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Festivals and Celebrations
READING & THINKING
Book 3 Unit 1
Why do we celebrate festivals
1. learn some words and phrases about festivals.
2. understand the main idea and structure of the passage.
3. improve reading and thinking abilities.
4. enhance the awareness of protecting traditional festivals
Learning Objectives
Look at the pictures. Do you know what festivals they are How to speak them in English
Lead in: Look and answer
Spring Festival
春节
Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋节
Halloween
万圣节
Harvest Festival
丰收节
Spring Festival 春节
wearing new clothes 穿新衣
light firecrackers 放鞭炮
Halloween 万圣节
costume parties 化妆派对
trick-or-treating不给糖就捣蛋
Let's learn more about the above festivals.
Harvest Festival 丰收节
harvest parade 丰收游行
harvest feast 丰收宴席
Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节admire the moon 赏月
enjoy mooncakes 品尝月饼
What do you think the passage would be about according to the title
Pre-reading: prediction
A. The importance of festivals.
B. The reasons why we celebrate festivals.
C. How people celebrate festivals.
D. The reasons for the development of festivals.
While-reading: main idea
para1 A. Commercialized festivals
para2 B. The importance of festivals
para3 C. The origin of festivals
para4 D. The changes of customs
para5 E. The harvest festival
Read the passage quickly, and then match the main ideas for each paragraph.
While-reading: structure
para1: origin of festivals
para2: harvest festival
para3: changes of customs
para4: commercialized festivals
para5: importance of festivals
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
The Structure of the Passage is:
A. a structure of total-score-total
B. a structure of total-score
Analyse the structure of passage according to the main ideas .
Pair work. Read para1 and para5 carefully, and try to find a pair of adjectives that their meanings are opposite.(找出一对意思相反的形容词).
While-reading: para1& para5
different
不同的
common
共同的
para1
para5
different
不同的
common
共同的
That means different festivals have common spirits.
While-reading: para2
Read para2 carefully to fill in the table.
Harvest Festival: be grateful for the supply of food country time activities
ancient Egypt
European countries
China
springtime
a parade and a great feast
decorate churches and town halls
autumn
admire the moon and enjoy mooncakes
For the same festival, different countries have different activities.
While-reading: para3
Read para3 carefully to fill in the blanks.
Customs change over time
fade away
Halloween becomes a festival for 4 .
The Spring Festival custom of 1 - have 2 in many cities.
3
1
3
4
2
While-reading: para4
1.Why are festivals becoming
more and more commercial
2. What are people's attitudes
towards commercialised festivals
Read para4 and answer questions.
Because businesses take
advantage of the celebrations.
Some believe festivals should not be commercailised.
Others believe it is good for the economy and public happiness.
Post-reading: discussion
Work in groups to discuss your attitude towards commercialized festivals.



positive
negative
e.g. I hold a positive attitude. Because I believe it is good for...
I hold a negative attitude. Because I believe it is not good for...
No matter when and where, we should protect our traditional festivals and don't forget the spirits.
无论何时何地，我们都应该保护我们的传统节日，
而且不要忘记节日的精神。
Summary
What have we learned
in this lesson
admire the shining moon 赏月
enjoy mooncakes 品尝月饼
light firecrackers 放鞭炮
dress up Halloween costumes 穿万圣节服装
Halloween 万圣节
Harvest Festival 丰收节
Spring Festival 春节
Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节
words and phrases
different 不同的
common 相同的
commercialized 商业化的
...
para1: origin of festivals
para2: harvest festival
para3: changes of customs
para4: commercialized festivals
para5: importance of festivals
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
main idea and structure
No matter when and where, we should protect our traditional festivals and don't forget the spirits.
无论何时何地，我们都应该保护我们的传统节日，而且不要忘记节日的精神。
protect our festivals
Homework
Finish your exercise book.
Find more reasons why we celebrate festivals. Then draw a mind map according to the passage.
Thank you

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