Festival around the world

halloween , october 31  萬圣節(jié)
a special day for making merry, wearing costumes and playing old-fashioned games. a favorite with children.  
easter  復(fù)活節(jié)
a christian holy day in march or april when christians remember the death of christ and his return to life.
thanksgiving day  感恩節(jié)
generally the fourth thursday in november, set aside for national thanksgiving, especially for our democratic form of government. it is a legal holiday in all states.
labor’s day  勞動(dòng)節(jié)
the first monday in september. set aside to honor labor, it is a legal holiday in all states.
christmas day, december 25 圣誕節(jié)
this is both a legal and religious holiday, it observes the anniversary of the birth of jesus. all states and all those of the christian faith celebrate this holiday.
warming up by learning vocabulary
turn to page 96, and go over the vocabulary list for unit 1. find out the relationship between the spelling and the pronunciation.
2. pre-reading by imagining and sharing
hello! now you can celebrate everyday! everyday is a holiday. imagine somewhere someone is celebrating right now. our world is filled with mystical celebrations and powerful memories. come and tell the class what holiday it is today.
3. talking and sharing
work in groups of four. tell your group mates what festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town?
4. listening to the recording
now please listen to the recording of the text festivals and celebrations. pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. i will play the tape twice.
5. reading and underlining
next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. copy them to your notebook after class as homework.
collocations from festivals and celebrations
hold festivals and celebrations, catch animals, have food吃飯, light fires, make music, bring a year of plenty帶來富足的一年, honour the dead紀(jì)念死去了的人, satisfy and please sb.討好取悅某人, do harm to對(duì)……有害, clean the graves掃墓, light incense, in memory of 紀(jì)念；追念, light lamps, play music, lead sb. back to earth, on an important feast day, in the shake of sth., offer sth. to sb., have the origin as an event, ask for sth., dress up喬裝打扮；穿上盛裝, play a trick詐騙；開玩笑, hold festivals as an honour to sb., a national holiday, gain …’s independence, gather… for…, a season of agricultural work, decorate churches with 用……裝飾教堂, get together聚會(huì), have meals吃飯, win awards for sth., admire the moon, give gifts of moon cakes, an energetic and important festival, look forward to期望；期待；盼望, eat dumplings吃餃子, give sb. lucky money給某人壓歲錢, in red paper, dragon dances, celebrate the lunar new year慶祝陰歷的新年, take place發(fā)生, day and night日日夜夜, loud music, colourful clothing of all kinds, an important religious and social festival, be covered with 由……覆蓋., have fun with each other彼此玩得開心, enjoy life享受生活, be proud of為……自豪, forget sth. for a little while暫時(shí)忘記某事