The Dragon Boat Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival
The Spring Festival
The Tomb-Sweeping Festival
Christmas
Carnival
Thanksgiving Day
Halloween
• The meaning and origin of carnival
• The people’s general impression of carnival
• Carnival in Venice today
• The laws against wearing masks
• How people celebrated carnival and the problems it caused in Venice
• The revival of carnival
• 1 The people’s general impression of carnival
• 2 The meaning and origin of carnival
• 3 How people celebrated carnival and the problems it caused in Venice
• 4 The laws against wearing masks
• 5 The revival of carnival
• 6 Carnival in Venice today
• For weeks on end people walked round the streets wearing masks, doing what they wanted without being recognised
• Without being permitted
• Without being examined
• Without being noticed
• Ordinary people could pretend to be rich and important , while famous people could have romantic adventures in secret
• Many crimes went unpunished
• Go bad
• Go wrong
• Go hungry
• Go blind
• Go deaf
• Their use was limited by laws, the first of which dates back to the fourteenth century.
• date from
• Our school ____(date) back to 1946 .
• I have many friends , many of ____ come from England .
• He lost many paintings ,of _____ half were valuable .
• If they broke the laws, they were put into prison for up to two years .
• Shall we go to the park? It is up to you • It is up to you to do this job.• Our classroom can hold up to 72 students
.• Up to now , he has learned many English
words .• What is he up to ?
• 1 think of 2 from one country to another
• 3 have fun 4 mean doing sth • 5 as time passed • With time passing • With the passing of time • 6 in secret • 7 ban sb from doing
• 8 in the late 1970s • 9 be good for • 10 be crowded with • 11 the same as • 12 the key to doing • 13 wander through the streets • 14 have no idea 15 look like • 16 take off 17 come off