B3Unit1FestivalsandCelebrationsPeriod2

ReadingandThinkingWhydowecelebratefestivals?ReadingandThinking

1234Toknowfestivalsandwhywecelebratethem.Toidentifythemainideasofparagraphwhenanalyzingatext.Totalkaboutthefadedfestivalsandexpressyourfeelings.Todiscussandreflectontheimpactofsocialdevelopmentandchangeontraditionalfestivals.LearningObjectivesBytheendofthisperiod,youwillbeableto:ReadingandThinkingDiscuss:What

festivalsdoyoucelebratewithyourfamilyeachyear?festivalsMid-AutumnFestivalDragonBoatFestivalNationalDayTomb-SweepingDayTheSpringFestival......ForthedeadTocommemoratepeopleFortheharvest/familyreunionsForthespring/relaxationWhydoyouthinkpeoplecelebratedifferentfestivals?JapanesefestivalObon(盂蘭盆節(jié))ReadingandThinkingLookatthetitleandpredictwhatthetextwillbeabout.Thetextmaytalkabout

the_______whypeoplecelebratefestivals.reasonsWhydowecelebratefestivals?ReadingandThinkingWhydowecelebratefestivals?Whatisthetexttypeofthisarticle?A.Exposition(說(shuō)明文)B.Argumentation(議論文)C.Narration(記敘文)D.Description(描述文)√ReadingandThinkingTask:Identifythetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.themiddleofaparagraphorintheendofaparagraphReadingandThinkingPara.1Topicsentenceofeachpara.Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Festivalsarecelebratedallaroundtheworld.Ofallthetraditionalfestivals,theharvest

festivalcanbefoundinalmosteveryculture.Customsplayasignificantroleinfestivals,butsometimestheycanchangeovertime.Festivalsarebecomingmoreandmorecommercial,withbusinesstakingadvantageofthecelebrations.Festivalsareanimportantpartofsociety.ReadingandThinking

Festivalsarecelebratedallaroundtheworld.Theyhaveawiderangeoforigins,suchastheseasonsoftheyear,religions,famousfigures,andimportantevents.Everyfestivalhasitsdifferentcustomsanduniquecharms.However,nomatterhowdifferenttheymayseem,allovertheworld,thespiritofsharingjoy,gratitude,love,orpeaceiscommoninallfestivals.Para.1IntroductionoriginsdifferentoriginsseasonsoftheyearreligionsfamousfiguresimportanteventsdifferentcustomsanduniquecharmsHowevernomatterhowdifferentthespiritofsharingjoy,gratitude,love,or

peace

iscommondifferentcustomsandcharmscommonspirit｛ListeningandSpeaking1.rangen.一系列；范圍、界限vi.包括；（在一定范圍內(nèi)）變化教材原句:Theyhaveawiderangeof

origins,...節(jié)日的由來(lái)五花八門(mén)要點(diǎn)必記:1)awide/fullrangeof...各種各樣的.../一系列...in/withinrangeof...在范圍...內(nèi)outofrangeof...在...范圍外2)rangefrom...to...包括從...到...之間eg.Hisinterestsrangefromplayingchesstoswimming.rangebetween...and...

在...和...范圍內(nèi)變動(dòng)eg.Thetemperaturerangesbetween25℃and30℃.核心詞匯ListeningandSpeaking2.figuren.人物；數(shù)字；身材vt.認(rèn)為；料到教材原句:...famousfigures,...

著名人物

要點(diǎn)必記:1)keepone’sfigure保持體型eg.Exercisehelpskeepyourfigure.2)figureout弄明白；計(jì)算出eg.Ican’tfigureoutwhyheisabsent.eg.Howdoyoufigurethat？

你如何料到的？核心詞匯ListeningandSpeaking3.gratituden.感激之情；感謝

ingratituden.忘恩負(fù)義教材原句:sharingjoy,gratitude...分享快樂(lè)、感恩...要點(diǎn)必記:1)expressone’sgratitudetosb.(forsth.)(因某事)表達(dá)對(duì)...的感謝eg.我要對(duì)所有幫助過(guò)我的人表示感謝。Iwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoeveryonefortheirhelp.核心詞匯ReadingandThinkingPara.2HarvestfestivalOfallthetraditionalfestivals,theharvestfestivalcanbefoundinalmosteveryculture.

WhereWhenWhatancientEgyptduringthespringtimeItfeaturedaparadeandagreatfeast.EuropeancountriesPeopledecoratechurchesandtownhalls,andgettogethertocelebrateoverameal.ChinaMid-Autumn(August15thofthelunarcalendar)Familiesadmirethemoonandenjoymooncakes.ThreeexamplesReadingandThinkingharvestfestival豐收節(jié)agriculturalfestival農(nóng)業(yè)節(jié)日takeplace發(fā)生

cropshavebeengatheredin

莊稼收割begratefulfor...對(duì)...感激

decorate...with...用...裝飾...

gettogether聚在一起

Mid-AutumnFestival中秋節(jié)admirethemoon賞月

enjoymooncakes吃月餅

重點(diǎn)表達(dá)(Para.2)4.gathervi.聚集；聚合vt.聚集；搜集；收割教材原句:...cropshavebeengatheredin.

莊稼收割要點(diǎn)必記:1)gather(sth.)in收割；收獲

eg.ItwaslateAugustandthecropshadbeengatheredin.

已是八月下旬，莊稼都收割完畢。2)gatheraround聚集在...周?chē)鷊athertodo聚集在一起做...eg.Wearegatheringaroundthefire.我們聚在火堆旁邊。3)Thestormgathers.暴風(fēng)雨越來(lái)越大。(聚集)核心詞匯ReadingandThinkingReadingandThinking5.gratefuladj.

感激的;表示感謝的

ungratefuladj.忘恩負(fù)義的教材原句:theyaregratefulfortheyear’ssupplyoffood.人們對(duì)這一年收獲的食物表達(dá)感恩。要點(diǎn)必記:begrateful(tosb.)for...對(duì)...感激

eg.我非常感謝所有老師的鼓勵(lì)。I’mreallygratefultoalltheteachersfortheirencouragement.

核心詞匯ReadingandThinking6.supplyn.供應(yīng)量；儲(chǔ)備；補(bǔ)給

v.供應(yīng)；供給；提供教材原句:

theyaregratefulfortheyear’ssupplyoffood.

人們對(duì)這一年收獲的食物表達(dá)感恩。要點(diǎn)必記:1)n.

watersupply供水heatsupply供熱foodsupply食物儲(chǔ)備inshortsupply供應(yīng)短缺2)v.supplysb.withsth.向某人提供某物supplysth.to/forsb.向某人提供某物核心詞匯eg.我們可以給您提供最好的服務(wù)。①Wecansupplyyouwiththe

bestservice.②Wecansupplythebestserviceto/foryou.ReadingandThinking7.featurevt.以...為特色;由...主演n.特色；特征；特點(diǎn)教材原句:Itfeaturedaparadeandagreatfeast...慶?；顒?dòng)主要是...要點(diǎn)必記:1)vt.

以...為特色；由...主演eg.Thebookfeatureshumorouslanguages.這本書(shū)以幽默的語(yǔ)言為特色。2)n.

特色；特征；特點(diǎn)Aninterestingfeatureofthecityistheoldmarket.

這座城市的一個(gè)有趣特征就是古老的市場(chǎng)。核心詞匯ThisfilmfeaturesRobertDowney.這部電影由羅伯特.唐尼主演。RobertDowneyReadingandThinking8.decoratevt.裝飾；裝潢decorationn.裝飾物教材原句:peopledecoratechurchesandtownhallswithflowersandfruit人們用水果和鮮花裝飾教堂和市政廳要點(diǎn)必記:decoratesth.withsth.用某物裝飾某物eg.我想用氣球裝飾我的房間。Iwanttodecoratemyroomwithsomeballons.

我們用鮮花裝飾龍舟。Wedecoratethedragonboatwithfreshflowers.核心詞匯ReadingandThinkingPara.3Customs

Customsplayasignificantroleinfestivals,butsometimestheycanchangeovertime.Withthedevelopmentofmodernsocietyandthespreadofnewideas,sometraditionsmayfadeawayandothersmaybeestablished.OneexampleisthetypicalChineseSpringFestivalcustomoflightingfirecrackerstodriveawaytheevilspiritsandcelebratethenewyear.Nowadays,manybigcitieshavegivenupthiscustominordertoavoidairpollution.AnotherexampleisHalloween,whichslowlybecameanexcitingfestivalforchildren,inspiteofitsreligiousorigins.Halloween,whichslowlybecameanexcitingfestivalforchildren,inspiteofits

religiousoriginsWiththedevelopmentofmodernsocietyandthespreadofnewideas,sometraditionsmayfadeawayandothersmaybe

established.thetypicalChineseSpringFestivalcustomoflightingfirecrackerstodriveawaytheevilspiritsandcelebratethenewyear.Nowadays,manybigcitieshavegivenupthiscustominordertoavoidairpollution.givenupthiscustomOneexampleisAnotherexampleisfadeawayfadeawaybeestablishedReadingandThinkingplayasignificantrolein...扮演重大角色/起重大作用overtime隨著時(shí)間的推移withthedevelopmentof...隨著...的發(fā)展fadeaway逐漸消失；(身體)變得虛弱；褪色

driveaway驅(qū)趕

giveup放棄

重點(diǎn)表達(dá)(Para.3)ReadingandThinking9.significantadj.有重大意義的；顯著的教材原句:Customsplayasignificantroleinfestivls.風(fēng)俗在節(jié)日中扮演重要角色要點(diǎn)必記:1)significancen.意義；含義；重要性2)significantlyadv.顯著地；值得注意的是；意味深長(zhǎng)地

significantly=Itissignificantthat...很明顯...核心詞匯很明顯，社會(huì)的發(fā)展對(duì)節(jié)日有影響。Itissignificantthatthedevelopmentofsocietyhasanimpactonfestivals.ReadingandThinking10.typicaladj.典型的；有代表性的；平常的教材原句:thetypicalChineseSpringFestivalcustom典型春節(jié)風(fēng)俗要點(diǎn)必記:1)betypicalof...是...的典型

eg.Hutongs

aretypicalofBeijingarchitecture.

胡同是北京建筑的代表。2)Itistypicalofsb.todosth.做某事是某人的風(fēng)格eg.對(duì)一切充滿(mǎn)好奇是他的特點(diǎn)。

Itistypicalofhimtobecuriousabouteverything.

核心詞匯ReadingandThinking11.inspiteof不管；盡管

教材原句:...,inspiteofitsreligiousorgins.雖然起源于宗教要點(diǎn)必記:inspiteof+名詞/名詞性短語(yǔ)

置于句首或句中eg.Inspiteofthenoise,Isleptheavily.盡管很吵，但我睡得很熟。eg.盡管遭受重傷，他仍然活下來(lái)了。

Hesurvivedinspiteofsufferingheavyinjuries.

核心詞匯ReadingandThinking(para2)Ofallthetraditionalfestivals,theharvestfestivalcanbefoundinalmosteveryculture.(para3)Customsplayasignificantroleinfestivals,butsometimestheycanchangeovertime.topicsentence(para2)…Peoplecelebratetoshowthattheyaregratefulfortheyear’ssupplyoffood.(para3)Withthedevelopmentofmodernsocietyandthespreadofnewideas,sometraditionsmay

fadeaway

andothersmaybe

established.furtherexplanation(para2)Egypt,Europeancountries,China(para3)SpringFestival,HalloweenexamplesTip:writingstructure:topicsentence+explanation+example(s)WritingStructureReadingandThinkingPara.4CommercialuseFestivalsarebecomingmoreandmorecommercial,withbusinesstakingadvantageofthecelebrations.Onlineshoppingwebsitesandsocialmediaappshavemadeitmucheasierforthepublictospendmoreongiftsfortheirlovedones.Althoughsomebelievefestivalsshouldnotbecommercialised,othersbelievetheincreaseinspendingisgoodfortheeconomyandpublichappiness.easierQ:What’syourattitudetowardsthecommercializationoffestival?shouldnotbecommercialisedgoodfortheeconomyandpublichappinessReadingandThinkingThetraditionofSingle’sDayhasgraduallyfadedawayandhasbecomecommercial.ReadingandThinkingtakeadvantageof利用；欺騙；占...的便宜socialmedia社交媒體

publichappiness公眾幸福感onlineshopping網(wǎng)上購(gòu)物

重點(diǎn)表達(dá)(Para.4)ReadingandThinking12.takeadvantageof利用；欺騙；占...的便宜教材原句:withbusinessestakingadvantageofthecelebrations.商家會(huì)利用這些慶?；顒?dòng)(進(jìn)行促銷(xiāo))要點(diǎn)必記:1)havethe/anadvantageover...比...占優(yōu)勢(shì)eg.YouhaveanadvantageovermeinlearningEnglish.

你在學(xué)英語(yǔ)方面比我強(qiáng)2)havetheadvantageof...具有...的有利條件eg.Shehadtheadvantageofagoodeducation.

她具有受過(guò)良好教育的有利條件。核心詞匯ReadingandThinkingQ:Whyarefestivalsimportantpartofsociety?people’swishes,beliefs,faiths,andattitudestowardsliferelaxandenjoylife,andforgetaboutourworkforalittlewhileunderstandwherewecamefrom,whoweare,andwhattoappreciatePara.5ConclusionAndifyoustudyfestivalscarefully,youmaybesurprisedtofindthatdifferentculturesactuallyhavealotincommonafterall.Thespiritofsharingjoy,gratitude,love,orpeaceiscommoninallfestivals.Para.1Echo(回音，回扣)WhywecelebratefestivalsBecausetheyreflect_________________________________________________________;allowusto______________________________________________________;helpus_________________________________________________________.ReadingandThinking13.reflectvt.顯示；反映；反射reflectionn.顯示；反映；反射；映像；思考教材原句:Theyreflectpeople’swishes,beliefs,faiths...

節(jié)日反映了人們的愿望、信仰、信念要點(diǎn)必記:reflecton/uponsth.反思；思考eg.Weshouldreflectonoursuccessesandfailures.

核心詞匯ReadingandThinking14.beliefn.信仰；信心；信任教材原句:They

reflectpeople’swishes,beliefs,faiths...節(jié)日反映了人們的愿望、信仰、信念要點(diǎn)必記:have/losebeliefinsth./sb.對(duì)某事物(人)有(失去)信心eg.Weshouldhavebeliefinourselves.

我們應(yīng)該對(duì)自己充滿(mǎn)信心。核心詞匯ReadingandThinking15.faithn.宗教信仰；信任；相信教材原句:They

reflectpeople’swishes,beliefs,

faiths...節(jié)日反映了人們的愿望、信仰、信念要點(diǎn)必記:1)have/losefaithin...信任.../對(duì)...失去信心eg.Havefaithinyourself,thenyouaresuretosucceed.

相信自己，你就會(huì)成功。2)faithfuladj.忠實(shí)的；忠誠(chéng)的

faithfullyadv.忠實(shí)地；忠誠(chéng)地核心詞匯ReadingandThinking16.occasionn.特別的事情(或儀式、慶典)；(適當(dāng)?shù)?機(jī)會(huì)教材原句:Theyareoccasionsthat......的時(shí)刻要點(diǎn)必記:1)onoccasion有時(shí)；偶爾onthis/thatoccasion這/那次；在這/那種場(chǎng)合下2)occasionaladj.偶然的;臨時(shí)的occasionallyadv.偶爾eg.Mikehelpswiththehouseworkonoccasion/occasionally.

麥克偶爾幫忙做做家務(wù)。核心詞匯Readingan