2015-2016高中英语 Unit 1 Festivals around the world Reading Tasks Word同步讲练 新人教版必修3.docVIP

Unit 1 Festivals around the world Reading Tasks Word Pre-reading activities Task I. Make a list of traditional Chinese festivals and Western festivals that you know and share them with your partners. Task II. Tell your group members what people usually do to celebrate festivals. Task III. How do Chinese people spend the Spring Festival? While-reading activities Task I. Read the text and fill in the blanks in the chart. T Task II. Read the text and find the supporting information for each of the topic sentences. Topic Sentences Supporting information 1. Some festivals are held to honour A. Dragon Boat Festival honours the ancient the dead. Chinese poet, Qu Yuan. 2. Some festivals are held to honour B. Chinese people hold carnivals and the whole famous people. family celebrate the Lunar New Year together. 3. Harvest festivals are happy events. C. They light lamps and play music, expecting to lead their ancestors back to earth. 4. Spring Festivals are the most energetic D. People might get awards in farm produce and important ones. competitions. Task III. Read the text and put the activities into the proper festivals according to the text. A. clean graves and light incense B. hold a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Grandhi C. give children lucky money in red paper D. offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead E. admire the moon and eat mooncakes F. hold parades, dancing carnivals with loud music and colourful clothing G. dress up, ask for sweets or play tricks H. decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit 1. Festivals of the Dead ________ 2. Festivals to honour people ________ 3. Harvest Festivals ________ 4. Spring Festivals ________ Task IV. Write a summary of the text. Post-reading activities Task I. Compare Chinese Lunar New Year with Christmas. Tell your group members what is similar and what