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课件网) Reading Warming up Do you know these festivals When do they take place lunar calendar Spring Festival January 1 Lantern Festival January 15 Dragon Boat Festival May 5 Mid-autumn Day August 15 Easter around March 22--April 25 Thanksgiving Day the last Thursday of November Halloween October 31 Christmas Day December 25 Pre-reading 1. What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town What part of a festival do you like best- the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit 2. Look at the pictures and title of the passage below. What kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage. New words starve: 饥饿 origin: 起源 ancestor: 祖先 Obon: 盂兰盆节(日本) grave: 坟墓；墓地 incense: 熏香 in memory of: 纪念 feast: 节日；盛宴 skull: 头骨 dress up: 打扮；盛装 play a trick on: 搞恶作剧 award: 奖品 rooster: 公鸡 energetic: 充满活力的 carnival: 狂欢节 parade: 游行 How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage 1. Ancient festivals 2. Festivals of the Dead 3. Festivals to Honor the People 4. Harvest Festivals 5. Spring Festivals Scanning What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph P1. celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals. P 2. Festivals of the Dead Japan --Obon Mexico--Day of the Dead America--Halloween P 3. Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day (India)October 2 Obon（盂兰盆） in Japan Halloween (万圣节) Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day P 4. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival Mid-Autumn festival P 5. Spring festival Carnival Easter Cheery Blossom Festival Harvest Festivals 长句难句： （supplementary reference materials） 一·补充注释 1 . At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find，especially during the clod winter 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。 Starve (v.) 1) to cause a person or an animal to suffer severely or die from hunger 挨饿；饿死 Millions of people starved to death during the war. 战争中数百万人挨饿至死。 starve for sth ; starve sb of sth: ( cause sb to) suffer or long for sth greatly needed or wanted (使某人）得不到某事物而受苦或渴望获得某事物；缺乏 The homeless children were starved for love . 这些无家可归的孩子渴望得到爱。 3）to feel very hungry 感觉很饿。仅用于进行时态 When will dinner be ready I’m starving. 晚饭什么时候做好？我快饿死了。 starvation (n.) : (U) suffering or death caused by lack of food 挨饿；饿死 die of starvation 饿死 starvation wages 不够维持基本生活的工资 2. …or satisfy the ancestors , who could return either to help or to do harm. ……或使祖先得到满足，因为祖先们有可能回到世上（给人们）提供帮助，也可能带来危害。 harm (n.): damage, injury 损害； 伤害 do harm to sb (习俗) = harm sb 伤害某人 come to harm: be injured physically , mentally or morally 身体上﹑精神上或道义上受到损害，通常用于否定式 I’ll go with her to make s ... ...
