高三英语Nationalflags课件

1、高高 二二 英英 语语module 9 unit 3the meaning of colorreading-1national flags, colors and cultures授课教师授课教师：黄：黄 长长 泰泰canadaenglandgermanysouth koreabraziljapanwhat is our national flag like? can you describe it?the red colour of the flag represents the revolution, the blood and lives of the revolutionary mar

2、tyrs. the color of the five stars is yellow, which symbolizes the bright future. among the five stars, the bigger one stands for the communist party of china while the other four represent the different groups of people in china who are all united behind the party.reading strategybefore reading an a

3、rticle: read the headline and the first paragraph to get an idea of the theme or topic. think about the topic and what you already know.skim the internet article quickly, get the structure of the passage and answer the following questions:reading and comprehensionthe national flag of francethe meani

4、ngs of national flagsthe structure of the textthe national flag of the usathe national flag of indonesiawhat we can get from national flags1. what is the french national flag sometimes called? 2. how many stars are there on the national flag of the usa?3. what colour is the indonesian flag? tricolor

5、e (tricolor).fifty.red and white.listen to the recording of the text, scan the internet article carefully and answer the following questions:1. what do the colours on a national flag symbolize? (not more than12 words)2. what was the motto of the french revolution? (4 words)the origin of the country,

6、 with its values,beliefs and culture.liberty, equality and fraternity.3. why was the revolution such an important time in frances history? (not more than15 words)because it succeeded in ridding society of inequality, influencing many other countries, particularly european ones.4. why were the people

7、 who lived in the usa unhappy with british rule? (not more than15 words)because they couldnt tolerate thebureaucratic way of britains ruling it and desired independence.5. what do the stars and stripes on the american flag represent? (not more than 16 words)the fifty states and the original thirteen

8、 states joining together to fight for independence from britain separately.6. what was the indonesian national flag like in the 13th century? (not more than 7 words)it had nine red and white stripes.7. what are the different explanations for the meaning of the indonesian national flag?red stands for

9、 blood, or physical things. -brave and considerate nature of the indonesians; -fire coming from indonesias volcanoes -the fact that the equator goes through the countrywhite represents the spiritual, or the color of sugar. -looking like rice. -regarded as a symbol of purity.8. what similarities are

10、there in the red and blue of american and french national flags? (not more than 9 words) the red represents strength and bravery, while blue justice .9. what similarity does the red of french and indonesian national flags have? (not more than 6 words) it / the red represents blood and bravery.10. wh

11、at conclusion do we draw from the red of american, french and indonesian national flags? (not more than 4 words) the red symbolizes bravery.france usaindonesiawhitebluebravery; revolution; strength ; blood of the frenchstrength; braveryblood or physical things; the color of sugar; the brave and cons

12、iderate nature of indonesian people; fire; the fact that the equator goes through the countrypeace; honestypurity; innocenceliberty; justicehard work; justicethe spiritual; rice; purity-reddear juanya,i read an interesting article about national flags today. it said that the (1)_ used on a flag (2)_

13、 things about that country. i also learnt that the same colour can correspond to different meanings in different cultures!the french flag is red, white and (3)_. the colour white represents peace and honesty, red stands for (4)_, revolution, strength and blood of the french, and blue symbolizes (5)

14、_ and justice. this flag was first used at the start of the french revolution that brought liberation to the people.coloursrepresentblue bravery libertye on page 37the usa also began using a red, white and blue flag following a (6)_. the usa was once a land colonized by (7)_. colonists had to pay a

15、lot of taxes but got nothing in return. they refused to resign themselves to this status, so they started a revolution. after separation form britain, the flag has reminded americans that they had to fight for (8)_.indonesias red and white flag also has special meanings. the most common explanations is that red represen