内容正文:
Unit 1 Festivals and
Celebrations
Reading and Thinking:
Why do We Celebrate Festivals?
人教必修三高一英语下期
As Chinese, no matter when, no matter where, as long as we mention celebrations and festivals, the first thing that comes into our mind is --
The Spring Festival
How many students of Hui Nationality celebrate
festivals and celebrations in our school?
Look at the title and pictures, predict the theme and writing type of the text.
1. What will the passage mainly talk about?
Reasons of celebrating festivals.
Examples of celebrating festivals.
The importance of celebrating festivals.
2. What type of writing is the passage?
Narration(记叙文)
B. Exposition(说明文)
C. Argumentation(议论文)
Pre-reading Task--Prediction
答 案 是 真 的 吗?
真 相 只 有 一 个!
认 真 分 析 语 篇!
真 相 就 在 前 方!
Reading Tip:
How to identify the main idea?
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②
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While-reading Task 1. Read for the Topic Sentence.
According to the Reading Tip below, skim for the main idea of each paragraph,
then check your prediction.
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⑤
What’s the theme of the text ?
Reasons of celebrating festivals
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.
Part 1:para. 1
Part 2: para. 2- 4
Task 2. Read for the structure and writing type
Part 3: para. 5
According to the topic sentences above, divide the text into 3 parts and summarize the structure, then check your prediction.
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②
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What’s the writing type of the text ?
Argumentation (议论文)
Conclusion:
The importance
Body:
Supporting Information
Introduction:Topic
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