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1、,课标人教实验版高一 Module 3Unit 1,Reading,Warming up,Do you know these festivals?When do they take place?lunar calendar,Spring FestivalJanuary 1,Lantern FestivalJanuary 15,Dragon Boat Festival May 5,Mid-autumn DayAugust 15,Easter around March 22-April 25,Thanksgiving Daythe last Thursday of November,Hallowe
2、en October 31,Christmas DayDecember 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.What kind of infor
3、mation you think will be introduced in the passage.,New words,starve:饥饿 origin: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,How many types of festivals are mentioned in
4、 the passage?,1.Ancient festivals2.Festivals of the Dead3.Festivals to Honor the People4.Harvest Festivals5.Spring Festivals,Scanning,What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?,P1.celebrate the end of the cold weather,planting in spring and harvest in autumn;celebrate when hunters catch animals
5、.,Skimming,P 2.Festivals of the DeadJapan-ObonMexico-Day of the DeadAmerica-Halloween,P 3.Festivals to Honour PeopleDragon Boat FestivalColumbus Day(India)October 2,Obon（盂兰盆）in Japan,Halloween(万圣节),Dragon Boat Festival,Columbus Day,P 4.Harvest FestivalsHarvest and Thanksgiving FestivalMid-Autumn fes
6、tival,P 5.Spring festivalCarnivalEaster 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,graves,incense,music,bones,gifts,dress up,2.Festivals to Honour People
7、Match the person with the festival.1.Qu Yuan 2.Christopher Columbus 3.Mohandas Gandhia.the Dragon Boat Festivalb.an Indian national festival on Oct.2c.Columbus Day,a,c,b,3.Harvest FestivalsChoose the best answer.Many activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people _.A.get together to
8、have mealsB.decorate houses to admire the moonC.win awards for their farm produceD.enjoy mooncakes,B,4.Spring Festivals Fill in the blanks.,The SpringFestival,Carnivals,Easter,Japan,lucky,dragon dances,Parades,colourfulclothing,1).What are festivals of the dead usually for?Festivals of the dead are
9、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
10、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 fe
11、stivals 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 Mexic
12、an 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
13、 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.Tr
14、ue 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
15、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.,
