人教版高中英语必修三Unit1-festivals-around-the-world节日背景介绍.ppt

festivals Free Talk How about your Winter Holiday? Did you enjoy it? What have you done during the Spring Festival? How many festivals do you know both in and out of China? The Chinese festivals Spring Festival Spring Festival is the traditional Chinese New Year’s Day. It usually falls in early February. And the celebration lasts from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. the Lantern Festival lunar January 15 Tomb-sweeping Day clean graves(扫墓） light incense(烧香） offer flowers a festival of the dead(亡灵节） the Dragon Boat Festival lunar May 5 Dragon boat race Rice dumplings It’s held to honour a famous poet---Qu Yuan . the Mid-autumn Festival lunar August 15 admire the moon (赏月） enjoy mooncakes It’s also a harvest festival.(丰收节） Festivals of China New Year’s Day the Spring Festival the Lantern Festival May Day (International Labour’s Day) the Dragon Boat Festival Children’s Day Army’s Day Teachers’ Day the Mid-Autumn Festival the National Day Tomb sweeping Day International Women’s Day Some Chinese traditional festivals the Double Seventh Festival the Tree-planting Day Festivals in foreign countries Valentines’ Day a holiday honoring love and lovers, is celebrated on February 14th. 欧美传统民间节日。又译圣瓦伦丁节。定于每年 2月14日。情侣们在这一天互相交换表达爱意的贺 卡和礼物。 它源于3世纪迫害基督教徒的罗马帝国， 一位名叫瓦伦丁的教士因救助基督徒而被捕，在狱 中，他与典狱长的女儿相爱 ?。269年2月14日，他 被处死?。此后教会便将2月14日定为情人节作为纪 念。 现在通常在情人节中，男士将一枝半开的红玫 瑰作为情人节送给女孩的最佳礼物，而姑娘则以一 盒心形巧克力作为回赠的礼物。 Easter Bunny Easter eggs In late March or early April Popular symbols Easter 每年在教堂庆祝的复活节指的是春分月圆后的第一 个星期日，如果月圆那天刚好是星期天，复活节则推迟 一星期。因而复活节可能在从3月22日到4月25日之间 的任何一天。 　　复活节是最古老最有意义的基督教节日。因为它 庆祝的是基督的复活，世界各地的基督徒都要庆祝这 一节日。 　 典型的复活节礼物跟春天和再生有关系：鸡蛋、 小鸡、小兔子、鲜花，特别是百合花这一季节的象征。 复活节前夕，孩子们为朋友和家人给鸡蛋着色打扮一番。 复活节那天早上，孩子们会发现床前的复活节篮子里 装满了巧克力彩蛋、复活节小兔子、有绒毛的小鸡 及娃娃玩具等。一年一度的美国白宫滚彩蛋活动经常被 电视台实况转播。 Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years. On October 31 children in countries like the US and Canada celebrate Hal