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Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations
Period 2 Reading and Thinking
What festivals do you celebrate with your family each year?
Spring Festival
National Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Lantern Festival
Tomb-Sweeping Day
Double 11 shopping carnival
Mid-Autumn Festival
Double Seventh Festival
NewYear's Day
Christmas
Halloween
lead in
Look at the pictures and tell us what festivals they are.
lead in
Do a survey about your classmates' opinions on festivals
Questionnaire
1.What festivals do you celebrate?
2.What are the activities included in the festival?
3.What's the purpose of the festival?
name festivals activities purpose(目的)
Li Hua Spring Festival watch dragon dance, receive lucky money to share joy
In spring festival, we light firecracker(放鞭炮) to share joy.
In mid-autumn festival, we admire shining moon(赏月) to enjoy ourselves.
What festivals do you celebrate
with your family each year?
Spring Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
National Day
Mother's Day
Christmas Day
Why do you think people celebrate different festivals?
to have fun with friends and family
to celebrate an event
to celebrate a time of the year
Now let's read the text and find out
the answer
to the question in the title.
Reading tip
Read the passage quickly and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph .
Tip: Identify the main idea of a paragraph
Identifying the main ideas of paragraphs is necessary when analysing a text. Most paragraphs will have a “topic sentence” that tells you the paragraph’s main idea. It is often the first sentence, but sometimes it is found elsewhere in the paragraph.
抓住主题句是快速掌握段落大意乃至文章中心思想的主要方法。主题句一般出现在段落的开头或结尾,有时也会出现在段中。主题句往往对段落起提示、归纳和概括等作用。主旨大意题往往可以直接从主题句中找到答案。
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Skimming
Read for structure
Talks about the origins and spirits of festivals.
It describes the harvest festival, customs changes and commercialized festivals
It explains the significance of festivals
introduction
Body
conclusion
The author tries to use the followin