人教版高一英语必修三第一单元阅读

1、Warming up and Reading,Unit 1,Festivals around the world,How many festivals do you know in China?,the Spring Festival,The 1st day of the first lunar month,祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones ancestors 压岁钱 gift （pocket）money 辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year 扫房 spring cleaning; general house cleaning 守岁 stay

2、ing-up 拜年 pay New Years call; give New Years greetings; New Years visit 去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 春联 Spring Festival couplets 舞狮 lion / dragon dance,Customs,年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve 饺子 Jiao-zi; dumplings 汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumpl

3、ings made of sweet rice 糖果盘 candy tray,Food,恭贺新禧！ Best wishes for the year to come! 恭喜发财！ May you come into a good fortune! 心想事成 May all your wishes come true. 愿你健康长寿！ I want to wish you longevity and health!,Blessing,the Lantern Festival,yuanxiao,Womens Day-March 8,Tomb-sweeping Day,The 1st day of

4、May,Labour Day,the Dragon Boat Festival,The 1st day of June,Childrens Day,Army Day-August 1st,The 15th day of the eighth lunar month,Mid-Autumn Day,The 10th day of September,Teachers Day,The 1st day of October,National Day,in other countries?,Valentines Day,In February,Carnival (狂欢节),Easter 复活节,The

5、first Sunday after a full moon on or after March 21,FoolsDay,April 1st,Mothers Day,The second Sunday in May,Thanksgiving Day,The fourth Thursday in November,November 31st,Halloween 万圣节,Christmas,Unit 1 Reading,Scanning for specific information,The ancient people neednt worry about their food. 2. Hal

6、loween is a festival intended to honor the dead at first. 3. To honor the great poet Qu Yuan, people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. 4. Mid-Autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of summer. 5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.,TRUE or FAULSE,Reading Comprehension II,Scanning,Comprehend

7、ingP3,Obon,Japan,Day of the Dead,Halloween,Mexico,Some Western countries,festival to honour Gandhi,India,Dragon Boat Festival,Columbus Day,China,USA,Harvest/ Thanksgiving festivals;,European and other countries;,mid-autumn festivals,China and Japan,Cherry Blossom Festival,Japan,Spring Festival,Easte

8、r and related holidays,China,some Western countries,Obon (盂兰盆) in Japan,Halloween,万圣节（HALLOWEEN）为每年的10月31日。是11月1日诸圣节的前夕，通常叫做万圣节，这一夜是一年中最“闹鬼”的一夜，所以也叫“鬼节”。源自古代凯尔特民族(Celtic)的新年节庆，此时也是祭祀亡魂的时刻，在避免恶灵干扰的同时，也以食物祭拜祖灵及善灵以祈平安渡过严冬，是西方传统节日。万圣节期间，许多公共场所乃至居家院落，都会布置上很多装璜，诸如各式鬼怪、南瓜灯、还有黑猫以及巫婆的扫帚之类；孩子们会穿上每年不一样的万圣节服装，拎

9、着南瓜灯的提篓去挨家挨户地讨糖，说是“trick or treat”。,Halloween Parade(游行),In February,Carnival (狂欢节),狂欢节（Carnival）通常是基督教四旬斋前饮宴和狂欢的节日，原由主节一直延长到四旬节前一天,如今通常只限四旬节前几天。盛行于欧美地区。许多国家都有一个传统的狂欢节节日，化妆舞会、彩车游行、假面具和宴会是狂欢节的几大特色，它起源于非基督徒的节日庆典，如希腊酒神节、古罗马农神节和牧神节以及凯尔特人的宗教仪式等。虽然这些节日举行的时间不尽相同，但大多数都在2、3月份举行。,Easter 复活节 around March 22-April 25,复活节（Easter），是纪念耶稣基督复活的节日，西方信基督教的国家都过这个节