九年级unit2Section A 1-2017年10月.ppt

Talk about the festivals you know . 新年 New Year’s Day 　　 春节 Spring Festival　　 　 国庆节 National Day 元宵节 The Lantern Festival 端午节 The Dragon Boat Festival 　　中秋节 The Mid-Autumn Festival 重阳节The Double Ninth Day 七夕节The Double Seventh Day 复活节Easter 妇女节 Women’s Day 愚人节April Fool’s Day 母亲节Mother’s Day 儿童节 Children’s Day 父亲节Father’s Day 教师节 Teachers’ Day 鬼节Halloween 圣诞节 Christmas Day What festivals are they ? Discuss when and how people celebrate them. Chinese Spring Festival 春节 firecrackers paper-cuts Before the Spring Festival, people usually do Spring Festival shopping and do spring cleaning. Then all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. They have a family reunion dinner. They eat dumplings, nian-gao and New year’s cake and so on. They also pay New Years call When is the Spring Festival? It falls on the first day of the 1st lunar(阴历的) month, usually in January or February. It starts with the New Moon（新月）on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon（满月）15 days later. How do Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival? The Water Festival 泼水节 On these days ,people pour water on others because they believe that pouring water on others can help remove bad luck and bring out happiness The act of pouring water is also a show of blessings and good wishes. When is the Water Festival? It usually starts on the 13th of April and takes 3–7 days. The Water Festival is the New Years celebrations that take place in Southeast Asian countries such as Burma ([b?:m?]缅甸) , Cambodia ([k?mb?udi?]柬埔寨), Laos([la?z]老挝) , and Thailand as well as Yunnan (Dai people) , China. How do people celebrate the Water Festival? the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 People usually have a family reunion dinner, and then they eat moon cakes and enjoy the round moon. When is the Mid-Autumn Festival? It falls on the 15th day of the 8th l