Reading

重要传统节庆元旦 (1 月 1 日 )-------------------New Year’s Day

成人节 ( 日本， 1 月 15 日 )------------Adults Day

情人节 (2 月 14 日 )---Valentine’s Day元宵节 ( 阴历 1 月 15 日 )---Lantern Festival 狂欢节（巴西，二月中下旬 )---Carnival桃花节 ( 日本女孩节， 3 月 3 日 )--- Peach Flower Festival 国际妇女节 (3 月 8 日 )---International Women’s Day愚人节 (4 月 1 日 )---Fool’s Day

复活节 ( 春分月圆后第一个星期日 )---Easter 国际劳动节 (5 月 1 日 )---International Labour Day男孩节 ( 日本， 5 月 5 日 )---Boy’s Day 母亲节 (5 月的第二个星期日 )---Mother’s Day

银行休假日 ( 英国 , 5 月 31 日 )---Bank Holiday

国际儿童节 (6 月 1 日 )---International

Children’s Day

父亲节 (6 月的第三个星期日 )---Father’s Day

端午节 ( 阴历 5 月 5 日 )---Dragon Boat Festival 仲夏节 ( 北欧 6 月 )---Mid-Summer Day中秋节 ( 阴历 8 月 15 日 )---Moon Festival教师节 ( 中国， 9 月 10 日 )---Teacher’s Day敬老节 ( 日本， 9 月 15 日 )--- Old People’s Day啤酒节 ( 德国十月节， 10 月 10 日 )---Oktoberfest南瓜节 ( 北美 10 月 31 日 )---Pumpkin Day

万圣节 (11 月 1 日 )--- Halloween

感恩节 ( 美国， 11 月最后一个星期 4)----

Thanksgiving Day

护士节 (12 月 12 日 )---Nurse day

圣诞除夕 (12 月 24 日 )---Christmas eve

圣诞节 (12 月 25 日 )---Christmas day

新年除夕 (12 月 31 日 )---New Year’s Eve

春节 ( 阴历一月一日 )--- Spring Festival

Pre-reading

1. What is your favourite holiday

of the year? Why?

What kinds of festivals are mentioned in the passage?

P1. Ancient festivals

Fast reading

celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.

P 2. Festivals of the Dead

P 3. Festivals to Honour People

Japan -----ObonMexico------Day of the DeadAmerica------Halloween

Dragon Boat FestivalColumbus Day(India)October 2

P 4. Harvest Festivals

P 5.

Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival

Mid-Autumn festival

Spring festival

Carnival

Easter

Cheery Blossom Festival

Comprehending

Ancient Festivals

why

how

To celebrate the end of the cold winter;planting in spring and harvest in autumn

light fire and make music

Festivals of the dead

why

how

light lamps, play music, eat food in the shapes of skulls and cakes with bones, go to their neighbors to ask for sweets,dress up

to honour the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors

Paragraph 2:

Festivals of the Dead

Country Name of Festival

When? How?

Mexico the Day of the Dead Early November

western countries

Halloween (October 31)

Japan Obon Mid July/August

Obon （盂兰盆） in Japan

light incense

clean the graves

lanterns everywhere

lead the dead back to visit the living

light the streets where people go out to dance

Obon 盂兰盆节

the Day of the Dead

Mexico and the Southwestern US

clean…

light…

offer…

skeleton

skull

cakes with bones on

parades with tall figures of skeletons

dressed up as people

toys and dolls look like images of the dead

the festival of Halloween

Halloween ( 万圣节 )

children costumed for Halloween

play the “trick or treat “

Festivals to honour people

why

howfor their great contributions to the society or the country

Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi

Harvest Festivals

why

how

Food is gathered for the winter. A season of agricultural work is over.

decorate churches and town halls, get together to have big meals, admire the moon and eat mooncakes

Spring Festivals

why

how

celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring

eat delicious food; have exciting carnivals

From the passage, why do people have festivals and celebrations or why are festivals so popular with people?

Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our custom and forget our daily life for a little while .