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Brainstorming
1. What traditional festivals in China do you know?
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Double Ninth Festival
The Spring FestivalTomb Sweeping Day
The Lantern Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival
The Double Seventh Festival
2. What festivals of foreign countries do you know?
Brainstorming
Christmas
Fool’s Day
Valentine’s DayCarnival
Easter
Thanksgiving
Day
Mother’s Da
y
Father’s DayHalloween
How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?
Skim
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
clean_______; light_______
and lamps;
play ______
eat food_____________skulls andcakes with ______ on them; offer food, flowers and _____ to the dead
Children _______ and ask for sweets from their neighbours or _____________them.
ObonThe Day of the Dead
Halloween
gravesincense
music
"bones"
giftsdress up
Festivals of the Dead: Fill in the blanks.
in theshape of
play a trick on
Festivals to Honour People
Match the person with
the festival.
1. Qu Yuan
2. Christopher Columbus
3. Mohandas Gandhi
a. the Dragon Boat Festival
b. an Indian national festival on Oct. 2
c. Columbus Day
ac
b
Harvest Festivals
Choose the best answer.
Many activities can be held in harvest and
Tanksgiving festivals EXCEPT that people _
__.
A. get together to have meals
B. decorate churchesand town halls
C. win awards for their farm produce
D. enjoy cakes and admire flowers
D
eat good foods; give children _____ money; ________ ________ and carnivals
include________; dancing in the streets; loud music;___________________.
Spring Festival Carnivals
Spring Festivals: Fill in the blanks.
luckydragon dances
parades
colourful clothing
Easter Cherry Blossom Festivalan important_______and_______ festival,celebrates the _____ of
Jesus and the coming of______ and________.
The country is __________cherry tree flowers, looks _________it is covered with ____ _____.
Spring Festivals: Fill in the blanks.
religioussocial
return
spring new life
covered withas though
pink snow
Use the information from the passage to answer the questions.
1. What are festivals of the dead usually for?
2. What makes autumn festivals happy events?
Festivals of the dead are held to honour the dead or satisfy the ancestors
Autumn festivals are happy events because people are grateful that food is gathered for winter and the agricultural work is finished.
Use the information from the passage to answer the questions.
3. What do people usually do at the Spring Festivals in China?
4. What is the reason to have festivals and celebrations?
At spring festivals, people usually eat dumplings, fish and meat, and give children lucky money. There are dragon dances and carnivals.
Festivals let us enjoy life , be proud of our customs , and forget our work for a little while.
Discussion• Which festival do you like best?
Why?• My favorite festival is …, when I
can ... /Among the festivals , I like ….best, when I can ...
• And what is more important is that I can...