Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Teaching aims and demands
1.topic:
1>Festivals
2> how festivals begin
3>how to celebrate festivals
2.function:
1>Request
Eg: Could you please…?
Could I have …?
I look forward to doing…
2>Thanks
Eg: It’s a pleasure. /Don’t mention it.
It’s very kind of you to…
I’d love to …
Thank you very much./Thanks a lot.
You are most welcome.
3.vocabulary:
4.grammar: 情态动词的用法
Jin can speak English well. (ability)
Could you please show me the way to …? (request)
May we see the awards for the team? (permission)
She might give you … (possibility)
The whole family will come for dinner. (promise)
Often he would dress up like a rich man. (pass habit)
We would be there with our friends. (promise)
II.Key points

Period 1 Warming up and fast reading
1.Greetings
2.Warming up
Step 1 discussing the following questions
a.How was your holiday/spring festival?
b.Did you go traveling?
c.How much pocket money did you get?
Step 2 talking
1). Name some festivals
Spring Festival Dragon Boat Festival Lantam Festival Mid-Autumn Festival
Army Day May Day Teachers’ Day
New Year National Day Mother’s Day
Children’s Day Father’s Day
Christmas Day Halloween carnival
Easter Valentine Day Oben
2).Ss work in groups of four and list five Chinese festivals and siscuss when they take place , what they celevrate and one thing that people do at that time. Then fill in the blanks.
Festivals Time of year/date Celebrate for Things to do
Mid-Autumn Day
Spring Festival
Dragon Boat Day
Tomb sweeping Day
Lantern Festival
3.Pre-reading
1) What’s your favourite holiday of the year? Why?
2) What festivals or celebration do you enjoy in your city or town? Do you like spending festivals with your family or with friends? What part of a festival do you like best—the music, the things to see, the visits or the food?
4. Fast reading and find the answers to the following questions.
A.What did ancient festivals celebrate?
B.What are festivals of the dead for ?
C.Why are autumn festivals happy events ?
D.Name three things people do at spring festival ?

Period 2-3 Intensive reading
1.Read the passage paragraph by paragraph and find the main ideas of each paragraph
Paragraph 1: All kinds of celebration in ancient time.
Paragraph 2: The purpose to honour the dead and three examples
Festivals Time Things people do
Oben
Day of the Dead
Halloween

Paragraph 3: The reasons Why we honour people
Festivals Who does it celebrate ?
Dragon Boat Festivals
Clumbus Day
Indian National Festival

Paragraph 4: Autumn festivals are happy events
Paragraph 5: How people celebrate in spring festivals
2．Language points
a.They would starve if food was difficult to find…
starve （v.） 饿死；挨饿
eg. Millions of people starved to death during the war.
Starve for sth 渴望…
Eg. The homeless children starve for love.
Starvation (n.) 饿死
Eg. Die of starvation
Starvation wages 不够维持基本生活的工资
b.The most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.
Celebrate (vt./vi.) 庆祝，赞颂，赞美，举行（仪式）
Eg.We celebrate the new year with a party.
Their courage was celebrated in all the newspaper.
Celebrated (adj.) = famous 著名的，驰名的
c. …because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty.
days/years/…of plenty :富裕（尤指事物和钱）的日子，年月，生活等。
Eg.You have a life of plenty, what would you be worried about ?
d.Some festivals are held to honour the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors, who could return either to help or to do harm.
1）Honour (v.) “尊敬，给…增光” honour sb. (sth.) with sth.
（n.） “荣誉，光荣，敬意，面子”
Win honour for… 为…争光
Show honour to sb. 尊敬某人
in honour of sb.(sth.) = in sb.’s /sth’s honour出于对某人的敬意
eg.There will be a party in honour of his success.
为庆祝他的成功将会举行一个晚会。
We have a party in honour of the famous artist.
为纪念这位著名艺术家我们举办了这场晚会。
2）satisfy (vt.)使满意，令人满意
Eg.That answer won’t satisfy her.
那个答案不会使她满意。
Satisfied （adj.） 满意的（主语是人）
Satisfactory (adj.) 令人满意的（主语是事而不是人）
Satisfying （adj.） 令人满意的（主语是事）
Satisfaction （n.） 满意
Eg. She’s satisfied with her son’s progress.
对于儿子的进步她感到很满意。
Do you think what he said is satisfying?
你认为他所见的令人满意吗？
3)harm (n.) (U) 伤害
Eg. Don’t be too serious , he meant no harm.
(v.) harm sb./sth.=do harm to sb./sth.
Eg. Don’t be afraid, the dog won’t harm you.
What you do should do more good than harm.
你所做的应该利大于弊。
e.The festival of Halloween had its origin as an event in memory of
the dead.
In memory of / to the memory of sb. 最为对某人的纪念，纪念某人
Eg.The museum was built in memory of the famous scientist.
f.They dress up and try to frightened people.
Dress n. 连衣裙/

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