unit 1 Festivals reading

Unit 1 Festivals and CelebrationsReading and Thinking课时检测Ⅰ. 语段填词1. Armed with the information you have gathered(搜集), you can set out making a lantern (灯笼) by yourself. I think it will be full of joy (高兴).2. As the people marched(行进) into the church(教堂), they heard a religious (宗教的) song being played.3. It is typical (典型的) of him to decorate (装饰)a room with different colors, which range (包括) from red to yellow.4. I figured (认为) that I would congratulate (祝贺) him on his success at the ceremony (典礼). However, the event was cancelled.5. The harvest (收获) festival, an important agricultural (农业的) festival, is celebrated by people after all the crops(农作物)have been gathered in. It shows that people are grateful (感激的)for the food they are given.6. The exhibition which is regarded as significant(有重大意义的) features (以……为特色)paintings by contemporary artists. Their works reflect (反映)their beliefs/faith (信任)in future life.Ⅱ. 完成句子1. He dressed up and went to the party yesterday as if he had been invited.昨天, 他打扮得漂漂亮亮地去参加聚会, 好像已经被邀请过似的。

人教新课标英语必修三第一单元教案Unit 1Festivals around the WorldReading 教案Teaching goals1.To get the students to talk about festivals2.To learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language3.To develop the students’ reading skills : skimming, scanning, summarizing, and finding out details.4.To arouse the students’ interest in festivals, cultures, especially those in China，thus promote their culture awareness.Important pointsprehension of the reading part.2.Knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures.eful words and expressions concerning festivals.Teaching aidsA computer, a projector, courseware, a tape-recorderTeaching proceduresStep 1 revisionRevise the festivals.Step 2 pre-readingWhat is your favourite holiday of the year? Why?Step 3 fast reading1.How many kinds of festivals are mentioned in the text? What are they?2. let’s get to know more about these festivals and fill in the form on P3.Ex1Step 4 careful readingParagraph 1:When did ancient people celebrate ?•at the end of winter•When good weather returned• a good harvest•animals caughtParagraph 2: Festivals of the dead1.What are festivals of the dead for?2. How do Japanese honour their ancestors?3. What do the people in Mexico do in memory of the dead?*Are there any similar festivals in China? What do do? What to eat?The Qingming FestivalParagraph 3: Festivals to honour peopleParagraph 4:Harvest Festivals1) Why are autumn festivals happy events?Because people are grateful and happy and a season of agricultural work is over.2) What do people do to celebrate it?In European countries, it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit; get together to have meals, win awards for their animals, flowers, fruit and vegetables; admire the moon Paragraph 5: Spring FestivalsParagraph 6: What are the purposes of festivals?Festivals: To have fun with each other / To let us enjoy life/ To be proud of our custom/ To forget our daily life for a little while/To honour the dead/To honour famous people/To celebrate harvest/To welcome a new year and look forward to the future/To ask people to pay attention to somethingStep 5 post readingDo T or F(1). The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. F(2). Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. T(3). Qu Y uan was a great poet whom people honor a lot in China. T(4). Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. F(5). Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. F(6). There is pink snow in spring in Japan. FStep 6 Group workFestivals are created. Now you’ve got the chance to create a new festival. Discuss in groups, make a plan:When the festival takes placeWhat the festival is forWhat people do at the festivalWhat people eat at the festivalSample: Peace DayIt takes place every year on January 2, the day after the New Year’s Day. At the beginning of a new year, we create such a festival in order to call for peace, to make the world a better place for everyone. People have to learn about foreign countries on that day. The TVs and newspapers will be all about foreign countries. And people are asked to eat foreign food on that day. And they are asked to talk about peace with their families, friends, and so on.HomeworkWrite an introduction of the festival your group have created.。