Unit2LetscelebrateStartingoutUnderstandingideas課件高一英語

Unit2Let’scelebrateUnderstandingideasStartingout1.Whatfestivalsarementionedinthevideo?2.Whydopeoplecelebratethesefestivals?Activity1WatchandAnswer

Q1.Whatfestivalsarementionedinthevideo?Thefestivalsmentionedinthevideoare"hanami",theRoseFestival,theMid-AutumnDay,theHarbinInternationalIceandSnowFestival,and

theNewYear.Activity1Q2.Whydopeoplecelebratethesefestivals?Becausepeoplewanttocelebratethechangingseasonsandexpresstheirappreciationofnature.seasonalfestivalsDragonBoatFestivalcelebrationstakeplaceinChinaonthefifthdayofthefifthlunarmonth.TheyareheldinmemoryofQuYuan,apoetandstatesmaninAncientChina.ItwasthefirsttraditionalChinesefestivaladdedtoUNESCO’sListofIntangibleCulturalHeritage.為了紀(jì)念holdv.抓住，握?。怀钟?；容納，包含，認(rèn)為，相信舉行陰歷月份政治家聯(lián)合國教科文組織UnitedNationsEducationalScientificAndCulturalOrganization非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)ThanksgivingiscelebratedmainlyinNorthAmerica，inOctoberorNovember.Traditionally，itwasachancetogivethanksforagoodharvest.Now，itisalsoatimeforfamiliestogettogetherforabigdinner.P17MayDayisafestivaltocelebratethestartofsummer，withcelebrationsheldacrossEuropeandinpartsofNorthAmerica.Peoplepreparedecorationswithflowersanddancearoundmaypoles.P17With復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)為什么用held遍及，在……各處五朔節(jié)花柱FreedomDayisheldeveryyearon27ApriltocelebrateSouthAfrica’sfirstfully-participatedelectionsin1994，inwhicheveryonewasallowedtovote

regardlessofskincolour.Itcelebratestheendofracialinequalityinthecountry.P17Participatein=takepartin參加participationn.參加，參與participatorn.參與者，參加人員不管，不顧votefor投票贊成voteagainst投票反對voteon就……表決votetodosth.投票去做某事Readthefestivaldescriptionsandcompletethesentences.

istocelebratetheharvest.

istocelebrateaseason.

istohonouranevent.

istohonouraperson.ThanksgivingMayDayFreedomDayDragonBoatFestivalv.對……表示敬意，表揚(yáng)某人，給某人榮譽(yù)n.榮幸，榮譽(yù)，敬意inhonourof為了紀(jì)念，表示敬意itismygreathonourtodosth.做某事是我的榮幸havethehonourofdoingsth.havethehonourtodosth.有幸做某事feelhonouredtodosth.做某事感到榮幸Activity3Workinpairs.Talkabout:OtherfestivalsofeachtypeOtherreasonstocelebrateafestivalHoliThisisafestivalofcolor,whichmarksthebeginningofspringinIndia.（胡里節(jié)）afestivaltocelebrate________.aseasonEaster(March23toApril25)ThisisaChristianholidayinMarchorAprilwhenChristiansrememberthedeathofChristandhisreturntolife.EasterBunnyEastereggsafestivaltohonour_______.

It’sanighttimefestivalforchildren,whenthey’llfrightentheadultsbytheirdisguisedmasks.It’salsofordress-upandfun.Halloween(AllSaints'Day)(31th.October/1stNovember)afestivaltohonour_______.thedeadTrickortreatQingmingFestival/Tomb-sweepingDay(April4-6)RebirthofnatureCelebrateitwithpicnics,andkiteflyingSweepandweedgravesHonourancestorsGoldenWeek:The7-dayholidayfromOct.1stto7thGotravelingaroundtheworld.CommemoratethefoundingofPeople’sRepublicofChina.TheNationalDay（October1st）

ChristmascardChristmastree

Whatdoyouknowaboutthisfestival?

ChristmasgiftChristmasstocking

Whatdoyouknowaboutthisfestival?

FatherChristmas/SantaClaus

Whatdoyouknowaboutthisfestival?WhoistheFatherChristmas?

Background

LettersfromFatherChristmas

isacollectionofletterswrittenandillustratedbyJ.R.R.Tolkien.Thebookwaswarmlyreceivedbycritics.ThestoriesareabouttheadventuresandmisadventuresofFatherChristmasandhishelpers,includingtheNorthPolarBearandhistwocubs.

Read

theintroductionto

Tolkien.J.R.RTolkien(1892-1973)奇幻小說作為……而出名霍比特人指環(huán)王

AnswerthequestionsHaveyoueverreadanyofTolkien'sbooks

orseenanyofthefilms

basedonthem?Whatdoyouthinkofthem?ThefirstletterThelastlettermorethantwentyyearsaNorthPolestampeveryChristmas

1.WhatisLettersfromFatherChristmasabout?ReadquicklyandanswerthefollowingquestionsLettersfromFatherChristmasisacollectionofTolkien’sletterstohisfourchildrenatChristmas.TheletterstoldwonderfulstoriesaboutFatherChristmas’slifeandadventuresattheNorthPole.

Readquicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions2.WhydidTolkienwritetheseletters?TolkienwrotetheselettersbecausehewantedtokeepFatherChristmasaliveforhisfourchildren.

ReadcarefullyandfindsomedetailedinformationTitleofthebook:1.___________________________Author:2.______________Backgroundinformation:EveryChristmas,Tolkien’schildrenwouldgetanenvelopewith3._________________.Insideit,theywouldfind4._________________________________________.Ofcourse,theletterswerewrittenbyTolkien.LettersfromFatherChristmasJ.R.R.TolkienaNorthPolestampahandwrittenletterfromFatherChristmas

ReadcarefullyandfindsomedetailedinformationFatherChristmas’slifeandadventuresattheNorthPoleclimbedtheNorthPolehowhecouldnotfellthroughtheroofstophishelpersplayinggamesContentsoftheletters:Theytellwonderfulstoriesabout5._________________________________________________.Inoneletter,PolarBear6.____________________and7.___________________ofFatherChristmas’shouse.Inanotherletter,FatherChristmascomplainedabout8.___________________________________________withthetoys.ManypeoplestillrememberthemagicofFatherChristmasfromwhentheywerechildren.Asparents,theytrytokeepthatmagicalivefortheirchildrenforaslongastheycan.para.1keep...alive使……繼續(xù)存在，使……活著，維持……的生命Eg：Doctorskeptthebabyaliveforsixweeks.醫(yī)生使嬰兒活了六周。ThatiswhyLettersfromFatherChristmascouldbetheperfectbookforthosewhoregardChristmasasaspecialtimeofyear.ThemanwhowrotetheselettersisoneofthemostfamousnamesinEnglishliterature—J.R.R.Tolkien,authorofTheLordoftheRings.TheletterswereTolkien’swayofkeepingFatherChristmasaliveforhisfourchildren，overaperiodofmorethantwentyyears.Heiswidelyregardedasthefatherofinternationallaw.他被廣泛認(rèn)為是國際法之父。Herworkisveryhighlyregarded.她的工作受到高度評價(jià)。那就是……的原因Thatisbecause那是因?yàn)閜ara.2with/inregardto關(guān)于EveryChristmas，anenvelopewithaNorthPolestamparrived.ItwasaddressedtoTolkien’schildren.Whocoulditbefrom?Thechildrenmusthavebeenveryexcitedastheyopenedit.Inside，theywouldfindahandwrittenletterfromFatherChristmas.Theletterswerealsobeautifullyillustrated—eachmusthavetakenitstrueauthor，Tolkien，alongtimetocomplete.para.3addressv.寫收信人的地址，演講，處理，解決musthavedone一定做過某事，表示對過去行為的肯定推測花費(fèi)當(dāng)……時(shí)TheletterstoldwonderfulstoriesaboutFatherChristmas’slifeandadventuresattheNorthPole.AregularcharacterintheletterswasPolarBear，whoonceclimbedtheNorthPole（anactualpoleinthiscase）andfellthroughtheroofofFatherChristmas’shouse.regularadj.頻繁的，經(jīng)常的；定期的，有規(guī)律的aregularvisitor/customer?？?/p>

regularmeetings例行會議Doyoutakeregularexercise?你經(jīng)常鍛煉嗎？【單詞積累】regularly

adv.經(jīng)常；定期地irregular

adj.無規(guī)律的；不定時(shí)的para.4在這種情況下Inanotherletter，F(xiàn)atherChristmascomplainedabouthowhecouldnotstophishelpersplayinggameswiththetoysinsteadofwrappingthemup.Interestingly，thelettersdidnotcontaintheusualwarningstochildrenthattheymightnotreceivetheirpresentsiftheywerenotgood.Thelettersdid，however，changeasTolkien’schildrengotolder：para.4complain

v.抱怨，不滿，發(fā)牢騷

complaintn.抱怨stopsb.(from)doingsth.阻止某人做某事打包c(diǎn)omplain后不能直接跟sb.作賓語，要加介詞to。n.警告warnv.警告，提醒強(qiáng)調(diào)謂語動詞change強(qiáng)調(diào)動詞，不能用強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，而要在動詞原形前加do,does或did,表示“的確，確實(shí)，真的”。warnsb.of/aboutsth.提醒某人某事warnsb.（not）todosth.提醒某人（不）要做某事warnsb.againstdoingsth.提醒某人不要做某事warnsb.that...提醒某人……當(dāng)……時(shí)...butifyoufindthatnotmanyofthethingsyouaskedforhavecome

，andnotperhapsquiteasmanyassometimes，rememberthatthisChristmasallovertheworldthereareaterriblenumberofpoorandstarving

people.省略了that或which的定語從句starvingadj.挨餓的，即將餓死的starve

v.（使）挨餓；（使）餓死starvetodeath餓死starvefor...渴望……starvationn.餓死；挨餓dieof/fromstarvation餓死para.4LettersfromFatherChristmastellsustha