Unit 1 Festivals around the world 编号002

【学习目标】1. Through series of activities , the students will be able to

1. speak out the Chinese 1meanings of the words & phrases and pronounce them correctly .

2. use the words & phrases correctly

【教学重点】 the words and the expressions in the text

【教学难点】 How to enable the students to grasp the usages of words and in order to and understand some difficult and long sentences .

【知识链接】 复习so that ; as if ( though ) 用法

【自主预习】 尝试翻译课文中句子

1. Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors , who might either to help or to do harm .

2. On this important feast day , people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with "bones"on them .

3. China and Japan have mid-autumn fesivals , when people admire the moon and in China enjoy mooncakes .

4. The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.

5. The country is covered with cherry trees flowers so that it looks as though it might be covered with pink snow.

　6. In European countries it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit.

【自学检测】

I 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空

1.T happyiest are not those who own all the best things , but those who can appreciate the ____＿＿＿　（beautiful ） of life.

2. The Chinese usually let off fireworks in _________ ( celebrate) of the Spring Festival .

3.Everyone has his _______ (religion ) faith , so you can't force him to give up his .

4. Upon his __________( arrive ) in London , he decided to visit Big Ben.

5. Some people wanted Scotland to become an ________( independence) country , but their efforts failed .

6.The area of _________（agriculture ）land in the country has decreased greatly in the past three years .

7.Although Mr. Smith is in his seventies , he is still active and _________　（energy ） .

8.-How did you find your way out of the forest ?

-- A _______ ( hunt) showed us the way .

II 用所给的词组正确形式填空

Play a trick on ; day and night ; dress up ; have fun with ; in memory of ; look forward to 　

1. All the stars , whether women or men , _________________ to celebrate the film festival held in New York last week .

2. The policemen walked around the streets _______________ to safeguard te public .

3. Bob was punished for __________________ his little brother .

4. The children , who are big football fans , __________＿＿＿＿　meeting the famous player.

5. Since then , people have celebrate that day _____________the great national hero.

6. Henry ________________ his friends at his birthday party last night .

【预习疑问】

【课堂探究】

Task 1 Read the text aloud , and then use your own words to introduce a certain festival.

Task 2 Try following are some important words and phrases . Try to be clear about their meaning and read them correctly .

harvest, starve, trick, gain, gather, award, admire, blossom, fool

take place, in memory of, dress up, play a trick on, look forward to, day and night, as though, have fin with

Task 3 Write down the English translation of the following phrases

1.呈现 ...形式..-__________________________ 2. 通向___________________