Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

WHY DO WE CELEBRATE FESTIVALS ？ UNIT 1 1 Learning objectives 1. Students can enrich their words and expressions 2. Students can have a better understanding of festivals and celebrations as well as develop their thinking capacity 3. Students are able to improve their reading skills such as skimming and scanning 4. Students are able to strengthen their cultural awareness 2 Warming up Mid-Autumn Festival Spring Festival 3 Warming up Dragon Boat Festival Lantern Festival 4 Warming up Christmas Day Thanksgiving Day 5 Before you read 1. What festivals do you celebrate with your family each year? 2. Why do you celebrate different festivals? 6 Why do we celebrate festivals? People all over the world celebrate different festivals to show ; to relax ; to help ; that we are grateful and enjoy life, and forget about our work for a little while us understand where we came from, who we are and what to appreciate Read for main idea Read and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph How to identify the main idea of a paragraph? It is often the first sentence or the last sentence in each paragraph 8 Of all the traditional festivals, the harvest festival can be found in almost every culture. Customs plays a significant role in festivals, but sometimes they can change over time. Festivals are celebrated all around the world. Festivals are an important part of society. Festivals are becoming more and more commercial, with business taking advantage of the celebrations. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Introduction Harvest festivals