Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 1 Festival and Celebration Reading & Thinking 版权声明：300套精品模板商业授权，请联系【锐旗设计】:https://9ppt.taobao.com，专业PPT老师为你解决所有PPT问题！ 1 Teaching objectives 1. To identify the main ideas of paragraphs when analyzing a text. 2. To know festivals and why we celebrate them. 3. To enhance the students' reading ability. Phoenix flutes make music, The jade clepsydra flashes, Fish and dragon lanterns whirl the whole night long. —Xin Qiji 凤箫声动， 玉壶光转， 一夜鱼龙舞。 Step I Lead-in Can you speak out the festivals? Tomb-sweeping Day Dragon Boat Festival Mid-autumn Festival Thanksgiving Day Halloween Christmas Step I Lead-in Can you speak out the festivals? La Tomatina Coming-of-Age Day Rio Carnival Enjoy a video and discuss: Why do people celebrate the festivals? Step I Lead-in Step II Pre-reading Prediction This passage mainly talks about the ___________ for celebrating festivals. Q1: What’s the main idea of the text? the reasons Step II Pre-reading Read the passage quickly and underline the “topic sentence” of each paragraph. Step II Pre-reading Read for the structure. Introduction & reason 1 Example Reason 2 Reason 3 Reason 4 & conclusion Q2: What’s the structure of the text? Step III Reading Read Para. 1 and answer the questions. are celebrated Q3: What do all the festivals have in common? A. They all originated from religions. B. They are all connected with famous figures. C. They all show the spirit of sharing joy, gratitude, love or peace. D. They all have similar customs. Step III Reading are celebrated harvest Q4: What’s the function of the examples in paragraph 2? A. To show the harvest festival is the most important in Egypt and China. B. To show the harvest festival is celebrated in almost all cultures. C. To show the ways people celebrate the harvest festival have changed. D. To show all the people are grateful for the supply of crops. Read Para. 2 and answer the questions. Step III Reading Read Para. 3 and answer the questions. are celebrated harvest Customs Q5: Why have Chinese people in many big cities stopped lighting firecrackers? A. To protect the environment. B. To save money. C. To avoid injuries. D. To get rid of old customs. Step III Reading Read Para. 4 and answer the questions. are celebrated harvest Customs commercial Q6: Festivals are becoming more and more commercial because ___.  A. the increase in spending is good for the economy and public happiness B. more and more people spend more money on gifts for their loved ones C. online shopping websites and social media apps have been used D. businesses have taken advantage of the celebrations of festivals Q7: What might be the writer’s attitude towards the commercialization of festivals? A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Critical. D. Neutral(中立的). Step III Reading Read Para. 5 and answer the questions. are celebrated harvest Customs commercial significant Q8: What will you find if you study festivals carefully? A. Festivals are an important part of society. B. Festivals are becoming more and more commercial. C. Customs play a significant role in festivals. D. Different cultures have much in common. Q9: What can we learn from the text? A. In Egypt, the harvest season is more important than any other one. B. Every festival in the world nowadays is becoming more and more commercial. C. Some customs of festivals are changing with time going by. D. Different cultures have different festivals, which have nothing in common. Step IV Exercise Today’s festivals have 1._____ wide range of origins, including the seasons of the years, famous 2.__________(figure), important events and religions. The harvest festival is one of the most popular festivals and 3._____________(celebrate) in many cultures 4.________(show) that they are grateful for the year’s supply of food. Customs play a 5.____________(significance) role in festivals, but they can change over time. For example, some Chinese cities no longer allow firecrackers 6.________ the Spring Festival, as they can increase air pollution. These days, festivals are becoming more commercial with people 7.__________(spend) more money on gifts. Festivals reflect people’s wishes, 8.__________(belief), faiths, and attitudes towards life. They are 9.__________(occasion) to spend time with family, 10.__________(relax) and to enjoy life.  a figures is celebrated to show significant during spending beliefs occasions to relax THANK YOU 版权声明：300套精品模板商业授权，请联系【锐旗设计】:https://9ppt.taobao.com，专业PPT老师为你解决所有PPT问题！ 16 $$