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课件网) Unit 3 Festivals and customs Integrated skills 第二课时 Lead-in Look at the pictures. What can we learn from this picture Some traditional festivals are less popular than foreign festivals, and even some are being forgotten by youth. Lead-in Should we pay attention to promote traditional Chinese festivals Why Think about: nation’s history, traditional culture, customs, Chinese values, national identity etc. C In pairs, discuss how to promote traditional Chinese festivals. Use the following questions and expressions to help you. Why should we promote traditional Chinese festivals How can we promote traditional Chinese festivals Discussion problems solutions Discussion 1. Why should we promote traditional Chinese festivals Traditional festivals teach us about our nation’s history. Traditional festivals enable us to learn about fine Chinese values. Traditional festivals are a source of national pride; ... Why traditional Chinese festivals are important How can we feel the importance Discussion 2. How can we promote traditional Chinese festivals Ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals Government: make laws, set more public holidays … Schools: organise clubs, class meeting, debate… Media: give more publicity say TV programmes, posters, celebrity effects… Individuals: learn traditions, experience customs… Speaking C In pairs, discuss how to promote traditional Chinese festivals. Use the following questions and expressions to help you. D Write an article promoting traditional Chinese festivals. Use your ideas from part C and the information in parts A and B to help you. Writing an article calling for action When writing an article calling for people to do something, you should: Clearly state an opinion and give evidence for that opinion; Put forward solutions and make a call for action. Strategy Ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals Importance/necessities of traditional Chinese festivals A positive result you would like to see Strategy Structure Strategy Language Linking words – well-structured First of all, moreover, finally/last but not least, etc. Imperative sentences – short and powerful Nowadays, many traditional Chinese festivals are becoming less and less popular. However, .... Strategy Importance of traditional Chinese festivals D Sample sentence patterns. Strategy The following table gives some transition phrases that are used when giving your own opinion: In my opinion,... In my view,... Personally,... I think that... As far as I am concerned,... To begin with,... First of all,... Furthermore,... Besides,... Moreover,... In addition,... What's more,... Firstly,... Secondly, Thirdly,... There are clearly many ways to promote ...such as ... ... should promote / encourage / support ... by ... ... is surely a good / an effective way to promote... ... is very popular with ... ... is important for ... because ... Strategy Ways to promote traditional Chinese festiv ... ...
