1、M3 Unit 1 Festivals around the WorldSection II Warming up & Reading学习目标1. 本课时为阅读课，了解世界各地的主要节日，如亡灵节，丰收节，春节等的来源习俗。2. 学习“总分总”的语篇模式，能有条理的介绍事物，培养跨文化意识。学习重难点1. 单词及短语：be meant to, lead sb. to do, as though/if2. 句式：sb /sth be+ adj. + to do; There is no fun in doing sth学法指导1、略读（Skimming）2、跳读（Skipping） 3、猜测生词
2、(Guessing the new words)学习过程Task 1: 语篇领悟Task One：Look at the table below and tell the date of each festival. Then choose one of them and talk something about it briefly to introduce one kind of festival in your local area.FestivalsDateFestivalsDateJanuary 1stLunar New Yearthe 15 day of the 1st lunar
3、 monthMarch 8International Labor DayTeachers Daythe fifth day of the fifth lunar monthOctober 1stChinese Youth DayArmy DayJune 1stthe 5th day of the 8th lunar monthTask Two：Voice your opinion Describe one of the festivals and tell the reason to your classmates. Try to use the following expressions:
4、The festival that I thinkis/It falls on/It dates back towith a long history./ There are many colorful activities./I attach importance to/ because it not onlybut alsoTask 2: 典句探究1. Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year. (P1) 1) This dog android is meant to guide blind people crossi
5、ng the street.2) The activity is meant to improve the students oral English.拓展: 短语为_，意思是：_ n. _ v. _ adj. _活用: 1) The flashing lights mean that the road is blocked.2) What on earth do you mean?3) This new order will mean (us) working overtime.4) I only meant to help.5) Your friendship means a great
6、deal to me.6) His family means nothing to him.翻译: means n. 1) by all means _2) by means of _3) by no means _2. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. (P1)提炼：sb /sth be+ adj. + to do是一个重要的句式结构, _的形式表示被动的意义。拓展: 类似形容词有light, heavy, diff
7、icult，hard, easy, interesting, dangerous等。活用:1) 这本书读起来很有趣。_2) 这个房子住着很不舒服。_3) 这个问题很难解决。_3. They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. (P2)1) Lead the guest to his room.2) The guide led us to the river.提炼：短语 _ 含义_ 拓展:a) lead to Hard work le
8、ads to success. 含义：_b) lead sb. to do表示“导致致使某人做某事”。His constant lying led me to distrust all what he saidWhat led you to believe I was ill?c)动词介词to构成的常用短语有：look forward toturn topay attention tostick toobject toget down tobe addicted tobe/get used to be devoted toWhen it comes to活用:1）We are looking
9、forward with hope to _ (hear) from Ms. Smith. (西安七中)2）Anyway, were here now, so lets get down _some serious work. (2014江西)4. The country covered with cherry tree flowers looks as though its covered with pink snow. (P2)提炼 as though/if意为 “_” ,as though/if引导的_从句或_从句谓语动词既可用_语气也可用_语气观察：1) It looks as if
10、it is going to rain.2) She loved the orphan as if she were his mum.3) The man talks as though he knew everything.4) She looked as if she had been crying.5) She talks and talks as if she would never stop.6) She left the room hurriedly as angry 提炼：as if/though 用陈述语气时，从句中常是_情况，用虚拟语气时从句中常是_情况，与过去事实相反用_，
11、与现在事实相反用_，与将来事实相反用_，从句主语与主句主语_时，且从句谓语为_，可以省略“_ + _”。活用: 1）It was John who broke the window. Why are you talking to me as if I _ (do) it?5. People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other. (P2)观察：1) Youre sure to have a lot of fun at the party tonight. 2) There is no fun in spe
12、nding the evening doing nothing. 3) What fun it is to play with snow! 4) The little monkey is full of fun. 5) Its great fun playing golf.提炼：句1_；句2_；句3的感叹句用_不能用_；句4_；句5 fun是_名词，前面；不加_。活用: 1）It was such a great fun to play on the beach that it attracted countless children.2）He said it only_.(他只是说着玩)3）
13、It is cruel to _ a cripple. (取笑跛者是残忍的)Task 3: 活学活用I. 汉译英1. 出现 _2. 饿死 _3. 盛装 _4. 导致 _5. 纪念 _ 6. 对满足 _7. 开玩笑 _8. 期望 _9. 玩得开心 _II. 翻译与仿写1) The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. (P2) 翻译：_仿写：考试成绩好的都是上课爱提问的学生。Students wh
14、o do well in exams _.2) For the Japanese festival Oban, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. (P2)翻译：_.仿写：这座图书馆是为了纪念那位科学家而建的。_.III. 语篇填空We have plenty of festivals. Ancient people held festivals and celebrations 1 (celebrate) the end of winter or the catchi
15、ng of animals. Some festivals are in memory of the ancestors. They light lamps 2 play music on an important feast day, offering good things to the dead. People hold festivals as 3 honor to famous people or to the gods. These festivals have their origins as an event, like the Dragon Boat Festival 4 h
16、onors the famous poet Qu Yuan. Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals 5 (hold) in many countries. People decorate churches, get together and have meals or win awards for competitions. 6 MidAutumn Festival people admire the moon and have moon cakes. Chinese New Year is an 7 (energy) and important festiva
17、l. People look forward to 8 (dress) up, eating dumplings, giving children lucky money in red paper, playing dragon dances. The celebration of the lunar New Year may take 9 throughout the country, day and night. It is an important 10 (religion) and social festival.Task: Read the following articles an
18、d try to know something about different festivals.拓展阅读一：Many children in America enjoy hunting for Easter eggs. Easter is a celebration connected with the Christmas religion, but Easter eggs go back to ancient festivals that celebrate the coming of spring in the land. Easter usually comes in April,
19、as the grass is beginning to turn green, flowers are beginning to come out, and the weather is getting warmer. Children and their parents first select clean, white chicken eggs, boil them in a pot until they are hard boiled, and cool them immediately. Then the fun begins! The children have bought li
20、ttle pills of colors. The colored pill is dropped into water in a cup，along with a spoonful of vinegar, and stirred（搅拌）until it has melted（融化）. Then the egg is put into the cup with the color covering it. It is left in the cup until the egg is dyed（被染色的）a beautifu1 color. After the eggs have been dy
21、ed, an adult takes them outside and hides them in the yard-perhaps under a flower or behind a tree. A small group of children are invited to the Easter egg hunt. For very young children, the hiding places are easy and an adult will help them look for the eggs. For older children, the hiding places a
22、re more difficult. There is usually a prize, maybe a chocolate egg, for the child who finds the most eggs.拓展阅读二：A holiday is any day when people lay aside their ordinary duties and cares. The word comes from old English. At first, holidays honored some holy events or persons. People in Great Britain
23、 and other countries speak of holidays as Americans speak of vacations. Every nation has its special holidays. China observes New Years Day（January 1）, May Day and National Day as legal holidays, as it was on Oct. 1, 1949 that the Peoples Republic of China was founded. The Chinese have long celebrat
24、ed the Chinese lunar year. In the United States, congress has declared several as legal days such as New Years Day (January 1), Martin Luther King, Jr.s Birthday, Washingtons Birthday, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day and so on. Some holidays celebrate special events in the development of a Countr
25、y, such as Greeces Independence Day, Italys Liberation Day and Indias Independence Day.In the United States，banks and schools usually close on a legal holiday. When such a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is usually observed. Schools and organizations often observe days known as traditional holidays, although schools and business do not close then. Those holidays include Valentines Day and Halloween.