Unit2 Let’s celebrate Starting out P13 课件（含音频）-【新教材】外研版高中英语必修第二册

Starting out P13 新外研版Book 2 Unit 2 Let's celebrate! Read and guess: what festival is it? Warming up 1. In which day, you should eat turkey and say thanks to your parents? Thanksgiving Day 2. What is the day an old man who comes from Finland and brings the gifts to children? Christmas 3. What's the festival for children knocking at someone' s door and say: “trick or treat”? Halloween 4. when is the moon the biggest and fullest？ Mid-autumn Festival 5. In which day, Chinese people like to set off fireworks, have delicious food and wear new clothes? Spring Festival February ____________ Dec. ________ January ________ FESTIVALS National Day Christmas Dragon Boat Festival Mid-Autumn Festival Spring Festival What festivals do you know? New Year March ___________ April __________ May __________ June ______________ Sep. ________ Oct. __________ Nov. ___________ Thanksgiving Day Women’s Day Tomb-Sweeping Day Labour Day While-viewing Watch and answer: 1. What festivals are mentioned in the video? 2. Why do people celebrate these festivals? The festivals mentioned in the video are "hanami", the Rose Festival, the Mid- Autumn Day, the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, and the New Year. Because people want to celebrate the changing seasons and express their appreciation of nature. Video: Seasonal Celebrations After-viewing 2. Read the festival descriptions and complete the sentences. ___________ is to celebrate the harvest. ___________ is to celebrate a season. ___________ is to honour an event. __________________ is to honour a person. Thanksgiving May Day Freedom Day Dragon Boat Festival After-viewing 3. Work in groups. Talk about: other festivals the harvest a season an event a person Pongal Spring Festival Independence Day Valentine's Day Pongal Pongal is a four-day harvest held throughout South India. It usually falls on the 14th or 15th of January. Pongal is a traditonal occasion for giving thanks to nature and celebrating the life cycles tha