3.2 Reading-【上好课】高一英语同步精品课堂（译林版2020必修第二册）

Unit 3 Festivals and customs Spring Festival (the Chinese New Year) is my favorite. People decorate home with couplets — vertical banners featuring two lines of poetry, paper cuttings and lanterns. Decorations are usually in bright red. “Basically, red decorations are to the Chinese New Year what Christmas trees are to Christmas”. Traditional Chinese festivals Traditional celebrations include enjoying the family reunion feast known as nián yè fàn, watching the CCTV Chinese New Year's Gala, exchanging red envelopes stuffed with 'lucky money,’ playing games of riddles, setting off fireworks, etc. Traditional Chinese festivals What other festivals around the world do you know about? Christmas Eve Mass in church (平安夜弥散) Religious festivals Seasonal and harvest festivals Tanabata Summer Festival in Japan (七夕夏日祭) Food and drink festivals La Tomatina in Spain (番茄大战) Art festivals Cannes Film Festival in France (戛纳电影节) Lead-in 1. Describe a festival you have experienced. What happened? What was it like? 2. What other festivals around the world do you know about? Easter Christmas Thanksgiving Day Halloween How can you learn about foreign customs and traditions? Brainstorming Travelling to different countries Making friends with foreigners Finding information on the Internet Reading the travel journals Watching films and TV programmes Understanding of the title: ______________________________ ______________________________ Time & Place: ________________ This part is likely to talk about _____________________ The article is a ______. A. narration B. argumentation C. travel journal Alex travels around the world to learn about foreign customs and traditions. a wedding ceremony in India 10 January, India C Title & Picture Prediction World map A wedding ceremony, India Skim the first article and complete the first chart flow in A1. d a e b c Skimming The Indian weddi