Unit 1  Festivals around the world

unit1 festivalsaroundtheworld
 extensivereadingandwriting
teachingaims:
  tointroduceacross-culturalviewoflover’sfestivals–qiqiaojieandvalentine’sday.
  trainthestudents’readingability.
  enablethestudentstoengageimaginativelyinthestoryandtousetheirownideasofchangingtheending.
  improvethestudents’writingability.
teachingprocedures
step1.lead-in
t:inthelastperiod,wehavelearntmanykindsoffestivals.somearesetinmemoryofthedead,somearesetinhonorofsomegreatpeopleandsomearesetincelebrationofharvest.doyouknowthefestivalssetforlovers?
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t:youarefamiliarwiththem.lookatthescreen.canyouguesswhothetwoloversare?
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today,wearegoingtolearnalovestory.
step2fastreading
thechinesepeoplebelievethatthestarvega（织女星）,eastofthemilkyway,iszhinuand,attheconstellationofaquila（天鹰座）,onthewesternsideofthemilkyway,niulangwaitsforhiswife.
readfastandgetthekeywords.
introduction   zhinu,the_______girl,themostlovelyofthedaughters,visitedtheearthandmetniulang,the_______boy.
development   theyf___________,marriedsecretlyandwereveryhappy.
climax
（高潮）   thegoddessofheavengotsoangrythatsheforcedzhinubackto________ . niulangtriedtof_________herbutwasstoppedbythemilkyway.thus,thec_______wereseparated.
ending  thegoddessofheavenallowedthecoupletomeetonceayearonthe ______  dayofthes_______l_______monthwhenmagpiesmadea_________oftheirwings.
t:gothroughyourtextquicklyandsilently.thenfinishthetrueorfalseexercises.
1. hujinfailedtomeetlifangat7:00.
2. ifitisrainingonqiqiaojie,itmeansthatzhinuisweepingandthecouplewillbeabletomeet.
3. becausehermostlovelydaughtergotmarriedtoahumansecretly,thegoddessgotmorethanangry.
4. lifangthoughthecouldgetmarriedtohujin,justlikeniulangandzhinu.
5. whenlifangmethujin,hefeltveryglad.
step3carefulreading
t:readthepassageagainandanswerthefollowingquestionsonebyone.
1. whatdoes“this”(l8para3)mean?
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2. wheredidlifangandhujinwaitforeachother?didtheymeetontime?共4页，当前第1页1234