【正文】 e did it start first? Step 3. Fastreading: Read and underline the topic sentences ( use your own words ) about every paragraph. Paragraph1: We can understand what carnival is all about by reading the history of America and the meeting of two cultures. Paragraph2: The slave trade brought millions of black people to the new world. Paragraph3: The slaves were forced to watch their European masters to celebrate carnival and then they began to hold carnival with their own features. Paragraph4: Carnival became a celebration of freedom. Paragraph5: As time went on, carnival became a way of uniting different munities and now it has bee a celebration of life itself. Step 4. Further reading 1. What did marked the beginning of the slave trade? 2. How were millions of people taken to work as slaves? 3. How did the slaves begin to hold their own carnival in Trinidad? 4. When was the slave trade abolished? 5. How was carnival changed when the slave trade was abolished? 6. When did carnival bee a way to unite different munities? (Answers: 1 That the arrival of European in America, and the opening of huge farms and plantations to grow cotton, fruit and vegetables, meant there was an immediate need to people to work on them marked the beginning of the slave trades. 2 Millions of people were taken by force from their homes in America and transported to the New World to work as slaves? 3. They painted their faces white, imitating their masters and making fun of them. 4. The slave trade was abolished in 1838. 5. It became more colourful and more exciting than it had been before. 6. As people fot their everyday problems and enjoyed themselves eating, drinking, and dancing.) Step 5. Several phrases (1) by force (2) be forced to do (3)make fun of sb. (4) bring good luck (5) take over (6) take part in (7) bee a celebration of freedom (8) with the time passing Step 6. Discussion 1. What is the meaning of carnival? 2. Which Chinese festival is most like carnival? Step 7. Reading and writing Activity1. Read the and number the things in the order you read them 1. Read through the things with the whole class and make sure that they understand them all. 2. Ask them to read the and order the things individually, then check with a partner. 3. Call back the answers from the whole class, in order. (Answers: 1. the atmosphere at the festival 2. the music 3. the food 4. what the writer’s doing 5. what the writer’s going to do ) Activity2. Underline the adjectives used to describe. 1. the atmosphere: noisy/ colourful 2. the music: great/ exciting/ relaxing 3. the food: good/ tasty Activity3 Write an from a Chinese festival. Make sure of the details about: 1. the atmosphere 2. the music 3. the food Step 8. Homework Write a description of the festival for visitors to China.( For example: Spring Festival) Period Four Teaching aims: 1. To learn new words and expressions and learn how to use them. 2. To review of the passive voices. Difficult and important points: 1. Get the students to know how to use passive voices: 一般現(xiàn)在時和一般過去時的被動語態(tài) 2. The usage of: hide, pretend, memory, wander, e to an end, dress up。 She struggled to hide her disappointment. （ 5）他用手捂住了臉。 There hasn’t been peace in the country in/ within my memory. (4)人們是健忘的。 Hurry up and get dressed. 7. consist of = be made up of = be posed of 由 ? ?. 組成 .: 我們班由 60名