Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit1Festivals and celebrations Reading and thinking What festival is it? Listen and guess Christmas Day Thanksgiving Day Halloween Mid-Autumn Day Chinese Spring Festival 请从左上角第一个音乐开始播放。后续音乐点击“Page Down”键控制。 2 the Thanksgiving Day 3 the Easter the Lantern Festival the Spring Festival the Cherry Blossom Festival Think: Why do we celebrate festivals? Family reunion For the harvest To honour people To show our gratitude To celebrate an event For religious reason Think: Why do we celebrate festivals? Why do we celebrate festivals? 10 Guessing，Predicting What reasons are included in the passage? harvest traditions /customs important figures(people) important events have fun worship the dead joy, gratitude, love 11 Identify the topic sentence of each paragraph. Fast reading Identify the main idea of a paragraph. Identifying the main ideas of paragraphs is necessary when analyzing a text. Most paragraph will have a “topic sentence” that tells you the paragraph's main idea. It is often the first sentence, but sometimes it's found elsewhere in the paragraph. It may be in the middle of a paragraph or in the end of a paragraph Position Function Skimming topic sentences: Tip: The other sentences mainly serve to give details, to explain, or to illustrate(阐明) the main idea. Now I’d like to invite someone to share your findings. ... All of you did an excenllent job！ How about the other sentences. Yes, the other sentences mainly serve to give details, to explain, or to illustrate the main idea. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Of all the traditional festivals, the harvest festival can be found in almost every culture. Customs play a significant role in festivals, but sometimes they can change over time. Festivals are becoming more and more commercial, with businesses taking advantage of the celebrations. Festivals are an important part of society. Festivals are celebrated all around the world. Fast reading ◆ The topic sentence of each paragraph? A B C D ◆ The structur