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Book3 unit 1 Festivals around the worldStep One: Brainstorming:1. When we talk about festivals, what do we often mention?2. Can you list some traditional festivals in our China?3. Do you know some well-known festivals in foreign countries?Step Two: Warming up1. Why do people have such festivals?2. When do the festivals take place?3. What do the festivals celebrate?4. What do people do at these festivals?Step Three: Fast reading about this passageTask Choose the best answer for each question1. What is the main idea of the text?A. Festivals have many origins.B. Festivals are held to honor the dead and famous people.C. Festivals are held for happy events.D. Festivals are happy times for people to get together.2. In ancient times, people would celebrate _.A. when winter began. B. when winter ended.C. if food was difficult to find. D. during the cold winter months.3. What can we infer from the passage?A. People would have feasts, sing and dance at all festivals.B. People celebrate festivals because they dont want to work.C. By celebrating festivals, people are developing the culture and the customs.D. Festivals have only four kinds of origins.Task Answer the following questions1. How many kinds of origins of festivals are mentioned?What are they?2. How many festivals are mentioned in the passage? What are they?Step Four: Careful reading about this passage. Please fill in the blanks correctly.1. What would ancient festivals celebrate?2. Japanese festival Obon:People should go to _ and light incense _ their ancestors. They also light _ and _.3. Mexico the Day of the Dead:People eat food _and cakes with _ on them. They offer _,_ and _to the dead.4. The Western holiday Halloween:This festival also had its origin in old _ about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a childrens festival, _ they can_ and go to their neighbors home to _ sweets. If they cant get sweets, they might _ their neighbors.5. Dragon Boat Festival _ the famous ancient _, Qu Yuan.6. Columbus Day is _ the _ of Christopher Columbus in America.7. India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Gandhi, the leader _ helped _ for Indian people.8. Harvest Festivals:a. Why are autumn festivals happy events for people?b. What do people do to celebrate it?Western countries:_churches and town halls_ flowers and fruit; _to have meals;_.China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, _ people _ the moon and in China enjoy mooncakes.9. At the spring Festival in China, people _ food, children may get_, there are _and_ and families _ the lunar New Year together.10. Western countries have very exciting carnivals, which _ forty days before _. They might include _, dancing in streets _, music and colorful _.11. Easter is an important _ and social festival for _ around the world. It celebrates _ and _ and _12. In the Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan, the country, _ cherry tree flowers , looks _ it might be the sea of pink snow.Step Five: Discuss in groups:What are the purposes of festivals?Step Six: Retell the main idea of this passage briefly.Festivals and _ of all kinds have been held since ancient times. Festivals may have many _, some religious, some _ and some for special thing or people. Festivals of the Dead honor the dead or_. Some festivals are held to honor important famous people. We also have ones to celebrate _ for farmers produce. The most _ and important festivals are the ones that _ the end of winter and the springs coming. In Festivals, people can_ with each other, _ life happily, _ customs and forget daily life for a while.Step Seven: Remember some important words and expressions .Important Words for you:1. n.庆祝_ 2. n./v.收获_3.n.狩猎者_ 4. v.饿死_5. n.起源_ 6. adj.宗教上的_7. n.祖先_ 8. n.节日；盛宴_9. n. 骨头_ 10. n.信任；信仰_11. n.诗人_ 12. n.到来；到达_13. n.搜集_ 14. n.农业_15. n./v.奖品；授奖_ 16. v.赞美；钦佩_17. adj.精力充沛的_ 18. n.游行；阅兵_19. n. 风俗；习惯_ 20. n.基督信徒_Important Expressions for you:1. 发生_ 2. 纪念；追念_3.盛装打扮_ 4. 搞恶作剧_5. 获得独立_ 6. 期望；盼望_7. 日夜；整夜_ 8. 好像_9. 玩得开心_ 10. 被某物覆盖_Step Eight: Recite some important sentences in the passage:1. 从古时候起，在世界各地就有各种各样的节日和庆祝活动。2. 在那时，如果很难找到食物人会饿死的。3.最富有生气而又最重要的节日，就是告别冬天、迎来春天的日子。4. 整个国度到处是盛开的樱花，看上去就像是覆盖了一层粉红色的雪。Step Nine: Exercises for you :Word Spelling:1. They held a party in c_ of their success last weekend.2. Many children s_ to death in Africa for lack of food.3. On their a_, they got down to their work.4. They are working hard to get a_ at the end of the year.5. Farmers will have much a_ work to do in spring.6. She is a_ for her happy marriage and well-paid job.7. You must stay e_ while in class.Choose the best answer:1. After graduation, he wandered from city to city, _ a job.A. hunted for B. hunt forC. hunting for D. to hunt for2. I am surprised that you should have been fooled by such a simple_.A. trick B. test C. deal D. role3. Many changes _ in my hometown in the past 10 years.A. took place B. were taken placeC. have taken place D. have been taken place4. The day they had been looking forward to _ in the end.A. coming B. came C. come D. comesStep Ten: Homework for you:Festivals are created. Now youve got the chance to create a new festival. Please create a new festival according to the following items:1. When the festival takes place2. What the festival is for3. What people do at the festival4. What people eat at the festival学习小结与反思：
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