(
课件网) Festivals and Celebrations reading and thinking Learning Objectives： By the end of this class, you will be able to: use games to review the knowledge about festivals. learn to paraphrase new words. analyse the writing methods used in the article including listing and exemplification, parallel construction, etc. draw a mind map of this article. Warming up part 1 Guessing Game Choose one piece of paper with a specific name of a festival on it. Discuss in groups: 1. What are the customs of the festival 2. Act out some of the customs without saying the name of the festival, then the rest of the class can guess the name of the festival. Thanksgiving Chinese Lantern Festival Coming-of-Age Day Christmas Rio Carnival The Spring Festival Dragon Boat Festival Qingming Festival(Tomb-Sweeping Day) Show Time! 纸牌可点击，图片可点击 Why are there so many different festivals all around the world What do they celebrate for Why do we celebrate festivals Pre-reading part 2 WHY DO WE CELEBRATE FESTIVALS？ Pre-reading If you were the writer, what would you write WHY DO WE CELEBRATE FESTIVALS different kinds of festivals history of festivals the ways to celebrate the reasons of celebration While-reading part 3 Halloween Day Thanks-giving Day Christmas Day eating reunion dinner 吃团圆饭 giving or receiving lucky money收发压岁钱 wearing new clothes穿新衣 decorating houses with red couplets 贴对联 watching the Spring Festival Gala 看春晚 staying up late on Spring Festival Eve 守岁 setting off firecracker 放鞭炮 How do you celebratde the Spring Festival Why do we celebrate the Spring Festival for family reunion 阖家团圆 to celebrate a year of hard work 庆祝一年的辛勤劳动 have a good rest 好好休息休息 to wish for a lucky and prosperous(繁荣的) coming year 期盼新的一年 Guess the main idea of the article. The main idea may be the _____ of celebrating festivals Prediction the possible reasons to get a family reunion to honour someone to celebrate harvest to have a relax .... reasons Task 1: read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph. Fast reading para.1 para.2 para.3 para.4 para.5 A.The role of festivals. B.The commercialisation of festivals. C.the change of festival customes. D.the harvest festival. E.the origins and spirit of festivals 1. What do all the festivals have in common A. They all originated from religions. B. They are all connected with famous figures. C. They all show the spirit of sharing joy, gratitude, love or peace. D. They all have similar customs. 2. When was the Egyptian harvest season A. Autumn. B. Summer. C. Winter. D. Spring. 3. What’s the function of the examples in Paragraph 2 A. To show the harvest festival is the most important in Egypt and China. B. To show it is celebrated in almost all cultures. C. To show the ways people celebrate it have changed. D. To show all the people are grateful for the supply of crops. 4. Why have Chinese people in many bi ... ...
