Unit1 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

Festivals and Celebrations READING & THINKING Pre-reading PART 2 WHY DO WE CELEBRATE FESTIVALS？ Prediction 1. What's the genre (体裁) of the passage? A. Narration 记叙文 B. Argumentation 议论文 C. Exposition 说明文 D. Practical Writing 实用写作 2. What do you think the text would probably be about? A. The importance of festivals. B. The reasons why we celebrate festivals. C. How people celebrate festivals. D. The reasons for the development of festivals. If you were the writer, what would you write? WHY DO WE CELEBRATE FESTIVALS? different kinds of festivals history of festivals the ways to celebrate the reasons of celebration While-reading PART 3 Read the text quickly and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph that gives the main idea. 1 2 Identify the main idea of a paragraph Identifying the main idea of paragraphs is necessary when analysing a text. Most paragraphs will have a “topic sentence(主题句)” that tells you the paragraph's main idea. It is often the first sentence, but sometimes it is found elsewhere in the paragraph. 3 4 5 Structure of the text The harvest festival （para2） Customs （para3） Commercial （para4） All around the world （para1） Important （para5） Introduction Body Conclusion The Structure of the Passage is: A. structure of total-score-total B. structure of total-score Para.1 1. According to the text, festivals around the world share the spirit （精神）of _____. A. joy, gratitude or religion B. peace, love and figures C. joy, love, peace or gratitude（感谢） D. love, season or gratitude the harvest festival takes place after celebrate to show In ancient Egypt time featured Today churches and town halls to celebrate over a meal Mid-Autumn Festival in China gather to enjoy delicious in some European countries What method does the writer use in this passage to illustrate (talk about) his thoughts? examples Harvest festival - Para.2 all crops have been gathered in their gratitude Spring a parade and a great feast decorate get together admire the moon mooncakes Custom- Para.3 Customs play a significant role in festivals, but sometimes they can change over time. commercial- Para.4 What is the writer's attitude（态度） towards the commercialization of festivals? A. Doubtful. B. Positive. C. Disapproving. D. Uncaring. “but” is stressed When? Why? How? Festivals Introduction Body Conclusion the seasons of the year origins ____________________ famous _________ important _________ spirit to share joy, ________, love, or peace the harvest festival some customs have changed the commercialization In ancient Egypt In some _________ _____________ Chinese Spring Festival __________________ people spend more on _____ the importance Allowing us to relax, __________ and get away from _______. Helping us understand where are we from, _____ we are, and what to _____________. religions figures events gratitude European In China Halloween gifts enjoy life work who appreciate Complete the graphic organiser and then retell the text according to it. After-reading PART 3 $$