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UNIT
3
Festivals
and
customs
Have a brainstorming about festivals.
Q: What festivals do you know?
Spring Festival
Lantern Festivals
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-autumn Festival
Easter Day
Halloween
Thanks giving Day
Christmas
What will people do during these festivals?
Wear traditional clothes
Eat traditional food
Follow traditional customs
...
Self-study
How can you learn about foreign customs and traditions?
Brainstorming
Travelling to different countries
Making friends with foreigners
Finding information on the Internet
Reading the travel journals
Watching films and TV programmes
Alex around the world
亚力克斯环球游记
Text type A _____________.
Author Alex Zhang, a _________________.
Writing purpose To share his experiences of attending
_______________and _______________.
1.Read the guide and extract the text elements.
Reading guide (导读)
travel journal
travel writer
an Indian wedding
the Rio Carnival
Part 1
10 January,a wedding ceremony,India
一月十日,一场婚礼,印度
When Nadim invited me to his sister's wedding, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime. I was definitely not wrong!
当纳迪姆邀请我参加他妹妹的婚礼时,我觉得这是个千载难逢的好机会。结果我还真没猜错!
invite v. 邀请 invitation n. 邀请
invite sb to do sth 邀请某人做某事
definite adj. 明确的
definitely adv. 肯定地,当然地
The wedding ceremony took place in a brightly decorated hotel room. There were hundreds of guests, all dressed up in formal, colourful clothes. According to tradition, the bride was wearing an eye-catching red silk sari.
婚礼在一间装饰华美的酒店包房内举行。到场宾客数以百计,个个身着色彩艳丽的礼服。遵照传统,新娘身穿一袭分外夺目的红丝绸莎丽。
take place 发生
decorate v. 装饰 decoration n.装饰
decorate...with 用…来装饰…
dress up 装扮,装饰
according to 根据
I did not understand all of the traditional customs, but a few made a deep impression on me. One was the bridegroom's entrance on a beautiful white horse. I had never seen that back home!
不是所有的传统习俗我都了解,但有一些给我留下了深刻的印象。一个是新郎入场时竟骑着一匹俊美的白马。这我在国内可从未见过!
impress v. 使...有印象 impression n. 印象
impressive adj. 令人赞叹的,令人敬佩的
make a deep impression on