【名校课件】人教版必修3：Uint1Festivalswarmingupandreading1.ppt

Unit One FESTIVALS;How did you spend your Spring Festival?;Spring Festival;Festivals ;;Festivals;In April It is the time when Jesus Christ died and came back to life. Eat chocolate eggs;Christmas Day; Valentine’s Day;Dragon Boat Festival;Ching Ming Festival;Mother’s Day;Mid-autumn Festival;on the fifteenth day of the new year ( 15th, in the lunar calendar) lanterns: symbols of good fortune, happiness and health. “dragon” and “lion ” dances;;;Obon;;Festivals;;Festivals;Festivals ;Kinds of Festivals;1） Festivals of the dead are for hornouring 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 is 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 / forget 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’ tombs. ;Retell the text by filling the following blanks:;Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and because a season of ___________work is over,to which Mid autumn festival belongs.And the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time. ;