内容正文:
Unit 1
Festivals Around the World
Culture Understanding
Learning Objectives:
Knowledge objectives
To learn words, phrases and sentences to introduce festivals around the world.
Ability objectives
To identify the logic of introducing festivals and write a festival invitation.
Emotional objectives
To enhance self-confidence of our national culture.
Do you know the Dancing Masks in Africa?
Warming up
Warming up
非洲----面具舞
非洲面具舞又称“科特迪瓦面具舞”,是科特迪瓦国宝级的舞蹈文化形式,来自科特迪瓦的古鲁族在婚丧嫁娶等一系列重要活动上会佩戴面具、双脚在地面上快速地交替踩踏,因此形成了一种具有特别形式感的舞蹈。
舞者一般为男性,舞者的装束以及所佩戴的面具,最初则是为了模仿女性的样貌,以此来表示对科特迪瓦劳动女性的感谢。
科特迪瓦面具舞在2016年成为世界非物质文化遗产,由于舞蹈形式特别,因此也被人们形象地比喻为“非洲小马达”。
Warming up
非洲----面具舞
Culture Understanding
Festival of the Dancing Masks in Africa
Africa is a land full of festivals. Throughout the whole continent, colorful festivals cover music, religion, culture, etc.
重点短语:
be full of 充满…
遍及
大陆
v. 覆盖
宗教
非洲是一片充满节日的土地。在整个大陆,有与音乐、宗教和文化等相关的丰富多彩的节日。
Culture Understanding
The Festima mask festival takes place every two years in la Côte d’Ivoire(科特迪瓦). People from around forty different villages attend it, bringing their own styles of masks, and the mask dances last throughout the day.
举行
参加
持续
非洲面具节每两年在科特迪瓦举行一次。来自约四十个不同村落的人们戴着各具特色的面具前来参加,面具舞蹈活动持续一整天。
Language points:
The Festima mask festival takes place every two years in la Côte d’Ivoire(科特迪瓦).
重点短语:
take place
举行;发生
补充:take常见短语
take off 起飞;拿掉
take care 当心
take away 拿走
take it easy 放轻松
Eg: 晚会将在除夕夜举行。
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The evening party will take place on New Year’s Eve.
Culture Understanding
The costumes range from simple affairs to full body outfits made from grass, with masks up to two metres high on the heads of the performers. This is a celebration of traditional culture, and also a time for music and storytelling.
风俗
范围从…到…
事情
全套装备
多达
活动服饰用草制成,从简单小物件到全身装备一应俱全。表演者头上的面具更是长达两米。这是传统文化的盛宴,也是欣赏音乐和讲述故事的美好时刻。
Language points:
… with masks up to two metres high on the heads of the performers.
重点短语:
up to 多达
补充:
同义短语: equivalent to 相当于
相关短语: up to now 到目前为止
up to you 由你做主
up to standard 达到标准
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Culture Understanding
Dong Year of Dong Ethnic Group in China
People of Dong ethnic group in Hunan and the southwest Guizhou province of China celebrate Dong Year with various traditional activities. The exact date for Dong Year varies from village to village, but falls during the period of late October to early November. Public celebrations include the Lusheng Festival(芦笙节) as well as Bullfighting(斗牛赛).
民族;民族团结
省
各种各样的
确切的
从…变化到…
Language points:
The exact date for Dong Year varies from village to village.
重点短语:
vary from … to …
various adj. 各种各样的
Eg: The opinions about this topic vary from person to person.
________________________________________
从…变化到…
关于这个话题的看法因人而异。
翻译
中国—侗族新年
湖南省和贵州省黔西南的侗族人民通过各种传统活动庆祝侗年。侗年的准确日期在每个村落都有不同,但基本在每年十月下旬至十一月上旬之间。公共庆典活动包括芦笙节和斗牛赛。
Culture Understanding
Dong Year of Dong Ethnic Group in China
In the days up to their new year, the Dong people make new clothes, clean their houses, make glutinous rice cakes(年糕), and slaughter(屠宰) pigs and cattle for the preparation of the Dong Year feast. On the eve of the Dong Year, the Dong usually prepare a dish called “cold dish” for the ancestor worship.
粘的
准备
前夕
祖先
翻译
中国—侗族新年
在临近新年的几天里侗族人要制新衣、扫房屋、做年糕、宰猪牛来准备新年宴席。侗族除夕,侗族人们通常会准备“冷盘”来祭祀祖先。
Culture Understanding
Read the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1) Festima mask festival is a festival of mask dancing in Africa.
2) The Dancing Masks Festival is also a time for movies and storytelling.
3) The Dong Year celebration is very important for those people who live in Sichuan province.
4) The exact date for Dong Year falls during the period of late October to early December.
Culture Understanding
Group Task
Surf the Internet or search other resources
to know different festival celebrations in different cultures and share them with your classmates.
Thank you!
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