Unit 1 Period 2 Reading and Thinking课件-2022-2023学年高中英语课堂同步精美课件（人教版2019）（必修第三册）

Reading and Thinking Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations 1. To identify the main ideas of paragraphs when analyzing a text. 2. Read and figure out why people celebrate festivals. 3. Talk about your favorite festival and its celebrations. Learning objectives 2 Lead-in Look at the two pictures below (from page 4 & 5), guess what the festivals are. Spring Festival Play firecrackers(放鞭炮） Eat dumplings (吃饺子) Pre-reading Free talk: What festivals do your family celebrate? What do you usually do? Why do your family celebrate it/them? Lantern Festival Guess lantern riddles (猜灯谜) Enjoy beautiful lanterns (赏花灯) Dragon Boat Festival Dragon boat race (划龙舟) In memory of Qu Yuan (纪念屈原) Enjoy a short video about Qingming Festival Mid-autumn Day Harvest festival (丰收节) Admire the moon (赏月) While reading Book 3 Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Learning tips Most paragraphs will have a “topic sentence” that tells you the main idea. It's often the first sentence, but sometimes elsewhere. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 The first sentence The first sentence The first sentence The first sentence The first sentence ①Skim the text underline the topic sentence of each paragraph that gives the main idea. ②Find out the answer to the question in the title. Why do we celebrate festivals? Task 1: Fast reading 9 In pairs, discuss the following questions: 1. What do most festivals seem to have in common? Why do you think people around the world find these things important? 2. How do you feel about festival customs that have already faded away? 3. What is the writer’s attitude towards the commercialisation? Festivals most often revolve around building family and community ties. Festivals are rarely celebrated alone. And even when someone is alone during a festival, the festival reminds them of people who used to be in their lives, but who are no longer present. This is important because people are at heart social creatures who desire to have relationship with others and to