Unit 3 Festivals and customs Welcome to the unit & Reading课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

Unit 3 Festivals and customs Welcome to the unit & Reading (I) Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. -- Robert A. Heinlein 罗伯特·海因莱因 Welcome to the Unit Lead-in 1. What’s your favorite festival? 2. Can you share with us some of its unique traditions or customs? Spring Festival (the Chinese New Year) is my favorite. People decorate home with couplets — vertical banners featuring two lines of poetry, paper cuttings and lanterns. Decorations are usually in bright red. “Basically, red decorations are to the Chinese New Year what Christmas trees are to Christmas”. Traditional Chinese festivals “A is to B what C is to D” “A之于B正如C之于D” ◆Reading is to the mind what food is to the body. 读书之于心灵，犹如食物之于身体。 Traditional celebrations include enjoying the family reunion feast（大餐） known as nián yè fàn, watching the CCTV Chinese New Year's Gala（庆典；演出）, exchanging red envelopes stuffed with 'lucky money,’ playing games of riddles, setting off fireworks, etc. envelope: 信封 riddle: 谜语 set off 燃放 firework: 烟花 Traditional Chinese festivals What other festivals around the world do you know about? Christmas Eve Mass in church (平安夜弥散) Religious festivals Seasonal and harvest festivals Tanabata Summer Festival in Japan (七夕夏日祭) Food and drink festivals La Tomatina in Spain (番茄大战) Art festivals Cannes Film Festival in France (戛纳电影节) Watch the video and finish the exercises. Welcome to the Unit Yi Peng Lantern Festival is celebrated in Chiang Mai, Thailand as a way to ____________________ _____________________________. Midsummer’s Day is celebrated in Sweden for people to ____________ ______________________________ ______________________________. The Day of the Dead, which lasts ____________, is a festival in Mexico for people to _____________ ______________________________. let bad memories go and make a wish for the future hold parties, singing and dancing around a midsummer pole for