Unit 1 Festivals around the world Warming up

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1、FestivalsaroundtheworldWarmingUPUnitOneBrainstormingWhenhearingtheword“festival”,whatwillcomeintoyourmindrightaway?festivalfoodfundressupcelebratefireworksdinnerflowersholidayfamilySeeingthefollowingpictures,whatdotheyremindyouof?Useyourownwordstodescribeeachgroupofpictures.

2、Now,wehavelearnedtheword“festival”,butdoyouknowhowthisfestivalcomesintobeing?Valentine’sdayValentine’sDayFebruary14thisValentine’sDay----aworldwidecelebrationdayoflove.Itisthetraditionaldayonwhichloversexpresstheirlovebysendingcards,presentingredroses,orofferingcandyandchoco

3、late.Butwhydoloverscelebrateitonthisday?Therearemanydifferentexplanationsforit.ThemostpopularexplanationisaboutMinisterValentine.Duringthethirdcentury,ValentineservedinRome.WhenKingClaudiusⅡdecidedthatsinglemenmadebettersoldiersthanthosewithfamilies,heoutlawed(宣布……为非法)marria

4、geforyoungmen.Valentine,realizingtheunfairnessoftherule,disobeyedClaudiusⅡandcontinuedtoperformmarriagesforyoungloversinsecret.WhenValentine’sactionwasdiscovered,ClaudiusⅡorderedhebeputtodeathonFebruary14thAD270.FromAD496on,February14thwasestablishedasadaytohonorValentine.Gr

5、adually,February14thbecamethedateforexchanginglovemessagesbetweenlovers.Giftshavealwaysbeenatraditionalpartoftheday.HomeworkGooverthenewwordsinthisunitandpreviewthereading'Festivalsandcelebrations'onP1.