Tree Planting Day

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Unit 1
Festivals around the world
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Which festival does Jingle Bells celebrate(??)?

• Christmas
• Jingle Bells is written to celebrate Christmas.

Celebratev.?? celebrationn.??,??
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Tree Planting Day
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• Discuss and talk about what people do to
  celebrate the following festivals(???????????????
  ?)

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Fireworks
Set off firecrackers
visit relatives have a big meal get together
and have fun with friends
Spring Festival (Lunar(???) New Year)
dumpling
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Dragon boat racing eat zongzi
Dragon Boat Day
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Eat mooncakes
Admire the moon with family
Mid-Autumn Day
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Teachers Day
Express thanks to teachers
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• Guess what festival it is.
• (???)

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Quiz 1
Valentines Day, February 14th
Lovers send chocolates, roses and cards to each
other.
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Quiz 2
Halloween (???), October 31st
Pumpkin lantern(????) ,lead the spirits
back(????????),play tricks on each other, dress
up and ask for sweets
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Quiz 3
Carnivals(???), usually in February
Crazy activities , dancing and singing in the
street,parade,colorful clothing
Parade??
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Easter (???)
Thanksgiving Day (???)
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• Match the festivals with the dates
• Festivals Dates
• the Spring Festival the 1st day of the
  lunar month
• Womens Day October 31st
• International Labor Day March 8th
• the dragon Boat Festival May 1st
• Mid-Autumn Festival the 5th day of the 5th
  lunar month
• Halloween the 15th day of the 8th
  lunar month
• Thanksgiving Day the 4th Thursday of
  November
• Tomb-sweeping day April 4th or 5th

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ReadingFestivals and Celebrations

• harvest ?? Columbus day ????
• celebration ?? Obon ????
• starve ?? grave ??
• origin ?? license ??
• religious ??? Jesus??
• ancestor ?? cherry??
• in memory of ?? blossom ?
• belief ?? admire??,??
• dress up ???? custom ??
• play a trick on???? gather??

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1.Fast reading

• 1. How many types of festivals are mentioned
• in the passage?
• 1)Festivals of the dead(???)
• 2)festivals to honour people(???????)
• 3)harvest festivals (???????)
• 4)spring festivals (?????)
• 2.Which of the following festivals are not
  mentioned
• in the passage?
• Carnival and Columbus Day.
• B. Halloween and Spring Festivals.
• C. Thanksgiving Festivals and Obon.
• D. Valentines Day and April Fools Day.

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• FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
• Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have
  been held everywhere since ancient times. Most
  ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold
  weather, planting in spring and harvest in
  autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held
  after hunters had caught animals. At that time
  people would starve if food was difficult to
  find, especially during the cold winter months.
  Today's festivals have many origins, some
  religious, some seasonal, and some for special
  people or events.

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Careful reading
Para1origin(??) of the festivals
Most ancient festivals would celebrate
the end of cold weather
planting in spring
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and harvest in autumn
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• Festivals of the Dead
• Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to
  satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to
  help or to do harm. For the Japanese festival
  Obon, people should go to clean graves and light
  incense in memory of their ancestors. They also
  light lamps and play music because they think
  that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.
  In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead
  in early November. On this important feast day,
  people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes
  withboneson them. They offer food, flowers and
  gifts to the dead. The Western holiday Halloween
  also had its origin in old beliefs about the
  return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a
  children's festival, when they can dress up and
  go to their neighbours' homes to ask for sweets.
  If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the
  children might play a trick on them.

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Para2. Festivals of the Dead.
Purposes To honor the dead or satisfy the 1________ To honor the dead or satisfy the 1________ To honor the dead or satisfy the 1________
Names 2_____ The Day of the Dead 4________
Countries Japan 3_______ Some western countries
ancestors
Obon
Halloween
Mexico
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The Day of the Dead
Festivals
Obon
Halloween
Activities Cleaning 5______ lighting 6_______ and lamps playing 7______ Eating cakes with 8_____ on themoffer-ing food, flowers and 9____ to the dead Children 10 _______ and ask for sweets
graves
bones
dress up
incense
gifts
music
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Obon in Japan
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The Day of the Dead in Mexico
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• Festivals to Honour People
• Festivals can also be held to honour famous
  people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours
  the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. In the USA,
  Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of
  Christopher Columbus in the New World. India has
  a national festival on October 2 to honour
  Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain
  India's independence from Britain.

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Para3.Festivals to Honor People
Match the festivals with the proper people.
National Festival on October 2
Columbus Day
The Dragon Boat Festival
China
India
USA
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• Harvest Festivals
• Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very
  happy events. People are grateful because their
  food is gathered for the winter and the
  agricultural work is over. In European countries,
  people will usually decorate churches and town
  halls with flowers and fruit, and will get
  together to have meals. Some people might win
  awards for their farm produce, like the biggest
  watermelon or the most handsome rooster. China
  and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people
  admire the moon and in China, enjoy mooncakes.

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Para4.Harvest Festivals
People will ________ on Thanksgiving
festivals. 1. 2. 3.
decorate churches and town halls
get together to have meals
win awards for their farm produce
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Different from Thanksgiving festivals in Western
countries, what activities do China and Japan
have in mid-autumn festivals?
admire
People _______ the moon and in China,
enjoy___________.
mooncakes
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• Spring Festivals
• The most energetic and important festivals are
  the ones that look forward to the end of winter
  and to the coming of spring. At the Spring
  Festival in China,people eat dumplings, fish and
  meat and may give children lucky money in red
  paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and
  families celebrate the Lunar New Year together.
  Some Western countries have very exciting
  carnivals, which take place forty days before
  Easter, usually in February. These carnivals
  might include parades, dancing in the streets day
  and night, loud music and colourful clothing of
  all kinds. Easter is an important religious and
  social festival for Christians around the world.
  It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead
  and the coming of spring and new life. Japan's
  Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later.
  The country, covered with cherry tree flowers,
  looks as though it is covered with pink snow.

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• People love to get together to eat, drink and
  have fun with each other. Festivals let us enjoy
  life, be proud of our customs and forget our work
  for a little while.

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Para5.Spring Festivals
Q1.What do people usually do at Spring Festival?
Chinese People usually eat ____________________ an
d give children___________________________.
There are ______________and __________,and
families celebrate the _________________together.
Some Western countries have _________,including
______ and dances in the streets _____________,
loud music and colorful______________________.
dumplings,fish and meat
lucky money in red paper
dragon dances
carnivals
Lunar New Year
carnivals
parade
day and night
clothing of all kinds
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Q2.What is most popular spring festival in Japan ?
Cherry Blossom Festival
Q3.What does Japan looks like in this Festival?
The country were covered with cherry tree
flowers,looks as though it is covered with pink
snow.
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Q4. What does Easter celebrate? Q5.Do you
know the symbols(??) of Easter?
It celebrates the return of_____ from the dead
and the coming of ______ and_________.
Jesus
spring
new life
Easter eggs and Easter Bunnies(rabbits).
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1.Retell the text by filling the following blanks.
There are all kinds of festivals and ___________
around the world, which are held for different
reasons. The _______ ________ were mainly held at
three times a year. Some festivals are held to
______ the dead or satisfy the _________ in
case(??) they might return either to help or to
___ _____,while other festivals are held to honor
famous people or the gods, such as
celebrations
ancient
festivals
honor
ancestors
harm
do
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_______ _____ ______ and Columbus Day. Harvest
and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events
because the food is _________ for the winter and
the ___________work is over. And the most
_________ and important festivals are the ones
that look forward to the end of winter and to the
______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at
which people have a very good time. Some Western
countries have very exciting ________. Festivals
let us enjoy ____.
Dragon Boat Festival
gathered
agricultural
energetic
Lunar
coming
carnivals
life
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Homework

• Write a composition about one of your
  favorite festivals within 120 words.

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Thank you.