1、1第二部分Unit 1 Festivals around the world九江一中：吴平2010-2-6The second period ReadingContent 1. show their task based work2. read the text and explain it. 3. (All of these explanations in this lesson will be shown by multi-media)Step RevisionGreetings.Check the students homeworkLast class we had a task bas
2、ed job, to find more materials to support the question. Why do the human beings in the world have the festivals and celebration from the old time to now?Now first of all, would you like to change your materials with your partner to see whose is better? (Ask ss to do so and then two ss to show their
3、task)Step Reading1. Scanning T: Yes very good, it seemed that you have done a lot to finish the task. Now Open your books and turn to page one. We are going to do the scanning. Read the text quickly and try to get the main idea and to fill in the form in exercise 1 on Page3.(Ask the ss to look throu
4、gh the form and then the ss will read the text one by one from one para to para but the last two para. After that the ss will fill in the form and later check the answers with the whole class Show the suggested answers on the screen.)Kinds of Festivals Names of Festivals CountriesFestivals of the De
5、ad 1. Obon 2. the Day of the Dead 3. Halloween 1. Japan 2. Mexico 3. Western countriesFestivals to Honour People 1. The Dragon Boat Festival 2. Columbus Day 3. National Day 1. China 2. America 3. IndiaHarvest Festivals 1. Thanksgiving festival 2. Mid-autumn festival 1. European countries 2. China 3.
6、 JapanSpring Festival1. The Spring Festival 2. Carnivals 3. Easter 4. Cherry blossom festival1. China 2. Some Western countries 3. Christians in the world 4. Japan2Try to tell if these sentences are True or False and if which are wrong, please correct them1. The ancient people neednt worry about the
7、ir food. ( F )(At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.)2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. ( T )3.Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. ( T )4.Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the
8、 end to autumn( F )(People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.)5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. ( F )(Easter is the day to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ)And exercise 2. Use the information from the reading passage to answ
9、er the following questions.1. What are festivals of the dead usually for?2. What do people usually do at spring festivals?3. What makes autumn festivals happy events?2. Intensive reading and Explanation(Because the general meaning for each paragraph is very clear with the subtitle, we just do the ex
10、planation for the sentences phrases and words)(This time we will read carefully in order to understand the main idea and important details)(In this part try to help the students analyze and explain the difficult, long and complex sentences and new words; ask them to deal with the language points in
11、the text.)T: Now we will discuss some important sentences and phrases in the passage.(we will mainly ask the ss to explain or discuss.)1. Some festivals are held to honor the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors, who could return either to help or to do harm.do harm to 有害处，不利more: do good to 有好
12、处，有用处，做好事the dead, more: the living, the young, the old, the wounded etc. the verbs after them are plural form.2. In memory of; In honour of to keep somebody or something fresh in people minds.e. g She set up an educational fund in memory of her mother. 她为了纪念她母亲而设立了一个教育 基金会。 .e. g The museum is buil
13、t in memory of great author luxun. 这个博物馆是为了纪念伟大作家鲁迅而建造的。3. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter, and because a season of agricultural work is over.be grateful for 感激的；e. g Each time you touch or see the pebble, say to yourself “I am grateful for Thank You. 每次，当你看到或摸到鹅卵石的
14、时候，告诉你自己：“我因为而心存感激，谢谢。 ”4. The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the 3coming of spring.look forward to 期待；盼望；高兴地等待： to: prepositione. g : He has been looking forward to going to England for a long time.好久以来他一直盼望去英国。 e. g Looking forward
15、 to a prompt reply.盼速复信。5. The country is covered with cherry flowers so that it looks as though it might be covered with pink snow.be covered with: 被盖满；充满着Step Listening T: Now we will listen to the tape, you can read in a low voice after the tape. Here we should try our best to understand the mean
16、ing in this article and the words and expressions.Step IVDiscussion Discuss in pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun. Then fill in the chart with your ideas.Type of festival Example of festival Reasons for your choiceMost important Most funThen exchange their work.Homework: 1. Read the text again and try the best to understand it.2. Try the best to keep the new words in this unit.3. Introduce one festival in your hometown. A task based job.3. Prepare the grammar, Modal verbs in this unit
