初一英语早读阅读理解训练 Unusual Festivals 课件（共14张PPT）+课文原文

Unusual Festivals * 目 录 CONTENTS 1 2 Pre-reading While reading Reading tasks Language points Practice 3 After reading Do you know how many festivals there are in your country? Can you list some of them? Unusual Festivals The world is full of strange and interesting festivals. Here are just a few of the most unusual festivals in the world. Tomatina — The Tomato Festival Every year, on the last Wednesday of August, there is an interesting festival in Buñol, Spain. People come from all over the world for a big food fight. Tomatina is the festival of throwing tomatoes! On that day, people crowd into the streets and throw tomatoes at each other. It is a really messy festival, but everyone has a good time. The Monkey Buffet On the last weekend in November, the people of Lopburi, Thailand, invite some unusual guests to dinner. Hundreds of monkeys live near the town. Once every year, the monkeys come to the feast. They eat fruit, nuts, and vegetables. People from all over the world come to watch the monkeys eat. Qoyllurit’i — Festival of the Snows One of the strangest and coldest festivals on Earth takes place every May on a glacier in Peru. Each year about 30,000 people go to the festival known as Qoyllurit’i. For three days and nights, people celebrate with music and dances on top of the glacier. While reading * True (T) or False (F)? ( )1. The writer talks about four unusual festivals. ( )2. The Tomato Festival falls on the last Monday of August. ( )3. People from all over the world come to The Monkey Buffet. ( )4. Qoyllurit’i is a festival in Peru. Reading tasks F F T T Complete the sentences. 1. On Tomatina, people go into the streets of Buñol and ________________ at each other. 2. The Monkey Buffet in Thailand is on the _______________ of November. 3. On Qoyllurit’i, people celebrate with _______________ on top of a gla