高中英语Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations评优课ppt课件

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Reading and Thinking Discver the reasn fr festival and celebratins
Befre yu read, discuss these questins in grups.
1. What festivals d yu celebrate with yur family each year ?
2. Why d yu think peple celebrate different festivals ?
● the Spring Festival● the Lantern Festival● the Tmb Sweeping Festival● the Dragn Bat Festival● the Mid-Autumn Festival
● Celebratin● Family reunin● Cmmemratin● Rest● Vacatin
Read the text and find ut the answer t the questin in the title.
What festivals are these picture abut? Hw t knw them?
The Mid-Autumn Festival● the full mn● mncakes● lanterns
Mther’s Day● a gift● a card● flwers
Why d we celebrate these Festivals?
Family reunin
Celebratin fr Mm
Festivals are celebrated all arund the wrld
● t shw that they are grateful fr the year’s supply f fd● t relax and enjy life, and frget abut ur wrk fr a little while. ● t help us understand where we came frm, wh we are, and what t appreciate.
Why d peple celebrate the harvest festivals?
● Peple celebrate t shw that they are grateful fr the year’s supply f fd.● Peple celebrate the harvest festivals t express their gratitude t nature.
What rle d custms and traditins play in festivals?
● Custms play a significant rle in festivals, but smetimes they can change ver time. With the develpment f mdern sciety and the spread f new ideas, sme traditins may fade away and thers may be established.● Custms and traditins are very imprtant. Peple fllw custms and smetimes even establish new traditins t celebrate the festivals.
Why did the writer mentin the cmmercializatin f festivals?
● Althugh sme believe festivals shuld nt be cmmercialised, thers believe the increase in spending is gd fr the ecnmy and public happiness.● The cmmercialisatin f festivals can influence peple’s decisins t spend mre mney n festivals, which can be cnsidered as an encuragement t celebrate festivals.
What are sme ther reasns fr celebrating festivals?
● They reflect peple’s wishes, beliefs, faiths, and attitudes twards life.
Identify the main idea f a paragraph
Identifying the main ideas f paragraphs is necessary when analysing a text. Mst paragraphs will have a “tpic sentence” that tells yu the paragraph’s main idea. It is ften the first sentence, but smetimes it is fund elsewhere in the paragraph.
Read the text again and underline the tpic sentence f each paragraph that gives the main idea.
Para 1: Festivals are celebrated all arund the wrld.
Para 2: Of all the traditinal festivals, the harvest festival can be fund in almst every culture.
Para 3: Custms play a significant rle in festivals but smetimes they can change ver time.
Para 4: Festivals are becming mre and mre cmmercial, with business taking advantage f the celebratins.
Para 5: Festivals are an imprtant part f sciety.
The reasn why we celebrate festivals
The structure f the passage
Intrductin (Para.1)
Bdy (Para.2-4)
Cnclusin (Para.5)
Intrductin (para.1)
Origins f festivals
Spirit f festivals
seasn f the year
famus figures
imprtant events
lve and peace
Bdy (para.2-4)
Harvest festivals
Cmmercialisatin
Chinese Spring Festival
Cnclusin (para.5)
t help us understand
t allw us t
where we came frm
what t appreciate
relax and enjy life
frget abut ur wrk fr a little while
wishes, beliefs, faiths
attitude twards life
1. What d mst festivals seem t have in cmmn?
In pair, discuss the fllwing questins.
Festivals mst ften revlve arund building family and cmmunity ties. Festivals are rarely celebrated alne. And even when smene is alne during a festival, the festival reminds them f peple wh used t be in their lives, but wh are n lnger present.
2. Hw d yu feel abut festival custms that have already faded away?
I find it a pity that sme festival custms have already faded away because these custms are part f ur culture and histry. They make ur lives mre interesting and they remind us wh we are.
3. What is yur attitude twards the cmmercialisatin f festivals?
During the Spring Festival, the happiest mment fr my parents is when all the children cme back hme, chatting and preparing the big family dinner tgether. These years, we ften have ur family dinner in restaurant. Hwever, the splendid dishes d nt bring s many jyful and sweet memries.