[中学联盟]浙江省杭州市塘栖中学高中英语必修三教学课件：unit 1 warming up.ppt

Festivals Festivals exist everywhere; Many of them celebrate similar ideas and important cultural events; Human beings need to have things in life to celebrate; Human beings need to have a break from daily struggles and demands; Festivals are meant to celebrate important events or to honour people at a particular time. Warming up The Spring Festival may take place in February. It is the first day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. At the Spring Festival, people have plenty of food and fruit. Fire-cracks / fireworks are lit to drive the evil spirits away. Fireworks are fired everywhere when the clock strikes twelve, as a signal of saying good-bye to the old year and welcoming the New Year. People, especially children, will dress up during the Spring Festival and get lucky money. Fill in the following form The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing. But the Qingming Festival is not only a seasonal point to guide farm work, it is more a festival of commemoration.(纪念)The Qingming Festival sees a combination of sadness and happiness. Festivals around the world Chinese Festivals Lantern Festival The Dragon Boat Festival Tomb Sweeping Day Mid-Autumn Day New Year’s Day Double-ninth Day National Day May 1st … Foreign Festivals It is one of the most important festivals in western countries. People usually celebrate it together with their family members. A kind-hearted old man put the gifts in the stockings for children secretly at night. People send cards or gifts to others. This festival happens at the beginning of the spring. Usually most young people are happy on this day. They send flowers and chocolate or some other gifts to the one they love. This festival happens in winter. Every family has a feast on this day. Turkey is the most important food on thi