高中英语人教版高一下讲解04

[00:03.29]PRE-READING

[00:07.84]Do this section all by yourselves.

[00:17.11]Possible version 1 for the 3 questions on page 10:

[01:28.66]Most people celebrating the festival stay up till midnight,

[01:36.03]when fireworks are lit,to drive away evil 2 spirits.

[02:21.19]And the first day of the festival is often spent visiting neighbors,

[02:32.37]families and friends.

[03:11.92]2.Becatuse the coming of the Spring Festival announces the coming back of life.

[03:51.55]It also means the start of plowing 3 and sowing.

[04:19.50]The festival is celebrated 4 also to welcome the new season--spring.

[04:49.75]3.Festivals certainly help us understand our history and culture.

[05:04.09]Different countries have different ways of celebrating different festivals,

[05:10.26]which shows the history and culture of different nations.

[05:31.21]4.People are usually mad about shopping whatever festivals they spend

[05:43.95]or whatever countries they are from.

[05:49.81]They buy masses of gifts they don't want to give

[05:58.87]and things they don't want to eat.

[06:04.93]It is only because during major festivals people become far more friendly to others

[06:12.98]and far more childish 5 than ever before.

[06:26.32]That's merely because festivals take people out of the ordinary boring life

[06:49.18]Shopping of presents and things bring people more fun and excitement

[06:58.93]than the boliday itself.

[07:06.97]THE BIRTH OF A FESTIVAL

[07:15.33]You probably know that Christmas,

[07:20.48]the Spring Festival and Ramadan are important holidays in the world.

[07:27.11]But have you heard about Kwanzaa?

[07:32.55]Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival

[07:38.11]celebrating the culture and history of African Americans.

[07:44.46]The week following Christmas Day,

[07:49.32]many African-American families

[07:53.89]get together to greet the new year and think about the past.

[08:00.05]African Americans have a long history and a rich culture,

[08:06.30]but Kwanzaa is a young holiday.

[08:10.74]Kwanzaa was born in 1966,

[08:16.67]when people created a new festival so that Afriean Americans would be able

[08:24.63]to celebrate their history and culture.

[08:28.08]The people who created Kwanzaa used the word for"first fruit"in Swahili,

[08:36.62]one of the largest languages in Africa.

[08:41.38]They chose the word

[08:44.93]because there are many festivals in Africa called"first-fruit"festivals.

[08:52.09]The African first-fruit festivals had many things in common:

[08:58.57]people would get together to celebrate their harvest;

[09:04.13]they used to give thanks for their havrvests and for life;

[09:09.88]they used to honor 6 their ancestors,celebrate their past,

[09:16.96]and the group or society they lived in.

[09:21.71]The festivals were a way to celebrate history and culture,as well as the new year.

[09:29.65]The people who created Kwanzaa

[09:34.41]liked the characteristice of the African festivals so much

[09:40.15]that they used them to write the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa.

[09:46.71]The seven principles are:

[09:50.86]* Unity 7.We must buikl unity of family,community and nation.

[09:59.33]* Self-determination.We have to build our own lives,

[10:06.48]think for ourselves and speak for ourselves.

[10:13.15]* Living together.

[10:16.91]We should build our community and solve our problems together.

[10:23.67]* Working together.

[10:28.04]We should bulld and support our factories and shops.

[10:33.81]* Purpose.We should remember our past and bulld our future.

[10:41.25]We should honor our ancestors.

[10:45.83]* Creativity.

[10:49.87]We must do as much as we can to make our community better and more beautiful.

[10:57.63]* Faith.We should believe in our family,our people,our teachers and our leaders.

[11:07.69]People celebrate Kwanzaa from December 26 to January

[11:15.06]1.The dates were chosen so that Kwanzaa begins the day after Christmas Day

[11:22.61]and ends on New Year's Day.

[11:27.05]This way,people who celebrate Kwanzan can enjoy the spirit of the holidays

[11:34.91]without all the commercial activities of Christmas

[11:40.16]Since Kwanzaa is a time for learning 8 as well as joy.

[11:46.51]people celebrate it by lighting 9 a candle each day

[11:52.67]and discussing one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa,

[12:11.85]Creating a new festival may seem an unusual way to celebrate history and culture,

[12:19.89]but we are in fact all creating new festivals every year.

[12:26.16]Each time we celehrate a festival it changes a little

[12:32.22]and in that way we keep our culture alive.

[12:38.07]The Spring Festival,Christmas,Ramadan,

[12:44.34]Kwanzaa and all the other holidays and festivals help us understand who we are,

[12:53.09]remember where we come from,and share our hopes for a happy future.

[21:45.57]INTEGRATNG SKILLS

[21:52.13]1 Read about these festivals and discuss the questions below.

[21:59.08]Earth Day is a celebration of life and our planet 10.

[22:38.45]Martin Luther King,Jr Day

[22:58.80]Americans celebrate the memory of Dr King on the third Monday of January.

[24:03.94]April Fool's Day

[24:32.81]The best trick is one that makes everyone laugh,including the"fool".