1、Happy Valentines DayFestivals and celebrationsRevision 1 发生2 美人3 收获4 庆祝5 猎人6 饿死7 起源8 宗教的9 祖先10 纪念11 墨西哥12 节日13 骨头14 信心15 盛装16 诡计17 搞恶作剧18 诗人19 到来20 获得21 独立的22 集合1 take place 2 beauty 3 harvest 4 celebration 5 hunter6 starve7 origin8 religious9 ancestor10 in memory of11 Mexico12 feast 13 bone14 belie
2、f15 dress up16 trick17 play a trick on18 poet19 arrival 20 gain21Independent22 gatherSpringFestival late January and early FebruaryTime:coupletsTime:The fifteenth day of the first lunar monthLantern showLion dancingGuessing riddlesDumpling ballFestival of lanternsLantern FestivalChing Ming Festival/
3、Tomb sweeping FestivalTime:April,5 thOn Ching Ming Festival,we often go to sweep graves in honor of our ancestors.Time:on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month ZongziQu YuanTime:on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month mooncakeAdmire the full moonMid-Autumn FestivalSpring FestivalChing Ming Festival Drag
4、on Boat FestivalMid-autumn FestivalSpring FestivalsFestivals of the DeadFestivals to Honor PeopleHarvest Festivals,Festivals and celebrationsSkim the text and fill in the following chart on page 3（ex.1）Festivals of the DeadObon JapanDay of the Dead MexicoHalloween some western countriesFestivals to
5、Honor PeopleDragon Boat Festival China Columus Day USAFestival to honor Gandi IndiaHarvest Festivals Thanksgiving Day European and other countriesMid-autumn festival China and JapanSpring FestivalsSpring Festival China Easter Some western countriesCherry Blossom Festival JapanCareful reading Para1 a
6、nd para 6Whats the function of para 1 and para 6?Para.1:Introduce the festivals in general（总 体上）Para 2:sum up（总结）the text.Festivals of the Dead1 What are festivals of the dead usually for?2 Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico,Japan and China.What things are similar?What things are different?
7、Festivals of the dead are for honoring or satisfying dead ancestors or others,who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.They all honor the dead.The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors graves.The Mexicans offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead and eat special f
8、ood.Harvest Festivals1 What makes autumn festivals happy events?Because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.Spring Festivals1 What do spring festivals celebrate?2 What do people usually do at spring festivals?People usually have dances,carnivals and o
9、ther activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.They celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.Happy Valentines DayChristmasPost-reading Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks,of family gatherings and holiday meals.Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4
10、th Thursday of November.Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years.On October 31 children in countries like the US and Canada celebrate Halloween.All HallowsAll Saints DayNovember 1Easter is the time of springtime festivals,a time for Christians to celebrate t
11、he life and resurrection of Christ.And a time of chocolate bunnies,marshmallow chicks,andcolored eggs!Easter will be celebrated on Sunday March 27,2005.Post-reading：discuss and write a passage about 120 words.Now,more and more people in China celebrate the foreign festivals,like Valentines Day,Christmas.Whats your opinion about this phenomenon?Celebrate or not?1 p3 learning about language.
