Unit 2 Let’s celebrate！ Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件- 2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 2 Let’s celebrate! Starting out & Understanding ideas Starting out Watch the video and answer the questions. What festivals are mentioned in the video? Why do people celebrate these festivals? The festivals mentioned in the video are “hanami”，the Rose Festival，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. 1 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 2 Work in groups. Talk about： other festivals of each type other reasons to celebrate a festival Other festivals of each type include Pongal, Spring Festival, Independence Day and Valentine’s Day, etc. Other festivals of each type include Pongal, Spring Festival, Independence Day and Valentine’s Day, etc. 3 Dragon Boat Festival celebrations take place in China on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. They are held in memory of Qu Yuan, a poet and statesman in Ancient China. It was the first traditional Chinese festival added to UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Thanksgiving is celebrated mainly in North America，in October or November. Traditionally，it was a chance to give thanks for a good harvest. Now，it is also a time for families to get together for a big dinner. May Day is a festival to celebrate the start of summer，with celebrations held across Europe and in parts of North America. People prepare decorations with flowers and dance around maypoles. Freedom Day is held every year on 27 April to celebrate South Africa’s first fully-participated elections in 1994，in which everyone was allowed to vote regardless of skin colour. It celebrates the end of racial inequality in the country. Understanding ideas Re