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1、Unit 1,人教课标 高一 必修 三,(Warming Up Reading),Festivals around the World,Warming Up,What festivals do you know?,Spring FestivalJanuary 1 at lunar calendar,Lantern FestivalJanuary 15 at lunar calendar,Dragon Boat Festival May 5 at lunar calendar,Mid-autumn FestivalAugust 15 at lunar calendar,Valentines Da
2、yFebruary 14,Easter around March 22 April 25,April Fools DayApril 1,Thanksgiving Daythe last Thursday of November,Halloween October 31,Christmas DayDecember 25,Pre-reading,Look at the pictures and title of the passage below. Discuss in pairs what kind of information you think will be introduced in t
3、he passage.,Festivals And Celebrations,Reading,Scanning,Read the passage and find out how many types of festivals are mentioned in this passage?,1. Ancient festivals2. Festivals of the Dead3. Festivals to Honor the People4. Harvest Festivals5. Spring Festivals,What festivals are mentioned in each pa
4、ragraph and what do the ancient festivals celebrate?,Skimming,Para. 1 Ancient Festivalscelebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.,Para. 2 Festivals of the DeadJapan - ObonMexico - Day of the DeadWestern countries - Halloween,Para. 3 Festivals to Honour PeopleChi
5、na - Dragon Boat Festival USA - Columbus DayIndia - national festival to honour Gandhi,Para. 4 Harvest FestivalsEuropean countries - Harvest and Thanksgiving FestivalChina and Japan - Mid-Autumn Festival,Para. 5 Spring FestivalsChina - Spring festivalSome Western countries - EasterJapan - Cherry Blo
6、ssom Festival,Careful reading,Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.,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.,2) What make
7、s 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 celebr
8、ate the end of winter and the coming of spring.,4) 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.,5) Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are simi
9、lar? 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 sp
10、ecial food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.,Post Reading,Discussion,Which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun.,Homework,1. Surf the Internet and find more information about festivals around the world, and then share it with your classmates.,2. Underline some long and difficult sentences which will be explained next class.,Thank you!,