Day
Children’s Day Army Day Teachers’ Day
FESTIVAL
Valentine’s Day
Easter April Fool’s Day
National Day
Thanksgiving Day
Spring Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival
Unit1 Festivals around the world
Reading
Festivals around the world
Revision Read and translate the new words
starve origin ancestor Obon grave incense in memory of feast
B rooster/cock
admire the moon (赏月） enjoy mooncakes
It’s also a harvest festival.(丰收节）
Mid-autumn Day August 15
复 活 节
Easter
The Cherry Blossom Festival 樱花节
挨饿 起源
祖先 盂兰盆节 坟墓 熏香 为了纪念
节日，盛宴
头骨 打扮；盛装 搞恶作剧 奖品 公鸡 充满活力的 狂欢节 游行
skull
dress up play a trick on
award
rooster energetic
carnival parade
教学目标：
Master the language points(掌握文章中 的重要知识点)；
Understand the main idea of the text(理 解文章的大意)；
Use what we learned to describe festivals(利用所学知识学会描述节日)。
Unit1 Festivals around the world
International Women’s New Year
分组展示讨,根据内容打分。
Now please open your books and turn to page one. Work in pairs and discuss another four Chinese
festivals :what people celebrate and what people do. TLahneteSDrprnarigFnoegnsFtBievosaatlivt aFlestival
Halloween Christmas
Reading Skill
Title(题目) Basic structure of the reading materials
（框架结构） Pictures（图片） Time/place/people and so on details（时
间、地点、人物等等细节）
I’ll go with her to make sure she comes to no harm. 我要和她一同去以免她受到伤害。
3.take place
不用于被动语态 take sb’s place/ take the place of sb = replace sb take place 指经过安排的事情 happen 偶然发生，碰巧发生 break out 灾难、疾病、战争等突然爆发
Spring Festival
展示：2.Details about the four items
(Example is on P1 warming up) Festival Time of year/date What it celebrates What people do
精讲点拨： Language points:
Would + do 过去常常
1 . At that time people would starve if
food was difficult to find，especially during the clod winter months .在那 个时代，如果食物难以找到，特别是
4.分工：一组：第一段，二组：第二段，三组：第三段， 四组：第四段，五组：第五段，六组：第六段
Group work:展示 1.Festivals
P1. Ancient festivals
To celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.
Obon in Japan
The Day of the Dead in Mexico
Halloween Parade万圣节
B
Dragon boat race
It’s held to honour a famous poet---Qu Yuan .
Rice dumplings
Dragon Boat Festival
He looked about as though (he was) in search of something． 他四处张望, 好像寻找什么。 2) 引导表语从句 It looks as if it’s going to rain． 看样子天要下雨了。
as though和as if从句用虚拟语气,还 是用陈述语气。完全根据具体情况而定。 如果从句表示的意思与事实完全相反,或 者纯粹是一种假设, 通常用虚拟语气。
P 4. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving Mid-Autumn festival
P 5. Spring festival Carnival Easter Cheery Blossom Festival
Enjoy pictures and guess festivals
as though和as if没有什么区别。as if 用得普遍些, 却可引导方式状语从句和 表语从句, 其从句谓语常用虚拟语气。
1) 引导方式状语从句 She acted as though nothing had happened． 她装得好像什么事也没发生过似的。 当从句主语和主句主语一致,从句谓 语中又含有动词to be时, 可以把主语 和to be一起省去。
satisfy the ancestors do harm to gain independence back to earth clean graves light incense in shape of work is over lucky money in red paper be proud of for a little while （在课文中找出并划出来）
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The child talks as if she were an adult.
那孩子说话的样子好像她是个大人。
6. have fun with have fun意为“过得快乐”同义 词组为have a good time, enjoy oneself. 短语有have fun ( in ) doing sth.
P 2. Festivals of the Dead Japan -----Obon Mexico------Day of the Dead America------Halloween P 3. Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day (India)October 2
could return either to help or to do
harm. 1). Honour（honor） v. 尊敬,给以荣
誉 ival is set to honor/ in honor of the hero.
2).harm (n.): damage, injury 损害； 伤 害 do harm to sb (习俗) = harm sb 伤害某人 come to harm: 身体上﹑精神上或道义上 受到损害，通常用于否定式
May 5
We have got lots of information about Chinese festivals. Now let’s talk about some foreign festivals.
April Fool’s Day
Thanksgiving
watermelon
turkey
Now ,in the reading , can you discover some useful words
and expressions ?
展示：4.discovering useful
words and expressions
使祖先满意 对…有危害 获得独立 回到地球 扫墓 点香 以…形状 工作结束 红包 对…感到骄傲 暂时
Scanning
1.Title：Festivals and celebrations 节日和庆典