内蒙古托克托县第一中学高中英语 Unit1 Festivals around the world Reading 学案（无答案）1. Ability goals:1. Develop students’ reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.2.Enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations.2. Difficult points:Develop students’ reading ability.Translate phrases.1. take place 2.all kinds of…/…of all kinds 3.in memory of 4. lead…to 5.in the shape of 6. dress up 7.play a trick on 8. gain independence 9.look forward to 11. as though/ as if 12. be covered with 13. get together 14. have fun 15. be proud of 16.for a little while 方法导引：听课文录音，纠正自己的发音错误，同时快速了解文章大意，完成题目，生单词可1忽略。1. What is the main idea of the text?A.Festivals are held to honor the dead and famous people.B.Festivals are held for happy events.C.Festivals are happy times for people to get together.2. In ancient times ,people would celebrate_____A.when winter began B.when winter endedC.if food was difficult to findD.during the cold winter months3. Which of the following is not the festival tohonor the dead?A.The Japanese festival Obon.B.The Day of the Dead in Mexico.C.The western holiday Halloween .D.Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festivals.4. Which of the following festival is not mentioned in the text?A.Columbus Day . B.Mid-Autumn Festivals.C .Easter. D .Christmas Day.5. What can we infer from the passage?A.People would have feasts, sing and dance at all festivals.B.People celebrate festivals because they don't want to work.C.By celebrating festivals, people are developing the culture and customs.D.Festivals have only four kinds of origins.1．Skim the reading and then fill in the following chartKinds of FestivalsName of FestivalsCountriesFestivals of 2the deadFestivals to Honour peopleHarvest FestivalsSpring Festivals2. Read the text again and answer some questions:What are festivals of the dead usually for? What makes autumn festivals happy events? What do people usually do at spring festivals? Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico，Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different? 3.课文词汇填空：There are all kinds of celebrations 1 （遍及）the world. Different countries have different festivals. Festivals of the Dead are held to honor the 2 (death) or to satisfy the ancestors. Festivals can also 3 (hold) to honor famous people. In China, the Dragon Boat Festival honors the famous 4 （古代的） poet, Qu Yuan. The most energetic and important 5 （节日 ）are Spring Festivals 6 look forward to the end of winter and the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in 7 , people eat such things 8 dumplings, fish, and meat and give children lucky money in red paper. Some western countries have v 9 (excite) carnivals, which take place forty days before Easter, usually in 10 （二月） .34
