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1.A name list of names of different kinds of festivals around the world:

All Saints’ Day

April Fools’ Day

Australia Day

Boxing Day

Canada Day

Children’s Days

Chinese New Year

Christmas

Columbus Day

Earth Day

Easter

Father’s Day

Mother’s Day

Thanksgiving

Valentine’s Day

2.Introduce one kind of festival in your local area to your classmates.

You can use the following expressions:

Festivals are meant to celebrate...

It takes place on/in...

On this important feast day，people...

We offer...to...

All Saints’ Day—is a Christian holy day observed by many Western churches on November 1st and by Eastern churches on the first Sunday after Pentecost.The day now honors all saints of the church，even those not known by name.

万圣节——基督教徒盛大的节日，许多基督教会在11月1日庆祝，东教堂在圣灵降临节之后的第一个星期天庆祝。节日主要是表示对所有基督神灵的尊崇之情，即使是不知名的神灵。