Unit 1　Festivals around the world(Period 1　Warming up and reading)

5)the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.6)the country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.suggested explanations:1)the sentence contains a non-restrictive attributive clause who might return either to help or to do harm. it means people hold some festivals either to show respect to the dead or to make their ancestors happy in case they might come back to do harm.2)in memory of: serving to recall sb. , to keep him fresh in people’s mindshe wrote a poem in memory of his dearest wife, who died in an accident.in honor of: showing great respect or high public regard3)the leader who helped gain india’s independence from britain: a noun phrase followed by an attributive clause as the appositive4)two clauses for reason5)energy n. → energetic adj. : full of or done with energylook forward t “to” is a preposition here.i’m looking forward to hearing from you.be devoted to; be/get used to; get down to; stick to. . .6)covered with cherry tree flowers: a past participle phrase equal to “which is covered with cherry tree flowers”as though: as ifhe talks as though he knew all about it.he looks as if he had seen a ghost.5. reading aloud and underliningask students to read the passage aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each new word and the pauses within each sentence. tell them to pick out all the useful expressions or collocations from the passage while reading and copy them to the notebook after class as homework.→step 5 consolidationask students to talk about festivals in their own words according to the text. then let them complete the following passage with proper words or phrases.there are all kinds of festivals and ______________ around the world, which are held for different ______________. the ancient festivals were mainly held at three times a year—the end of the cold ______________, planting in spring and ______________ in autumn. some festivals are held to ______________ the dead or ______________ the ancestors, who might return either to help or ______________, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or to the ______________, such as dragon boat festival, columbus day, and so on. harvest and ______________ festivals are happy events because their food is ______________ for the winter and the ______________ work is over, to which mid autumn festival belongs. and the most ______________ and important festivals are the ones that ______________ the end of winter and to the coming of ______________ such as the lunar new year, at which people have a very ______________.