高中英语-外研版必修第二册Unit2-Part1-课件

1、Unit 2 Lets celebrate!Starting out +Understanding Ideas(Part1)1Unit 2 Lets celebrate!StartinActivity 1 Watch and Answer 2Activity 1 Watch and Answer Answer the questions:1. What festivals are mentioned in the video?2. Why do people celebrate these festivals? The festivals mentioned in the video are

2、hanami, the Rose Festival, the Mid- Autumn Day, the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, and the New Year. Because people want to celebrate the changing seasons and express their appreciation of nature.Activity 1 3 The festivals mentioned inActivity 2 Read the festival descriptions and comple

3、te the sentences._ is to celebrate the harvest._ is to celebrate a season. _ is to honour an event. _ is to honour a person. ThanksgivingMay DayFreedom DayDragon Boat Festival4Activity 2 Read the festival Activity 3 Work in pairs. Talk about:Other festivalsMAPLE SUGAR FESTIVALIndependence DayCARNIVA

4、LST.VALENTINES DAYOther festivals of each typeOther reasons to celebrate a festivalHarvestSeasonEventPerson5Activity 3 Work in pairs. TalActivity 3 DiscussionOther reasons to celebrate a festivalOther reasons to celebrate a festival include:celebrating the beginning of a year, celebrating the freedo

5、m of slaves,6Activity 3 DiscussionOther rActivity 3 DiscussionOther reasons to celebrate a festivalOther reasons to celebrate a festival include:celebrating the beginning of a year, worshipping the ancestors, etc.7Activity 3 DiscussionOther r1. Why do people celebrate Christmas? 2. What do you know

6、about Santa Claus? 81. Why do people celebrate ChrActivity 4J.R.R Tolkien 9Activity 4J.R.R Tolkien 9Activity 4 Information about TolkienJ.R.R Tolkien (1892-1973)10Activity 4 Information aboActivity 4 Answer the questions 1. Have you ever read any of Tolkiens books or seen any of the films based on t

7、hem? What do you think of them? 2. What else do you know about Tolkien? Find out more about him and share your research with the class.11Activity 4 Answer the quActivity 5 Letters from Father Christmas is a book written by J.R.R. Tolkien. Look at the photos above and guess what the book is about. Th

8、en read and check if you are right.12Activity 5 Letters from FatheRead the passage and answer questions.1. What is Letters from Father Christmas about ? 2. Why did Tolkien write these letters? Letter from Father Christmas is a collection of Tolkiens letters to his four children at Christmas. The let

9、ters told wonderful stories about Father Christmass life and adventures at the North Pole. Tolkien wrote these letters because he wanted to keep Father Christmas alive for his four children.13Read the passage and answer quhonour v.向表示敬意 v.尊敬，尊重(某人);给予表扬;信守，执行(承诺)n.尊敬;尊重;崇敬;荣幸;光荣;正义感;道义;节操 1. in hono

10、ur of 为纪念；为庆祝 2. do sb an honour/ do sb the honour (of doing sth)使增光；赏光；给带来荣誉 3. do the honours 履行社交责任；执行仪式 例：Would you do the honours and draw the winning ticket? 能劳驾为我们抽出获奖的票吗？ 4. have the honour of sth/of doing sth得到某殊荣；有幸做某事 5. on your honour 1) 用人格担保；以名誉担保 2)受到信任；被信赖 6. a point of honour事关名誉的大事

11、 Activity 6Language in use14honour Activity 6Language i2. poetptn. 诗人同根词：Poetic adj. 诗的，诗歌的；诗意的；诗人的 n. 诗学，诗论poetess n.女诗人poem n.诗poetry n. 诗；诗意；诗歌艺术，诗的总称152. poetptn. 诗人153. Participant n. 参与者，参加者 adj. 参与的 participate in 参加；分享 4. vote n. 投票，选举；选票；得票数vt. 提议，使投票；投票决定；公认vi. 选举，投票vote in 投票选出；投票使当选 vote

12、 out 投票免去的职务vote sb/sthdown 投票否决；投票击败 vote sb in vote sb into/onto sth 投票选出任职 vote sth through投票通过（计划等）163. Participant n. 参与者，参加者4. v5. regardless adv.不顾;不加理会adj. regardful 留心的；表示敬意的；深切注意的；关心的 regardless of 不顾，不管 regardn. 注意；尊重；问候；凝视v. regard 注重，考虑；看待；尊敬；把看作；与有关Language in use175. regardless Language in u6. Freedom Day is held every year on 27 April to celebrate South Africas first fully-participated elections in 1994，in which everyone was allowed to vote regardless of skin colour.句式分析本句为复合句。Freedom.April为主句，to celebrate.1