Unit 3 Festivals and Customs Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语译林版（2020）必修第二册

Unit 3 Festivals and customs Welcome to the unit and Reading Lead in Which festival impresses you most? Share your experience with us! e.g. Last spring festival, our family made dumplings together. When we were watching the gala, we ate the dumplings. I felt so satisfied and contended contented. Think about: activity, meanings, reasons… 2 How do you understand the following saying? Custom tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. —— Robert A. Heinlein Customs and festivals help foster our cultural identity and responsibility. Lead in Culture People from the culture Original identity, mother land, customs 3 About Robert A. Heinlein: He is a prolific American writer considered to be one of the most literary and sophisticated of science-fiction writers. Lead in 4 Festivals can teach us about the cultures of different countries. Watch the video and finish the following exercises. What’s the aim of this festival? Why do people celebrate? How long did this festival last? What is the function of this festival? Lead in 5 1. What Chinese festivals are similar to each of the three festivals in the video? Lead in Think about: activities, food, customs, purpose, etc. Lanterns Hiking, singing, dancing Visiting graves, gifts, flowers 6 2. What other foreign festivals do you know about? Lead in Halloween Easter Christmas Japanese Children’s Day 7 How can you understand the culture according to its festivals? Lead in Lantern Festival Eating rice pudding Tangyuan A symbol of family reunion and happiness Chinese people place a high value on family 8 Reading Do you think travelling is a good way to learn about other country? Think about: benefit of travelling, what you will see and know? How do you usually do to record your travelling? Post texts or pictures? Written something for details? 9 Reading Travelling is a way to learn about other cultures. The travel journal below wa