Unit 3 Festivals and Customs Extended reading课件-2023-2024学年高一英语译林版（2020）必修第二册

Unit 3 Festivals and customs Extended reading Lead-in What’s the main topic of most Chinese festivals? Spring Festival Lantern Festival Dragon Boat Festival Mid-Autumn Festival Tomb-sweeping Day Family! 2 People usually have family dinners during festivals. How do you feel at family dinners? Lead-in Family dinners are burdens for me, because adults always ask about my grades. … I feel joyous and excited, because I can be with my whole family. … 3 Do you know there are numbers of people hurrying home to celebrate the Spring Festival annually? Why are they in such a hurry? Lead-in Think about: Time of leaving home, homesick, culture, bond of relationship … 4 Prediction Read the feature article about a family dinner on the Chinese New Year’s Eve. Please predict the contents. Title: subject of family. “Precious”: only happened for few times. Pictures: plum; lantern This article is probably about a precious family dinner on Chinese New Year’s Eve with the introductions of traditions. 5 Reading Read the feature article about a family dinner on the Chinese New Year’s Eve. Please think about the main idea of this article. The article is about Luo Yan’s happy family dinner on the Chinese New Year’s Eve. 6 Reading It implies the fast development of modern transportation in China. It also highlights the great development and changes happening in our country. What has changed about Luo’s journey back to his hometown? What does this change imply? A long and tiring journey. Only 5 hours 7 Writing Write a summary of the feature article. Use the chart below to help you. A a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form 8 Read the piece thoroughly.  You should read it without making any kind of marks. Instead, focus on really understanding what the author is trying to say. Writing 9 Write down what you think the main point of the piece is.  This will help you start to put the piece's arguments in your own words. You can also ask yourself what point or po