Unit 1 Reading and Thinking 教学设计-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

B3U1 Reading and Thinking – Why do we celebrate festivals教学设计表格 题目 B3U1 Reading and Thinking – Why do we celebrate festivals 教材分析 The topic of Unit 1 is centered on festivals and celebrations, whose dual identities as bond and symbol of a particular nationality reflect people’s common wishes and pursuits formed against particular historic contexts. Hidden within the festivals and celebrations are profound history and cultures unique to a nation. As the continuation to the listening section, the section of Reading and Thinking is themed on the discovery of the reasons for festivals and celebrations. The reading material starts with the description of several festivals celebrated all over the world, and then moves on to the exploration of origins of the festivals mentioned above. As the passage unfolds, the passage leads the readers from the cultural phenomena themselves to their changes throughout the history, intending to inspire the readers to think critically about the core of festivals and celebrations. The reading material is a typical argumentation, titled as ‘Why do we celebrate festivals?’. As a whole, the passage is well-structured with altogether five paragraphs, each having its own topic sentence. What follows here is the gist of each paragraph: 1). Festivals are a common cultural phenomenon existing globally; 2). The harvest festival can be seen almost every culture; 3). With human civilizations advancing, festivals are now experiencing changes; 4). Celebrations of festivals are gradually being commercialized; 5). Festivals function as a necessary part of human society. The passage offers several reasons to explain why festivals are celebrated, which are not explicitly expressed however since there are no such hints as because or for to indicate a reason. Instead, skills of inference and deduction are required to extract the information hidden among lines. The reasons for celebrating festivals include their functions as the memorial events fo