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

Reading and Thinking —Reading Comprehension Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Phoenix flutes make music, The jade clepsydra flashes, Fish and dragon lanterns whirl the whole night long. —Xin Qiji 凤箫声动， 玉壶光转， 一夜鱼龙舞。 By the end of this period, you will be able to: 1. have a good understanding of different festival customs and their origins; 2. know the reasons and meanings of celebrating festivals; 3. identify the topic sentence and summarize key words and main ideas of each paragraph; 4. express your own ideas on the given topics through deep reading and critical thinking. What festivals are they？ Spring Festival Tomb-sweeping Day Dragon Boat Festival Mid-Autumn Festival Halloween Christmas Pre-reading Why do you think people celebrate different festivals？ To show their gratitude To memorize of our ancestors To honor people To allow us to relax and enjoy life ... Look at the title and pictures, what will the passage talk about? reason activities people: Chinese and foreigners This passage may talk about the _______ for celebrating festivals. reasons Identify the main idea of a paragraph Identifying the main idea of paragraphs is necessary when analysing a text. Most paragraphs will have a “topic sentence” that tells you the paragraph’s main idea. It is often the first sentence, but sometimes it is found elsewhere in the paragraph. Ⅰ. Skimming—Identify and underline the “topic sentence” of each paragraph. function position While-reading Activity 1　Fast-­reading for basic information Topic sentences: Ⅱ. What’s the main idea of the text? This passage mainly talks about the _________ for celebrating festivals. reasons Activity 2　Careful-­reading for details Ⅰ.Read Para.1 carefully and do the following exercises. 1. What are the different origins for different festivals? The seasons of the year，religions，famous figures，and important events. 2. What do all the festivals have in common? A．They al