b. an Indian national festival on Oct. 2
c. Columbus Day
Harvest Festivals
Choose the best answer.
Many activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people ___. B A. get together to have meals B. decorate houses to admire the moon C. win awards for their farm produce D. enjoy mooncakes
Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Reading
Pre-reading
1. What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like best—the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit?
Columbus Day
P 4. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival Mid-Autumn festival P 5. Spring Festivals Spring festival Carnival Easter Cheery Blossom Festival
P1. 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 Dead
skull: 头骨 dress up: 打扮; 盛装 play a trick on: 搞恶作剧 award: 奖品 rooster: 公鸡 energetic: 充满活力的 carnival: 狂欢节 parade: 游行
Reading
FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?
Obon
Halloween Csk for sweets
Festivals to Honour People
Match the person with the festival.
1. Qu Yuan
a 2. Christopher Columbus c 3. Mohandas Gandhi b a. the Dragon Boat Festival
Countries Kinds of Names of Festivals Festivals Spring China Spring Festival Festivals some Western Easter and related holidays countries Cherry Blossom Festival Japan
Speckled eggs
Halloween October 31
Halloween
Halloween is from __________, America which is celebrated on ____________. October 31 People would dance at the fancy ball and wear ghost costumes (clothes), false _____________________________ faces and witches' hats, _____________________________ frighten in order to __________away spirits looking for bodies to possess.
2. What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival? People should go to clean the graves, light incense, lamps and play music.
3. Why does Indian have a national festival on October 2? To honor Ganhdi who helped gain Indian’s independence from Britain.
Countries Kinds of Names of Festivals Festivals Festivals Japan Obon of the Dead Day of the Dead Mexico
Halloween
Some Western countries
Kinds of Festivals Festivals to Honour People
Spring Festival January 1
Lantern Festival, January 15
Dragon Boat Festival, May 5
Mid-autumn Day, August 15
Easter around March 22--April 25
Easter, the principal festival of the Christian church year, celebrates the Resurrection(复活) Jesus Christ third of _____________on the ______day after his Crucifixion(死于十字架上). For Christians, Easter is a day of religious services and the gathering of family.
3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people
honor a lot in China. T 4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. F 5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. F
Spring Festivals: Fill in the blanks.
Festivals Spring Festival Carnivals ________; Parades dancing in the streets; loud music; colourful ____________ ____________ clothing
2. Answer the following questions.
1. What are festivals of the dead usually for?
Activities Eating good foods; giving children lucky _____ money; ________ dragon ________ dances and carnivals
Comprehending
1. Skim the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.
Japan -----Obon
Mexico------Day of the Dead
America------Halloween P 3. Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day (India)October 2
Obon (盂兰盆) in Japan
Festivals of the Dead: Fill in the blanks.
Festivals Activities
The Day of the Dead Cleaning Eating cakes with graves ______; ______ bones on lighting them; incense _______ and lamps; offering food, playing flowers and music ______ ____ giftsto the dead
Answer these questions.
1. When did people celebrate in Ancient Times?
a. the end of the cold weather; b. planting in spring and harvest in autumn; c. when hunters could catch animals.
2. Look at the pictures and title of the passage below. What kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.
Guessing Compition:
Guess what festival it is according to the picture you see as quickly as you can.
Halloween Parade(游行)
Thanksgiving Day the last Thursday of November
Christmas Day December 25