Unit 2 Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件-2021-2022学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 2Lesson 1 Let’s celebrate! Starting out & Understanding ideas Warm-up 1.Wacth the video and answer the questions. 1)What festivals are mentioned in the video? 2)Why do people celebrate these festivals? 2. Read the festival descriptions and complete the sentences. a. Thanksgiving is to celebrate the harvest. b. May Day is to celebrate a season. c. Freedom Day is to honour an event. d. Dragon Boat Festival is to honour a person. 3.Work in pairs.Talk about : other festivals of each type other reasons to celebrate a festival Pre-reading 1.Read the introduction to Tolien and answer the questions. 1)Have you ever read any of Tolkeb’s books or seen any of the films based on them?What do you think of them? 2)What else do you know about Tolkien?Find out more about him and share your research with the class. Vocabulary fantasy n. 幻想，想象 novel n.小说 limitless adj.无限的 regard v.认为，看作 literature n.文学 envelope n.信封 pole n.地极 handwritten adj.手写的 regular adj.频繁的，经常的 polar adj.地极的 roof n.顶部 complai