新人教必修三-Unit-1-Festivals-around-the-world-Readingpp.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Reading,Festivals around the world,FESTIVAL,New Year,National Day,Christmas,Fathers Day,Childrens Day,Mothers Day,Dragon,Boat,Festival,Teachers,Day,Spring Day,May Day,Army Day,Mid-Autumn,Festival,What festivals do you know?,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,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?,Work in groups of four and talk about the two question.,2.Look at the pictures and title of the passage below.Discuss what kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.,New words,starve,:,饥饿,or,i,gin,:,起源,ancestor,:,祖先,Obon,:,盂兰盆节,(,日本,),grave,:,坟墓；墓地,incense,:,熏香,in memory of,:,纪念,feast,:,节日；盛宴,skull,:,头骨,dress up,:,打扮；盛装,play a trick on,:,搞恶作剧,award,:,奖品,rooster,:,公鸡,energetic,:,充满活力的,carnival,:,狂欢节,parade,:,游行,Read through the passage and find out how many 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 and?,Para.1 Ancient Festival,celebrate the end of the cold weather,planting in spring and harvest in autumn;celebrate when hunters catch animals.,Skimming,Para.2 Festivals of the Dead,Japan-Obon,Mexico-Day of the Dead,America-Halloween,Para.3 Festivals to Honour People,China-Dragon Boat Festival,USA-Columbus Day,India-festival to honour Gandhi,Obon,（盂兰盆）,in Japan,Dragon Boat Festival,Columbus Day,Para.4 Harvest Festivals,European and other countries-Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival,China and Japan-Mid-Autumn festival,Para.5,China-Spring festival,Some Western countries-Easter and related holidays,Japan-Cheery Blossom Festival,Harvest Festivals,Halloween(,万圣节,),Read the passage carefully again and answer the questions with the help of the pictures.,What would people celebrate at these three times of a year?,Why do you think music and fire or light are used in festivals?,Ancient Festivals,What kind of things are done to honour the dead?,Why do you think about the Mexican,practice of making cakes with skulls and bones?,Mexican Day of the Dead,Obon,What do you know about Halloween?,Halloween,What festivals or celebrations can you think of that honour famous people or important events?,the Dragon Boat Festival,Who do you think should have a festival to honour them?Why?,Columbus Day,Harvest Festival Thanksgiving Day,Do you know any harvest celebrations in China?,Consolidation,I.Finish the tasks one by one according to the text.,Purposes,To honor the dead or satisfy the 1_,Names,2_,The Day of the Dead,9_,Countries,Japan,6_,Western countries,1.Festivals of the Dead Fill in the blanks.,ancestors,Obon,Mexico,Halloween,Activities,Cleaning 3_;lighting 4_ and lamps;playing 5_,Eating cakes with 7_ on them;offering food,flowers and 8_ to the dead,Children 10 _ and ask for sweets,graves,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.,Many 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.,Meanings,To look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring,Names,1_ _,4 _,7_,Cherry Blossom Festival,The Spring,Festival,Carnivals,Easter,Countries,China,Western countries,Mainly religious countries,8 _,Japan,Activities,Eating good foods;giving children 2_ money;3_,_ and carnivals,5_;dancing in the streets;loud music;6_,lucky,dragon dances,Parades,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 question.,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 activities 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 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.,However,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.,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 funniest.,Type of festival,Example of festival,Reasons for your choice,Most important,Most fun,选用合适的词或短语，用其适当形式,填空。,be meant to;take place;,at that time;beauty;harvest,CHECKING CORNER,1.A terrible accident _ at the crossroads three days ago.,took place,be meant to;take place;,at that time;beauty;harvest,2._,we didn,t have enough money to buy a car.,3.Millions of dollars are spent each year on _ products.,At that time,beauty,be meant to;take place;,at that time;beauty;harvest,4.Even the youngest children would come and help to get the _ in.,5.I _ be working on Sunday,but I just fooled around all day.,harvest,was meant to,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 summary.,2.Prepare for“discovering useful words and expressions”on Page 4.(Ex1,2 and 3),3.If possible try to find out as much information as possible about festivals around the world.You can surf the Internet or refer to the books.,