1、Unit 2 Lets celebrate! Starting out + Understanding Ideas(Part1) Activity 1 Watch and Answer Answer the questions: 1. What festivals are mentioned in the video? 2. Why do people celebrate these festivals? The festivals mentioned in the video are hanami, the Rose Festival, the Mid- Autumn Day, the Ha
2、rbin International Ice and Snow Festival, and the New Year. Because people want to celebrate the changing seasons and express their appreciation of nature. Activity 1 Activity 2 Read the festival descriptions and complete the sentences. _ is to celebrate the harvest. _ is to celebrate a season. _ is
3、 to honour an event. _ is to honour a person. Thanksgiving May Day Freedom Day Dragon Boat Festival Activity 3 Work in pairs. Talk about: Other festivals MAPLE SUGAR FESTIVAL Independence Day CARNIVAL ST.VALENTINES DAY Other festivals of each type Other reasons to celebrate a festival Harvest Season
4、 Event Person Activity 3 Other reasons to celebrate a festival Other reasons to celebrate a festival include: celebrating the beginning of a year, celebrating the freedom of slaves, Activity 3 Other reasons to celebrate a festival Other reasons to celebrate a festival include: celebrating the beginn
5、ing of a year, worshipping the ancestors, etc. 1. Why do people celebrate Christmas? 2. What do you know about Santa Claus? Activity 4 J.R.R Tolkien Activity 4 Information about Tolkien J.R.R Tolkien (1892-1973) Activity 4 Answer the questions 1. Have you ever read any of Tolkiens books or seen any
6、of the films based on them? What do you think of them? 2. What else do you know about Tolkien? Find out more about him and share your research with the class. Activity 5 Letters from Father Christmas is a book written by J.R.R. Tolkien. Read the passage and answer questions. 1. What is Letters from
7、Father Christmas about ? 2. Why did Tolkien write these letters? Letter from Father Christmas is a collection of Tolkiens letters to his four children at Christmas. The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmass life and adventures at the North Pole. honour v.向表示敬意 v.尊敬，尊重(某人);给予表扬;信守，执行
8、(承诺) n.尊敬;尊重;崇敬;荣幸;光荣;正义感;道义;节操 1. in honour of 为纪念；为庆祝 2. do sb an honour/ do sb the honour (of doing sth)使增光；赏光；给带来荣誉 3. do the honours 履行社交责任；执行仪式 例：Would you do the honours and draw the winning ticket? 能劳驾为我们抽出获奖的票吗？ 4. have the honour of sth/of doing sth得到某殊荣；有幸做某事 5. on your honour 1) 用人格担保；以名
9、誉担保 2)受到信任；被信赖 6. a point of honour事关名誉的大事 Activity 6 Language in use 2. poet ptn. 诗人 同根词： Poetic adj. 诗的，诗歌的；诗意的；诗人的 n. 诗学，诗论 poetess n.女诗人 poem n.诗 poetry n. 诗；诗意；诗歌艺术，诗的总称 3. Participant n. 参与者，参加者 adj. 参与的 participate in 参加；分享 4. vote n. 投票，选举；选票；得票数 vt. 提议，使投票；投票决定；公认 vi. 选举，投票 vote in 投票选出；投票使
10、当选 vote out 投票免去的职务 vote sb/sthdown 投票否决；投票击败 vote sb in vote sb into/onto sth 投票选出任职 vote sth through投票通过（计划等） 5. regardless adv.不顾;不加理会 adj. regardful 留心的；表示敬意的；深切注意的；关心的 regardless of 不顾，不管 regard n. 注意；尊重；问候；凝视 v. regard 注重，考虑；看待；尊敬；把看作；与有关 Language in use 6. Freedom Day is held every year on 27
11、 April to celebrate South Africas first fully-participated elections in 1994，in which everyone was allowed to vote regardless of skin colour. 句式分析句式分析 本句为复合句本句为复合句。Freedom.April为主句为主句，to celebrate.1994为不定为不定 式作式作 ，in which.colour为为 从句从句。 翻译翻译 _ _ Language in use 目的状语目的状语 自由日是在每年的自由日是在每年的4月月27日举行的，以庆祝南非在日举行的，以庆祝南非在1994年第一次举年第一次举 行的全民大选，在这次选举中，不论肤色，每个人都被允许投票。行的全民大选，在这次选举中，不论肤色，每个人都被允许投票。 定语定语 Homework 完成课后练习 预习Understanding Ideas 其他部分
