1、模块一模块一Unit 3 Celebration Culture CornerWhat can you see in the picture?A witch flying on a broomstick with a pumpkin light in her right hand.Which festival will pop up into your mind while seeing this picture?What do you know about Halloween?Carved pumpkins can be seen everywhere on Halloween Day.Pe
2、ople wear spooky costumes on Halloween Day.Children wearing spooky costumes go from door to door,saying“Trick or treat!”Lets readWhat more else do you know about Halloween?1.Halloween is one of the _ holidays known to people.a)oldest b)newest c)scariest2.To celebrate the New Year,the Celts danced in
3、 _.a)party hats b)dresses c)animal heads and skinacRead the passage and choose the best answers.b3.The Catholic Church invented a holiday on _.a)October 31 b)November 1 c)December 3 4.Modern-day Halloween is mixture of _ customs and holidays.a)Celtic,Roman and Catholic b)Roman and Catholic c)Celtic
4、and Catholica5.On Halloween children go from door to door saying _.a)Happy Halloween!b)Trick or treat!c)Give us sweets!bRead the passage again and answerthe following questions.1.Why and how did the Celts celebrate the New Year over 2000 years ago?To thank the god making their crops growing,the Celt
5、s offered their crops and dead animals and also they danced in costumes made from animal heads and skin for 3 days.2.Who adopted the Celts New Year customs when they invaded Europe?The Romans.3.What festivals did the Catholic Church in Europe invent on 1 November and later another one on 2 November?
6、And for what did it invent the festivals?The Catholic Church in Europe invented All Hallows Day on 1 November to honour the saints,and later it invented All Souls Day on November 2 to honour dead people.4.How did people in Europe celebrate All Souls Day?People made big bonfires and dressed up as ang
7、els,devils,saints,and witches.They also lit candles made of hollowed-out turnip or pumpkin to frighten away ghosts.5.Why did people give food to other people traveling from village to village on the night of All Souls Day?People believed that anyone who didnt give food would have bad luck.6.What cel
8、ebration is Halloween related to according to the passage?Halloween is related to celebration of the years harvest and a holiday to honor the dead.7.How did Halloween exist as it is today?The Celtics,Roman and Catholic customs and holidays got mixed together as time went by,and at last Halloween bec
9、ame as it is today.8.How was Halloween spread to the USA?Irish immigrants went to the USA with Halloween customs in the nineteenth century,thus,Halloween became a festival in the States.HomeworkDescribe a festival in China which you think is similar to Halloween,including:1)How the festival started
10、2)How the festival developed 3)How the festival is celebrated What is this animal?What is this animal?It was an Elephant!It was an Elephant!What is this animal?What is this animal?The elephant is the largest animal that lives on land.Some male elephants can grow to be thirteen feet tall.Thats more t
11、han twice as tall as many human adults.Elephants can weigh as much as a school busbetween ten and fourteen thousand pounds!It was an Elephant!It was an Elephant!In the USA the elephant In the USA the elephant is the symbol of is the symbol of the partythe party.Turn the page to find out which party!
12、The elephant is the largest animal that lives on land.Some male elephants can grow to be thirteen feet tall.Thats more than twice as tall as many human adults.Elephants can weigh as much as a school busbetween ten and fourteen thousand pounds!The traditional symbol for the Republican Party first appeared in a cartoon in the 7 November 1874 edition of Harpers Weekly by the artist Thomas Nast.Ans.Ans.The Republicans The RepublicansIn the USA the elephant In the USA the elephant is the symbol of is the symbol of the partythe party.Turn the page to find out which party!
