外研版（2019）必修二Unit2 Starting out ＆Understanding ideas课件(21张ppt0

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Unit 2
Let’s celebrate
外研版（2019）
英语 必修二
Understanding ideas
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Lead-in
Pre-reading
While-reading
Post-reading
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1　What festivals are mentioned in the video
2　Why do people celebrate these festivals
The festivals mentioned in the video are “hanami”，the Rose Festival，Mid-Autumn Day，the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival，and the New Year. 　
Because people want to celebrate the changing seasons and express their appreciation of nature.
Watch the video(next page) and answer the questions.
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Lead-in
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Lead-in
　　　　　　 is to celebrate the harvest.
　　　　　　is to celebrate a season.
　　　　　　is to honour an event.
　　　　　　 is to honour a person.
Watch the video(next page) and answer the questions.
Thanksgiving
May Day
Freedom Day
Dragon Boat Festival
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Lead-in
Work in groups. Talk about：
other festivals of each type
other reasons to celebrate a festival
Dragon Boat Festival celebrations take place in China on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. They are held in memory of Qu Yuan，a poet and statesman in Ancient China. It was the first traditional Chinese festival added to UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Thanksgiving is celebrated mainly in North America，in October or November. Traditionally，it was a chance to give thanks for a good harvest. Now，it is also a time for families to get together for a big dinner.
May Day is a festival to celebrate the start of summer，with celebrations held across Europe and in parts of North America. People prepare decorations with flowers and dance around maypoles.
Freedom Day is held every year on 27 April to celebrate South Africa’s first fully-participated elections in 1994，in which everyone was allowed to vote regardless of skin colour. It celebrates the end of racial inequality in the country.
Other festivals of each type include Pongal，Spring Festival，Independence Day and Valentine’s Day，etc.
Other festivals of each type include Pongal，Spring Festival，Independence Day and Valentine’s Day，etc.
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Pre-reading
Read the introduction to Tolkien and answer the questions.
1. Have you ever read any of Tolkien’s books or seen any of the films based on them What do you think of them
2. What else do you know about Tolkien Find out more about him and share your research with the class.
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Pre-reading
Read the introduction to Tolkien and answer the questions.
1. Have you ever read any of Tolkien’s books or seen any of the films based on them What do you think of them
2. What else do you know about Tolkien Find out more about him and share your research with the class.
Yes，I have. They are fantastic and full of imagination.
Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is strongly influenced by his personal World War experience in 1916，which had an impact on the novel’s.
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Pre-reading
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While-reading
BOOK REVIEW
Title
1. Read the passage and find out what Letters from Father Christmas is about and why Tolkien wrote these letters.
2. Go through the passage and answer the questions
Who did Tolkien write the letters to
Why may Tolkien indeed be the real Father Christmas
3. Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Fast reading
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While-reading
1. Read the passage and find out what Letters from Father Christmas is about and why Tolkien wrote these letters.
Letters from Father Christmas is a collection of Tolkien’s letters to his four children at Christmas. The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas’s life and adventures at the North Pole. Tolkien wrote these letters because he wanted to keep Father Christmas alive for his four children.
Fast reading
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While-reading
2. Go through the passage and answer the questions.
Who did Tolkien write the letters to
Why may Tolkien indeed be the real Father Christmas
To his four children.
Because he was the real person who expressed love for his children in such a special way.
Fast reading
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While-reading
3. Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para. 1 A. The stories in the letters.
Para. 2 B. The basic information about those letters.
Para. 3 C. The magic of Father Christmas.
Para. 4 D. The true spirit of giving at Christmas time.
Para. 5 E. Letters from Father Christmas and its writer.
Fast reading
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While-reading
（1）What another perfect book did Tolkien write
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（2）What did Tolkien use the letters to do
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Read the first and the second paragraphs and answer the questions.
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
To keep Father Christmas alive for his four children.
Careful reading
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While-reading
Read the third and fourth paragraphs and fill in the form.
Letters from Father Christmas
From J. R. R. Tolkien
To Tolkien’s four children
Ways of writing ______________; illustrated beautifully
Stories about Father Christmas’s life and ________ Polar Bear once climbed and actual pole in this case and fell through the ________ of Father Christmas.
Meaning Remind the children of many poor and _______ people.
handwritten
adventures
roof
starving
Careful reading
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While-reading
What does Letters from Father Christmas tell us
How did Tolkien express love for his children
Besides enjoying the adventures of Father Christmas, Polar Bear and other characters at the North Pole, we can all share the true spirit of giving at Christmas time.
By pretending to be Father Christmas to write letters to his children at Christmas time.
Read the last paragraph and answer the questions.
Careful reading
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While-reading
Read the festival descriptions again and complete the table.
Festivals time and places Reasons Activities
Dragon Boat Festival
Thanksgiving
May Day
Freedom Day
fifth day of the fifth lunar month; China
It takes place...
It is held.....
October or November; North American
at the begining of summer; across Europe and parts of North America.
27 April; South America
in memory of Qu Yuan
give thanks for a good harvest
to celebrate the start of summer
to celebrate South Africa's first fully-participated elections in 1994; the end of the racial inequality in the country
dragon boat races; eat Zongzi; hang herbs on the front door.
go shopping; families get together and have a big dinner; exchanging gifts; hold a parade
prepare decorations with flowers and dance around the maypoles
wear shirts printed with Nelson Mandela, peace dove, freedom; dancing and singing
Choose the sentence that best explains the title of the passage.
The real Father Christmas was actually Tolkien himself.
Tolkien is the real Father Christmas, because he wrote letters using the name “Father Christmas”.
Tolkien’s love and care for his children made him very like Father Christmas.
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While-reading
Complete the notes with expressions from the passage.
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While-reading
Think ＆ Share
Would you like to read the book Letter from Father Christmas Give your reasons.
What is the most special gift you have received from your family Why is it special to you
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Post-reading
Thank you!