《Festivals And Celebrations》PPT下载

人教版高中英语必修三《Festivals And Celebrations》PPT下载，共20页。

Lead-in

Talk about festival activities you are interested in one by one.

Pronunciation

Listen and read aloud the words or phrases to your partner. Pay attention to the change in the pronunciation of the bold letters.

1. duty, education 2. use, usually 3. news, newspaper 4. is, issue

5. last year 6. in bed 7. those shirts 8. as you see 9. spoon, star

According to what you hear, try to find pronunciation change in the following sentences.

1. He doesn ’t start right away.

2. What ’s the date today?

3. Did you enjoy holiday?

Fast reading

1. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in summer.

2. The festival of Halloween had its origin as an event in memory of the heroes.

3. In some western countries there are very exciting carnivals, which take place fourteen days before Easter.

4. At the spring festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat.

5. Festivals can make us have fun with each other, but different countries have different customs.

Careful reading

Read text again and choose the best answers.

1. What does the text mainly talk about?

A. Festivals and celebrations.

B. How festivals come from.

C. The difference in the world ’s festivals.

D. The customs of the world festivals.

2. What do festivals have in common?

A. The spirit of sharing joy, gratitude, love, or peace.

B. They have the same origins an customs.

C. People can celebrate festivals in the same way.

D. There are different festivals in celebrating seasons.

3. Which festival can be celebrated by all the world?

A. The Spring Festival. B. Christmas.

C. The harvest festival. D. Mother ’s Day.

Post reading

Think and Discuss

1.Why do you feel about festivals customs that have already faded away? For example, Spring Festival.

2. What ’s your attitude to the commercialization of festivals?

Summary

1. Why do festivals happen in the world?

2. What will festivals change in the future?

Homework

1. Read the text again and talk about your senior high school life.

2. Have a try to recite a brief text.