Unit 14 Festivals

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Unit 14 Festivals
Warming-up Listening
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Festivals in China

• The 1st day of the 1st lunar month
• The 5th day of the 5th lunar month
• The 15th day of the 8th lunar month
• The 15th day of the 1st lunar month
• The 9th day of the 9th lunar month
• September 10th
• October 1st
• January 1st

• The Spring Festival
• The Dragon Boat Festival
• The Mid-autumn Festival
• The Lantern Festival
• The Double Ninth Festival
• Teachers Day
• National Day
• New Years Day

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The Spring Festival
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• Lion dancing

The Spring Festival

• red packets (??)
• let off firecrackers
• (???)

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Do you know the names of these festivals?
Chinese New Year Spring Festival Chinese Lunar
New Year
Lantern Festival
on the 15th day of the first lunar month
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Lantern Festival
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Tomb-sweeping Day,
on April 5th Memorize ancestors or the dead
Dragon Boating Day,
on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
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Mid-Autumn Festival,
on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
the Double Ninth Festival (Old Peoples Day)
on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month
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Chongyang Festival
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The Mid-Autumn Festival
eat moon-cakes enjoy the moon(??)
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Moon Festival
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The Dragon Boat Festival
eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races
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Festivals in other countries

• December 25th
• The 1st Sunday after the full moon between March
  22nd and April 25th
• April 1st
• The 4th Thursday of November
• October 31st

• Christmas Day
• Easter
• April Fools Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Halloween

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Valentines Day
on February, 14
April Fools Day
on April, 1
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St.Valentines Day (???)
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St. Valentines Day
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Valentine's Day is the holiday honoring love and
lovers. In the spirit of the holiday, we invite
you to a little celebration for the holiday of
"LOVE!" Celebrated February 14
Valentines Day
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Thanksgiving Day
on the fourth Thursday in November
Christmas Day
December , 25
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• The True Meaning
• The Origin
• The Celebrations

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A Harvest Holiday

• A day to celebrate a good harvest

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A Family Day

• A day of family get- together, enjoying
  love and friendship.

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A Day to Give Thanks

• A day of being thankful

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A Fun Day

• A day of eating and relaxing

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The Pilgrims in Mayflowers

• The voyage began on Sept. 16, 1620
• Arrival at Plymouth, New England on Dec. 21, 1620

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Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer
thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. A
time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A
time for Indian corn, holiday parades and giant
Balloons. Celebrated the 4th Thursday of
November!
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Christmas Day

• Father Christmas

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Christmas Day

• Father Christmas

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Mothers Day ,
the second Monday in May
Fathers Day ,
the third Monday in June
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Halloween
Obon
Day of the dead
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Name countries Activities Date
Halloween US Europe dressing Trick or
treat Oct.31
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Name countries Activities Date
Obon Japan Floating paper lanterns in July
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Name countries Activities Date
Day of the Dead Mexico Lighting candles and
placing flowers for prayers to the dead On
Nov.2
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Mardi Gras
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• Mardi Gras
• parade
• costumes

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• Ramadan
• Muslims
• Arabic lunar calendar

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Ramadan (It is for Muslims)
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Easter Bunny
Easter Bunny

• Easter
• a religious festival

Easter eggs
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Easter
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Task 3 Listening
Answers to Ex.1 P.9
Mardi Gras
1.B 2.A 3. A
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Listening
Mardi Gras 1) Mardi Gras is celebrated on a
Tuesday in the month of .
A) April or May B) February or March
C) March or April 2) People celebrate Mardi Gras
by dressing up and watching
. A) parades B) games
C) plays 3) The colours of Mardi Gras are
. A) purple, gold and green
B) purple, red and blue C) purple, gold
and red
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Mardi Gras is a holiday celebrated
____________________. The name of the festival
is French and means ____________".
Mardi Gras is celebrated on a Tuesday between
February3 and March9, always 47days before Easter
Sunday. During Mardi Gras, people like to dress
up in colorful and _________ costumes, and of
course, watch parades in the streets. The
official colors of Mardi Gras are purple, green
and gold. Mardi Gras is celebrated
____________before Fat Tuesday and people from
all over the world come to watch the festival.
in the South of the U.S
Fat Tuesday
unusual
for two weeks
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Task 3 Listening
Ramadan
1. B 2. A 3. A
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Listening
Ramadan 1) Ramadan is celebrated in the
month of the Arabic calendar. A)
eighth B) ninth C)
tenth 2) The word Ramadan is the name of
. A) a month B) a town
C) a holy book 3) During Ramadan, people do
not during the day. A)
eat B) sleep C)
talk
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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 ______
and______________. 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 _________ to when the
sun___________, people celebrating Ramadan will
not eat or smoke. When the sun has gone done,
however, the celebration begins. People often
________________ eating, singing and dancing.
Africa
the Middle East
comes up
goes down
stay up all night
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Task 3 Listening
Easter
1. B 2. B 3. C
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Listening

• Listen to the tape and choose the correct
  answers.
• Mardi Gras (??????)
• Ramadan (??)
• Easter (???)

B A A
B A A
B B C
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Listening
Easter 1) Easter is usually celebrated in
. A) February or March
B) March or April C) April or May 2) In some
countries, children will go on
during Easter. A)
picnics B) egg hurns C)
trips 3) The two main popular symbols of Easter
are the and
. A) Easter man, Easter egg. B)
Easter Bunny, Easter tree. C) Easter Bunny,
Easter egg.
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Easter is celebrated in late March or early
April but the exact dates are ________ 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, __________ eggs and _______ that have
_____________ by their parents. In other
countries, Easter is a time for children to
__________ like withes and go from __________
asking for candy--much like Halloween in the US.
different
looking for
candy
been hidden
dress up
door to door
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Happiness Day
PEACE DAY
No fighting or conflicts are allowed. People
learn and talk about peace.
People must only do things that will make other
happy. People learn about happiness.
Nature Day
Friendship Day
No arguments or fights are allowed. People learn
abut friendship.
No pollution or destruction of nature is allowed.
People learn and talk about nature.
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Peace Day
Happiness Day
Nature Day
Friendship Day
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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
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Example 1. OK, I will begin. We need to decide
what the new holiday well be.
I think that the new holiday should
be a Peace Day. On this day, no fighting or
conflicts are allowed. People
will learn and talk about peace.
The holiday will be celebrated on the second
Sunday in January. I think
this is the best idea because
nothing is more important than peace.
Example 2. Thats a good idea, but I think we
should create a Happiness Day instead.
If people are happy, there wont be any
wars or fights.We should celebrate Happiness Day
on the shortest, darkest day of the
winter, because many people feel
unhappy when its cold and the sun doesnt
shine .People will celebrate by doing
something that makes another person
happy, for example, helping them do
something or giving them a card or a small gift.
Most important, people should smile
and laugh a lot on Happiness Day.
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Example 3 I like your ideas, but I would like to
suggest something different. Why dont we
have a Friendship Day? If people have
friends and are friendly to each other, they will
be happy and they wont fight. I think
that we should celebrate Friendship Day
the first day of every month. If we do this, we
will start each month in a friendly way.
We can learn about how to make and keep
friends and how to solve problems together.
People will celebrate Friendship Day by making
new friends and spending the day together
with their friends.
Example 4 Well, perhaps we shouldnt be so
selfish. Peace, happiness and friendship
are important to us, to human beings, but what
about the rest of the planet? We mustnt
forget about nature, the environment and
the animals. On this day, which we will
celebrate on the first day of spring, people will
not pollute and the will learn more about
nature. We should also plant trees and do
something for our animal friends. I think that we
will be happier, friendlier and more
peaceful if we learn to tale better care
of our planet. Why not have a Planet Day?
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Work in pairs. Compare a Chinese festival with
one from another country.
Festival Spring Festival Christmas Day
When is it celebrated?
Who celebrates it?
How do people celebrate it?
Why do people celebrate it?
What are important themes?
How old is the festival?
Jan.1.(lunar calendar)
Dec.25
Chinese people mainly
Christians mainly
Decorating Christmas Trees
Clean the house.
Welcome the new year
Memorize Christ
Get together
Get together
Over 1,000
Over 350
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