必修三unit全单元课件.ppt

Pre-reading What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like best- the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit?  It is a traditional festival in Mexico to honor the dead. People light candles at a tomb covered with flowers and food. 1). What are festivals of the dead usually for? Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people. 2). What makes autumn festivals happy events? Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished. 3). What do people usually do at spring festivals? At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring. 4). What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/ forget our work for a little while. 5). Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different? The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. However, there are some difference. The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do. Based on the reading passage, what do most festivals seem to have in common? Talk with your partner and fill in the chart below. Three common things might be from the following: food, music, entertainment, being with family and friends, dance, lights or fires, remembering events or people. Practice 　 ① Books of this kind ____ (sell) well in the bookstore. ② This kind of books ____ (sell) well in the bookstore.