外研版（2019）必修 第二册Unit 2 Let's celebrate! Starting out课件(共57张PPT)

(共57张PPT)
unit 2
Let’s celebrate!
---The Real Father
Christmas
Chinese Harvest Day
Independence Day
Thanksgiving
May day
Freedom Day
Dragon Boat Festival
What are the names of the festivals
Step 1. Lead in
Match the festivals with the purposes.
to honour an event
to celebrate a season
to celebrate the harvest
to honour a person
Thanksgiving
May day
Dragon Boat Festival
Chinese Harvest Day
Independence Day
Freedom Day
What’s your favourite festival
How do you celebrate it
Step 1. Lead in
2. What other festivals do you know
What are the reasons to celebrate them
Holi
This is a festival of color, which marks the beginning of spring in India.
（胡里节）
This festival is to honour the dead. It’s also for dress-up and fun.
Halloween (31th. October/ 1st November)
(All Saints' Day)
Easter (March 23 to April 25)
This is a Christian holiday in March or April when Christians remember the death of Christ and his return to life.
Easter Bunny
Easter eggs
Christmas (25th December)
This is a Christian festival which celebrates the birth of Jesus.
Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions.
1.What festivals are mentioned in the video
2. Why do people celebrate these festivals
Now let’s watch the video
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, the 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.
Activity 2 Read the festival descriptions and complete the sentences.
__________ is to celebrate the harvest.
__________ is to celebrate a season.
__________ is to honour an event.
__________ is to honour a person.
Thanksgiving
May Day
Freedom Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Activity 3 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
Does you know it
Dragon Boat Festival celebrations take place in China on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.They are held in memory of QuYuan,a poet and statesman inAncient 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.
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.
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.
festivals
Festivals in China
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Double Ninth Festival
The Spring Festival
Qingming
The Lantern Festival
The Middle
Autumn Festival
The Double
Seventh Festival
Ghost Festival
The Real Father
Christmas
Work in groups. Talk about
other festivals of each type
other reasons to celebrate a festival.
J.R.R Tolkien and his woks
Step 2. Pre-Reading
J.R.R Tolkien and his woks
Step 2. Pre-Reading

Paragraph 1：
Parents try to keep the magic of Christmas 1.____________ for their children.
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Paragraph 2：
J.R.R.Tolkien kept writing letters to his four children for more than 2.____________ years.
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Paragraph 3：
The children were 3.____________ when they opened the letters.
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Paragraph 4：
The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas’s life and 4.____________ at the North Pole.
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Paragraph 5：
We can all share the true spirit of 5.____________ at Christmas time.
Read and fill.
adventures
giving
alive
twenty
excited
Step 3. While-Reading
Choose the sentence that best explains the title of the passage.
1 The real Father Christmas was actually Tolkien himself.
2 Tolkien is the real Father Christmas, because he wrote letters using the name "Father Christmas".
3 Tolkien's love and care for his children made him very like Father Christmas.
Step 3. While-Reading
Complete the notes with expressions from the passage.
Title of the book: 1___________________________
Author: 2 ___________________________
Background information:
Every Christmas, Tolkien's children would get an envelope with 3 _________________.
Inside it, they would find 4 ____________________________________.
Of course, the letters were written by Tolkien.
Contents of the letters:
They tell wonderful stories about 5 ______________________________________
_______________. In one letter, Polar Bear 6 ___________________________ and ___________________________ of Father Christmas's house.
In another letter, Father Christmas complained about ________________________________________ with the toys.
Letters from Father Christmas
J. R.R.Tolkien
a North Pole stamp
a handwritten letter from Father Christmas
Father Christmas's life and adventures at the
North Pole
climbed the North Pole
fell through the roof
how he could not stop his helpers playing games
Read the passage and find out what aspects of this book are mentioned.
the reason why it could be a perfect book...
the author
writing purpose
background information
contents of the letters
comments of this book
title of this book
Read paragraph 1 & 2 and answer:
the reason why it could be a perfect book...
the author
writing purpose
magic
J.R.R. Tolkien
title of this book
Letters from Father Christmas
a famous name in English literature
The Lord of the Rings
to keep Father Christmas alive for his four children
Read paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks:
background information
Every Christmas, Tolkien's children would get an envelope with____________________. Inside it, they would find _________________________________________. Of course, the letters were written by Tolkien. The letters were also ______________________—each must have taken Tolkien _________________________.
a North Pole stamp
a handwritten letter from Father Christmas
beautifully illustrated
a long time to complete
a caring father
They tell wonderful stories about______________________________________________. In one letter, Polar Bear____________________ and __________________of Father Christmas’s house. In another letter, Father Christmas complained about ________________________________________with the toys.
Read paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks:
contents of the letters
Father Christmas’s life and adventures at the North Pole
climbed the North Pole
fell through the roof
how he could not stop his helpers playing with toys
Step 4. Post-Reading
1 Would you like to read the book Letters from Father Christmas
Give your reasons.
2 What is the most special gift you have received from your family
Why is it special to you
3 What gift would you like to give to someone for the coming festival
Why
Choose one to discuss in groups.
harvest
regardless
novel
regard
honour
decoration
freedom
participate
inequality
Step 4. Post-Reading
I Words
limitless
regular
complain
warning
take place
in memory of
add...to...
get together
regardless of
be known as
be made into
regard...as...
stop...(from) doing...
wrap up
as well as
in a...way
II Phrases
III Language points
1. honour　 v．向……表示敬意；尊敬
n．尊敬，荣誉
(1)honour sb. for...　　　　
因……而尊敬某人
(2)have the honour to do/of doing... 有幸做……
in honour of 为了纪念……
It’s an/one’s honour to do...做……是一种/某人的荣幸
(3)be honoured for... 因……而受到尊敬或获得荣誉
be honoured as ... 被尊为……
be/feel honoured to do/of doing...做……而感到荣幸
例句：
He was honoured as the best player in his team.
他被誉为是他队里最好的选手。
This monument was built in honour of those brave soldiers.
这座纪念碑是为纪念那些勇敢的战士们而修建的。
Honour 如果表示“一件荣誉的事或一个光荣的人”时是可数名词。
2.in memory of　纪念；追念
(教材P13) They are held in memory of Qu Yuan, a poet and statesman in Ancient China.
它们是为纪念中国古代诗人和政治家屈原而举行的。
拓展：
in honour of 纪念；向……表示敬意
in search of 寻找
in charge of 负责；掌管
①She set up an educational fund in memory of her parents.
她成立了一个教育基金会来纪念她的父母。
②A new school which some workers are busy building is in memory of the national hero.
工人们正忙着建的学校是纪念这位民族英雄的
in memory of
in charge of
3.regardless　 adv.不管，不顾。
拓展：despite＝in spite of 尽管……
①Nobody has the right to spit in the street regardless of their social position or age.
不管社会地位或年龄如何，没人有权当街吐痰。
②Despite the bad weather, he managed to come on time.
尽管天气不好，他还是设法准时到达了。
despite(＝in spite of)为介词，后接名词、代词或动名词作让步状语，不接从句(what 从句除外)
而 though, although 或 as 是从属连词，引导让步状语从句。
Despite
In
Although/Though the weather was bad
despite/in spite of the bad weather
4. regard...as...　把……视作……
(教材P14)That is why Letters from Father Christmas could be the perfect book for those who regard Christmas as a special time of year.
那就是为什么《圣诞老人的来信》这本书对于那些把圣诞节视作一年中特殊时刻的人来说是一本完美的书。
①Never regard study as a duty.
绝对不要把学习视作一项任务。
②(2019·全国卷Ⅰ)Mountains are regarded __ spiritual places by many cultures.
山被许多文化视为心灵之地。
as
Regarded
as
5. complain　 v．抱怨，不满，发牢骚
(教材P15)In another letter, Father Christmas complained about how he could not stop his helpers playing games with the toys instead of wrapping them up.
在另一封信中，圣诞老人抱怨说，他怎样也无法阻止他的助手们玩玩具游戏，而不是把它们包装起来。
(1)complain to sb.of/about sth.　　 向某人抱怨某事
complain (to sb.) that... (向某人)抱怨……
(2)complaint n. 抱怨；牢骚；投诉
①(江西卷)Mother always complains that children wear out their shoes very quickly.
母亲总是抱怨孩子们很快就把鞋子穿烂了。
complained to us that
complaining
complaint
6. warning　 n．警告，警示，告诫
(教材P15)Interestingly, the letters did not contain the usual warnings to children that they might not receive their presents if they were not good.
有趣的是，这些信并没有像往常一样警告孩子们：如果他们(表现)不好的话，他们可能不会收到礼物。
warn v．　　　　　　　 警告；提醒
warn sb.against doing sth.＝warn sb.not to do sth.警告某人不要做某事
warn sb.of sth. 提醒某人某事
warn sb.that... 警告/提醒某人……
of
against
warned me not to swim
warned me against swimming
Homework:
Summarize what you have learnt in Starting out and recite the words and expressions.