【人教新课标英语必修三课件(】Unit1 Reading1

Unit 1
Festivals and Celebrations
Skimming
Reading Comprehension I 1. How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage? A. Three. B. Four. “Ancient C. Five. Don’t forgetD. Six. festival” 2. The beginning of festivals of the dead is related to _______. A. religion B. seasons C. special people D. hunting
Festivals of the Dead
How do Japanese honour their ancestors? They have a festival called Obon, when people should go to clean the graves and light incense to honour their ancestors. They light lamps and play music.
China some Western countries
Japan
Detailed Reading
Ancient Festivals
Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the ____ _______, planting in cold weather ______ spring and harvest in _______. autumn Today’s festivals have many origins ______, some ________, religious some seasonal and some for special ______ people or ______. events

introduce Spring Festival to her.
Teambattle
Step3: Role-Play
“Spring Festival Speech”
Create a short dialogue according to the situation.
Step3: Role-Play
Step 2: Mindmap
When is
Spring Festival?
Why do we
celebrate Spring Festival?
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How do we
celebrate Spring Festival?
When is the Spring Festival?
It’s different every year. It usually falls at the end of _J_an_u_a_ry_ or the beginning of _F_e_b_r_ua_r_y_.
Setting Firecrackers
How do we celebrate during
the Spring Festival?
Spring Festival Traditions:
After New Year's Eve
Visit relatives and friends
Visiting relatives and friends is good for enhancing relations between friends and relatives.
“Spring Festival Speech”
1.When is the Spring Festival? 2.What do you usually do to celebrate it? 3.What special food do you eat? 4.What is the origin of the Spring Festival? 5.Why is the Spring Festival such an important festival in china?

closing
excited
• people wearing fancy Mongolian
tiring but rewarding
robes
• feeding horses • practising archey • chatting
amazing participants-too young amazing bravery-devotion
Main idea of each paragraph
1 The topic and my feeling
2 How I prepared for the festival / celebration
3 The festival / celebration acitivities
4 A summary of my festival / celebration experience
• In your opinion, what is the most impressive thing about the festival?
• What else would you like to know about the festival and the writer's experience?
Study the organisation and language features.
How to write a diary entry?
• Write in _p_a_s_t__ tense. • Use pronouns like__I,_m__y_, _m_e_,_w_e_,_o_u_r_, _u_s_ to
➢What is the text’s writing style ?

19.
gratitude
20.
agricultural
/̩æɡrI̍kʌltʃərəl/ adj.农业(劳动/生产)
→
agriculture
/̍ærIkʌltʃə(r)/ n.农业;农艺
21.
gather
18.
/̍ɒrIdʒIn/ n.起源;起因;出身
/tʃːm/ n.魅力;迷人的特征;咒语
/dʒɔI/ n.高兴;喜悦
阅读理解
一、阅读课文“WHY DO WE CELEBRATE FESTIVALS?”,搭配段落大
意
1.Para.
4
Festivals are becoming commercial.
2.Para.
5
Festivals play an important part in society.
3.Para.
2
The harvest festival is important in almost every culture.
4.Para.
3
Customs of celebrating festivals are changing over time.
5.Para.
1
Though festivals have different origins,they have
coccasion
n.特色;特征;特点
/kə̩mɜːʃəlaI̍zeIʃn/ n.商业化
/rI̍flekt/ vt.显示;反映;反射
/feIθ/ n.宗教信仰;信任;相信
/ə̍keIʒn/ n.特别的事情(或仪式、庆典);(适当的)机会
二、短语英汉互译
dress (sb) up