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课件网) 上外版 高一年级上 Unit 4 Customs and Traditions Digging in Comprehension & Vocabulary Focus Period 2 传统 3. The legal relationship between a wife and a husband is called ___? 2. Girls need to learn some _____ skills before they get married. Review Guess the Word by the Given Clues 1. topic 2. household 3. marriage 4. male 5. tradition 1. To keep the conversation on, people need an interesting _____. 5. Eating zongzi is a ____ at Dragon Boat Festival in China. 4. Bull is a ____ cattle. Review Dictation on paragraph 7 of Reading A It is said that the sacred _____ ceremony marks a new life. The child, _____ , leaves his family to go and live with the Guru (teacher). At this point the boy becomes "_____." In Indian traditions, a human being has at least two births － the first one is his _____ birth and the second one his _____ birth through a teacher's care. At this _____, a Guru accepts a child and _____ him towards knowledge. physical twice-born ceremony thread traditionally intellectual draws Review Speak out the Name of the celebration 1. the Dragon Boat Festival 2. Myanmar Water Splashing Festival 3. the Halloween 4. Thanksgiving Day Review Match the words and phrases with the synonyms. 1. responsibility 2. ceremony 3. sacred 4. represent 5. vary A. symbolise B. change C. duty D. holy E. celebration 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ C E D A B Digging in I. Answer the questions. Comprehension 1. How many coming-of-age ceremonies are described in the text? Three. They are Jugendfeier in Germany, Quinceanera in Latin America. And the sacred thread ceremony in some Indian families. Digging in I. Answer the questions. Comprehension 2. What do young people need to do to prepare for the “youth celebration” in Germany? They go to school to prepare for the occasion, studying the topics considered to be important for the future Germans-to-be. They learn about multiculturalism and general responsibilities in society. Digging in I. Answer the questions. Comprehension 3. How has “quinceanera” changed over time in Latin America? Why? For whom Preparations Significance Activities girls on their 15th birthday girls learning the general household skills girls’ entry into womanhood; connected to marriage father dancing with the girl first; then the girl might dance with other males; no change Before Now no more household things no more connection with marriage no change Digging in I. Answer the questions. Comprehension 3. How has “quinceanera” changed over time in Latin America? Why? What has caused these changes over time? I think the main reason is girls take up as many roles in society as men do now. And women’ duties are far beyond marriage and offspring compared with the past. Digging in I. Answer the questions. Comprehension 4. What do the three strands of the sacred thread symbolise in India? They represent three promises a young grown-up makes: to respect knowledge, to r ... ...
