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Unit 3 Festivals and customs
Project
Lead-in
Duty report
Lead-in
Playing games
ordinary people
平常人
in the ordinary way
一般地;通常地
out of the ordinary
不寻常;特殊;
超凡脱俗
ordinary day
寻常日子
romantic
adj.浪漫的;爱情的
romance
n. 浪漫;爱情;爱情故事;浪漫史;传奇故事;
romantically
adv.浪漫地
romantic wedding
浪漫的婚礼
Chinese Valentine's Day Valentine's Day Dragon Boat Festival Christmas
The Carnival Spring Festival Women's Day Halloween
Thanksgiving Day The Munich Oktoberfest Lantern Festival May/Labor Day
Easter Day Cold Food Festival Children's Day Hungry Ghost Festival
Laba Festival April Fool's Day Mid-Autumn Festival Tomb-sweeping Day
Dicussion
1.If you are going to introduce one festival, either Chinese or foreign festival, to your friend, what festival will you choose? Why?
Dicussion
2.What do you want to introduce about this festival? Please discuss with your partner and illustrate with a mind map.
Mind-map
Pair-work
Please enjoy a video about how to make PPT slides and some details that you have to pay attention to.
Group-work
As a group, put together your information to make your PPT slides. Then present your PPT slides to the rest of the class.
Show Time
Presentation
Critical
Thinking
Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do.
-- Robert A. Heinlein
Home
1. Polish up your work according to some proper
suggestions.
2. Send your PPT slides to the class WeChat
group for others to learn and appreciate.
听力训练----必修二U3课文
1. When did Alex join in India?
A. February 10 B. January 10 C. April 10
2. What was the bride wearing?
A. white suit B. red skirt C. red sari
3. Where is the Carnival held?
A. Brazil B. Rome C. Russia
4. What kind of beat did the band play?
A. cha-cha B. rumba C. samba
5. When did Alex enjoy the Carnival?
A. on the first day B. on the second day C. on the third day
Alex around the world
10 January, a wedding ceremony, India
When Nadim invited me to his sister’s wedding, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime. I was definitely not wrong!
The wedding 1._________ took place in a brightly decorated hotel room. There were hundreds of guests, all 2._______ up in formal, colourful clothes. According to tradition, the bride was wearing an eye-catching red silk 3.____.
I did not understand all of the traditional customs, but a few made a deep impression on me. One was the 4.__________ entrance on a beautiful white horse. I had never seen that back home! Another was the part when Nadim’s father proudly led his daughter through the rows of seats to her husband. It reminded me of my sister’s wedding. Although our cultures are so different, the smiling faces are the same.
ceremony
dressed
sari
bridegroom’s
The customs that followed were 5.__________ ordinary. The couple joined hands and walked around a small fire four times. Then they took seven steps together by the fire, and with each step made a different promise about how they were going to support each other and live together happily. It was very romantic!
After the ceremony, it was time for the celebrations. That is a story for another day, but let’s just say there was a lot of 6._____. Now I know I have two left feet … and both of them hurt!
26 February, Rio Carnival, Brazil
The summer heat hit me as soon as I got off the flight. 7._________ people from Rio take a week off for this happy occasion. I could feel it already—the Carnival was 8.________ !
anything but
dancing
No wonder
in the air
To experience the spirit of the Carnival for myself, I went to a street party. Luckily, I arrived just in time—the show was about to begin as I took my place in the merry crowd. I could see a group of around 9.___ Brazilian dancers and a band in fancy 10. _______ standing in the street. Some of them carried flags, which blew in the wind. The crowd waited with excitement.
Then there was an 11._______ of bright colours and lively music, and the group jumped into action. The band started playing an energetic samba beat, the dancers 12.______ and turned, and the crowd began to cheer, clap and sing. The whole group started marching down the street. The Carnival current carried us through the ever-growing sea of people, dancing all the way. Iceboxes of soft drinks and beer lined the narrow streets, and the smell of 13.______ meat filled the air as we passed wave after wave of street stands. I was so 14.___________ the party fever that I hardly noticed five hours fly by!
Even as I lay in bed that evening, the bright colours and 15._____ music were still swimming all around me. What an amazing first day in Rio!
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explosion
twisted
roasted
caught up in
lively
costumes
1. What is not the dish on the table?
A. duck B. pork C. beef
2. Who takes a bite of the chicken ?
A. Luo Yan B. Bofeng C. Bofeng's grandfather
3. How old is Bofeng?
A. 6 B. 16 C. 29
4. What does every decoration represent?
A. joy, luck and wealth
B. joe, luck and happiness
C. joy, luck and happiness
5. What do they do as midnight approaches?
A. set off fire B. set off bomb C. set off firecrackers
A precious family dinner
It is just past five o’clock on the Chinese New Year’s Eve, and the dinner table is already covered with white china plates and 1._____, full of all sorts of dishes: 2._______, duck, pork, fish and vegetables. Luo Yan, 29, lifts the cover of a large bowl to 3._______ in the rich smell of the soup his wife and mother have prepared. Luo Yan’s son, Bofeng, happily takes a bite of the chicken his grandfather has selected for him.
4.___________ Bofeng has not seen his grandparents for almost a year, and he is full of joy and excitement. Indeed, the whole family could not be 5.______ to be together. Despite the cold outside, their happy faces fill the air with 6._______ while merry laughter rings throughout the house. Luo Yan and his wife and son have settled in the big city, far away from their hometown. Every year, they travel back for 7._______________, for their dream of “three generations under the same roof”.
bowls
chicken
breathe
Six-year-old
happier
warmth
the Spring Festival
The Luo family’s journey back to their hometown was a long and tiring one just a few years ago. However, the high-speed train has made it 8._________________ for them to go back home. During the five-hour trip, they 9.______ excitedly with each other, their minds full of thoughts about their sweet home.
On their 10._______, they find Luo’s parents eagerly waiting for them. Their home has been specially decorated for the 11._____ occasion. From the neat designs of the paper-cuttings on the windows, to the Spring Festival 12._______ on the door, and to the New Year paintings on the wall, everything represents joy, luck and happiness. Even the fish on the plate expresses a hope for nian nian you yu—yu means both “fish” and “plenty” in Chinese—“May you get more than you wish for every year”
much more convenient
chatted
arrival
joyous
couplets
After dinner, the hours until midnight go slowly by. The whole family are going to stay up late on the Chinese New Year’s Eve. They gather around the television to watch the Spring Festival Gala, 13._____ eating snacks, chatting with each other and making dumplings that they will eat at the very start of the new year. In the 14._______ and comfort of the room, Luo Yan talks about his plan for the future. “I hope we won’t have to be separated again,” he says, looking at his 15.______ parents. “My parents are getting old, and we should spend more time with them. We’ll come back more frequently and we’re also considering taking them to the city to live with us. After all, home is where all family members are together.”
16.__ midnight approaches, Luo Yan takes his parents, wife and son outside to set off firecrackers. The whole village is 17.__ up with colourful fireworks. All over the country, people are celebrating their good 18.______, celebrating their family’s togetherness, and celebrating their nation’s strength.
while
warmth
ageing
As
lit
fortune
ageing与aging的区别:(两个都是age的现在分词)
一、指代不同
1、ageing:变老,苍老。
2、aging:使显老,使变老。
二、用法不同
1、ageing:基本意思是“年龄”“年纪”,引申还可指“长时间”,age还可指具有某种显著特征,或以杰出人物命名的历史时代,也指地质学、考古学中的“时代”。
2、aging:基本意思是在不长的时间内“长大,老化,变老” “使苍老”。还可指“(酒等)变陈”或“存一段时间再用”,往往表示因历时长久而变好,尤其指味道变醇厚。
三、侧重点不同
1、ageing:在句中可以做定语。
2、aging:可在句中做谓语,但不能做定语。
Thank you!
Mind-map
Tips
To make good PPT slides, you should:
1. Highlight the most important content and not put too much information on one slide;
2. Use letters of proper sizes and colors to bring your slides to life;
3. Include pictures, charts, sound effects and videos where necessary.
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