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 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS Book 3 Unit 1 1 The Lantern Festival Xin Qiji （杨宪益、戴乃迭 译） In the east wind tonight a thousand trees burst into bloom And stars are blown down like rain; The whole perfumed road is thronged With fine carriages and horses bright with gems; Phoenix flutes make music, The moon light flashes, Fish and dragon lanterns whirl the whole night long. Golden willow and butterfly trinkets in her hair, Laughing and chatting she leaves a faint fragrance behind. A thousand times I search for her in the crowd And, suddenly turning my head, Discover her where the lantern lights are dim. What festivals can you find in this video? Lead-in Watch a video about festivals around the world. 3 Lead-in Look at these two pictures and guess which festival it is. What changes are mentioned in Para.3 and Para.4? Read for thinking at present light firecrackers give up this custom a religious festival a children’s festival Spring Festival Halloween in the past Why? fade away be established Why do you think people celebrate different festivals? WHY DO WE CELEBRATE FESTIVALS? use Wechat red packet send flowers burn paper money use red envelope light firecrackers give up lighting firecrackers Discussion: How do you feel about the changes of customs? I think _________ is good. Because _________________________. I feel sad about the fading away of ___________. Because _________. Pre-reading Predict: This passage may talk about _______________________________ the reasons for celebrating festivals. 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 While reading Step I: Read for main ideas of the text Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Festivals are celebrated all over the world. The harvest festival can be found in almost every culture. Festivals are