Unit14 Warming up speaking Learning Aims:1.To get to know something about the festivals in the world.2.To improve our oral English. 1.Do you know the names of the festivals?2. Do you know which countries the festivals come from?3. What are the people in the pictures doing ? Why are they doing this ? HalloweenUSA and Europetrick or treating1.Do you know the names of the festivals?2. Do you know which countries the festivals come from?3. What are the people in the pictures doing ? Why are they doing this ? ObonJapanFloating paper lanterns 1.Do you know the names of the festivals?2. Do you know which countries the festivals come from?3. What are the people in the pictures doing ? Why are they doing this ?亡灵节，人们在去世亲人的墓前摆放鲜花。人们以多种形式表达对逝去亲人的哀思。市场上码放整齐的骷髅巧克力。 Day of the DeadMexicoLighting candles for prayers to the dead HalloweenObonDay of the DeadWhat’s the similarity among the three festivals?The same theme: ghost festivals Name of the festival?When is the festival celebrated?Who celebrates the festival?How do people celebrate it?Why do people celebrate it?Themes of it?How old is the festival? Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, which this year (2006) is November 30th. Thanksgiving Day in America is a time to offer thanks, of family gatherings and holiday meals. The Pilgrims who sailed to this country aboard the Mayflower were originally members of the English Separatist Church (a Puritan sect). Their first winter was hard. At the beginning of the following fall, they had lost 46 of the original 102 who sailed on the Mayflower. But the harvest of 1621 was a bountiful one. And the remaining colonists decided to celebrate with a fea...
