必修3教案 Unit1 Festivals around the world-Reading

II. Pre-reading
1. Imagining and sharing
Hello! Now you can celebrate everyday!
Everyday is a holiday. Imagine somewhere someone is celebrating right now. Our world is filled with mystical celebrations and powerful memories. Come and tell the class what holiday it is today.
2. Talking and sharing
Work in groups of four. Tell your group mates what festivals or celebrations you enjoy in your city or town.

III. Reading
1. Listening to the recording
Now please listen to the recording of the text FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. I will play the tape twice.

2. Reading and underlining
Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.

Collocations from FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
 
hold festivals and celebrations, catch animals, have food吃饭, light fires, make music, bring a year of plenty带来富足的一年, honour the dead纪念死去了的人, satisfy and please sb.讨好取悦某人, do harm to对……有害, clean the graves扫墓, light incense, in memory of 纪念；追念, light lamps, play music, lead sb. back to earth, on an important feast day, in the shake of sth., offer sth. to sb., have the origin as an event, ask for sth., dress up乔装打扮；穿上盛装, play a trick诈骗；开玩笑, hold festivals as an honour to sb., a national holiday, gain …’s independence, gather… for…, a season of agricultural work, decorate churches with 用……装饰教堂, get together聚会, have meals吃饭, win awards for sth., admire the moon, give gifts of moon cakes, an energetic and important festival, look forward to期望；期待；盼望, eat dumplings吃饺子, give sb. lucky money给某人压岁钱, in red paper, dragon dances, celebrate the lunar New Year庆祝阴历的新年, take place发生, day and night日日夜夜, loud music, colourful clothing of all kinds, an important religious and social festival, be covered with 由……覆盖., have fun with each other彼此玩得开心, enjoy life享受生活, be proud of为……自豪, forget sth. for a little while暂时忘记某事

3. Reading and transferring information
Read the text again to complete the table listing festivals and their celebrations.
FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
Ancient Festivals Festival of the Dead Festival to Honour People Harvest Festival Spring Festival
Celebrate the end of the cold weather, … … … … …

4. Reading and understanding difficult sentences
As you have read the text, you can surely tell which sentences are difficult to understand. Now put your questions concerning the difficult points to me. 

IV. Closing down by doing exercises
To end the lesson you are to do the comprehending exercises No. 1, 2 and 3 on page 3.
Closing down by learning the text by heart
In the last few minutes you are asked to learn the text by heart. You may make use of the table you filled in just now. 
Additional Materials
Complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank.

FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS

We have 1___ of festivals. Ancient people held festivals and celebrations to celebrate the end of winter or the catching of animals.
Some festivals are in 2___ of the ancestors. They light lamps, play music on an important feast day, offering good things to the dead.
People hold festivals as an 3____ to famous people or to the gods. These festivals have their 4___ as an event, like the Dragon Boat Festival which honors the famous 5____ Qu Yuan. .
Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are held in many countries. People decorate churches, get together, have meals or win awards for competitions. On Mid-Autumn Festival people 6___ the moon and have moon cakes.
Chinese New Year is an 7___ and important festival. People look 8___ to 9____ up, eating dumplings, giving children lucky money in red paper, playing dragon dances. The celebration of the lunar New Year may take 10___ throughout the country, day and night. It is an important religious and social festival.

（Key：1. plenty 2. memory 3. honour 4. origins 5. poet 6. admire 7. energetic 8. forward 9. dressing 10. place）

Comprehension questions
1. How many kinds of festivals does the passage refer to?
A. 2.  B. 3.  C. 4.   D. 5
2. The festival to honor famous people is___.
A. Obon B. the Dragon Boat Festival C. Halloween D. Easter
3. The children usually do the following EXCEPT ___ on Halloween Day.
A. play the “trick or treat” game B. dress up to frighten people
C. have pumpkin pie D. eat cakes with “bones” on them
4. Which of the following is FALSE according to the passage?
A. Thanksgiving Day is to celebrate harvest. B. Obon is in memory of the dead ancestors.
C. The Dragon Boat Festival is named after an old competition.
D. The carnivals usually take place in February.
（Key：1.C 2.B 3.D 4.C）

Notes to some difficult sentences

1. Discuss when they take place. (Warming up)
take place 表示 “发生、产生”。
比较happen与take place:
happen偶然性的没有预料到的事情的发生
take place必然性的发生
Great changes have taken place in my hometown.
We don’t know what has happened to the poor mother.

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