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3. The teacher can check whether the students39。s way of celebrating festivals?④What are some other reasons for celebrating festivals?Answers:①People celebrate the harvest festivals to express their gratitude to nature.②Customs and traditions are very important and they are also the reasons for celebrating festivals. ③People follow customs and sometimes even establish new traditions to celebrate the festivals.④The mercialisation of festivals can influence people39。t understand.Step 1 PrereadingActivity 1 groups,Ss discuss the celebrations of festivals with family , answer the following questions and fill in the table.Q1: What festivals do you celebrate with your family each year?Q2:Why do you think people celebrate different festivals?Names of the festivalsReasons for celebrating the festivals2. Ss look at the two pictures in the say the English name of the festival and the basis of their judgment according to the situation, objects and words presented in the two pictures.Q: What festivals are the two pictures about? How do you know?3. Based on the title of the article and the illustrations in the passage, the students can guess what the author may be talking about. The teacher can ask individual students to express their opinions and list the points mentioned on the blackboard.Step 2 ReadingActivity 21. Students with Why do we celebrate festivals?The teacher can present the following sentences for the students to fill in after reading:People all over the world celebrate different festivals because:*they would like to______________________________.*festivals _____________________________________.2. After the students have filled in the blanks, the teachers and students check the : look at the passage again. Let39。2. Find the topic sentence of each paragraph according to the text content, and understand the content of the article。3. Guide students to understand the festival culture of different countries and nationalitie