Unit 2 Understanding cultures-【绿卡初中创新题】2025-2026学年新教材八年级上册英语上课课件(冀教版2024)河北专版

Unit 2 Festivals and holidays Understanding cultures Special festivals around the world 能够准确获取并梳理文本信息，掌握一定的阅读技巧。 了解不同国家的特殊节日，了解中外文化的异同。 Learning Goals 1 2 2 How do people celebrate the New Year in different countries? Warming up Read the passage and write the festivals under the pictures. 1 Holi Chongyang Festival Tomatina Christmas Read the passage again and correct the statements. 2 People enjoy chrysanthemum flowers during the Chongyang Festival. Children get presents at Christmas. In India, Holi is an important festival. Tomatina is on a Wednesday at the end of August. Search the internet for other special festivals around the world. Choose the one you like and draw a mind map. 3 Share your findings from Activity 3 with your group. 4 Chongyang Festival The Chongyang Festival, or the Double Ninth Festival, is a special day to pay our respects to and care for elderly people. People climb mountains, enjoy pretty chrysanthemum flowers, and eat tasty Chongyang cakes. It’s a time to be with family, have fun outside, and show love for the elderly. Christmas Christmas is a widely celebrated holiday in Western countries. People set up Christmas trees, exchange presents, sing Christmas songs, have big meals, and go to parties. It’s a special time when children get presents from family, friends, and Santa Claus. Holi Holi is an important festival in India. It is celebrated in almost every part of the country. On the day of Holi, people play with colourful paint and fabrics with their friends and families. It is a day for people to forgive, forget past wrongdoings, and start anew. Tomatina Tomatina is a famous festival in Spain. It is on a Wednesday at the end of August. Thousands of people join a tomato fight. There is music, dancing, and fireworks. It’s exciting. Everyone enjoys themselves. 1. The Chongyang Festival, or the Double Ninth Festival, is a special day to pay our respects to and care for elderly people. 重阳节，或者双九节是一个向老年人表达敬意和关爱的特殊节日。 Language points （1）a special day to do sth.中不定式to do sth.作后置定语修饰day，意为“做 某事的特殊日子”。 Christmas is a special day to exchange gifts. 圣诞节是交换礼物的特殊日子 National Day is a special day to show patriotism. 国庆节是展现爱国精神的特殊日子 （2）care for意为“照料/照顾；关爱/关怀；喜欢（多用于否定/疑问）” She cares for her elderly mother at home.她在家照顾她年长的妈妈。 We should care for the disadvantaged groups. 我们应该关爱弱势群体。 I don’t care for spicy food.我不喜欢辛辣的食物。 【care相关用法拓展】 动词短语：care about 在乎 take care of 照顾 名词短语：with care 小心地 medical care 医疗护理 take care 小心 【词性转换】 careful 小心的 carefully 小心地 careless 粗心的 carelessly 粗心地 2. People set up Christmas trees, exchange presents, sing Christmas songs, have big meals, and go to parties.人们会装饰圣诞树、互赠礼物、唱圣诞颂歌、享用大餐，并参加派对。 （1）set up意为“建立/设立；组装/搭建；安排/筹备；安装/设置”。 They will set up a new company next month. 他们下个月将创立新公司 It took us two hours to set up the tent.我们花了两小时搭帐篷 The travel agency set up a tour for us.旅行社为我们安排了旅行 Can you help me set up the printer?能帮我安装打印机吗？ 【set常用短语】 set off 启程 set out 陈列；出发 set aside 保留 set about 开始做 set back 阻碍 set in （季节/现象）开始 set in stone：不可更改 set the table：摆餐具 （2）present ①作名词，意为“礼物，礼品”，相当于gift。 She received a beautiful present for her birthday. 她收到了一份漂亮的生日礼物。 ②作名词，意为“ 现在，目前”，通常与定冠词 “the” 连用，表示当前的时间。 At present, I am working on a very important project. 目前，我正在做一个非常重要的项目。 ③作形容词，意为“ 在场的，出席的”表示在某地存在，反义词是 absent（缺席的） How many people were present at the meeting? 有多少人出席了会议？ 3. Thousands of people join a tomato fight.成千上万的人加入了西红柿对战。 join与take part in join 侧重指加入某党派、团体、组织、人群等，成为其中的一员，相当于become a member of。表示“加入某人”时，可用join sb take aprt in 多指参加活动，如球赛、游戏等 I want to join the army.我想要参军。 Will you join us for lunch？和我们一起吃午饭好吗？ Everyone in my class takes part in the competition.我班里的每个人都加入了竞赛。 4. It is on a Wednesday at the end of August. 这是在八月底的一个星期三。 end作名词，意为“末端，尽头，结尾” 作动词，意为“结束，终止” 【常用短语】 in the end 最后，相当于finally come to an end 结束 at the end of... 在...的末尾（如原句） by the end of... 到...为止 end up 最终成为/处于 Practice 一、根据括号内单词的适当形式填空。 1. Mother’s Day is a special day ________（show） your love for your mum. 2. I got many ________（present）on my birthday. 3. Why not enjoy ________（you）on such a wonderful day？ 4. To make students have a more ________（colour）life at school, we set up many interesting clubs. 5. Tony ________ （fight）with his brother and he was angry. to show presents yourselves colourful fought 二、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。 1. 父母出去的时候，我在家照顾妹妹。 I ________ ________ my sister when my parent are out. 2. 目前，没有人知道他在哪. ________ ________, nobody knows where he is. 3. 他去年创建了一个新公司。 He ________ ________ a new company last year. 4. 它在八月底的一个周三。 It is on a Wednesday ________ ________ ________ ________ August. care for At present at the end of set up 单元写作 你的英国朋友Michael想了解中国的传统节日。请你根据以下要点和要求,以“The Mid-Autumn Festival”为题,写一篇英语短文向他介绍该节日。 要点: (1 ) When is the festival celebrated? (2 )What activities do people do during the festival? (3 )How do you like it? 开头： 介绍节日的基本信息 The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of... in China. It falls on/takes place on... 中间： 介绍节日的庆祝活动 get together, have a big dinner , eat mooncakes , enjoy the full moon ,think of their relatives and friends. 结尾： 表达个人感受 like the festival, enjoy the delicious food , bring a lot of pleasure to me , make me feel warm in my heart The Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. It falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. During the festival, people usually get together with their families for a big dinner. At night, they always share different kinds of delicious mooncakes with each other and enjoy the full moon.Mooncakes are a symbol of family reunion. The moon that day is usually round and bright and it makes people think of their relatives and friends. I really like the festival because I'm happy to be close to my family. The festival always makes me feel warm in my heart. 绿卡图书—走向成功的通行证 191619.05 $