2019-2020年高二英语Unit14 Festivals.Teaching Aims:1.Talk about festivals,customs and habits.2.Use the modal verbs“must”,“have to”and“have got to”.3.Practise expressing and supporting an opinion.4.Write an invitation.Teaching Time:Five periods.Background Information:1.History of Mothers DayIn the U.S.,Mothers Day is a holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May.It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards,gifts,and flowers.First observance in Philadelphia,in 1907,it is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and by Anna Jarvis in 1907.Although it wasnt celebrated in the U.S. until 1907,there were days honoring mothers even in the days of ancient Greece.In those days,however,it was Rhea,the Mother of the gods that was given honor.Later,in the 1600s,in England there was an annual observance called“Mothering Sunday”.It was celebrated during June,on the fourth Sunday.On Mothering Sunday,the servants,who generally lived with their employers,were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers.It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion.In the U.S.,in 1907 Anna Jarvis from Philadelphia,began a campaign to establish a national Mothers Day.Jarvis persuaded her mothers church in Grafton,West Virgina to celebrate Mothers Day on the second anniversary of her mothers death,the 2nd Sunday of May.The next year Mothers Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.Jarvis and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers,businessmen,and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mothers Day.They were successful.President Woodrow Wilson,in 1914,made the official announcement proclaiming Mothers Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mothers Day at different times throughout the year.Denmark,Finland,Italy,Turkey,Australia,and Belgium celebrate Mothers Day on the second Sunday in May,as in the U.S.2.The Origin of ChristmasThe name Christmas is short for“Christs Mass”.A Mass is a kind of Church service.Christmas is a religious festival.It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus.There are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the world.But many of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religion.Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the Christmas in the world.The birth of Jesus had a story:Mary,a virgin,was betrothed to Joseph.Before they came together,she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.Joseph,her husband,was minded to put her away secretly.While he thought about these things.Gabriel,an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and told him not to be afraid to take Mary as wife.And Mary will bring forth a Son,and he shall call his name.Jesus,for he will save his people from their sins.Before Jesus births,there went a decree from Caesar Augustus,that all the world should be taxed.And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was govenor of Syria.So all went to be registered,everyone to his own city.Joseph also went up out of Galilee,out of the city of Nazareth,into Judea,to the city of David,which is called Bethlehem,because he was of the house and of the lineage of David,to be registered with Mary,his betrothed wife,who was with child.So it was that while they were there,the days were pleted for her to be delivered.And she brought forth her firstborn Son,and wrapped him in swaddling cloths,and laid him in a manger,because there was no room for them in the inn.And that,Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus,is on 25th,December every year.But nobody knew the actual birthday of Jesus.And the Christmas has bee popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly Santa Claus was first made popular in nineteenth century.The First PeriodTeaching Aims:1.Learn the following words and phrases:dress up,fighting,crime,argument,destruction2.Train the students speaking and listening abilities.3.Learn to talk about festivals,customs and habits.Teaching Important Point:Improve the students speaking and listening skills by talking about and listening to something about festivals.Teaching Difficult Point:How to further develop the students speaking and listening skills.Teaching Methods:1.Pair work and group work to train the students speaking ability.2.Listening-and-chooing activity to train the students listening ability.Teaching Aids:1.pictures2.a projector3.a tape recorderTeaching Procedures:Step . GreetingsGreet the whole class as usual.Step . Free Talk and Lead-inT:The Spring Festival has just gone by.Did you have a good time?Ss:Yes.T:We all know that the Spring Festival is the most important and greatest festival to our Chinese people.And we also know that there are some other important festivals in our country.Can you tell me the names of