Unit1 Festivals and Celebrations Reading and Thinking 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版必修第三册

该高中英语课件围绕“Festivals and Celebrations”主题，系统涵盖节日起源、精神内涵、习俗演变及商业化等核心知识。课堂导入通过图片猜节日激活已知，预读以“为何庆祝节日”提问建立新旧联系，读中用话题句识别、表格填空等支架帮助学生梳理文本结构与细节。 其亮点在于融合跨文化对比与批判性思维，如分析埃及、欧洲、中国丰收节差异，探讨春节鞭炮禁放、万圣节演变原因及商业化利弊，培养思维品质。结合习近平讲话讨论传统节日保护，提升文化意识。分层作业兼顾语言输出与学习能力，助力学生全面发展，教师可高效开展教学。

UNIT 1 Festivals and Celebrations Reading and Thinking 人教版2019必修第三册 Teaching Objectives 1. Master core vocabularies and key phrases; 2. Skim to grasp an article's main idea, style and structure; 3. Understand shared human emotions in festivals, recognize common cross-cultural values； 4. Analyze festival custom evolution reasons and commercialization pros and cons to deepen textual comprehension; 5. Learn how to protect and promote China's traditional festivals and output language accurately and effectively. Lead-in: Guess the festivals from the pictures Tomb-sweeping Day The Spring Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival Harvest Festival Mother’s Day Halloween Pre-reading: Guess and predict Why do we celebrate festivals? The reasons or importance Mother’s Day The Mid-Autumn Festival Look at the title and the pictures, guess what the text will talk about: While-reading:Read for the main idea and the structure Reading Tip Function position Identify and underline the “topic sentence” of each paragraph Topic sentences The structure of the text? A B C D Introduction Conclusion Body :analyze While-reading: Read for details (Para. 1) Spirits of festivals _______of the year Religions Famous _______ Important _______ Origins of festivals seasons figures events joy _________ _________ peace Different customs and unique charms gratitude love Introduction differences similarities While-reading: Read for details (Para. 2) the Harvest Festival when why how After all the crops have been in . To show that they for the year’s supply of food. ancient Egypt Time： Features： Europe Features： China Time： Features： springtime ① a parade; ② a great with music, dancing and sports the Mid-Autumn Festival ① admire _________________, ② enjoy __________________. ② get together _________________ to celebrate over a meal the shining moon delicious mooncakes gathered grateful feast ① decorate churches and town halls __________________, with flowers and fruit While-reading: Read for details (Para. 3) Chinese Spring Festival Halloween Before Nowadays Be forbidden Why? to avoid air pollution The changes of customs Please read Para. 3 and complete the table. Lighting firecrackers Religious origins Festival for children While-reading: Read for details (Para. 4) 1. How do people think of the commercialisation of festivals? Although some believe festivals Other believe the increase in spending is good for 2.With the continuous development of society, how should we approach commercialized festivals? A. enjoy commercial convenience and keep festival spirit B. Reject commercialization completely C. Only focus on consumption, ignore culture D. Blindly follow consumption trends should not be commercialised. the economy and public happiness. Task 2: Read for details (Para. 5) The significance of festivals Significance people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths, and attitudes to life. us understand we came from, we are, and to appreciate. us to relax and enjoy life, and to forget about our work for a little while. reflect allow help what where who Summary Why do we celebrate festivals? Introduction Body Conclusion Origins The Spirit of festivals Commercialization Sharing joy, gratitude, love or peace The changing customs Harvest festivals Seasons of year, religious, famous figures and important events Festivals are an important part of society. To express gratitude to nature Harvest festivals in Egypt, Europe and China Some customs fadeed away Chinese Spring Festival and Halloween 不忘本来，吸收外来，面向未来。 —习近平 How can we protect and spread Chinese traditional festivals? Post-reading: Discussion Homework Basics 1. Summarize the key knowledge points of festivals. 2. Describe the cultural connotations of a traditional festival. Promotion 1. Comparative analysis of Sino-Western festival spirit similarities and differences. 2. Discussion on rational festival commercialization approaches. Extension 1. Introduce Chinese festivals to foreign friends in one sentence. 2. Design an initiative letter for civilized holiday observance. Thank you for listening! $