3. Obon in Japan

4. Halloween

6. Kwanzaa

7. Seven candles: seven days of the festival Black: the black people Red: their struggle Green: for the future and hope that comes from their struggle. The candle holder: symbolic of their roots ---- continental Africans

8. Corn: Symbolic of the black people’s children and their future. Thinker: Thinking of the seven principles.

9. The crops and vegetables: Symbolic of African harvest celebrations

10. some books: the gifts for children

11. The Birth of A Festival Unit 14 大庆 60 中学 刘凌凇

12. Kwanzaa Who? How? What? When? Where? Why?

13. It was born ___________. It is celebrated from __________ to __________. in 1966 December 26 January 1

14. It is celebrated ____________. in America

15. To celebrate the___________ and ________________ of ________ _________. culture history African Americans

16. Dr Karenga created it. _________ __________ celebrated it. African Americans

17. 1.______ ____ _________ each day. 2.Discuss one of the ________ _________ of Kwanzaa. 3.___________ to enjoy a large _________ and to celebrate the new year. Light a candle seven principles Gather meal

18. 团结 Unity 自决 Self-determination 群居 Living together 合作 Working together 目的 Purpose 创造 Creativity 信念 Faith

19. True or False: 1. ( )Kwanzaa is a very old festival. 2.( )The word Kwanzaa means first fruit in Swahili. 3. ( )Kwanzaa is based on old African festivals. 4. ( )People created Kwanzaa to celebrate American culture. 5. ( )Kwanzaa is celebrated on Christmas Day. 6. ( )People who celebrate Kwanzaa light a candle for each of the seven principle. F T T F F Young (It began in 1966) African-American After (the week following Christmas Day) T

20. Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival celebrating the ________ and _______ of African Americans. Families and friends _____ _______ to celebrate the new year and think about _____ ______. Kwanzaa is a time for __________ as well as _______. People celebrate it by ________ a candle each day and _________ one of the seven _________. The candle is ____ by the _________ child in the family.The festival Kwanzaa is a _______ holiday. historyculture get together the past learning joy lighting discussing principles lit youngest young Retell the passage

21. It was _______ by Dr Maulana Karenga, who used the word “ _____ _______” in Swahili, the largest __________ in Africa. The African first fruit festivals have many things ______ _______; People would celebrate it to _______ their ancestors, give ______ for their harvests and so on. Because of their ___________, Dr Karenga wrote the seven principles: unity, _________________, living together, working together, ____________, creativity and __________. first fruit language in common honor thanks characteristics self-determination purpose faith created

22. Language points: 1.Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival celebrating the culture and history of African Americans. Seven-day 是一个复合词，起形容词的作用。 注意 day 不用复数。 如： the tenth five-year plan ( 第十个五年计划 ) ； a three-leg table ( 一张三条腿的桌子 ) 。 句中 celebrating … 是现在分词短语，做后置定语， 其意思相当于 which celebrates … 类似的句子在 句中还有（ the week following the christmas Day) 。

23. 2. Many African-American families get together to greet the new year and think about the past. 许多非裔美国家庭聚到一起互拜新年 并追忆过去。 get together = come together

24. 3. The festivals were a way to celebrate history and culture,as well as the new year. 这些节日是一种纪念历史文化的方式, 也是一种 庆祝新年的方式。 注意句中的 history,culture,society 前不用冠词。 一般说表示概念性或科学性的抽象名词前不用冠 词。但如果带有限制性的后置修饰成分, 应该使用 定冠词。比较： American history 和 the history of America

25. 4.We must do as much as we can to make our community better and more beautiful. 我们必须尽力使我们的社区更好更美。 Do as much as we can 后省略了实意动词 do, 后面的不定式短语作目的状语。 As …as one can 意为 “ 尽某人所能 ” 又如： He ran as fast as he could in the race and finally got the 2nd place.

26. 5. Since Kwanzaa is a time for learning as well as joy. 由于宽扎节即是喜庆的时节又是 学习的机会。 句中的 “as well as” 是 “also,too” 的 意思. 做连词，并列句子两个相同 的成分。如： I will invite you to dinner as well as your girl friend.