Unit 1 Festivals around the World（Warming Up, Pre-reading and Reading）
unit 1 festivals around the world
warming up, pre-reading and readingi. teaching goals▲ talk about festivals and celebrations▲ talk about the ways to express request and thanks▲ learn to use modal verbs▲ write a similar story with a different endingii. functional items功 能 句 式talk about festivals:*festivals are meant to celebrate important events.*what’s your favorite holiday of the year?*what festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town?*do you like spending festivals with your family or with your friends?*what part of a festival do you like best——the music, the things to see, the visit or the food?*festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere.*they lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty.*some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors.*festivals can be held as an honor to famous people or the gods.*the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.*festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.request:could/would you please...? could i have ...? could we look at...?i look forward to .... may i see...? thanksit’s very kind of you ... thank you very much/thanks a lot.i’d love to. it was a pleasure...don’t mention it. you are most welcome.詞 匯1. 四會詞匯starve, plenty, satisfy, ancestor, lamp, lead, feast, bone, origin, trick, poet, arrival, national, gain, independence, gather, agricultural, european, custom, award, award, watermelon, handsome, rooster, admire, energetic, forward, easter, clothing, religious, social, christian, daily, permission, possibility, fool, apologize, drown, sadness, obvious, wipe, lovely, couple, weep, announcer, forgive 2. 認讀詞匯obon, incense, skull, halloween, carnival, lunar, parade, jesus, cherry, blossom, trinidad, valentine, weave, herd, the milky way, magpie3. 固定詞組