1. How did you spend your Spring Festival?

2. Festivals around the world
Unit 1
Festivals around the world

3. What kinds of traditional festivals in China do you know about?
Brainstorming
The Double
Seventh Festival
七夕节
The Spring Festival
The Double Ninth Festival
重阳节
The Lantern Festival元宵节
festivals
Tomb Sweeping Day
清明节
The Mid-Autumn
Festival 中秋节
The Dragon Boat Festival
端午节

4. What Chinese public holidays do you know ?
National Day
Children’s Day
International Labour Day
New Year’s Day(元旦)
Holidays
International
Women’s Day
The Youth Day

5. Tomb sweeping Festival
In April
The day we remember our dead relatives
Sweep graves

6. Time:
on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month

7. What does it celebrate? Festivals Time What do people do?
5th day of the 5th lunar month
In memory of the great poet Qu Yuan
Eat Zongzi, watch dragon boat races…
Dragon Boat Festival

8. Time:
on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month

9. What does it celebrate? Festivals Time What do people do?
15th day of the 8th lunar month
Celebrate the havest, enjoy the beauty of the moon
Eat mooncakes, enjoy the full moon with family,
Mid-autumn Festival

10. What festivals of foreign countries do you know? Easter(Mar--Apirl)
Valentine’s Day
Christmas
festivals
Halloween
Oct.31
Father’s Day
June
Mother’s Day
May
Apirl Fool’s Day
Thanksgiving Day
November

11. Foreign Festivals 名称 英文名称 月份 情人节 Valentine’s Day 2月14日 复活节 Easter
3月21日或此日后月圆的第一个星期日
耶稣受难日
Good Friday
复活节前的星期五
愚人节
April Fool’s Day
4 月1日
母亲节
Mother’s Day
5月的第二个星期日
父亲节
Father’s Day
6月的第三个星期日
劳动节
Labor Day
5 月1日
万圣节
Halloween
10月31日
感恩节
Thanksgiving Day
11月的第四个星期4 斋节
Ramadan
穆斯林历的第9个月
圣诞节
Christmas Day
12月25日

12. Let’s play a game
Guess which festival
they are?

13. Choose a number

14. Read the following descriptions about western festivals and guess which festival they are?
It is one of the most important festivals in western countries. 60
People usually celebrate it together with their family members. 40
A kind-hearted old man put the gifts in the stockings for children secretly at night. 20
People send cards or gifts to others. 10

16. Christmas Day On December 25th It is the birthday of Jesus Christ
Go to the parties and churches , give cards and presents to our friends and relatives

17. Read the following descriptions about western festivals and guess which festival they are?
This festival happens at the beginning of the spring. 60
Usually most young people are happy on this day.40
They send flowers and chocolate or some other gifts to the one they love. 20
Valentine’s
Day

18. Valentine’s Day On February 14th
People send roses and cards to the people they love.

19. Read the following descriptions about western festivals and guess which festival they are?
This festival happens in winter.60
Every family has a feast on this day.40
Turkey is the most important food on this day.20
People celebrate it to thank God for a harvest in
Thanksgiving Day

20. Thanks Giving Day turkey Thanksgiving Day:
the fourth Thursday of December
Thank God
December13, 1612
Pumpkin pie
Turkey, corn, pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes;
a family day with a big dinner ;
church service

21. Read the following descriptions about western festivals and guess which festival they convey?
This festival happens in spring.60
On this day most people are happy.40
Some people may be fooled but they can not be angry.20
People can tell lies and play tricks on others without being blamed.10
April Fool’s Day

22. Read the following descriptions about western festivals and guess which festival they are?
Most children are excited on this day.60
They wear black costumes or masks. 40
They would like to dress up as frightening and ugly ghosts or witches. 20
They would like to knock others’ doors and say, “trick or treat”.10
Halloween

24. Halloween（万圣节）is on the evening
of October 31 in Europe.
Pumpkins with candles insides (Pumpkin lights) is so popular in Halloween decorations.

25. Children dress in strange clothes to frighten people.
They may also ask people for sweets by saying “Trick or Treat!”

26. Easter
around March 22---April 25

27. Homework
Remember words .
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