必修三unit1Reading

1、,課標(biāo)人教實(shí)驗(yàn)版高一 Module 3 Unit 1,Reading,Warming up,Do you know these festivals? When do they take place? lunar calendar,Spring Festival January 1,Lantern Festival January 15,Dragon Boat Festival May 5,Mid-autumn Day August 15,Easter around March 22-April 25,Thanksgiving Day the last Thursday of November,

2、Halloween October 31,Christmas Day December 25,Pre-reading,1. What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like best- the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit?,2. Look at the pictures and title of the passage below. Wh

3、at kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.,New words,starve: 饑餓 origin: 起源 ancestor: 祖先 Obon: 盂蘭盆節(jié)(日本) grave: 墳?zāi)?；墓?incense: 熏香 in memory of: 紀(jì)念 feast: 節(jié)日；盛宴,skull: 頭骨 dress up: 打扮；盛裝 play a trick on: 搞惡作劇 award: 獎(jiǎng)品 rooster: 公雞 energetic: 充滿活力的 carnival: 狂歡節(jié) parade: 游行,How m

4、any types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?,1. Ancient festivals 2. Festivals of the Dead 3. Festivals to Honor the People 4. Harvest Festivals 5. Spring Festivals,Scanning,What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?,P1. celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harv

5、est in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.,Skimming,P 2. Festivals of the Dead Japan -Obon Mexico-Day of the Dead America-Halloween,P 3. Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day (India)October 2,Obon（盂蘭盆） in Japan,Halloween (萬(wàn)圣節(jié)),Dragon Boat Festival,Columbus Day,P 4. H

6、arvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival Mid-Autumn festival,P 5. Spring festival Carnival Easter Cheery Blossom Festival,Harvest Festivals,Comprehending,I. Read the passage and then fill in the following chart.,1. Festivals of the Dead Fill in the blanks.,ancestors,Obon,Mexico,Halloween,g

7、raves,incense,music,bones,gifts,dress up,2. Festivals to Honour People Match the person with the festival. 1. Qu Yuan 2. Christopher Columbus 3. Mohandas Gandhi a. the Dragon Boat Festival b. an Indian national festival on Oct. 2 c. Columbus Day,a,c,b,3. Harvest Festivals Choose the best answer. Man

8、y activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people _. A. get together to have meals B. decorate houses to admire the moon C. win awards for their farm produce D. enjoy mooncakes,B,4. Spring Festivals Fill in the blanks.,The Spring Festival,Carnivals,Easter,Japan,lucky,dragon dances,Par

9、ades,colourful clothing,1). What are festivals of the dead usually for? Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.,II. Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questio

10、n.,2). What makes autumn festivals happy events? Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished. 3). What do people usually do at spring festivals? At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other act

11、ivities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.,4).What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/ forget our work for a little while.,5). Compare the festivals of the

12、dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different? The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.,H

13、owever, there are some difference. The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.,6). What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while

14、.,1. The ancient people neednt worry about their food. 2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.,F,T,III. True or False,3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. 4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. 5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.,T,F,F,Discussion,Which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun.,Homework,1. Go over the text after class and try to write a summary of the text (about 100 words) and retell the text according to the summar