Book 3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world
4) Well-done. Since you have got to know the information related to these festivals, I’d
like you to have a quiz to check whether you have fully understood the text. Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions. Suggested answers to exercise 2:
(1). Festivals of the Dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others, who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.
(2). Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food it ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.
(3). At spring festivals, people usually have dances, carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.
(4). It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs / for get our work for a little while.
(5). The Chinese, Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead. The Chinese and Japanese go to clean their ancestors’ graves, and the Mexicans offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. However, there are some differences. The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones, something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.. 4. Pair work
Based on the reading passage, what do most festivals seem to have in common? Why do you think these things might be important to people everywhere? Talk with your partner and fill in the chart below. Three common things 1 2 3 Reasons why they are important to people everywhere Three common things might be from the following: food, music, entertainment, being with family and friends, dance, lights or fires, remembering events or people Reasons why they are important to people everywhere will vary. 5. Group work
Discuss in pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun. Then fill in the chart with your ideas.
Most important Most fun
Type of festival
Example of festival Reasons for your
choice
Answers will vary. 6. Homework
1) Find out useful words and expressions, beautiful sentences and finish the
exercises in Learning about Language accordingly.
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2) Write an introduction of the festival your group have created. 7. Language points:
1) Festival are meant to celebrate important times of years. 节日就是庆祝每年中重要时刻的活动。
(1). mean doing sth.
mean doing sth. 的意思是―意味着（必须要做某事或导致种结果）‖, 其主语通常是指事物的词。 (2). mean to do sth.
mean to do sth. 的意思是―打算或企图做某事‖，其主语通常是表示人的名词或代词，
其过完成式表示―本来打算做某事‖。
(3). mean sb. to do sth.
mean sb. to do sth. 的意思是―打算让某人做某事‖，也可以用于被动结构。 (4). mean 后接名词、副词或从句 mean 后接名词或副词，意为―表示；打算；存心‖等意思；后接that 从句，意为―表
示……‖。
(5). be meant for
该短语的意思是―打算给予；打算作……用‖。
In some parts of London, missing a bus means _____ for another hour.
A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. to be waiting
2). Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time. 讨论它们（中国节日）什么时间进行，庆祝的是什么事件，并说出人们那时做什么。 take place 发生；举行① The performance didn’t take place after all.演出终于没有进行。
② Was there anybody passing by when the accident took place?事故发生时，有人路过那里吗？
Great changes ___ in China in the last two decades.
A. have taken place B. took place C. have been taken place D. are happening 3. Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. 世界各地从古时就有各种各样的节日庆典。 ① That kind of question is very difficult to answer. = Questions of that kind are difficult to answer. 那类问题是很难解答的。 ② We sell all kinds of shoes.
= We sell shoes of all kinds. 我们卖各式各样的鞋。
③ You can see different kinds of animals in the zoo.
= You can see animals of different kinds in the zoo. 你在动物园可以看见不同种类的动
4....or satisfy and please the ancestors, who could return either to help or to do harm. ......取悦祖先, 使他们得到满足,以为(祖先们)有可能回来帮助他们,也有可能带来危害。
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1) satisfy vt. 满足,使…满意; satisfy sb.
satisfied a. 感到满意的; be satisfied with satisfying a. 令人愉快的
satisfaction n. 满意; to one’s satisfaction satisfactorily ad. 满意地 satisfactory a. 令人满意的
2) hurt, injure, harm, damage, wound的区别与用法
hurt 普通用语，既可指肉体上的伤害,也可精神上, 感情上的伤害。 如:The girl hurt herself badly in the accident. 那位女孩在那次事故中伤得很重。 injure比hurt正式, hurt多指伤痛, 而 injure则指损害健康, 成就, 容貌等, 强调功能的损失。
如:He injured his hand while playing basketball. 他在打篮球时手受了伤。
damage主要指对于物的损害,强调对于价值、用途、外观等所造成的损失, 这种损失 或因自然灾害所致, 或因人为造成。如： Several cars were damaged in the accident. 好几辆汽车在事故中损坏了。
wound 指枪伤, 刀伤, 刺伤等皮肉之伤, 是出血的, 严重的伤, 特指战场上受伤, 它可以指 肉体上的伤害, 也可指人们精神上的创伤。如: The bullet wounded his left leg. 子弹打伤了他的左腿。
do harm to sb.=do sb. harm=harm sb.伤害某人 do more harm than good 弊大于利 ①Smoking will do you harm.
Smoking will do more harm to you than good.
②If we solve the problem in this way, it may do more harm than good
5 .For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.
in memory or 纪念。如：
They set up a monument in memory of the soldiers who died in World War II.
6. They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.
lead…to领往；使得出(结论) lead to通向；引起，导致 ①请把客人领到会客室去。
Please lead the guests to the reception-room. ②你是如何得出这个结论的? What led you to this conclusion? ③条条道路通罗马。
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All roads lead to Rome. The path leads to the village. ④食用过多的糖会引起健康问题。
Eating too much sugar can lead to health problems
7. Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. award. n. 奖, 奖品
v. 判给, 授予 award sb. sth. 奖赏某人某物 辨析: award 和reward： award后接双宾语
award sb. a metal 授予某人奖章
reward 奖赏, 给…报酬, 不能接双宾语; reward sb. for sth. 因 …奖赏某人； reward sb. with sth. 用某物酬劳某人
8. The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.
最富有生气而有最重要的节日就是告别冬天迎来春天的日子。
look forward to (doing) sth. 意为期待着(做)某事, 其中的to是介词, 而不是动词不定式符号。
Children are looking forward to Spring Festival. 孩子们渴盼着过年。
He’s looking forward to hearing from his pen pal. 他期待着笔友来信。
9. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow. 整个国度处处都是樱花盛开,看上去就像罩上了一层粉红的雪。
as though和as if没有什么区别。as if用得普遍些, 却可引导方式状语从句和表语从句, 其从句谓语常用虚拟语气。 (1) 引导方式状语从句
She acted as though nothing had happened． 她装得好像什么事也没发生过似的。
当从句主语和主句主语一致,从句谓语中又含有动词to be时, 可以把主语和to be一起省去。
He looked about as though (he was) in search of something． 他四处张望, 好像寻找什么。 (2) 引导表语从句
It looks as if it’s going to rain． 看样子天要下雨了。
as though和as if从句用虚拟语气,还是用陈述语气。完全根据具体情况而定。如果从句表示的意思与事实完全相反,或者纯粹是一种假设, 通常用虚拟语气。 The child talks as if she were an adult. 那孩子说话的样子好像她是个大人。
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Period 2 Learning about Language
1. Teaching aims
1. To discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions. 2. Get the students to study the use of modal verbs. 2. Difficult points
1. How to use the proper words and expressions in different situations.
2. How to use proper modal verbs according to the concrete and authentic
situations.
3. Important points
1. Key words and expressions: as though, belief, celebration, Christians,
custom , have fun with, origin, religious, admire, feast, harvest, trick, starve, gather, gain, look forward to
2. The meaning and correct use of each pair of modal verbs: can and could, may
and might, will and would, shall and should, must and can’t
Discovering useful words and expressions
1. Suggested answers to exercise 1: religion religious culture cultural produce production educate education celebrate celebration predict prediction danger dangerous nation national humour humourous season seasonal courage courageous origin original 2. Complete the passage below with the words and expressions in the box.
Answer key : celebration , religious, Christians , origin, custom, as though, have fun with , belief 3. Answer key:
look forward to; starving; custom; Gather; admire; Belief; harvests, harvests; feast; tricks; gain, gain
Discovering useful structures
1. Lead-in
T: Look at the picture, the man is carrying a pile of books. So he can carry heavy books.
He wants to enter the room, but he couldn’t open the door by himself. So he is making a request to ask for help from the woman by saying ―Could you open the door, please?‖
(The teacher writes the three sentences on the blackboard. 1.So he can carry heavy books. 2. He couldn’t open the door by himself. 3. Could you open the door, please?)
T: Look at the three modal verbs in each sentence and try to get their meanings.
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