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1、Higher Vocational English,Unit 7: Festivals and Holidays,Background References,Celebrating Holidays,Celebrations and traditions hold a special place in a nation. It is a time of national solidarity when the general families come together and forget the day to day grind and celebrates a holiday, for
2、a particular purpose. It is a way for people to express themselves.There are so many different holidays that are celebrated around the world each year. In addition to the extra holidays that you get from your company (most staff get at least 10 paid holidays each year), there are numerous public hol
3、idays to celebrate or remember an event or a person.,Background References,Celebrating Holidays,What you do with your holidays is up to you. Some families like to jump in their car and go for a long drive (while the kids sit in the back and say “are we there yet” for the whole journey) while other f
4、amilies go for an overseas vacation. Others just stay at home and watch TV, read books, listen to music or anything else that is relaxing. The most important thing is to remember to relax on your holidays. Turn your mobile phone off for a day, dont look at the big pile of paperwork in the corner and
5、 dont check your email. Instead, hold the hands of the people you love and enjoy some quiet time with them.,Background References,Christmas vs. Spring Festival,One of the interesting things to learn about is the kinds of holidays and festivals in a country and why people observe them. In different c
6、ountries there are different holidays and festivals. Those festivals give people a chance to be away from their regular work and everyday worries to enjoy themselves and to develop kinship and friendship. The Spring Festival is the chief holiday in China while Christmas is the most important red let
7、ter day in the western world.,Background References,Christmas vs. Spring Festival,The Spring Festival and Christmas have much in common. Both are prepared beforehand to create a joyous atmosphere; both offer a family reunion with a square feast; and both satisfy the children with new clothes, lovely
8、 presents and delicious food. However, the Chinese Spring Festival has no religious background while Christmas has something to do with God and there is Santa Claus with white beard to bring children presents. The westerners send each other Christmas cards for greetings while the Chinese people pay
9、a call on each other. Actually, Christmas is not only a time for worship but also a day of fun and celebration, a time for family and friends to gather together. “Going home for Christmas” is a cherished custom. No matter how far a person is away from his home, he will make every effort to go back t
10、o join the family circle for the holiday. Nowadays, some of the Chinese youth has begun to celebrate Christmas, following the example of the westerners. Perhaps they do so just for fun and out of curiosity.,Background References,Christmas vs. Spring Festival,Similar to the importance of the Christma
11、s Day for the westerners, the Spring Festival is the most important celebration for Chinese people. Although the meaning and the methods of celebration of the Spring Festival are changing with the time, the important status of the Spring Festival is incomparable.There are different traditional custo
12、ms in different parts of China, but the whole family having reunion dinner together in the New Year Eve is indispensable. In the South China, the reunion dinner usually has more than ten meals including bean curd and fish, because the pronunciation of these two meals means “wealthy” in Chinese langu
13、age. In the North China, most of the reunion meals are dumplings, which are made and eaten by the whole family. Usually people stay up late and set off fireworks on New Years Eve. By the first day of first lunar month, people are wearing festival dresses and begin to visit or welcome family, friends
14、 and loved ones. They greet each other “Happy New Year” and “Happy Spring Festival” and invite guests to drink tea and chat at their home.,Practice Book (answer key),Part 1 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3,Part 2 “Jingle bells” Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3,Part 3 Pre-Reading Text A Text B,Part 4
15、 Brainstorming Tips Task,Part 5 Information Activity Answers,Main Contents,Part I : Speaking Activity,Activity 1: Task One Work in groups and try to figure out the holidays and festivals in the pictures.,Part I : Speaking Activity,Activity 1 Task 1,Part I : Speaking Activity,Activity 1: Task Two Cho
16、ose one of your favorite festivals from the above pictures and complete the chart. Describe it to your group with some of the words below. Then report to the class.,Part I : Speaking Activity,Activity 1 Task Two,Part I : Speaking Activity,Activity 2: Task One How much do you know about these days? Complete the sentences in column A with information from column B.,Part I : Speaking Activity,Activity 2 Task One,
