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2. Warming-up
1) Show some pictures about the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival. Ask them to talk about what they did during the two festivals.
T: Did you have fun during the Spring Festival/ the Lantern Festival? What do people do? What do people eat? What does it celebrate?
2) Show some more pictures of festivals, ask students to guess what festivals they are.
T: Look at the pictures, can you tell us which festival is it about? When does it take place? What do they celebrate? What do people do? Discuss with your partners.
The Dragon-boat Festival, Mid-autumn Day, and the Double Ninth Festival.
Well-done. In fact, there are plenty of festivals throughout the world, and different festivals take place in different cultures. Here you are given a quiz: Festivals Mid-autumn Festival Time of Year/date autumn / fall What it celebrate What people do The beauty of the full Give/Eat mooncakes and moon, harvest , time watch the full moon with with family and friends. family and friends. / The end of winter, arrival of spring, Lunar New Year, reunion with family and relatives. Give money in red paper to children; see dragon dances; eat fish. prawns and dumplings; visit family members. Spring Festival January February National Day October 1 The founding of the Take time off work; People’s Republic of travel to visit family or China in 1949. to see other parts of China or the world; go shopping. Dragon Boat The fifth day of The memory of the Eat Zongzi; watch Festival/Duanwu the fifth month in beloved poet Qu Yuan dragon boat races; throw Festival lunar calendar who died in 278 BC. rice wrapped in reed leaves into water in memory of Qu Yuan; put herbs on doorways for good health
3. Reading 1) Fast reading
T: Got it. You seem to know many festivals of China. But do you other festivals in different countries and how these festivals began? What do people do to celebrate? Luckily, the passage provides you much information. Read the passage quickly and find out the festivals mentioned here:
Festivals of the Dead; Festivals to Honour People; Harvest Festivals; Spring Festivals
2) Now, let’s get to know more about these festivals, listen to the tape and find out the information accordingly to fill in the form and answer the questions: Kinds of Festivals Festivals of the dead Names of Festivals Obon Countries Japan Day of the dead Halloween Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Festival to honour Gandhi harvest/Thanksgiving festivals mid-autumn festivals Spring Festival Easter and related holidays Cherry Blossom Festival Mexico some Western countries China USA India European and countries China and Japan other Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals China some Western countries Japan
Paragraph 1:
*When did ancient people celebrate ? at the end of winter
When good weather returned a good harvest animals caught
When they wanted a year of plenty *What about festivals now?
have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events …
Paragraph 2: Festivals of the dead Festivals Obon Where Japan When In July August What to do or Clean the graves Light incense Light lamps Play music What to eat / The Day of the Mexico Dead In early People offer food, Food in the shape of November flowers and gifts to skulls, and cakes with the dead “bones” on them Go to neighbours’ / Dress up and try to frighten people Halloween The U.S and October 31 some other Western countries *Are there any similar festivals in China? What to do? What to eat? The Qing Ming Festival
Paragraph 3: Festivals to Honour People Festivals Country People honoured Qu Yuan, the famous ancient poet The Dragon Boat Festival China Columbus Day National Festival The USA India Christopher Columbus Mahatma Gandhi Any other festivals which are meant to honour people in China? Who is honoured? Tree-planting Day -------Sun Zhongshan Paragraph 4:Harvest Festivals
1) Why are autumn festivals happy events?
Because people are grateful and happy and a season of agricultural work is over. 2) What do people do to celebrate it?
In European countries, it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit; get together to have meals, win awards for their farm produce ; admire the moon, enjoy mooncakes.
Paragraph 5: Spring Festivals Festivals Country What to do Eat dumplings, fish and meat Give lucky money Dragon dances Parades, dancing , loud music , colourful clothing Enjoy the cherry tree flowers The Lunar Chinese New China Year Carnivals The Cherry Festival Christian countries Blossom Japan Paragraph 6: What are the purposes of festivals?
Festivals: To have fun with each other / To let us enjoy life/ To be proud of our customs
/ To forget our daily life for a little while/To honour the dead/To honour famous people/To celebrate harvest/To welcome a new year and look forward to the future/To ask people to pay attention to something
Well-done. Since you have got to know the information related to these festivals, I’d like you to have a quiz to check whether you have fully understood the text. Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions. Suggested answers to exercise 2:
(1). Festivals of the Dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.
(2). Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food it ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.
(3). At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.
(4). It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/for get our work for a little while.
(5). The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexicans offer food,
flowers and gifts to the dead. However, there are some differences. The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.. 4. Pair work
Based on the reading passage, what do most festivals seem to have in common? Why do you think these things might be important to people everywhere? Talk with your partner and fill in the chart below. Three common things 1 2 3 Reasons why they are important to people everywhere Three common things might be from the following: food, music, entertainment, being with family and friends, dance, lights or fires, remembering events or people Reasons why they are important to people everywhere will vary. 5. Group work
Discuss in pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun. Then fill in the chart with your ideas. Most important Most fun Type of festival Example of festival Reasons for your choice Answers will vary. 6. Homework
Find out useful words and expressions, beautiful sentences and finish the exercises in Learning about Language accordingly.
Write an introduction of the festival your group have created. 7. Language points:
1) Festival are meant to celebrate important times of years. 节日就是庆祝每年中重要时刻的活动。
(1). mean doing sth.
mean doing sth. 的意思是“意味着（必须要做某事或导致种结果）”, 其主语通常是指事物的词。 (2). mean to do sth.
mean to do sth. 的意思是“打算或企图做某事”，其主语通常是表示人的名词或代词，其过完成式表示“本来打算做某事”。 (3). mean sb. to do sth.
mean sb. to do sth. 的意思是“打算让某人做某事”，也可以用于被动结构。 (4). mean 后接名词、副词或从句 mean 后接名词或副词，意为“表示；打算；存心”等意思；后接that 从句，意为“表示……”。 (5). be meant for
该短语的意思是“打算给予；打算作……用”。
In some parts of London, missing a bus means _____ for another hour.
A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. to be waiting
2). Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time.