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Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations
Period 2
Reading and Thinking
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Phoenix flutes make music,
The jade clepsydra flashes,
Fish and dragon lanterns
whirl the whole night long.
—Xin Qiji
凤箫声动,
玉壶光转,
一夜鱼龙舞。
1. To identify the main ideas of paragraphs when analyzing a text.
2. To know festivals and why we celebrate them.
3. To enhance the students' reading ability.
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Can you speak out some Chinese festivals ?
Spring Festival
Lantern Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-autumn Festival
Step 1.Lead-in
Can you list some foreign festivals?
Thanksgiving Day
(感恩节)
La Tomatina
(西班牙番茄大战)
Halloween
(万圣节前夕)
Christmas (圣诞节)
Rio Carnival
( 里约热内卢狂欢节)
Coming-of-Age Day
( 成人节)
Step 2.Fast-reading
1.What type of writing is this passage?
A. Argumentative writing(议论文)
B. Narrative writing(记叙文)
C. Expository writing(说明文)
D. Advertising writing(广告)
C.the origins and spirits of festivals.
A.the harvest festival in different cultures.