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Reading and Thinking
Unit1 Festivals and Celebrations
1. Have a good understanding of different festival customs and their origins.
2. Identify the topic sentence and summarize key words and main ideas of each paragraph.
3. Express your own ideas on the given topics through deep reading and critical thinking.
Lead in
What festivals are they?
the Spring Festival
Tomb-sweeping Day
the Dragon Boat Festival
the Mid-Autumn Festival
Halloween
Christmas
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the Spring Festival
light firecrackers
eat dumplings
receive lucky money
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the Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon boat race
eat Zongzi
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Tomb-sweeping Day
clean graves(扫墓)
light incense(烧香)
offer flowers
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Discussion:Why do you think people celebrate different festivals?
to celebrate an event
to celebrate a time of the year
to have fun with friends and family
Fast Reading Topic sentences:
Tip: The topic sentence is often the first sentence, but sometimes it is found elsewhere.
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.
Careful-reading
Read paragraph 1 and answer the question.
According to the text,festivals around the world share the spirit of ________.
A.joy,gratitude or religions
B.love,peace or figures
C.gratitude,peace or joy
D.gratitude,seasons or love
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Read the paragraph 2 and describe the harvest festivals around the world.
the harvest festival
when
why
how
After all the crops have been gathered in.
To show that they are grateful for the year's supply of food.
it featured a parade and a great feast with music, dancing and sports.
people decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit and get together to celebrate over a meal.
families gather to admire the shining moon and enjoy delicious moon cakes.
In ancient Egypt:
In some European countries:
During the Mid-