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);給予表?yè)P(yáng);信守，執(zhí)行(承諾)n.尊敬;尊重;崇敬;榮幸;光榮;正義感;道義;節(jié)操 1. in hono

10、ur of 為紀(jì)念；為慶祝 2. do sb an honour/ do sb the honour (of doing sth)使增光；賞光；給帶來(lái)榮譽(yù) 3. do the honours 履行社交責(zé)任；執(zhí)行儀式 例：Would you do the honours and draw the winning ticket? 能勞駕為我們抽出獲獎(jiǎng)的票嗎？ 4. have the honour of sth/of doing sth得到某殊榮；有幸做某事 5. on your honour 1) 用人格擔(dān)保；以名譽(yù)擔(dān)保 2)受到信任；被信賴(lài) 6. a point of honour事關(guān)名譽(yù)的大事

11、 Activity 6Language in use14honour Activity 6Language i2. poetptn. 詩(shī)人同根詞：Poetic adj. 詩(shī)的，詩(shī)歌的；詩(shī)意的；詩(shī)人的 n. 詩(shī)學(xué)，詩(shī)論poetess n.女詩(shī)人poem n.詩(shī)poetry n. 詩(shī)；詩(shī)意；詩(shī)歌藝術(shù)，詩(shī)的總稱(chēng)152. poetptn. 詩(shī)人153. Participant n. 參與者，參加者 adj. 參與的 participate in 參加；分享 4. vote n. 投票，選舉；選票；得票數(shù)vt. 提議，使投票；投票決定；公認(rèn)vi. 選舉，投票vote in 投票選出；投票使當(dāng)選 vote

12、 out 投票免去的職務(wù)vote sb/sthdown 投票否決；投票擊敗 vote sb in vote sb into/onto sth 投票選出任職 vote sth through投票通過(guò)（計(jì)劃等）163. Participant n. 參與者，參加者4. v5. regardless adv.不顧;不加理會(huì)adj. regardful 留心的；表示敬意的；深切注意的；關(guān)心的 regardless of 不顧，不管 regardn. 注意；尊重；問(wèn)候；凝視v. regard 注重，考慮；看待；尊敬；把看作；與有關(guān)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.句式分析本句為復(fù)合句。Freedom.April為主句，to celebrate.1