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
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）
Scanning
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
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。
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.
What do people do?
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4.辨析: award 和reward： award后接双宾语 award sb. a metal 授予某人奖章 reward 奖赏, 给…报酬, 不能接双宾 语; reward sb. for sth. 因 …奖赏某人； reward sb. with sth. 用某物酬劳某 人
用力想啊！
5. as though / if
▪ 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)。
International Women’s New Year
Day
Children’s Day Army Day Teachers’ Day
合作探究：Group work
▪ 1.list the festivals mentioned in each paragraph
▪ 2.list details about the festivals ▪ Festival ▪ Time of year/date ▪ What it celebrates ▪ What people do ▪ 3.Try to translate each paragraph.
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
Festivals
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Time of year or date
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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
Unit1 Festivals around the world
Reading
Festivals around the world
Revision Read and translate the new wordObon grave incense in memory of feast
FESTIVAL
Valentine’s Day
Easter April Fool’s Day
National Day
Thanksgiving Day
Spring Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival
Halloween Christmas
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
1.Title：Festivals and celebrations 节日和庆典
2.How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?
1. Ancient festivals 2. Festivals of the Dead 3. Festivals to Honor the People 4. Harvest Festivals 5. Spring Festivals
▪ 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
P1. Ancient festivals
To celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.
▪ n.+ be+ adj.+ to do结构 ▪ Example： ▪ 这本书很难懂。
The book is difficult to understand.
2. Some festivals are held to honour the
dead or satisfy the ancestors , who
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。
P 4. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving Mid-Autumn festival
P 5. Spring festival Carnival Easter Cheery Blossom Festival
▪ Enjoy pictures and guess festivals
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
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
May 5
We have got lots of information about Chinese festivals. Now let’s talk about some foreign festivals.