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 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS Reading and Thinking WHY DO WE CELEBRATE FESTIVALS? 1 1. know festivals and why we celebrate them 2. figure out the main structure of the passage by analyzing the main idea of each paragraph 3. express our own ideas on the given topics through critical thinking 2 The Lantern Festival What are people doing ? What festival is it? What else did you do on the Lantern Festival? Phoenix flutes make music, 凤箫声动 The moonlight flashes, 玉壶光转 Fish and dragon lanterns whirl the whole night long. 一夜鱼龙舞 ——Xin Qiji ——辛弃疾《青玉案 元夕》 • Nowadays, more and more young people are crazy about Western festivals, while many traditional Chinese festivals are forgotten gradually. What do you think about this situation? • Different cultures actually have a lot in common. What is the writer’s purpose of writing this text? Watch a video and discuss the questions in groups. 4 Labor Day Lead-in Spring Festival Tomb-sweeping Day Mid-autumn Festival Latern Festival Dragon Boat Festival What festivals do you observe with your family each year? Labor Day Lead-in Spring Festival Tomb-sweeping Day Mid-autumn Festival Latern Festival Dragon Boat Festival What festivals do you observe with your family each year? Lead in Why dou we celebrate art festival? enrich relieve show widen improve school life stress talents/arts horizen artistic taste Do you think it is important to celebrate it? Pre-reading Predict: This passage may talk about _ the reasons for celebrating festivals all over the world. Predict the main idea from the title and two pictures Why do we celebrate festivals? WHY DO WE CELEBRATE FESTIVALS ? WHY ? Chinese traditional festivals Foreign festivals WE Dose the word “We” refer to Chinese only? 答 案 是 真 的 吗? 真 相 只 有 一 个! 认 真 分 析 语 篇! 真 相 就 在 前 方! Reading Tip (page 5) Do you know how to identify the main idea of a paragraph? 9 WHY DO WE CELEBRATE FESTIVALS? To get the main idea of a passage, we need to focus on: title reasons/significance/content picture festivals