The meaning of colour,Unit 3,Welcome to the unit,Cyan,Purple,Red,Orange,Yellow,Green,Blue,Which color do you like best and why?,The world is full of colors. Without colors, the world would be a far less interesting place.,Color and character,What does your favorite color reveal about you? (click on your favorite color),Your favorite color represents your personality.,Why do you think many people like tulips?,Many people like tulips because of their bright colors, romantic flames . Tulips have become a huge business in the Netherlands. Tourists from all over the world come to enjoy these flowers every year.,Can you give some examples of the use of a particular color for a special event?,Chinese opera,What does the colorful mask tell the audience?,Color and Chinese opera,It tells the audience about the personality of each character.,The colorful masks used in Chinese opera tell the audience about the personality of each character.,In Chinese opera, differently colored faces represent different personalities. For example, red means bravery and loyalty. White represents cunning. Black suggests fierceness or violence.,Color & tradition,Tell the meaning of the color according to our tradition.,red,good luck, celebration, happiness, long life,pink,romance, love, friendship,orange,heat, creativity, autumn, determination,gold,sacred, imperial, wealth,green,hope, nature, youth,blue,calmness, gentleness, peace,white,death, mourning, purity,black,dirtiness, bad luck, evil, sadness,Quiz:,Color and flags,Which country does the national flag belong to?,Australia,New-Zealand,Color and flags,Quiz:,India,South-Korea,Which country does the national flag belong to?,Quiz:,Color and flags,Which country does the national flag belong to?,Canada,Netherlands,Color and flags,Quiz:,Which country does the national flag belong to?,America,Stars and Stripes,Can you explain why the American fag looks like this?,Each flag tells the history of his country and has its symbolic meaning.,Reading,National flags, colors and cultures,Lead in,What color is our national flag? What are there on the flag? What do they mean?,I. Pre-reading Activities,Background Information about our national flag What do the colour red and yellow in our flag mean to us?,The national flag is a red rectangle(長(zhǎng)方形) with five stars. The red of the flag symbolizes revolution; the stars are yellow so that they will stand out brightly against the red ground. There are five five-pointed stars. One of them is bigger and is located in the top of left-hand corner.,Our National Flag,The larger star represents the CPC(中國(guó)共產(chǎn)黨) and the four smaller ones stand for the other groups of Chinese people. This expresses the great unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the CPC.,What do you know about other national flags ?,Since you have surfed the Internet, what other national flags do you know? What do you know about them?,Today, we are going to learn about the national flags in France, USA and Indonesia.,Read the Internet article quickly and answer the following questions.,What do the colours used on the French flag remind us of?,They remind us of the motto of the Revolution- liberty, equality and fraternity.,2. How many stars are there on the national flag of the USA? 3. What color is the Indonesian flag?,Fifty.,Red and white.,Careful Reading,Read the Internet article carefully and answer the following questions.,What does a national flag tell us? 2. What led to the great unrest in France before the Revolution?,They often symbolize the origin of the country, along with its values, beliefs and culture.,That people had no freedom and were suffering from hunger led to it.,3. Why has the French flag become one of the most important national flags in history?,Because in salute to the French and their revolution, many countries have chosen to use the same colours on their flags as the French did.,4. What caused Americans to demand separation from Britain?,Because the British raised the tax rates in America and increased control over their American colonies. Americans couldnt tolerate the way that Britain ruled the country and they demanded independence.,5. What do the stars and stripes on the American flag represent?,The fifty stars represent the fifty states and the thirteen stripes represent the thirteen colonies that joined together to fight for independence from Britain.,6. What was the Indonesian national flag like in the 13th century?,It had nine red and white stripes.,7. What is the most common explanations of the meanings of the colours on the Indonesian flag?,Red stands for blood, or things that are physical, while white represents the spiritual.,Look at the table and fill in what each color represents in each country.,bravery, revolution, strength and blood of the French,strength and bravery,blood or things that are physical; the color of sugar; the brave nature of the Indonesian people; fire that comes from Indonesias volcanoes,peace and honesty,virtue,the spiritual; rice; purity,liberty and justice,hard work and justice,-,Consolidation (cloze test),Flags are more than just colorful pieces of cloth and thread (1)s_ together. A flag tells us something about the country it (2)r_ and often (3)s_ the origin of that country. The French flag is red, white and blue. The color white represents peace and (4)h_, red stands for (5)b_, revolution, strength and blood of the French, and blue symbolizes (6)l_ and justice. This flag was first used at the start of the French Revolution, which (7)r_ society of inequality,ewn,epresents,ymbolizes,onesty,ravery,iberty,id,The USA also began using a red, white and blue flag following a (8)r_. The USA was once a land (9)c_ by Britain. Colonists had to pay a lot of (10)t_ but did not have a (11)s_ in the government. They (12)d _ independence, but the British (13)o_ this, so they started the revolution. The flag today is used to remind Americans that they had to fight for independence.,Consolidation (cloze test),evolution,olonized,axes,ay,emanded,pposed,Indonesias flag is a red band over a white one and is (14)b_ on a national flag (15)d_ back to the 13th century. There are many explanations about the meaning of the flag. The most common one is that red stands for blood, or things (16)p_, while white represents the (17)s_. Another suggestion is that the colors have a (18) l_ with food. Therefore, a flag is also a good place to see some of the (19)s_ and (20)d_ between countries.,Consolidation (cloze test),ased,ating,hysical,piritual,ink,imilarities,ifferences,