Unit 14 Festivals

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Unit 14 Festivals
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Warming up

• I Look at the pictures of these festivals and
  discuss the following questions with your
  partner.
• 1 Do you know the names of the festivals?
• 2 Do you know which countries the festivals come
  from?
• 3 What are the people in the pictures doing? Why
  are they doing this?

Halloween
America
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the Day of the Dead
Mexico
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Obon(???) in Japan
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II Work in pairs. Compare a Chinese festival with
one from anther country. If you dont know of
any festivals from other countries, you can ask
your teacher for ideas.
Festivals Chinese Foreign
When?
Who?
How?
Why?
Themes
Age
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Listening
beads New Orleans costumes
celebrate /dress up/ parade
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Muslims Arabic Middle East vary lunar
calendar stay up
Ramadan
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Easter
Easter Bunny
Easter eggs
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Listening
Throw me something, mister! Throw me something,
mister! Thousands of people are waiting for the
parade to pass them by and for someone to throw
them a cup, some beads, or some candy. Welcome
to New Orleans, USA. Welcome to Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras is a holiday celebrated in the South
of the U.S. The name of the festival, Mardi Gras,
is French and means Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras is
celebrated on a Tuesday between February 3 and
March 9, always 47 days before Easter
Sunday. During Mardi Gras , people like to dress
up in colourful and unusual costumes, and of
course, watch parades in the streets. The
official colours of Mardi Gras are purple, green
and gold. Mardi Gras is celebrated for two weeks
before Fat Tuesday and people from all over the
world come to watch the festival.
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2. Ramadan is one of the most important festivals
for Muslims. The name of the festival comes from
the Arabic month in which it is celebrated.
Ramadan is celebrated in countries all over the
world, especially in Africa and the Middle East.
The time for celebrating Ramadan varies each
year. People celebrate it in the ninth month of
the Arabic lunar calender. During Ramadan,
people must not eat during the day from when
the sun comes up to when the sun goes down,
people celebrating Ramadan will not eat or
smoke. When the sun has gone down, however, the
celebration begins. People often stay up all
night eating, singing and dancing.
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3. In late spring, many people around the world
celebrate Easter. The festival is a celebration
of spring and it is also a religious holiday. It
is the time for Easter bunnies and egg hunts, and
of course for eating lots of delicious foods.
Easter is celebrated in late March or early
April but the exact dates are different from
year to year. People celebrate Easter in
different ways in some countries, the Easter
Bunny---- a big rabbit---- will visit and
children will go on egg hunts, looking for eggs
and candy that have been hidden by their
parents. In other countries, Easter is a time for
children to dress up like witches and go from
door to door asking for candy---much like
Halloween in the US. The Easter
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Bunny and the Easter Egg are popular symbols
of the festival.
1. B 2. A 3. A
1. B 2. A 3. A
1. B 2. B 3. C
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Speaking Work in groups of four. Your group has
been asked to decide what a new holiday should be
about. Prepare a role card and tell the other
group members why your holiday is the best one.
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Peace day No fighting or conflicts are allowed. People learn and talk about peace. Happy day People must only do things that will make others happy. People learn about happiness. Friendship day No arguments or fights are allowed. People learn about friendship. Nature day No pollution or destruction of nature is allowed. People learn and talk about nature.
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Useful Expressions
In my opinion, we should I dont think it is
necessary to I hope we can make a decision. I
believe we should We must decide If we do this,
we can