辽宁省新宾满族自治县高级中学 Unit 1 Festivals around the world 导学案 新人教版必修 3一、导案部分课前热身：How much do you know about the f ollowing?New Year Spring Festival Mother's Day Lantern Festival Father's Day Tomb-sweeping Day Fool’s DayLabor’s Day Valentine's Day Dragon Boat Festival ChristmasChildren's Day ObonArmy’s Day EasterTeachers’ Day HalloweenMid-Autumn Day National Day二、学案部分Reading tasksTask one: Skimming1. Which of the following are not mentioned in the passage? 2.Origins of festivals ( Para.1)Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the ____ _______, planting in ______ and harvest in _______. Today’s festivals have many ______, some ________, some _________and some for special ______ or ______.Task two: Careful reading1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient Times? 2.What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival? 3. Why does India have a national festival on October 2? 4. Why are autumn festivals happy events?1 5. Name three things people do at spring fe stivalsTrue or False1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.( )2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead.( )3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in Ch ina.( )Task three：Retell the text by filling the following blanks.There are all kinds of festivals and ___________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ ________ were mainly held at three times a year. Some festivals are held to ______ the dead or satisfy the _________ in case（以免） they might return either to help or to ______ _____,while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as_______ ______ ______ and Columbus Day. Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and the ___________work is over. And the most _________ and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time. Some Western countries have very exciting ________. Festivals let us enjoy ______. Task four: Talk about your favorite festival2
