新人教必修3Unit1Festivalsaroundtheworld-Usinglanguage[]研讨.ppt

Revision 3 min What festivals are mentioned in the passage? Say something about Obon in Japan. Say something about the Day of the Dead in Mexico. Say something about Halloween. What is Columbus Day in the USA in memory of ? Check homework 3 min Check whether you agree with each other about your answers. Check whether the spelling is correct. Do not look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you know you will be dead. 生于忧患,死于安乐。 A dog starving at his master’s gate predicts the ruin of the state. 树死先从叶子黄。 I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by custom. 宁愿创新，不愿陈腐。 4. Gather you rosebuds while you may, old time is still a-flying, and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying.未雨绸缪。/花堪折时直须折，莫待无花空折枝。 5. However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. 没有最傻，只有更傻。 6. Belief, then, is the great guide of human life. 信仰是生活的向导。 7. Other people’s harvests are always the best harvests, but one’s own children are always the best children. 收获是别人的好，孩子是自己的亲。 8. There is no feast on earth that dose not end in parting. 天下没有不散的筵席。 9. Everyone has some tricks they do, but each has his own way of doing them. 条条大路通罗马。/八仙过海，各显神通。 10. Those who can lose shall gain; those who wish for gain shall lose.有心栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。/ 阴差阳错。 Dictation Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year. Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end