人教版英语必修3 Unit1 Festivals around the world1.doc

Unit1 Festivals around the world Teaching aims: 1. Topic Festivals; how festivals begin; how to celebrate festivals 2. Useful words and expressions: Starve plenty satisfy ancestor lamp lead feast bone origin trick poet arrival national gain independence gather agricultural European custom award watermelon handsome rooster admire energetic forward Easter clothing religious social Christian daily permission possibility fool apologise drown sadness obvious wipe lovely couple weep announcer forgive Take place in memory of dress up play a trick look forward to day and night as though have fun with turn up keep one’s word hold one’s breath 3. Functional items: 1)Request Could /Would you please…? Could I have…? Could we look at…? I look forward to …. May I see…? 2)Thanks It’s very kind of you… Thank you very much/thanks a lot. I’d love to. It was a pleasure…. Don’t mention it. You are most welcome. 4. Structures 情态动词can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, can’t 等的用法。 1) can /could Jin can speak English well. (ability) Could you please show me the way to Beihai Park? (request) 2) may /might May we see the awards for the teams? (permission; request) She might give you some new clothing. (possibility) 3) will /would The Spring Festival is the most fun. The whole family will come for dinner. (promise; agreement) Often he would dress up like a rich man. (past habit; custom) 4) shall /should The harvest festival begins on Saturday. We shall be there with our friends. (promise; agreement) You should arrive at the airport two hours before he goes. (advice) 5) must /can’t Wang Feng wins an award every year. He must be very strong (speculation) You must be joking. That can’t be true. (guessing) Teaching procedures Period 1 (Reading) Step 1. Warming up 1. Ask Ss to name as many festivals as possible. 2. Ss finish the form on page1 Step 2. Pre-reading