Unit1 Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Why do we celebrate festivals? FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS 1 Do you know why do we celebrate Spring Festival every year? Are there and underlying(深层次的) reasons for the celebration？ Prediction This passage may talk about the __________ for celebrating festivals. reasons Identify the topic sentence of each paragraph. origin and spirit the harvest festival changes of customs commercialisation importance/significance Read for structure introduction Body conclusion The structure of the text? A B C D Body Now let’s go to the structure. What is the structure of the text. Here are four choices for you. Which one？ Absolutely, B. The first part is para 1 it’s about the introduction... Ok, we know the structure and we can see which part is more important which tells us the main idea. Yes, the introduction and the conclusion part. That is para. 1 and para. 2. Festivals are celebrated all around the world. What is different? What is common? Different customs Common spirits Different origins seasons famous figures religions important events joy, gratitude, love or peace. Although festivals have different origins, they are same in spirit. Para. 1 - origin and spirit Euro Ancient Egypt China Time: _________________ Features: ① _________________________________ ② ___________________________________________ parade springtime great feast with music, dancing and sports Time: _______________________ Features: ① _________________________________ ② __________________________________________ Features: ① ________________________________ ② get together to _____________________________ enjoy delicious mooncakes decorate churches and town halls celebrate over a meal admire the shining moon Mid-Autumn Festival the harvest festival in every culture Para.2 - the harvest festival be grateful for the year’s supply of food Different cultures, Similar festival and common spirits Spring festival Halloween lighting firecrackers to drive away th