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Now let’s get to know more about these festivals .Read the passage carefully to answer the questions or to fill in the form.

Paragraph 1: Festivals and celebrations

• What’s the main idea of para.1?

• When did ancient people celebrate festivals?

• Where do festivals come from?

Introduction of festivals

The ending of cold weather.

Have many origins, some religious, seasonal, and some for special people or events.

Paragraph 2: Festivals of the deadFestivals Where When What to do What to

eat

Obon

In early Novem-ber

October

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JapanIn July or August

Clean the gravesLight incenseLight lampsPlay music

The Day of the Dead

MexicoPeople offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead

Halloween The USA and some othercountries

Go to neighbours’ Dress up and try to frighten people

Food in the shape of skulls and cakes with“bones” on them

Paragraph 3: Festivals to honor people

Festivals Country People honored

The Dragon Boat Festival

The USA

Mohandas Gandhi

China QuYuan, the famous ancient poet

Columbus Day Christopher Columbus

National Day India

Paragraph 4: Harvest FestivalsFestivals When Where What to do What to

eat

Thanks-giving Day

The 4th

Thursday in November

Western countries

Decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit,Get together to have meals,Win awards forfarm produce

Turkeys

The Mid-Autumn Day

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Lunar August15

ChinaJapan

Admire the moon

Mooncakes

Paragraph 5: Spring Festivals

Festivals Country When What to do

Spring Festival

Western countries

Celebrate the return of Jesus from the dead, the coming of spring, new life

Japan Admire cherry

China Lunar January 1

Eat dumplings, fish and meatGive lucky moneyDragon dances

Carnivals InFebruary

Parades, dancing,loud music,colorful clothing

Easter Christian countries

About March

Cherry Blossom Featival

About April

Paragraph 6:

• What are the purposes of festivals?

Look at the statements and tell whether they are true or false

• The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.

• Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.

• Qu Yuan was a great poet whom people honor a lot in China.

• Mid-Autumn Day is held to celebrate the end of autumn.

• Easter celebrates the return from dead of Jesus.

• There is pink snow in spring in Japan.

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