Unit 7 Holliday

By Liu Yanfang

Lantern Festival

The Dragon Boat festival

Christmas Day

Thanksgiving Day

Halloween

All saints’ Day Falls on November 1st. In order to commerate

the saints. The evening before, October 31st became known as

Halloween. It was the even of the Celtic new year. On this day ghosts walked and mingled with the living. They prepared food

and when night fell they dressed up and tried to resemble

the souls of the dead. Hope that the ghosts would leave peacefully

before mid-night of the new year.

Pumpkin lantern: To frighten the ghost

and lead their relatives

back

Masquerade parties: To mingle with the livings in the evning , so that the ghost can not recognize them

Answer the following two questions after reading f irst two paragraphs.

Ask and Answer:

Q1: When and where did Halloween begin?

Halloween began on October 31 in the United States.

Q2: What does Mark do and where is he from?

Mark is an art student in Italy and he is from United States.

Read the paragraph 3-5 and answer the following questions:

Q3: What do people usually do on Halloween in New York?

They enjoy wearing costumes and take part in the Halloween match.

Q4:Where does the Halloween match take place every year?

In New York

Q5: What was Halloween in the past and what is it nowadays?

In the past Halloween was a religious holiday that began in Ireland and Scotland in the year 1000BC. Nowadays in the United States, it is just a day to have a lot of fun and go a little bit crazy.

Read the last paragragh to answer this question:

Q6:What will Mark do on Halloween this year?

He will do a painting of Halloween in New York and Share his favorite holiday with his Italian friends.

The structure of this passage:

Self-introduction( para1—para2)

The activities of people on Halloween (para3~para4)

The history of Halloween (para5 )

I can’t share my holidaywith parents (para6)

joining the Halloween match

dressing up

playing tricks

Back to the fact

Exercise:Decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false(F)According to the passage.

1. Halloween fallls on October 31.

2. Mark is studying in Italy but he doesn’t like being in Italy at all.

3. Only adults enjoy wearing costumes on Halloween.

4. There is usually a match in New Yorkon Halloween.

T

F

F

T

5. Many American artists live and work in Greenwich Village in New York.

6. In the USA Halloween is a day fun and a bit of craziness.

7. Today Mark is in the Italy so he will do nothing to celebrate Halloween.

8. Mark wants his friends in Italy also to enjoy the happiness of the holiday.

T

T

F

T

Conclusion:

This passage is mainly about the west festival,

Halloween. Halloween is an important festival

in the west. In the past, it is a religious day but

later, it is not a religious any more. It becomes a

funny day that all the people can be crazy.