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Festivals and Celebrations

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1. How many parts is the passage divided into?

Fast reading

2. Which festivals are mentioned in the passage?

Reading-I

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Festivals Countries

Obon Japan

the Day of the Dead Mexico

Halloweenthe Dragon Boat Festival China

Columbus Day USAMahatma Gandhi Day India

the Mid-autumn Festival China/Japan

the Spring Festival China

Carnival

Easter

Cherry Blossom Festival Japan

Thanksgiving festivals

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Read the passage again and then fill in the following form:Festivals Purpose How to

celebrateAncient Festivals

Festivals of the Dead

-- Obon

-- The Day of the dead in Mexico

-- Halloween

Reading-II

The end of the cold weather

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Festivals Purpose How to celebrate

Ancient Festivals

Festivals of the Dead

To celebrate the the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.

Lit fires and made music.

To honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors.

Light lamps, play music, eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with bones, offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead, go to their neighbors to ask for sweets, dress up

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Festivals Purpose How to celebrate

Festivals to Honour People

--the Dragon Boat Festival

--Columbus Day

Harvest Festivals

-- Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals

Spring Festivals

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Festivals Purpose How to celebrate

Festivals to Honor People

Harvest Festivals

Spring Festivals

For their great contributions to the society or the country.

Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi.

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

Decorate churches and town halls, have big meals, admire the moon,eat moon cakes.

To celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.

Eat delicious food, give children lucky money, have carnivals.

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True or False1.The ancient people needn’t worry about

their food. ( )2.Halloween used to be a festival intended to

honor the dead.( )3.Qu Yuan was a great poet who people

honor a lot in China.( )4.Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the

end of autumn.( )5.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.( )

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1. When did ancient people celebrate?

2. What are festivals of the dead for?

To honor the dead/ in memory of the ancestors.

They celebrated at the end of winter/when good weather returned/ when they had a good harvest/ when they have enough food.

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3. Why does India have a national

festival on Oct 2?

4. Why are autumn festivals happy events?

People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter ,and because a season of agricultural work is over.

To honor Gandhi

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6. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?

Festivals let us enjoy life, be

proud of our customs and forget

our daily life for a little while.

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Retell the text by filling the following blanks:

There are all kinds of festivals and __________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ _________ were mainly held at three times a year--- the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or satisfy and ______ the _________ in case they might _____ _______, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as the ________ _______ ______ and Columbus Day.

celebrations

Boat FestivalDragon

harmdoancestorsplease

honor

festivalsancient

Reading-III

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Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and because a season of ___________work is over,to which Mid autumn festival belongs.And the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time.

agriculturalgathered

lunarcoming

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英文名称 月份情人节 Valentine’s Day 2 月 14 日复活节 Easter 3 月 21 日或此日后月

圆的第一个星期日耶稣受难日 Good Friday 复活节前的星期五愚人节 April Fool’s Day 4 月 1 日母亲节 Mother’s Day 5 月的第二个星期日父亲节 Father’s Day 6 月的第三个星期日劳动节 Labor Day 5 月 1 日万圣节 Halloween 10 月 31 日感恩节 Thanksgiving Day 11 月的第四个星期 4

斋节 Ramadan 穆斯林历的第 9 个月圣诞节 Christmas Day 12 月 25 日

Foreign Festivals名称

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