Unit 1  Festivals around the world（The First Period ）

why do you think about the mexican practice of making cakes with skulls and bones?what do you know about halloween ?what pictures have you seen?festivals to honor people and eventswhat festivals or celebrations can you think of that honor famous people or important events?who do you think should have a festival to honor them? why?harvest festivals do you know of any harvest celebrations in china?spring festivalswhy are spring festivals popular? talk about all the cultural practices you know of any spring festivals？以下可做選用：read and finish the chart.                    festivals and celebrationsancient festivalwhythe end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumnhowlight fire and make musicfestivals of the deadwhyto honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors obon the day of the dead halloweenhowlight lamps, play music, eat food in the shapes of skulls and cakes with bones, go to their neighbors to ask for sweets, dress upfestivals to honor peoplewhyfor their great contributions to the society or the countryhowdragon boat racing, eat zongziharvest festivalswhyfood is gathered for the winter,.a season of agricultural work is overhowdecorate churches and town halls,get together to have big meals admire the moon, give and eat mooncakesspring festivalswhyto celebrate the end of winter and the coming of springhoweat delicious food, give children lucky money, have exciting carnivalsstep three: listen to the text and understand it.step four: language points 1.starve (v.)     starvation (n.)    1) to cause a person or an animal to suffer severely or die from hunger挨餓,餓死    eg. millions of people starved to death during the war. 戰(zhàn)爭中數(shù)以百萬計的人挨餓至死.  2) to feel very hungry  感覺很餓. (僅用于進行時態(tài))    eg. when will the dinner be ready? i’m starving. 晚飯什么時候做好?我快餓死了. starve for sth; starve sb of sth: (cause sb to )suffer or long for sth greatly needed or wanted (使某人) 得不到某事物而受苦或渴望獲得某事物; 缺乏.通常用被動語態(tài).eg. the homeless children were starving for love. 這些無家可歸的孩子渴望得到愛.2.   days/years/… of plenty 富裕(尤指食物和錢) 的日子, 年月,生活等.you have a life of plenty, what would you be worried about? 你豐衣足食,還有什么擔憂?**plenty of water 許多 飾不可數(shù)名詞3. satisfy (vt.) 滿足, 使?jié)M意   不用于進行時態(tài)