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1、UNIT 3,Festivals around the world,沂水第三中学 姚在美,Aims:,Improve reading ability by skimming and scanning Practice listening ,speaking and translating. Learn something about festivals around the world.,Watch the video and answer questions.,Leading-in,1. How do you feel after watching the video?,2. What ki
2、nds of Chinese festivals and foreign festivals do you know?,festivals,The Double Ninth Festival 重阳节,The Double Seventh Festival 七夕节,The Spring Festival春节,Tomb Sweeping Day 清明节,The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节,The Lantern Festival元宵节,The Dragon Boat Festival 端午节,festivals,Valentines Day,Easter (Mar-April)
3、,Christmas,Fathers Day,Apirl Fools Day,Thanksgiving Day,Mothers Day,Halloween,.First reading Skim the passage and then fill in the following chart.,. Second reading Answer the questions, using scanning: 1. What are festivals of the dead usually for ? 2. What makes autumn festivals happy events?,3. W
4、hat is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? 4.Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar ? What things are different?,Read the passage aloud and tell T or F:,1.The ancient people neednt worry about their food.,2.Halloween used to be a fe
5、stival intended to honor the dead.,3.Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China.,4.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.,.Translate the sentences and pay attention to the Modal Verb(情态动词）.,1.At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold wint
6、er months.,在那个时代，如果食物难以找到，特别是在寒冷的冬月，人们就会挨饿。,2.Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors , who might return either to help or to do harm.,有些节日时为了纪念死者，或使祖先得到满足，因为祖先们有可能回到世上提供帮助，也有可能带来危害。,3.For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in
7、 memory of their ancestors. 在日本的盂兰盆节，人们要扫墓、烧香，以缅怀祖先。, Listening and filling in the blanks,Festivals and _of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would _ the end of cold weather, planting in spring and _ in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after
8、_ had caught animals. At that time people would _ if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. Todays festivals have many _, some _ ,some seasonal, and some for special people or events.,Which festivals do you think are the most important and which are the most fun?, Discussion,Homework Please find out more festivals from books or the Internet and then write a composition: My Favourite Festival,Thank you,