1、优质文档优质文档Unit 1 Festivals around the world 单元教学目标技能目标 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 目标语言功能句式Talk about festivals:*Festivals are meant to celebrate important events.
2、*Whats 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 bestthe music, the things to see, the visit or the food?*Festivals and celebrations of
3、 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 impor
4、tant 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.? ThanksI
5、ts very kind of you . Thank you very much/Thanks a lot.Id love to. It was a pleasure.Dont mention it. You are most welcome.词1. 四会词汇Beauty harvest celebration starve origin religious ancestor Mexico feast bone belief trick poet arrival gain independence gather agriculture award rooster admire energet
6、ic Easter clothing Christian custom worldwide fool permission parking apologize drown sadness 优质文档优质文档汇obvious wipe weep remind forgive2. 认读词汇Obon, incense, skull, Halloween, carnival, lunar, parade, Jesus, Trinidad, Valentine, weave, herd, the Milky Way, magpie3. 固定词组take place, in memory of, dress
7、 up, play a trick, look forward to, day and night, as though, have fun with, turn up, keep ones word, hold ones breath, set off , remindof4. 重点词汇starve, satisfy, lead, gather, admire, apologize, drown, wipe, weep, forgive语法Modal verbs: may/ might, can/ could, will/ would, shall/should, must/ can The
8、y lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty. P1 Some festivals are held to honor the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors, who could return either to help or to do harm. P2 Festivals can be held as an honor to famous people or the gods.III. 教材分析与
9、教材重组1. 教材分析本单元以节日为话题，介绍古今中外节日的种类、由来、意义以及人们的活动和习俗，旨在通过本单元的学习使学生不但了解我国的节日，而且对外国的节日也有所了解，进而拓展社会文化背景、增加跨国文化知识；使学生复习和巩固运用请求和感谢的表达法，掌握情态动词的用法；并尝试根据阅读的文章写一个不同的结局，能表达自己的观点和想法。1.1 Warming Up 旨在通过表格引导学生讨论并列举出五个我国节日的日期、庆祝内容和民俗。可以刚刚过去的春节为话题导入对节日的讨论；使他们由自己的经历谈起，扩展到别的节日以及外国的重要节日，激发学生的兴趣，激活他们关于节日的背景知识，为本单元的学习做准备。1
10、.2 Pre-reading 是 Reading 的热身活动。主要通过两个问题引导学生思考并讨论自己最喜欢的节日及欢度方式，进而了解学生对节日的认识，以便为阅读作好铺垫。1.3 Reading 的五篇小短文分别介绍古代节日、亡灵节、纪念名人的节日、丰收节、春天的节日等，使学生了解各种节日的由来及其存在的意义。此部分载有 Festivals 的重要信息，还呈现了大量的词汇和主要的语法-情态动词的用法。处理时应作为重点、整体处理，通过上下文来教词汇、语法，并引导学生分析长句、难句和复杂句。1.4 Comprehending 是考察对阅读内容的进一步理解。练习一：六个问题让学生对文章内容有浅层理解并
11、考察课文细节，但又不能仅仅拘泥于课文，要引导学生理解课文内容的基础上联系现实生活。练习二：要求学生讨论哪些节日是最重要的，哪些是最有趣的，以表格的形式检查学生对所读节日的理解，并训练他们举一反三的归纳和推理能力。练习三：要求学生找出各种节日共有的三件事，然后讨论为什么这些事对各地的人们都很重要。这就要求学生不仅要温习文章内容而且要结合实际，阐述自己的想法，挖掘学生的思维能力和语言表达能力。优质文档优质文档1.5 Learning about Language 分词汇和语法两部分。其中 Discovering useful words and expressions 是本单元单词的英文释义练习和
12、用文章中的词汇的适当形式填空；Discovering useful structures 是以文章内容为载体在语境中练习语法，掌握情态动词。由此可以看出本教材已明显地由结构为特征的传统语法训练转变到以交际功能为特征的功能语法训练，充分体现了新教材话题、功能、结构相结合的特点。1.6 Using Language 是英语听说读写的全面运用的练习。 1.6 Listening 是课文的延伸，通过听几位学生参加 Trinidad Carnival 节日游行的两段对话，使学生体会参加节日游行的真实情景，既训练听力一通过问题训练了他们的分析能力。1.6 Speaking 分为两部分。第一部分通过电话突出
13、交际用语功能的训练；第一部分让学生编对话，可以按自己的想象、经历为内容，训练思维和表达能力。1.6 Reading 是发生在情人节的一个令人伤心的爱情故事，其中又插入了一个“七巧节”的故事。阅读后的讨论不仅帮助学生理解文章主旨大意，更重要的是让学生学会寻求解决问题的方法。1.6 Writing 的任务是写一个与文章结尾不同的结局。旨在让学生通过思考写出自己的想法，尝试自己解决问题。总之，通过本单元的系统学习，让学生了解世界各国的节日及民俗，学习有关节日的词汇，并能够丰富语言知识，提升用英语表达观点的能力。2. 教材重组2.1 口语 从话题内容和功能上分析 Warming Up 与 Workbo
14、ok 中的 Listening 和Talking 相一致，旨在启发学生讨论、思考并引出本单元关于节日的话题，可以整和成一节任务型“口语课” 。2.2 精读 可将 Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending 三个活动整和成一节“阅读课”。2.3 语言学习 将 Learning about Language 与 Workbook 中的 Using words celebrate when hunters catch animals.P 2. Festivals of the DeadJapan -ObonMexico-Day of the DeadAmerica-Hallo
15、weenP 3. Festivals to Honour PeopleDragon Boat FestivalColumbus Day(India)October 2P 4. Harvest FestivalsHarvest and Thanksgiving FestivalMid-Autumn festivalP 5.Spring festivalCarnivalEaster Cheery Blossom Festival长句难句：（supplementary reference materials）一补充注释1 . At that time people would starve if f
16、ood was difficult to find，especially during the clod winter months .在那个时代，如果食物难以找到，特别是在寒冷的冬月，人们就会挨饿。Starve (v.)1) to cause a person or an animal to suffer severely or die from hunger 挨饿；饿死Millions of people starved to death during the war.战争中数百万人挨饿至死。2) starve for sth ; starve sb of sth: ( cause sb
17、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获得某事物；缺乏The homeless children were starved for love .优质文档优质文档这些无家可归的孩子渴望得到爱。3）to feel very hungry 感觉很饿。仅用于进行时态When will dinner be ready ? Im starving.晚饭什么时候做好？我快饿死了。starvation (n.) :(U) suffering or death caused by lack of food 挨饿；
18、饿死 die of starvation 饿死 starvation wages 不够维持基本生活的工资2. or satisfy the ancestors , who could return either to help or to do harm.或使祖先得到满足，因为祖先们有可能回到世上（给人们）提供帮助，也可能带来危害。harm (n.): damage, injury 损害； 伤害 do harm to sb (习俗) = harm sb 伤害某人come to harm: be injured physically , mentally or morally 身体上精神上或道义
19、上受到损害，通常用于否定式Ill go with her to make sure she comes to no harm. 我要和她一同去以免她受到伤害。do more harm than good: have an effect which is more damaging than helpful 弊大于利If we solve the problem in this way, it may do more harm than good. 如果我们以这种方式处理问题，那可能是弊大于利。 harm (v.): cause harm to (sb / sth) 损害或伤害某人/某事物Thi
20、s event didnt harm his reputation. 这个事件没有损害他的名誉。3. Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. 万圣节也源自人们古老的信念，认为亡者的灵魂会返回人间。 origin (n.) : the place or situation in which something begins to exist 起源；由来，可用做可数名词或不可数名词，通常用作复数形式The tradition has its origin
21、s in the Middle Ages . 这个传统发源于中世纪。He told me it was a word of unknown origin. 他告诉我这是个词源不详的词。belief (n.): an idea that you believe to be true, especially one that forms part of a system of ideas 信任；信心；信仰。注意： belief 通常用作不可数名词，当作可数名词时，词义略不同于用作不可数名词时religious beliefs 宗教信仰 Several members hold very strong political beliefs. 有些成员有着强烈的政治理念。4. It is now a childrens festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbours homes to ask for sweets.
