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课件15张PPT。Module 3华南师范大学
张蓉Unit 1 Festivals around the WorldWarming upWhat festivals are they?
When do they take place?Spring Festival
January 1Lantern Festival
January 15Dragon Boat Festival
May 5 Mid-autumn Day
August 15(lunar calendar) Easter
around March 22---April 25 Thanksgiving Day
the last Thursday of NovemberHalloween
October 31Christmas Day
December 25 Go through the passage quickly:
How many types of festivals are mentioned in
the passage?Ancient Festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honor the People
Harvest Festivals
Spring FestivalsPre-reading Pre-reading 1.When did ancient people celebrate?
2.What are festivals of the dead for?
3.Why are autumn festivals happy events?GuessFirst- Reading 1.When did ancient people celebrate?
2.What are festivals of the dead for?
3.Why are autumn festivals happy events? The end of the cold weather
planting in spring
harvest in autumnTo honor the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors, who
could return either to help or to do harm.Because food is gathered for the winter, and because
a season of agricultural work is over.Detail reading Paragraph 2:Festivals of the DeadParagraph 3: Festivals to Honor PeopleHarvest FestivalsEuropean countriesChina & JapanHow to celebrateThanksgiving DayMid-autumn festivalandParagraph 4Some people might
win awards for…Admire the moon give gifts of mooncakesParagraph 5: Spring FestivalsChina Western countriesFood
What people doSpring FestivalcarnivalsFor what?Dumplings, fish and meatLucky money; dragon dances; carnivals, family…EasterThe return of Jesus;
the coming of springthe Cherry Blossom FestivalLanguage focus Connect the words/phrases with their explanations 1. plenty
2. look forward to
3. have fun with
4. ancestors
5. agricultural
6. customconnected with farming
have a good time with
usual way of doing something
a lot
feel excited about something that
is going to happen
f. old relatives who have diedWhat are they?may/might can/could/, will/would, shall/should, must/can Model verbsThe most ancient festivals would celebrate
the end of the cold weather.
2. … people might eat food in the shape of skulls,…Can you find out other sentences with model verbs?Post-readingWhat is one important reason to have all these festivals? The last paragraphAncient Festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honor the People
Harvest Festivals
Spring FestivalsDiscussion With a partner discuss
which kinds of festival you think are the most important
and which are the most fun.
Using information from the passage and your own ideas,
fill in the chart.
HomeworkFinish the exercises on P4
Workbook P42
Write a passage on the topic
“The Most Fun Festival”