__也__有_可__能_带__来__伤_害__。_____________________ 2. On this important feast day, people might eat
food in the shape of skulls, and cakes with “bones” on them. 在这个重要的节庆日子里，人们会吃到制成颅骨 形状的食物，和装点有“骨头”的蛋糕。 _____________________________________
dead? A. The Japanese festival Obon. B. The Day of the Dead in Mexico. C. The western holiday Halloween. D. Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival.
4. Which of the following festivals is not
Step VI. Reading and discussion
Discuss in pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun?
Para2-5:Scan(扫读) the passage and fill in the chart.
Kinds of Festivals
Festivals f the Dead
Festivals to Honor People
Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals
Eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them.
Halloween (万圣节)
2. Festivals to Honor People Match the festivals with the proper people.
countries
• Japan • Mexico • some western
countries •China •USA
•India
•European and other countries •China and Japan •China •some western countries •Japan
at all festivals.
B. People celebrate festivals because they don’t
want to work.
C. By celebrating festivals, people are developing
the culture and customs.
Dragon Boat Festival
Children’s Day Mid-autumn Festival
StepII. Skimming
• What’s the main idea of the passage?
The passage mainly introduces _d_i_ff_e_r_en__t _k_in_d_s_o_f_f_e_s_ti_v_a_ls_____, including their __p_u_rp_o_s_e___ and __c_e_le_b_r_a_ti_o_n_s___.
•How many kinds of festivals are mentioned in the passage?
1. Ancient Festivals 2. Festivals of the dead 3. Festivals to honor the People 4. Harvest Festivals 5. Spring Festivals
Step V. Analyze the following sentences
1.Some festivals are held to honor the dead, or satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. 有些节日，是为了纪念死者，或者使祖先得到满足， 因为祖先们有可能回到时尚（给人们）提供帮助，
Bunnies(rabbits).
Para6: Why do people love festivals according to the passage?
A. Because festivals let us enjoy life. B. Because festivals make us proud of our customs. C. Because festivals can make us have fun with each other. D. Above all .
D. Festivals have only four kinds of origins.
Step IV. Detailed Reading
Para1: When did Ancient people celebrate Festivals?
1.celebrate the end of the cold weather, 2.planting in spring 3. harvest in autumn 4. celebrate after hunters catch animals.
Names of Festivals
Countries
Kinds of festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
Names of Festivals • Obon • Day of the Dead • Halloween
•What do people in Mexico do in memory of the dead? They offer_f_o_o_d,_fl_o_w_e_r_s__and_g_if_t_s __ to the dead on the Day of the Dead. On that day, People eat food in the shape of _s_k_u_l_ls_and cakes with _b_o_n_e_s_on them.
mentioned in the text?
A. Columbus Day. B. Mid-Autumn Festival.
C. Easter.
D. Christmas Day.
5. What can we infer from the passage?
A. People would have feasts, sing and dance
National Festival The Dragon Boat Columbus
on October 2
Festival
Day
India
China
USA
3. Harvest Festivals
People will ________ on Thanksgiving festivals. 1. decorate churches and town halls 2. get together to have meals 3. win awards for their farm produce
•Dragon Boat Festival •Columbus Day •Festival to honor Gandhi •Thanksgiving festivals
•Mid-Autumn Festivals •The Spring Festival •Easter •Cherry Blossom Festival
4. Spring Festivals
What do people usually do at Spring Festival?
Chinese People usually eat _d_u_m__p_l_in_g_s_,f_i_sh__a_n_d__m_e_at and give children__l_u_c_k_y__m_o_n_e_y__in__r_e_d_p_a_p__er____. There are __d_r_a_g_o_n_d_a_n_c_e_s_and _c_a_r_n_i_v_a_ls__,and families celebrate the __L_u_n_a_r__N_e_w__Y_e_a_r__together. Some Western countries have _ca_r_n_i_v_a_l_s_,including p_a_r_a_d_e_ and dances in the streets __d_a_y_a_n_d__n_i_g_h_t, loud music and colorful__c_lo_t_h_i_n_g_o_f_a_l_l_k_i_n_d_s____.
What does Easter celebrate? It celebrates the return of_J_e_s_u_sfrom the dead and the coming of _s_p_r_i_n_g and__n_e_w__li_fe__.
Do you know the symbols(象征） of Easter? Easter eggs and Easter
3. The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.
最富有生气而有最重要的节日，就是告别冬天、迎 接春天的日子。 ——————————————————————————