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Festivals and Celebrations Unit1 Period1 Warming & ReadingMid-autumn festival is __________ on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, on which people will enjoy the _______ of the full moon and eat moon cakes. It is considered as a _______ festival.celebratedbeautyharvestThe Tomb Sweeping Day falls on April4-6 each year. We celebrate the day （纪念）（纪念） our a by visiting graves and sweeping away the dirt.in memoryofncestorsAs we all know, Valentine‘s Day （发（发生）生）on Feb.14th,when people send flowers and to their lovers. It is now a popular festival which young lovers because they can get together and have fun. takes placechocolatelook forward to (期待)The Spring FestivalWhen do people celebrate the Spring Festival?At the beginning of the 1st month of the lunar calendar. shopping; explosion of firecrackers; New Year greetings; lucky money in red paper/ envelopes; New Year’s Eve feast; spring couplets （春联）Fifteen days. A legend: the wild beast “Nian” appeared each year at the end of winter to attack and kill people.How long does the Spring Festival last?What do you know about the origin of the Spring Festival?What activities do people have during the Spring Festival?•Mid-Autumn festival•Spring Festival•Tomb Sweeping Day——Thanksgiving——Easter——HalloweenHarvest festivalsFestivals for spring and new lifeFestivals of the dead•Once upon a time, many of the original colonists(殖民者殖民者) in the New World celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of thanks.Origin •Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November when family members gather for a reunion.•Every family has a feast on this day to give thanks. Turkey and pumpkin pie are the most important food on this day•Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians around the world, which celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and coming of spring and new life. Young children will color eggs and receive candy from the“Easter Bunny”.A Jack-o-lantern•Halloween had its origin in old beliefs about the return of spirits of dead people.•They would like to ________ as frightening and ugly ghosts or witches.dress up•They would like to knock others’ doors and say,_____________ .“treat or trick”It is a children’s festival now!Halloween ParadeFestivals and celebrationsDifferent festivals in different countriesHow people celebrate festivalsPurposes of festivals purposeFestivals CountriesHow they are cele-bratedto _______ the dead or ______ the ancestorshonoursatisfyClean graves and ______ incense ___________ ancestors. Also light lamps, play music because…ObonJapanOn this _____ day, they eat food in the _______ of skulls and… with …. They ____ flowers and gifts to _________Day of the deadMexicoHalloweenWestern countriesChildren ______ and go to their neighbors to ask for sweets, if …, they might_____________...lightin memory of feastshapeofferthe deaddress upplaya trick onFestivals to honour people•What festivals are mentioned in this paragraph?Harvest festivals—— can be very happy ______.events purposeSpring Festival in China EasterCherry Blossom Festivalto _____________ the end of winter and the coming of springlook forward toEat …and may give children __________ in _________. There are dragon dances and ________, and families ________ the Lunar New Year together.It is a ________ and social festival for _________, which celebrate____________ _______. There are exciting carnivals _________(include) dancing…and colorful ________ of all kinds.The country, _______ with cherry tree flowers, looks _________ it is covered with pink snow.lucky moneyred paper covered religiousChristiansas thoughcarnivals celebrate the return ofJesusincludingclothingRetelling •Festivals of the dead are held to…and …In Mexico…celebrate…in feast day…eat…offer…Halloween a children’s festival… dress up … If…don’t•Spring festivals are…the most… that look forward to…In China…eat…and give…There are...and families…Easter is a religious…for…which celebrates the return of…and the coming of…. Forty days before…there are carnivals, including… There are all kinds of festivals and ___________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or satisfy the _________ in case they might return either to help or to ____ ____, while other festivals are held to honor famous people, such as ______ _____ ______ and Columbus Day. Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and the __________work is over. And the most ________ 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.Some Western countries have very exciting ______. Festivals let us enjoy ____. celebrationshonorancestorsdo harmDragon Boat FestivalgatheredagriculturalenergeticcomingLunarcarnivalslifeWhy do we human beings need festivals?• The reason why we celebrate festivals is that…• We enjoy celebrating festivals because… • It is because…that festivals are important to us .Human beings need to have things in life to celebrate or to enjoy•To _____________ each other Human beings need to have a break from daily strugglesFestivals•To forget our daily life for a little while•To honour the dead or famous people•To celebrate harvest•To welcome a new year and look forward to the future•to celebrate important events, to honour people at a particular time or to _____________ something.look forward tohave fun with•To ____________ our customsbe proud of•To let us enjoy life•To ask people to pay attention to something• To enjoy staying with family members。