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Unit 1
Festivals around the world
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What kind of festival did we just celebrate?
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Chinese festivals …
The Double Ninth Day
Spring Festival
Chinese Festivals
Lantern Festival
Youth Day
Pure and Brightness Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
National Day
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Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of a year.
Discuss:
when they take place,
what they celebrate and what people do at that time.
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Spring Festival
January / February
The end of winter, arrival of spring, Lunar New Year, reunion with family and relatives
Red paper; dragon dances; eat dumplings; New Year’s visit
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National Day
October 1
The founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949
Take time off work; travel to visit family or to see other parts of China; go shopping
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Dragon Boat Festival
The fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar
The memory of poet Qu Yuan
Eat Zongzi; watch dragon boat races; put herbs on doorways for good health
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Festivals
Nowadays, foreign festivals are more and more popular in China. Can you list some?
Let’s see some pictures and guess.
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Valentine’s Day
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Halloween
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Christmas
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Thanksgiving Day
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Easter
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Easter, a religious festival
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Carnival
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Mother’s Day
Fool’s Day
Father’s Day
Festivals of
foreign countries
Easter
Halloween
Carnival
Thanksgiving Day
Valentine’s Day
Christmas
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Festivals and Celebrations
How do people around the world celebrate their festivals?
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Listening and Fast Reading
Skim the reading passage and then
fill in the following chart.
Festivals
Names of Festivals
Countries
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
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Festivals
Names of Festivals
Countries
Festivals of the Dead
Obon
Day of the Dead
Halloween
Japan
Mexico
some Western countries
Festivals to Honour People
Dragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
Festival to honor Gandhi
China
USA
India
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Harvest Festivals
Harvest/ Thanksgiving Festival
Mid-autumn
Festival
European and other countries
China and Japan
Spring Festivals
Spring Festival
Easter and related holidays
Cherry Blossom Festival
China
some Western countries
Japan
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Careful Reading
The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.
People celebrate Halloween with a different purpose from the past.
Gandhi was a great leader who Indian people honour a lot.
China and Japan share the same custom of celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival.
Easter just celebrates the rebirth of Jesus. F T T T F
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Comprehending
1. to satisfy
2. Obon
3. lamps
4. skulls and cakes
5. the dead
6. Halloween
7. sweets
8. famous people
9. in memory of
10. gathered
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Comprehending
11. Thanksgiving Day
12. moon cakes
13. coming of spring
14. Easter
15. cherry tree flowers
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Homework
Finish Ex 2. on Page 4.
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