the meaning of carnival阅读课件

1、The Meaning of Carnival单县五中 戴雨福paradesdancingin the streetsLoud musicColorful clothes/costumesWhat do you already know about carnival?What information may we get from this passage?Predicting 1What can we learn from this lesson?What we knowWhat we want to knowWhat we have learnedPredicting 2 What kin

2、d of article can it be?It will show usThe meaning of CarnivalA A. almost everything about carnivalB B. what carnival isC C. how carnival has gradually become what it now isIt will be written in the order of A A. timeB B. change of placesIts language will beA A. plainB B. magnificent学习学习目标目标语言知识语言知识1

3、、理解、掌握课文中关于节日的词语，学习分析课文中的长难句。2、了解如何用英语描述节日及其习俗。阅读技能阅读技能1、能读懂课文，从课文中提取信息、筛选信息并进行重组。2、能借助于静识别新词语并排除语法障碍。学习策略学习策略1、能用略读、查读、跳读等阅读策略。2、能利用图片、题目及段落主题句预测文章信息。3、利用联想、推理和归纳等手段分析解决问题。4、能有效地监控自己的学习行为和学习方式。情感态度及文化意识情感态度及文化意识有了解异国文化的愿望和兴趣，正确认识中外文化差异，理解并尊重异国文化，增强跨文化交际意识。Fast-reading skimming for main ideasRead an

4、d underline the topic sentence of each paragraph.Paragraph 1:Paragraph 2:Paragraph 3:Paragraph 4:Paragraph 5:We can understand what carnival is all about by reading the history of America and the meeting of two cultures.The slave trade brought millions of black people to the new world.The slaves wer

5、e forced to watch their European masters to celebrate carnival and then they began to hold carnival with their own features.Carnival became a celebration of freedom.As time went on, carnival became a way of uniting different communities and now it has become a celebration of life itself.Careful-read

6、ing scanning for details1. What marked the beginning of the slave trade?That the arrival of European in America, and the opening of huge farms and plantations to grow cotton, fruit and vegetables, meant there was an immediate need to people to work on them marked the beginning of the slave trades.2.

7、 How were millions of people taken to work as slaves?3. How did the slaves begin to hold their own carnival in Trinidad?4. When was the slave trade abolished?5. How was carnival changed when the slave trade was abolished?6. When did carnival become a way to unite different communities?Millions of pe

8、ople were taken by force from their homes in America and transported to the New World to work as slaves.They painted their faces white, imitating their masters and making fun of them.The slave trade was abolished in 1838.It became more colourful and more exciting than it had been before.As people fo

9、rgot their everyday problems and enjoyed themselves eating, drinking, and dancing.Further understandingDo the following multiple-choice exercises independently.Then discuss your answers within your group.You must give your reasons while you are giving your answers.1. How is the authors attitude towa

10、rds carvinals? A. Subjective. B. Objective. C. Critical.2. The writer says “Carnival became a celebration of freedom” at the end of paragraph 4, because_. A. magnificent costumes were made and musical bands created B. it became more colorful and more exciting than it had been before C. the slavery t

11、rade was abolished when the blacks took over3. “Carnival has become c celebration of life itself”, because_. A. the white inhabitants take part in it, too B. people taking part in it forget their everyday problems and enjoy themselves C. visitors from all over the world come to this small state to j

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16、gnificentimitateinhabitantLets see how you understand these sentences.The arrival of Europeans in America, and the opening of huge farms and plantations to grow cotton, fruit and vegetables, meant there was an immediate need for people to work on them.For more than two hundred years, until the begin

17、ning of the 19th century, when the trade was finally stopped, millions of people were taken by force from their homes in Africa and transported to the New World to work as slaves.Reading for fluencyRead the 2nd paragraph after the tape.(Try to get enough fluency and accuracy.)The arrival of European

18、s in America, and the opening of huge farms and plantations to grow cotton, fruit and vegetables, meant there was an immediate need for people to work on them. This marked the beginning of the slave trade. For more than two hundred years, until the beginning of the 19th century, when the trade was f

19、inally stopped, millions of people were taken by force from their homes in Africa and transported to the New World to work as slaves. Six million were taken to the Caribbean islands where there were British and French landowners. Carnival today is an _,_ experience. It is rooted in the history of_.

20、The _need for people to work on the farms_ the beginning of _ _.Naturally, the slaves hold their own _ _ by mixing imitating their _ and keeping their own _ _. In 1838, carnival became more_ and _ because of the _ of slave trade. Now people all over the world can come to the land enjoy _,_ and _. So carnival has become a celebration of _ and _ _.international multiculturalAmericaimmediatemarkedslavetradecarnival celebrationsmastersAfrican traditionscolourfulexcitingabolishmenteatingdrinkingdancingfreedom