1、 1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedAlex around the worldB2U3Dagang senior high schoolJi Bin 1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedDescribe a festival you have experienced.Lead-inLead-inHow can you learn about foreign customs and traditions?By searching information about foreign custo
2、ms and traditions on the Internet By travelling to different countriesDiscussionWhat was it like?(customstraditions)By watching films and TV programmesBy making friends with foreigners and asking them about their customs and traditions 1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedTry to find as much
3、information as you can Rio Carnival,Rio Carnival,BrazilBrazil place:people:what did they do:what could be eaten and drunk:what could you see and hear:a street partya group of around 20 Brazilian dancers;a band in fancy costumes;the waiting excited crowdThe band started playing an energetic Samba bea
4、t.The dancers twisted and turned and the crowd began to cheer,clap and sing.Iceboxes of soft drinks and beer lined the narrow street;roasted meat an explosion of bright colours and lively music 1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedRead the text carefully and choose the best answer.ATo look fo
5、r his friends.BBecause he had a date with his girlfriend.CTo experience the spirit of the Carnival for himself.DBecause he needed to set up a stall.（摊位）Detailed reading1Why did Alex go to a street party?1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedRead the text carefully and choose the best answer.AT
6、he smell of roasted meat.BThe smell of garbage.CThe smell of flowers.DHe smelt nothing because of his rhinitis.（鼻炎）Detailed reading2What did Alex smell as he passed the street stands?1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedCritical thinkingWhat does Alex think of the Rio Carnival?Use details in
7、the travel journal to support your opinion.Alex must have enjoyed the Rio Carnival very muchNo wonder people from Rio take a week off for this happy occasion.(line 23).I hardly noticed five hours fly by!(line 35)What an amazing first day in Rio!(line 37)1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedBr
8、azilIndia 1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedIndiaIndiaFast reading Read the travel journal about the Indian wedding and put the events in the correct order.Write the letters in the flow charts.daebc 1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedRead the text carefully and choose the best ans
9、wer.A.A red silk sari.B.Cheongsam.（旗袍）C.Evening grown.D.Suit.A.He just came straight over.B.He rode a beautiful white horse.C.He drove a sports car.D.He just stood still and waited.Detailed reading1What was the bride wearing at the Indian wedding?2How was the bridegrooms entrance?1999-2014 IX Web Ho
10、sting.All rights reservedRead the text carefully and choose the best answer.AThey promised that they live together forever.BThe couples promise was about they would have babies.CIt was about how they were going to support each other and live together happily.DNothing.Detailed reading3What were the I
11、ndian couples promise about?1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedTry to find differences between Indian and Chinese wedding ceremony.Critical thinkingDifferencesIndiaChinaplaceguestsbridebridegrooma brightly decorated hotel room hundreds of guests in formal colourful clothes Wearing an eye-ca
12、tching red silk sarion a beautiful white horseat home or a restaurant friends and relatives,not as many as in India wearing a white wedding dress or traditional red costumesin an expensive carDicussion 1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedChinese wedding ceremonyDescribe a wedding ceremony yo
13、u once took part in and here are some expressions that may help you.Writing Useful expressions:Useful expressions:the door games pick up the bride the Chinese tea ceremony present red envelopes According to the tradition,The customs that followed were anything but/not at all have to celebrate 1999-2
14、014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedAppreciationSelect the essence and discard the gross 1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedHomework 1.Choose a country youre interested in and search for one of its traditional customs.2.Try to find more information about Indian wedding ceremony and the Carnival on the Internet.1999-2014 IX Web Hosting.All rights reservedThanks for your listening!
