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How did you spend your Spring Festival?
The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
The Double Ninth Festival 重阳节
The Spring Festival
Tomb Sweeping Day 清明节
The Lantern Festival 元宵节
The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节
The Double Seventh Festival 七夕节
What kinds of traditional festivals in China do you know about?
Brainstorming
festivals
International Women’s Day
New Year’s Day( 元旦 )
Children’s Day
National Day
The Youth Day
International Labour Day
What Chinese public holidays do you know ?
Holidays
Tomb sweeping Festival
• In April
• The day we remember our dead relatives
• Sweep graves
Time: on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month
Festivals Time What does it celebrate?
What do people do?
Dragon Boat Festival
In memory of the great poet Qu Yuan
Eat Zongzi, watch dragon boat races…
5th day of the 5th lunar month
Time: on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
Festivals Time What does it celebrate?
What do people do?
Mid-autumn Festival
Celebrate the havest, enjoy the beauty of the moon
Eat mooncakes, enjoy the full moon with family,
15th day of the 8th lunar month
festivals
Christmas
Apirl Fool’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Easter(Mar--Apirl)
Thanksgiving Day November
Mother’s Day May
Father’s Day June
Halloween Oct.31
What festivals of foreign countries do you know?
名称名称 英文名称英文名称 月份月份情人节 Valentine’s Day 2 月 14 日
复活节 Easter3 月 21 日或此日后月圆的第
一个星期日耶稣受难日 Good Friday 复活节前的星期五
愚人节 April Fool’s Day 4 月 1 日母亲节 Mother’s Day 5 月的第二个星期日父亲节 Father’s Day 6 月的第三个星期日劳动节 Labor Day 5 月 1 日万圣节 Halloween 10 月 31 日感恩节 Thanksgiving Day 11 月的第四个星期 4
斋节 Ramadan 穆斯林历的第 9 个月圣诞节 Christmas Day 12 月 25 日
Foreign Festivals
Let’s play a gameGuess which festival they are?
Choose a number
Read the following descriptions about western festivals and guess which festival they are?
It is one of the most important festivals in western countries. 60
People usually celebrate it together with their family members. 40
People send cards or gifts to others. 10
A kind-hearted old man put the gifts in the stockings for children secretly at night. 20
Christmas Day
• On December 25th
• It is the birthday of Jesus Christ
• Go to the parties and churches , give cards and presents to our friends and relatives
Read the following descriptions about western festivals and guess which festival they are?
This festival happens at the beginning of the spring. 60
Usually most young people are happy on this day.40
They send flowers and chocolate or some other gifts to the one they love. 20
Valentine’s
Day
Valentine’s Day
• On February 14th
• People send roses and cards to the people they love.
Read the following descriptions about western festivals and guess which festival they are?This festival happens in winter.60
Every family has a feast on this day.40
Turkey is the most important food on this day.20People celebrate it to thank God for a harvest in 1620.10
Thanks Giving Day
Pumpkin pie
turkey
Thanksgiving Day:
the fourth Thursday of December
Thank God
December13, 1612
Turkey, corn, pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes;
a family day with a big dinner ;
church service
Read the following descriptions about western festivals and guess which festival they convey?
This festival happens in spring.60
On this day most people are happy.40
People can tell lies and play tricks on others without being blamed.10
Some people may be fooled but they can not be angry.20
Read the following descriptions about western festivals and guess which festival they are?
Most children are excited on this day.60
They would like to dress up as frightening and ugly ghosts or witches. 20
They wear black costumes or masks. 40
They would like to knock others’ doors and say, “trick or treat”.10
Halloween
Halloween （万圣节） is on the evening
of October 31 in Europe.
Pumpkins with candles insides (Pumpkin lights) is so popular in Halloween decorations.
Children dress in strange clothes to frighten people. They may also ask people for sweets by saying “Trick or Treat!”
Easter around March 22---April 25
Homework
Remember words .<< 阅读训练 >>P64 passage 4
