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1 Topic: Unit 1 Festivals around the world Background information (1) Textbook: New Senior English for China Student’s Book 3 published by People’s Education Press. It emphasizes on the conception of learnercenteredness and qualityoriented education and aims for developing the petence of students. (2) Students: 45 senior school students, the third semester. There are different levels of mastering the knowledge among them after learning a year. It’s a blank period for many of them because they don’t make their aim clear. Their selfconsciousness develops rapidly during this tine. They know themselves much deeper than before and hope to be respected and affirmed by others. However, they are sensitive and easily get excited. (3) lesson duration:45 mins. Teaching aims (1) knowledge aim ① Important words and phrases: harvest、 starve、 religious 、 take place、 play a trick on、 look forward to… ② Train students the skills of reading like skimming, summarize and so on. ③ Talk about festivals and celebrations. (2) Ability aim ① Develop students’ the ability of getting information and thinking independently. ② Enhance the ability and skill of r