高中英语：Unit 1 Festivals around the world Reading（新人教必修3）.doc

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1、高一英语同步练习：必修3Unit1Festivalsaroundtheworld第2课时:Reading------FestivalsAroundTheWorld1.基础练习1）Entertainment:FairyOfTheMagpieBridge鹊桥仙（宋秦观）Amongthebeautifulclouds,纤云弄巧Overtheheavenlyriver,飞星传恨Crossestheweavingmaiden.银汉迢迢暗度Anightofrendezvous,金风玉露一相逢Acrosstheautumnsky.便胜却人间无数Surpassesjoyonearth.柔情似水Mome

2、ntsoftenderloveanddream,佳期如梦Sosadtoleavethemagpiebridge.忍顾鹊桥归路Eternallovebetweenustwo,两情若是久长时Shallwithstandthetimeapart.又岂在朝朝暮暮2.Whattolearnaboutfestivalsaroundtheworld.-----Howfestivalsbegan-----HowpeoplecelebratefestivalsFunctionFestivals,ofmanytypes,servetomeetspecificneeds,aswellastoprovidee

3、ntertainment.Thesetimesofcelebrationofferasenseofbelongingforreligious,social,orgeographicalgroups.Modernfestivalsthatfocusonculturalorethnictopicsseektoinformmembersoftheirtraditions.Inpasttimes,festivalsweretimeswhentheelderlysharedstoriesandtransferredcertainknowledgetothenextgeneration.Histo

4、ricfeastsoftenprovidedameansforunityamongfamiliesandforpeopletofindmates.Selectanniversarieshaveannualfestivalstocommemorateprevioussignificantoccurrences.*What’sthefunctionoffestivals?10Festivalsservetomeet_________,aswellastoprovide________.Thesetimesofcelebrationofferasenseof_________________

5、__.TypesoffestivalsTherearenumeroustypesoffestivalsintheworld.Thoughmanyhavereligiousorigins,othersinvolveseasonalchangeorhavesomeculturalsignificance.Alsocertaininstitutionscelebratetheirownfestival(oftencalled"fests")tomarksomesignificantoccasionsintheirhistory.Theseoccasionscouldbethedaythese

6、institutionswerefoundedoranyothereventwhichtheydecidetocommemorateperiodically,usuallyannually.*Howmanytypesoffestivalsarethere?______________________________SeasonalfestivalsSeasonalfestivalsaredeterminedbythesolarandthelunarcalendarsandbythecycleoftheseasons.Thechangingoftheseasonwascelebrated

7、becauseofitseffectonfoodsupply.AncientEgyptianswouldcelebratetheseasonalinundationcausedbytheNileRiver,aformofirrigation,whichprovidedfertilelandforcrops.IntheAlps,inautumnthereturnofthecattlefromthemountainpasturestothestab