Unit 1

Festivals Around the World

Happy new year!

• Spring Festival is the traditional Chinese New Year’s Day. It usually falls in early February. And the celebration lasts from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month or even longer in the rural areas.

pay New Year’s call; give New Year’s greetings; New Year’s visit

The Spring Festival is a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely.

Here comes your little angel

Can you tell your little angel

more festivals around the world ?

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Game Time

January 15 of the lunar month

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January 15 of the lunar month

the Lantern Festival

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September 9 of the lunar month

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September 9 of the lunar month

the Double Ninth Festival

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October 1st

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October 1st

National Day

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September 10th

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September 10th

Teachers’ Day

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April 1st

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April 1st

April Fool’s Day

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The 4th Thursday of November

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The 4th Thursday of November

Thanksgiving Day

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Feburary 14

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Feburary 14

Valentine’s Day

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May 1st

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May 1st

International Labor Day

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More Festivals?

Who are the winners?

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Reading

Festivals and Celebrations

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2.What part of a festival do you like best--- the music, the things to see, or the visits to food?

1. Of all the festivals, which do you like best? Why?

Fast reading :

What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?P 1. Ancient festivals

celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.

P 2. Festivals of the DeadJapan -----Obon

Mexico------Day of the Dead

America------Halloween

P 3.Festivals to Honour PeopleDragon Boat Festival

Columbus Day

(India)October 2

P 4.Harvest FestivalsHarvest and Thanksgiving FestivalMid-Autumn festival

P 5. Spring festivalsThe Spring festivalCarnivalEaster Cheery Blossom Festival

Festivals Time What does it celebrate?

What do people do ?

Ancient Festivals

The end of the cold weather,

in spring and autumn, when hunters could catch animals

When they had food Lit fires and made

Music ;

a year of _______

Festivals of dead

/ Light lamps and play music

Festivals to honor people

/ Watch some games/people get together and so on

Harvest festivals

Autumn /fall

Celebrate the harvest in autumn

churches/give gifts…Spring festivals

January / ______

Celebrate the end of winter and _____

Eat dumplings …

as an honor to

famous people or

to the gods

To honour the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestor

Decorate

February the coming of the spring

__________

plenty

What are the reasons to have festivals and celebrations?

A. They let us enjoy life;B. They let us be proud of our customs; C.They let us forget our daily life for a little while;D.People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other.

Discuss with your partner and pick out three things that most festivals seem to have in common. Write down these three things, and why you think they might be important to people everywhere. Then fill in the chart on Page 3.

Three common things Reasons why they are important to people everywhere

Nowadays, Chinese become so keen on western festivals such as Christmas and Thanks-giving day. People around celebrate Christmas probably because they want more festivals. Festival should not only be a day that we get together and enjoy ourselves, but more a day that is full of meanings.

Group work: Work in groups. Imagine that

your class and your little angel are going to set and celebrate a new holiday together.:

1. What kind of day will you set to celebrate ?

2. When and why do you decide to celebrate the day ?

3.what you will do at that day ?

1.Peace Day no fighting or conflicts are allowed. People learn and talk about peace.

2.Happiness Day People must only do things that will make others happy.

People Learn about happiness. 3.Friendship Day No arguments or fights

are allowed. People learn about friendship. 4.Nature Day No pollution or destruction

of nature is allowed. People learn and talk about nature.

Examples:

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 celebrates on ____________and people will celebrate it by_____________ . I think this is the best idea because _____________________________.

Example

Homework:

Read the text further and finish comprehending exercises and language exercises after it.

Write down your new festival. Find more information on the Internet about the

festivals you have learnt in

the text today.