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

Unit 1 UNIT 1 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS Discover the reasons for festivals and celebrations Learning Objectives Analyze the structure of the whole text and specify the content of each paragraph by mind-maps. Explore and sum up the reason why we celebrate the festivals. After learning this class, we will be able to Predict the content by the title and illustrations. Brainstorm the names of festivals celebrated both home and abroad. Dragon Boat Festival pre-reading while reading post-reading assignment Mid-Autumn Festival Tomb-Sweeping Day The Spring Festival Double Ninth Festival Thanksgiving Day Halloween Rio Carnival National Day Coming-of-Age Day India Gandhi Day Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival USA Columbus Day Easter Japanese festival Oban Mother’s Day Valentine’s Day Double Eleventh Shopping Carnival Discussion: Why do you think people celebrate different festivals? To honor famous figures To memorize ancestors To express religious faith To celebrate harvest To show gratitude pre-reading while reading post-reading assignment Predict: Look at the title and pictures, what will the passage talk about? Why do we celebrate festivals? reason/ purpose Chinese traditional festivals/ Foreign festivals This passage may talk about the _______ for celebrating festivals. reasons people: Chinese and foreigners pre-reading while reading post-reading assignment pre-reading while reading post-reading assignment What’s the writing style of the text? Narration (记叙文) Argumentation (议论文) Exposition (说明文) Description (描写文) To tell a story To describe sb./sth. To convince sb. of one’s views To explain sth. Fast reading Reading Tip (page 5) Function position Listen to the tapes and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph that gives the main idea. Basic para-structure 1.Topic sentence (Main idea) 2.Supporting details (Specific information) Fast reading: Topic Sentence adj. 显著的 n.&v. 收获;收割 adj. 商业化的 利用，占便宜 Fast reading: Topic Sentence adj. 显著的 n.