FestivalsaroundtheworldPeriod1&2WarmingupandReadingIHowmanyfestivalsdoyouknowbothinandoutofChina?DiscussionLabour’sdayMother’sdayTime:thesecondSundayinMayFather’sdayTime:thethirdSundayinJuneTheChinesefestivalsSpringFestivalLatern’sdayTime:onthe15thdayofJanuarylunarmonthDragonboatfestivalTime:onthe5thdayofMaylunarmonthMid-autumnDayTime:onthe15thdayofAugustlunarmonthNationaldayFestivalsinforeigncountriesHappyValentine’sDayThanksgivingdayTime:thefourthThursdayinNovemberHalloween（萬圣節(jié)）

Time:November31stChristmasTime:December25th

FESTIVALSFoodWorkVisitDressupSingingDancingWatchingTVMemoryFunJiaoziFruitDateChooseoneofthefestivals,andthinkabout:(2)Whatpeopleshoulddoorshouldnotdo(1)Whenthefestivalcomes(3)WhythefestivalislikedbypeopleFESTIVALSANDCELEBRATIONSReading1.Howmanypartsisthepassagedividedinto?Fastreading2.Whichfestivalsarementionedinthepassage?Sixparts.Reading-I(5m)FestivalsCountriesObonJapanDayoftheDeadMexicoHalloweenDragonBoatFestivalChinaColumbusDayUSAMahatmaGandhiDayIndiaMid-autumnFestivalChina/JapanSpringFestivalChinaCarnivalEasterCherryBlossomFestivalJapanThanksgivingfestivalsReadthepassageagainandthenfillinthefollowingform:FestivalsPurposeHowtocelebrateAncientFestivalsFestivalsoftheDead--Obon--TheDayofthedayinMexico--HalloweenReading-II(10m)FestivalsPurposeHowtocelebrateFestivalstoHonourPeople--theDragonBoatFestival

--theColumbusDayHarvestFestivals--HarvestandThanksgivingfestivalsSpringFestivalsFestivalsPurposeHowtocelebrateAncientFestivalsFestivalsoftheDeadTocelebratetheendofthecoldweather,plantinginspringandharvestinautumn.SometimesafterhuntershadcaughtanimalsTohonorthedeadortosatisfytheancestors.Lightlamps,playmusic,eatfoodintheshapeofskullsandcakeswithbones,gototheirneighborstoaskforsweets,dressupFestivalsPurposeHowtocelebrateFestivalstoHonourPeopleHarvestFestivalsSpringFestivalsFortheirgreatcontributionstothesocietyorthecountry.DragonboatracingFoodisgatheredforthewinter.Aseasonofagriculturalworkisover.Decoratechurchesandtownhalls,havemeals,admirethemoon,enjoymooncakes.Tolookforwardtotheendofwinterandthecomingofspring.Eatdeliciousfood,giveluckymoney,havecarnivals.Retellthetextbyfillingthefollowingblanks:Thereareallkindsoffestivalsand__________aroundtheworld,whichareheldfordifferentreasons.The________________weremainlyheldatthreetimesayear---theendofthecoldwinter,plantinginspringandharvestinautumn.Somefestivalsareheldto_____thedeadorsatisfythe_________incasetheymight____________,whileotherfestivalsareheldtohonorfamouspeople,suchas______________________andColumbusDay.celebrationsBoatFestivalDragonharmdoancestorshonorfestivalsancientReading-III(8m)HarvestandThanksgivingfestivalsarehappyeventsbecausethefoodis_________forthewinterandbecauseaseasonof___________workisover,towhichMidautumnfestivalbelongs.Andthemostenergeticandimportantfestivalsaretheonesthatlookforwardtotheendofwinterandtothe______ofspring,suchasthe______NewYear,atwhichpeoplehaveaverygoodtime.agriculturalgatheredlunarcomingFurtherContactDoyouknowthenamesofthefollowingfestivals?Whichcountriesdotheycomefrom?Afterreading(6m)Valentine'sDayValentine’sDayisnamedfor________________,anearlyChristianchurchmanwhoreportedlyhelpedyounglovers.Morethan2000yearsago,theancientRomanscelebratedaholidayfor________.Aspartofthecelebration,girlswrotetheirnamesonpiecesofpaperandputtheminalargecontainer.Boyspickedoneout.Thegirlwhosenamewaswrittenonthepaperbecamehislover.SaintValentine

loversHalloweenisfrom__________,whichiscelebratedon____________.Peoplewoulddanceatthefancyballandwear_____________________________________________________________inorderto__________awayspiritslookingforbodiestopossess.Halloween

AmericaOctober

31ghostcostumes(clothes),falsefacesandwitches'hats,

frightenCostume

BallhalloweencostumesCarvedPumpkinLanternHalloweenParade(游行）AppleBobbingTrick-or-TreatEaster,theprincipalfestivaloftheChristianchurchyear,celebratestheResurrection(復(fù)活)of_____________onthe______dayafterhisCrucifixion（死于十字架上）.

ForChristians,Easterisadayofreligiousservicesandthegatheringoffamily.JesusChristthirdEasterona______betweenMarch22andApril25/Easterbunnies(rabbits)復(fù)活節(jié)兔

Egghunts(復(fù)活節(jié)蛋)SundayThefirstSundayafterthefullmoonfollowingaspringequinox（春分）Whitelily--purity(純潔)Speckledeggs英文名稱月份情人節(jié)Valentine’sDay2月14日復(fù)活節(jié)Easter3月21日或此日后月圓的第一個(gè)星期日耶穌受難日GoodFriday復(fù)活節(jié)前的星期五愚人節(jié)AprilFool’sDay4月1日母親節(jié)Mother’sDay5月的第二個(gè)星期日父親節(jié)Father’sDay6月的第三個(gè)星期日勞動(dòng)節(jié)LaborDay5月1日萬圣節(jié)Halloween10月31日感恩節(jié)ThanksgivingDay11月的第四個(gè)星期4齋節(jié)Ramadan穆斯林歷的第9個(gè)月圣誕節(jié)ChristmasDay12月25日ForeignFestivals名稱1.

starve1)starve

:tocauseapersonorananimaltosufferseverelyordiefromhunger挨餓，餓死LanguagepointsMillionsofpeoplestarvedtodeathduringthewar.Thehomelesschildrenarestarvingforlove.Whenwillthedinnerbeready?I’mstarving.3)感覺很餓（僅用于進(jìn)行時(shí)）2)starve

forsth渴望獲得某物，缺乏

starvation

n.

dieofstarvation:starvetodeathstarvationwages

不夠維持基本生活的工資2.Festivalsaremeanttocelebrateimportanttimesofyear.mean后可以跟不定式的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)。Inevermeanthimtoworkforus.3.

honorv.=respectsb.Willyouhonormewithavisit?如蒙造訪，十分榮幸。honoredguests貴賓Ifeelhighly

honoredbythekindthingsyousaidaboutme.

honor

un.

showhonortosb＝showrespecttosb.

honor

cn.

帶來光榮的人/物L(fēng)iuXiangisanhonortoourcountry.4.

satisfy

vt.使?jié)M意Nothingsatisfieshim;heisalwayscomplaining.Thegovernmenttriesitsbesttosatisfy

people’sneeds.satisfaction

n.

滿意、令人滿意的人/物

satisfied

(人)滿意的

satisfying/satisfactory令人滿意的Theteacherwassatisfiedwithhissatisfying/satisfactoryanswer.5.harm:1)n.damage,injury損壞，傷害

doharmto…＝harmSmokingdoesharmtoourhealth.

domoreharmthangood弊大于利Ifwetrytosolvetheprobleminthisway,itwilldomoreharmthangood.vt.causeharmtoTheeventharmedhisreputation.

cometoharm

Iwillgowithhertomakesureshecomestonoharm.我要跟她一同去以免她受到傷害。

受到傷害6.

inmemoryof=asawayofremembering1)Themonumentwasbuiltinmemoryofthelittlehero.2)Themuseumwasbuiltinmemoryofthefamousscientist.inpraiseofinhonorofincelebrationofinsearchof歌頌為紀(jì)念為慶祝為尋找7.

dressupvi.穿上盛裝Thereisnoneedtodressup;comeasyouare.

dress(sb)upinsth/assb化裝打扮1).Childrenlovedressingup.2).Shedressedherselfupasamonster.

dressvi穿衣，打扮1).Waitingforamoment;I’mdressing.2).Shedresseswell(onverylittlemoney.)

dress

vt.

dresssb.in…

1).Ittakestimetodressthebaby.2).Theoldladyisneatlydressedinblack.

8.

playatrickon…捉弄Thenaughtyboylovesplayingtricksonothers.trick

玩笑、惡作劇、詭計(jì)

do/performatrick玩把戲9.custom

n.風(fēng)俗、習(xí)俗1)Somanycountries,somanycustoms.2)Socialcustomsaredifferentfromcountrytocountry.Itisthecustom(forsb)todosth做…….是一種習(xí)俗/慣例1)Itisthecustom

fortheJapanesetotakeofftheirshoeswhentheygetintoahall.2)ItisthecustomforanArabtostandclosetohisfriendwhentalking.

custom

habit“風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣”－社會(huì)或團(tuán)體許多人長(zhǎng)期形成的習(xí)慣一個(gè)人的習(xí)慣習(xí)性10.

awardn.

1)thingoramountawarded獎(jiǎng)金獎(jiǎng)品sheshowedustheathleticsawardsshehadwon.2)decisiontogivesth,madebyajudge,etc

裁定決定theawardofascholarship獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金頒發(fā)決定3)moneypaidtoastudentatuniversity,etctohelpmeetlivingcosts,grant助學(xué)金瑪麗沒有申請(qǐng)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金的資格.Maryisnoteligibleforan