内容正文:
Discover the reasons for festivals and celebrations
Unit 1 Reading and Thinking
Qing Ming Festival
=Pur Brightness Festival
=Tomb Sweeping Day
Lead in- A game
Spring Festival
Lantern Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Chinese Valentine’s Day
Ghost Festival
Double Ninth Festival
Mother's Day
Mid-Autumn Festival
National Day
Read for genre
Why do we celebrate festivals?
After reading the title, can you guess which one is the right about the genre(体裁)?
A. Narration
B. Argumentation
C. Exposition
To persuade
Read the text quickly and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph that gives the main idea.
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2
Reading strategy
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4
5
Identify the main idea of
a paragraph
Identifying the main idea 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.
Deduction and summary 总分总
The harvest festival (para2)
Customs (para3)
Commercial (para4)
All around the world (para1)
Important (para5)
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Read for structure
Argumentation(议论文)
Find out the answers to the question in the title.
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Importance
seasons; religions; figures; events
sharing joy, gratitude, love, peace
Reasons
harvest festivals
customs change
commercial
reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths and attitudes
relax and enjoy life, forget...
understand ourselves better and appreciate what we have had
Why do we celebrate festivals?
various origins
common spirit
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Read for information map
be grateful for
Critical thinking
customs change
commercial
Why do customs change?
How do customs change?
Why do we celebrate festivals whose customs has been changed?
Why do festivals become commercial?
because of modern society and new ideas
some fade away and others are established.
Because we celebrate the love, peace and show our wishes.
Businesses take advantage of the celebrati