Unit 8 课时1 Getting ready（同步课件）-【上好课】2024-2025学年七年级英语上册同步精品堂（沪外教版2024）

nullGetting ready Holidays and festivals Unit Why are holidays and festivals amazing? Key question Festivals in China Read and tell Festivals in China Read and tell Festivals around the world Read and tell Maypole Dance is a traditional activity for May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. This European folk festival originated in ancient Eastern traditions and was later adopted by Europe, celebrated annually on May 1st. May Day Culture Link During this festival, people across Europe hold garden parties to celebrate the arrival of spring and agricultural harvests. One of the traditional events of May Day is the Maypole dance, where individuals bring back a tall fig tree or fir tree from the forest, decorate it with flowers, wreaths, colorful flags, and ribbons, and erect it in an open space. May Day Culture Link As the celebration begins, each person holds a ribbon connected to the top of the pole and dances around it, performing a ritual dance to pray for divine blessings for abundant crops and progeny. The festival includes the election of a May Queen, symbolizing spring, who wears a floral crown in a parade. May Day Culture Link These activities reflect people’s reverence for nature and agriculture, as well as their hopes and blessings for new life. May Day Culture Link Carnival in Brazil is the most famous festival and has become a massive event. This festival is known for its unique rhythm, participation, and costume changes, which vary from one region of Brazil to another. Brazil Carnival Culture Link In southeastern cities like Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, huge organized parades are led by samba schools. The entire country almost shuts down for a week, with celebrations going on day and night, mainly in coastal cities. Brazil Carnival Culture Link Carnival in Brazil is hailed as "the greatest show on Earth," attracting thousands of tourists every year and is one of the largest carnivals in the world. Brazil Carnival Culture Link 1. I am an important festival in China. Beautiful lanterns light up the night, and children enjoy playing lantern riddle games. Match the pictures with the festival riddles. Read and complete b. Lantern Festival Festival riddles 2. In Europe, people celebrate me for the return of spring. There is a tall pole with colourful decorations like ribbons and flowers. c. May Day 3. I’m a lively party in Brazil, where music fills the air. People dance and move while a parade of floats goes through the streets. Match the pictures with the festival riddles. Read and complete d. The Carnival in Brazil Festival riddles 4. I come around harvest time. People have big dinners and enjoy the bright round moon together to celebrate me. a. Mid-Autumn Festival Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. Read and complete decorations lanterns lively together lanterns decorations together lively Why do people enjoy festivals and holidays? Fill in the blanks with colourful, fun or delicious. Complete the table delicious fun/ fascinating beautiful We’re thinking of you this time of year, Wishing you happiness, joy, and cheer. May all your days be 1 __________ and bright, And your 2 __________ get better by holiday light. 3__________ your delicious holiday food, As 4__________ and gifts create holiday moods. 5__________ people play an important part, While beautiful 6 __________ warm your heart. Listen to a poem and fill in the missing words. Listen and complete delicious fun/ fascinating beautiful Talk about the celebrations of different festivals. Pair work When is the Zhongyuan Festival? It falls on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. How do you celebrate it? We celebrate this festival by remembering the ancestors and expressing thanks to our parents or grandparents. We can also release lanterns on rivers. Talk about the celebrations of different festivals. Pair work Why do you celebrate the Zhongyuan Festival? Do you like it or not? Why? No, I don’t. Because some people burn yellow paper during the festival. It is harmful to the environment. Because we want to memorize the important history and be kind to the old. Chinese Festivals in China and other foreign countries Watch and say Homework Choose to watch one of the traditional Chinese festivals in Festive China. And write down some notes. Get to know and share some other information about one of the foreign festivals. Lavf56.40.100 $$