Unit 2 Starting out & Understanding ideas课件-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Let’s celebrate! Book 2 Unit 2 1 B2U2 Starting out& Understanding ideas 2 Starting out Unit 2 Let's celebrate! 3 Starting out Activity 2 Read the festival descriptions and complete the sentences. ___________ is to celebrate the harvest. ___________ is to celebrate a season. ___________ is to honour an event. ______________ is to honour a person. Thanksgiving May Day Freedom Day Dragon Boat Festival honor vt 向…表示敬意 We celebrate Dragon Boat Festival to honor Qu Yuan. ... feel honored to do sth I feel honored to deliver a speech here. in honor of… 为向…表敬意 We’ll throw a party in honor of the visitors. 4 Starting out Dragon Boat Festival celebrations take place in China on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. They are held in memory of Qu Yuan, a poet and statesman in Ancient China. It was the first traditional Chinese festival added to UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. in memory of… 为了纪念… He founded the charity in memory of his late wife. add A to B 把A添加到B上 Please add my name to the list. 联合国教科文组织 5 Starting out Thanksgiving is celebrated mainly in North America, in October or November. Traditionally, it was a chance to give thanks for a good harvest. Now, it is also a time for families to get together for a big dinner. give thanks for… 因为…表达感谢 a good harvest 丰收 get together for… 聚在一起来… Let’s get together for a drink some day. 6 Starting out May Day is a festival to celebrate the start of summer, with celebrations held across Europe and in parts of North America. People prepare decorations with flowers and dance around maypoles. celebrate the start of summer 庆祝夏天的开始 7 Starting out Freedom Day is held every year on 27 April to celebrate South Africa’s first fully-participated elections in 1994, in which everyone was allowed to vote regardless of skin colour. It celebrates the end of racial inequality in the country. the first fully-participated elections 第一次全民参与的大选 participate in sth=take part in sth 参与…；参加…