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课件网) UNIT 1 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS Reading and thinking 1. The Spring Festival 2. Mid-Autumn Festival 3. Tomb-Sweeping Day 4. Dragon Boat Festival 5. National Day To greet the arrival of spring To celebrate the harvest To memorize our ancestors To honour some great figures To celebrate the founding of the PRC Warming-up: Brainstorming Brainstorming some festivals and figure out why we celebrate them. Guess what the passage will talk about by looking at the title and the two pictures Activity 1: Prediction This passage may be centered on... This passage may be related to... Activity 2: Read for main idea Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph and identify the main idea of each paragraph. Para 1: _____ Para 2: _____ Para 3: _____ Para 4: _____ Para 5: _____ Introduction to Festivals Harvest Festivals Across Cultures Evolution of Festival Customs Commercialization of Festivals Significance of Festivals Function position Basic para-structure (Top-down strategy) 1.Topic sentence (Main idea) 2. Details(Examples, Specific information) Support/Explain/Expand Activity 2: Read for main idea Reading strategy When writing, we are supposed to position the topic sentence at the very beginning or the very end of each paragraph so as to highlight the main idea. Likewise, while reading, we’d best channel our attention to the starting and closing sentence(s) to locate the main idea. Festivals are celebrated worldwide with _____ origins, customs, and _____ features. Different Common spirit _____ their differences, they universally share the spirit of joy, gratitude, love, or peace. origins Activity 3: Read for details Read para.1 and find out the origins and spirit of festivals. diverse unique Despite After all the crops _____. Harvest Festival When: Why: How: People celebrate to show that _____ Ancient Egypt: European: China: It featured _____. People _____, and get together _____. Families gather _____ and enjoy _____. Activity 3: Read for details Read para.2 and finish the mind map. have been gathered in that they are grateful for the year's supply of food. a parade; a great feast with music，dancing and sports decorate churches and town halls to celebrate over a meal admire the shining moon delicious mooncakes feature v. to include sb. or sth. as an important part Read para.3 and fill in the blanks and answer the questions. Examples In the past Nowadays Spring Festival Halloween Q1: Why have these festivals changed _____ Q2: Why have Chinese people in many big cities stopped lighting firecrackers A. To protect the environment. B. To save money. C. To avoid injuries. D. To get rid of old customs. Activity 3: Read for details A It is because of the development of modern society and the spread of new ideas that some some festivals changed. light firecrackers to drive away evil spirits be abandoned/ forbidden/ prohibited religious origins an exciting festival for children Read para.4 and answe ... ...
