必修3 unit1 Reading.ppt

1、Unit 1,Unit 1 Festivals around the world,FESTIVAL,New Year,National Day,Christmas,Fathers Day,Childrens Day,Mothers Day,Dragon Boat Festival,Teachers Day,Spring Festival,May Day,Army Day,Mid-Autumn Day,What festivals do you know?,When do they take place?,Spring Festival January 1 at lunar calendar,L

2、antern Festival January 15 at lunar calendar,Dragon Boat Festival May 5 at lunar calendar,Mid-autumn Day August 15 at lunar calendar,Easter around March 22 April 25,Thanksgiving Day the last Thursday of November,Halloween October 31,Christmas Day December 25,1. What festivals or celebrations do you

3、have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like best- the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit?,Work in groups and talk about the two questions.,Pre-reading,2. Look at the pictures and title of the passage below. Discuss in pairs what kind of information

4、 you think will be introduced in the passage.,Read through the passage and find out how many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?,1. Ancient festivals 2. Festivals of the Dead 3. Festivals to Honor the People 4. Harvest Festivals 5. Spring Festivals,Scanning,Skimming,Whats the main idea

5、of the text? How many kinds of festival are mentioned? What are they?,Read the text quickly and answer the following question.,The text mainly tells us about some of todays festivals. There are three kinds of festivals. Some are religious, some are seasonal and some are for special people or events.

6、,What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph and what do the ancient festivals celebrate?,Para. 1 Ancient Festivals celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.,Para. 2 Festivals of the Dead Japan - Obon Mexico - Day of the

7、 Dead America - Halloween,Para. 3 Festivals to Honour People China - Dragon Boat Festival USA - Columbus Day India - festival to honour Gandhi,Obon（盂兰盆） in Japan,Dragon Boat Festival,Columbus Day,Para. 4 Harvest Festivals European and other countries - Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival China and Jap

8、an - Mid-Autumn festival,Para. 5 China - Spring festival Some Western countries - Easter and related holidays Japan - Cheery Blossom Festival,Harvest Festivals,Halloween (万圣节),Read the passage carefully and answer the questions with the help of the pictures.,Careful reading,What would people celebra

9、te at these three times of a year? Why do you think music and fire or light are used in festivals?,Ancient Festivals,What kind of things are done to honour the dead? Why do you think about the Mexican practice of making cakes with skulls and bones?,Mexican Day of the Dead,Obon (日本盂兰盆节),What do you k

10、now about Halloween?,Halloween,What festivals or celebrations can you think of that honour famous people or important events?,the Dragon Boat Festival,Who do you think should have a festival to honour them? Why?,Columbus Day,Harvest Festival Thanksgiving Day,Do you know any harvest celebrations in C

11、hina?,1. Why did ancient people celebrate after hunters had caught animals? A. Because they had no food to eat except animals. B. Because they wouldnt go hungry when food was found. C. Because animals were their favourite food at that time. D. Because they wanted to show their admiration for the hun

12、ters.,Choose the best answer.,2. Whats the right time order of the following festivals? Easter b. Cherry Blossom Festival c. Western carnivals c; a; b B. c; b; a C. a; b; c D. a; c; b,1) What are festivals of the dead usually for? Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors

13、or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.,Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions.,Post reading,2) What makes autumn festivals happy events? Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready fo

14、r winter and the hard farm work is finished.,3) What do people usually do at spring festivals? At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.,4) What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?

15、It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/ forget our work for a little while.,5) Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different? The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of th

16、e dead all have customs to honour the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors graves, and the Mexicans offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead. However, there are some difference. The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.,6) What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.,Discussion,Which festivals you think are the most important and which a