StPatricksDayPPT课件

1、第1页/共12页插入三月日历第2页/共12页The National Holiday of IrelandSt. Patricks Day第3页/共12页St. Patricks Day is the national holiday of Ireland with a history of more than 1500 years. Every year on March 17th ,the festival is celebrated around the country in honour of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Now,

2、 St. Patricks Day is not only a national holiday of Ireland but also celebrated outside of Ireland in cities with a large number of Irish people. 大型庆祝图片一张第4页/共12页The National Holiday of Ireland-St. Patricks DayThe history of St. Patricks DayHow to celebrate 第5页/共12页The history of St. Patricks DayChe

3、ck your understanding:1. When did St. Patrick begin to believe in Christianity?2. What did St. Patrick do to make the Irish believe in Christianity?3. Why is shamrock chosen as the national symbol of Ireland?第6页/共12页第7页/共12页Check your understanding:1. What do people in Ireland usually do on St. Patr

4、icks Day? What about the people in the U.S.?2. Where can you see the color green on St. Patricks Day? 3. Green is everywhere on St. Patricks Day. Why?How to celebrate because it is the color of spring, Ireland, and the shamrock. 第8页/共12页美国庆祝此节第9页/共12页Questions for thinking and discussion:Does our country have such a holiday in memory of a great person? 2. How do we celebrate it? Please give us some examples.3. What is the differences an