英语：第一单元课文.ppt

Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Period 2 Reading
ks5u精品课件
Chinese Festivals
Festivals
Time
The Spring Festival
Lunar January 15
Tree-planting Day
The Qingming Festival
Lunar May 5
The Double Seventh Festival
September 10
The Double Ninth Festival
October 1
The Lantern Festival
Lunar January 1
April 4 - 6
The Dragon-boat Festival
March 12
Lunar July 7
Teachers’ Day
Lunar September 9
National Day
ks5u精品课件
Dragon Boat Festival ________ the famous ancient ______, Qu Yuan.
honours
poet
ks5u精品课件
Columbus Day is ______________ the ________ of Christopher Columbus in America.
in memory of
arrival
ks5u精品课件
Mahatma Gandhi(1869-1948)
Gandhi, Indian national leader, was born on October 2, 1869, and educated in law in London.
Mahatma Gandhi helped _________ India’s independence from Britain.
gain
ks5u精品课件
Spring Festivals
Festivals
Country
What to do
The Lunar Chinese New Year
Carnivals
The Cherry Blossom Festival
China
Christian countries
Japan
Eat dumplings, fish and meat
Give lucky money
Dragon dances
Parades, dancing , loud music , colourful clothing
Enjoy the cherry tree flowers
ks5u精品课件
1. At the spring Festival in China, people ________ food, children may _________ lucky money, and families ________ the lunar New Year together.
2. Easter celebrate the ________ of Jesus for Christian and it also celebrate the __________ of spring.
3. In the Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan, the country _______________ cherry tree flowers so that it looks _________ it might be the sea of pink snow.
eat
get
celebrate
return
coming
is covered with
as though
ks5u精品课件
What are the purposes of festivals?
Festivals
To have fun with each other
To let us enjoy life
To be proud of our customs
To forget our daily life for a little while
To honour the dead
To honour famous people
To celebrate harvest
To e a new year and look forward to the future
To ask people to pay attention to something
ks5u精品课件
True or False
1. The anci