高中英语人教版高一下讲解03

[00:07.60]WARMING UP

[00:12.15]1 Look at the pictures of these festivals

[00:17.19]and discuss the tollowing questions with your partner.

[00:22.05]1 Do you know the names of the festivals?

[00:34.19]2 Do you know which countries the festivals come from?

[00:43.65]3 What are the people in the pictures doing? Why are they doing this?

[00:54.41]Picture 1

[00:58.54]When people came to North America from the British Isles 1,

[01:12.52]they brought their Halloween customs 2 with them.

[01:25.47]Today,Halloween is a night when children dress up like ghosts,

[01:34.01]witches,devils,and so on.

[01:48.09]They go from house to house in their costumes 3,

[01:53.24]ring doorbells,and shout,"Trick or treat!"

[02:19.00]People give them candy and apples,gum,and nut,and the children have good time.

[02:38.25]But most children have no idea that their holiday has such a long history.

[02:58.10]Halloween is 31 October,the eve of All Saints'Day.

[03:19.16]That's why it's called in Chineses.

[03:25.71]Picture 2

[03:36.16]It is a Festival of the Dead,held once a year in Japan.

[03:58.71]The dead are said to return to their homes on this day

[04:14.88]and they are welcomed by the living.

[04:33.82]In towns that are near the sea,

[04:44.16]the tiny lanterns which has been hung in the streets the night before,

[05:01.71]are placed into the water when the festival is over.

[05:31.57]Thousands of lanterns slowly drift 4 out to sea,

[05:37.63]guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world.

[06:22.48]That is what we see in the second picture on page 8,

[06:39.44]which is really a moving spectacle 5 indeed:

[07:05.69]here we can see Japanese women

[07:09.82]and children in kimonos putting lanterns on the surface of the seashore,

[07:34.90]standing and watching them drifting 6 away until they can be seen no more.

[08:15.93]Picture 3

[08:19.38]It is most probably about Kwanzaa,

[08:32.73]or Kwanza a seven-day festival celebrating the culture

[08:38.16]and history of African Americans.

[09:17.61]I had never heard about it until one day I happened to read about it in

[09:26.47]WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD COLLEGE DICTIONARY:

[10:00.42]"Kwanzaa=n.[coined by M.Ron Karenga<Swahili matunda ya kwanza,first fruits ]

[11:00.27]LISTENING

[11:07.04]1 Listen to the tape and choose the correct answers.

[11:13.57]Mardi Gras

[13:55.06]SPEAKING

[14:00.62]After doing the exercise on pages 9and 10,

[14:09.27]try to tell your classmates which of the four holidays you think is the best one and why.

[14:32.44]I think Peace Day is the best one,far more important than the other three.

[14:47.90]It is only when peace is realized that people can enjoy happiness in their life.

[15:45.35]It is only when peace comes true that there is real friendship to speak of.

[17:15.60]And it is only when there is no longer any fighting

[17:25.94]or conficts that it is possible to protect nature from any pollution