10 _______ and ask for sweets graves incense music bones gifts dress up 2. Festivals to Honour People Match the person with the festival. 1. Qu Yuan 2. Christopher Columbus 3. Mohandas Gandhi a. the Dragon Boat Festival b. an Indian national festival on Oct. 2 c. Columbus Day a c b 3. Harvest Festivals Choose the best answer. Many activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people ___. A. get together to have meals B. decorate houses to admire the moon C. win awards for their farm produce D. enjoy mooncakes B 4. Spring Festivals Fill in the blanks. Meanings To look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring Names 1______ ____________ 4 ______ 7_____ Cherry Blossom Festival The Spring Festival Carnivals Easter Countries China Western countries Mainly religious countries 8 _____ Japan Activities Eating good foods; giving children 2_____ money; 3________ ______ and carnivals 5________; dancing in the streets; loud music; 6_________________ lucky dragon dances Parades colourful clothing 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. II. Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following question. 2). What makes autumn festivals happy events? Autumn festivals are happy events because 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? 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? It is important to have festivals and