1、新疆教育科学研究院新疆教育科学研究院 Festivals and Celebrations 1.1.能够梳理说明文章的整体脉络和特征，获取语篇主旨大意。能够梳理说明文章的整体脉络和特征，获取语篇主旨大意。 2.2.能够理解文本具体信息及其意义。能够理解文本具体信息及其意义。 3.3.能够能够在语篇中感知并理解重点词汇和情态动词表达的意义，功能以及其在语篇中感知并理解重点词汇和情态动词表达的意义，功能以及其 所传递的意图和态度等。所传递的意图和态度等。 1.What festivals or celebrations do you know ? What kind of festivals or
2、 celebrations are they? Spring Festival Mid-Autumn Festival Thanksgiving Day 2.Look at the title of the passage and the pictures below. Guess what kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage. Step 1 Skim the reading passage and match the following columns. Obon Festivals of the D
3、ead Halloween Cherry Blossom Festival Columbus Day Easter Thanksgiving Dragon Boat Festival Day of the Dead Festivals to honor people Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals the end of _ What did ancient festivals celebrate? _in autumn. _ in spring. when hunters could catch _ Step 2 Read Paragraph 1 to f
4、ill in the blanks. cold weather. planting harvest animals JapanJapan Step 3 Read Paragraph 2 and fill in the following blanks. ObonObon MexicoMexico People wouldPeople would clean graves eat food in the shape of_ and cakes with _ on them offer _ to the dead. _ and ask for _ The meaning of the festiv
5、als? To _the dead , or _ the ancestors light incense light lamps play music honor satisfy People wouldPeople would Day of the DeadDay of the Dead skulls bones food, flowers and gifts _ Western Western countriescountries Children wouldChildren would HalloweenHalloween dress up sweets _ Step 4 Read Pa
6、ragraph 3 to fill in the following blanks. Indias national festival on October 2 Mahatma Gandhi helped _ Indias _ from Britain. Dragon Boat Festival To _ the famous ancient _, Qu Yuan. Columbus Day is_ the _ of Christopher Columbus in America. honor poet in memory of arrival gain independence Becaus
7、e people are _ because their food is gathered for the winter and the _ is over. In European countries, people _ churches and town halls with _; get together to have meals, and win awards for their _. In China,people _ the moon , enjoy mooncakes Step 5 Read Paragraph 4 to answer the following questio
8、ns? grateful agricultural work decorate flowers and fruits farm produce admire Step 6 Read Paragraph 5 and fill in the blanks. Spring Festivals China Western countries Japan Festival:_ what to do Festivals:_ what to do Festival:_ what to do Eat dumplings,fish and meat Dragon dances Give lucky money
9、to children Parades dancing loud music colourful clothing of all kinds Enjoy the cherry tree flowers The Cherry Blossom Festival Carnivals Chinese Lunar New Year Step 7 Read Paragraph 6 and fill in the blanks. What are the purposes of festivals? To_ _ To _ To _ _ To _ _ have fun with each other let
10、us enjoy life be proud of our customs forget our daily life for a little while Step 8 Read the following four sentences and decide what meanings the modal verbs express: a.prediction b.permission c.possibility Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors，who might return ei
11、ther to help or to do harm.( ) At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings，fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper.( ) Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.( ) Festivals can also be held to honour famous people.( ) c a a b Step 9 Create your own
12、festivals Festivals are created. Now youve got a chance to create a new festival. What is the name of your festival? When does the festival take place? What is the festival for? What do people do at the festival? Try to make a plan: Sample: Mens Day We consider it better to take place/be held on the
13、 2nd week of April, which follows the April Fools Day. It can be a totally free day for the men on which they can do whatever they like, such as having fun with their friends in the club without taking their wives, going on a visit or travel wherever they like. As you know, March 8th is the Womens D
14、ay. But we are thinking of creating a day on which men celebrate their own holiday. Homework Write an introduction of the festival you have created Words and expressions you may use: take place in order to in honor of dress up admire celebrate day and night gain independence from as though have fun with 新疆教育科学研究院新疆教育科学研究院 Thank You!Thank You!
