The tpic f this part is “Discver the reasns fr festivals and celebratins.
The Listening & Speaking & Talking part aims at talking abut the experiences and feelings r emtins abut the festivals and celebratins. This sectin aims at detecting the reasn why the peple celebrate the festivals, the time, the places, the types and the way f celebratins. It als explains why sme traditins in the ld celebratins are disappearing, like the firecrackers in the big cities and sme new things are appearing like the prsperity f business r cmmerce.
Students can talk abut what festivals they knw and the reasns and the way f celebrating them.
2. Students shuld learn the reading skills such as the headline and get the tpic sentences, the structures f articles.
3. Students can understand the past, the present situatin f sme festival arund the wrld and why there are sme changes abut them.
4. Students can have the internatinal awareness abut the festivals.
1. Students shuld learn the reading skills such as the headline and get the tpic sentences, the structures f articles.
2. Students can understand the past, the present situatin f sme festival arund the wrld and why there are sme changes abut them.
Step 1 Lead in---Small talk
What festival d yu like best ? Why ?
I like the Spring Festivals because I can set ff the firewrks, receive the lucky mney and enjy the Gala with my families.
Step 2 Befre reading---Pair wrk
Why d peple celebrate different festivals ?
The Spring Festivals is t celebrate the end f winter and the cming f spring and new life.
The Mid-autumn Day is t celebrate the harvest and admire the mn.
The Tmb Sweeping Day is in memry f the ancestrs/t hnur the dead.
Step 3. Analyze the title
Why d we celebrate festivals ?

The subjects: the reasn(s) Chinese r the peple f ther cuntries sme festivals
Frm the title, we can knw that the article might be abut detecting sme festivals in China, even arund the wrld and the reasns why the peple celebrate them. S we can knw that it is an expsitin.
Step 4 While reading --- Task 1
Read the text quickly and find the tpic sentences in each paragraph.
Reading tips---the Tpic Sentence
Identifying the main idea f paragraphs is necessary when analysing a text. Mst paragraphs will have a “tpic sentence” that tell yu the paragraph’s main idea. It is ften the first sentence, but smetimes it is fund elsewhere in the paragraph.
Para 1Festivals are celebrated all arund the wrld fr the different reasns and the same spirit.
Para 2 Of all the traditinal festivals, the harvest festival can be fund in almst every culture.
Para 3Custms play a significant rle in festivals, but smetimes they can change ver time.
Para 4Festivals are becming mre and mre cmmercial.
Para 5Festivals are an imprtant part f sciety.
Step 5 While reading---Task 2
Read the text and answer the fllwing questins.
Q1: What d mst festivals seem t have in cmmn ?
The spirit f sharing jy, gratitude, lve r peace
Q2: What festival can be fund in almst every culture?
The harvest festival
Q3: Why d peple celebrate the harvest festival ?
T shw that they are grateful fr the year’s supply f fd
Q4: Hw d yu feel abut festival custms that have already faded away ?
The develpment f mdern sciety and the spread f new ideas
Q5: What is the writer’s attitude twards the cmmercialisatin f festivals ?
Nt mentined/neutral
Q6: Why d yu think peple arund the wrld find the festivals are imprtant ?
They reflect peple’s wishes, beliefs, faiths, and attitudes twards life and allw them t relax and enjy life, and frget abut their wrk fr a little while. They als can help them understand where they came frm, wh they are and what t appreciate.
Step 6 Pst reading---Cnslidatin
Cmplete the fllwing passage using suitable wrds frm the text.
Tday’s festivals have a wide 1._______ f rigins, including the seasns f the year, famus 2.________, imprtant events, and religins. The 3._________ festival is ne f the mst ppular festivals and is celebrated in many cultures. Custms play a 4.________ rle in festivals, but they can change ver time. Fr example, sme Chinese cities n lnger allw firecrackers during the Spring Festival, as they can increase air pllutin. These days, festivals are becming mre 5.________, with peple spending mre mney n gifts. Festivals 6.___________ peple’s wishes, beliefs, faiths, and attitudes twards life. They are 7.________ t spend time with family, and t relax and enjy life.
range2. figures3. harvest4. significant5. cmmercial
6. reflect7. allwed
Intrductin f festivals arund the wrld
The differences and cmmn
Step 7 Summary---The Structure
The harvest festival
The time and the reasn
The change f custms
Sme fade away and sme appear
Cmmercial festivals
Business take advantage f the celebratins
The imprtance
Helpful in many ways
Step 8 Hmewrk
Review what yu have learned tday.