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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Surpassesjoyon
2、earth.柔情似水Momentsoftenderloveanddream,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,servetomeetspec
3、ificneeds,aswellastoprovideentertainment.Thesetimesofcelebrationofferasenseofbelongingforreligious,social,orgeographicalgroups.Modernfestivalsthatfocusonculturalorethnictopicsseektoinformmembersoftheirtraditions.Inpasttimes,festivalsweretimeswhentheelderlysharedstoriesandtransferre
4、dcertainknowledgetothenextgeneration.Historicfeastsoftenprovidedameansforunityamongfamiliesandforpeopletofindmates.Selectanniversarieshaveannualfestivalstocommemorateprevioussignificantoccurrences.*What’sthefunctionoffestivals?Festivalsservetomeet_________,aswellastoprovide________
5、.Thesetimesofcelebrationofferasenseof___________________.TypesoffestivalsTherearenumeroustypesoffestivalsintheworld.Thoughmanyhavereligiousorigins,othersinvolveseasonalchangeorhavesomeculturalsignificance.Alsocertaininstitutionscelebratetheirownfestival(oftencalled"fests")tomarksom
6、esignificantoccasionsintheirhistory.Theseoccasionscouldbethedaytheseinstitutionswerefoundedoranyothereventwhichtheydecidetocommemorateperiodically,usuallyannually.*Howmanytypesoffestivalsarethere?______________________________SeasonalfestivalsSeasonalfestivalsaredeterminedbythesola
7、randthelunarcalendarsandbythecycleoftheseasons.Thechangingoftheseasonwascelebratedbecauseofitseffectonfoodsupply.AncientEgyptianswouldcelebratetheseasonalinundationcausedbytheNileRiver,aformofirrigation,whichprovidedfertilelandforcrops.IntheAlps,inautumnthereturnofthecattlefromthem
8、ountainpasturestothestable
