外研版（2019）高中英语必修第二册 学案Unit2 阅读技能突破.docxVIP

PAGE2 / NUMPAGES2 Unit2 阅读技能突破 时文领读 主题：人与社会—不同民族传统节日 语篇类型：说明文 词数：332 难度：中 阅读用时：7分钟 背景导入：万圣节是西方的传统节日，而万圣节前夜是这个节日最热闹的时刻。为庆祝万圣节的来临，孩子们会在万圣节前夜装扮成各种可爱的鬼怪挨家挨户地敲门要糖果，否则就会捣蛋。传说这一晚，各种鬼怪也会装扮成小孩混入人群之中，一起庆祝万圣节的来临。 阅读技巧：根据上下文猜测词义。 原文 Halloween In some Western countries, November 1st is a holiday known as All Saints’ Day. The evening before is known as Halloween. During the festival, poor people would beg for food and families would give them “soul cakes” in return for their promise to pray① for the family’s dead relatives. Halloween originated as a celebration connected with evil spirits. Black is one of the traditional Halloween colours, probably because Halloween took place at night. In the weeks before October 31, Americans decorate windows of houses and schools with silhouettes（剪影） of witches and black cats. Jack-o’-lanterns are also a symbol of Halloween. Carving pumpkins into some kinds of lanterns is a custom originating in Ireland. When the Irish brought their customs to the United States, they carved faces on pumpkins instead of turnips（芜菁） because in the autumn they were more plentiful② than turnips. Today the lanterns in the windows of a house on Halloween let costumed children know that there are candies（糖果） waiting for them if they knock and say “Trick or Treat!” Halloween, however, has a special meaning for children today, who dress in funny or ghostly clothes and knock at neighbourhood doors shouting “Trick or Treat!” Princesses, ghosts and witches all hold bags open to catch the candies or cakes that the neighbours drop in. Today school dances and neighbourhood parties called “block parties” are popular among the young people and old. They dress up as historical or political figures and go to costume③ parties. Teenagers enjoy costume dances at their schools and the more outrageous the costume is, the better it is. Certain tricks such as soaping car windows and knocking at the neighbours’ windows are expected. But parties and pranks are not the only things that H