《普通高中英语课程标准》对语篇阅读知识内容的要求：

1. 了解语篇的写作目的、结构特征

2. 语篇中的衔接和连贯手段

3. 语篇中段首句、主题句、过渡句的作用、位置及行文特征

4. 语境在语篇理解和语篇产生过程中的作用

一、导读：

Appreciate what Robert A. Heinlein said.  ----Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do.

Translate it into Chinese: ______________________________________________________

二、导思：

Students discuss two questions:

1. What festivals around the world do you know about?

2. How can you know more about festivals and customs around the world?

三、导学&导练：

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in

Students think about these questions:

1. What other festivals around the world do you know about?  

2. What ways can you think of if you want to know how foreign people celebrate their festivals and customs?

Step 2 Pre-reading

1. Passage 1: Put the events at the Indian wedding in the correct order.

The Indian wedding

a. The bride’s father led her to the bridegroom.

b. The couple took seven steps.

c. The celebrations began.                              ____________________________________

d. The bridegroom arrived on a horse.

e. The couple joined hands and walked around a fire.

2. Passage 2: Put the events at the Rio Carnival in the correct order.

The Rio Carnival

a. The group started marching down the street.

b. Alex saw dancers and musicians standing in the street.

c. Alex took his place in the crowd.      ____________________________________

d. The group jumped into action.

e. The crowd passed many street stands.

Step 3 While reading

Find some detailed information of the journal.

1. A wedding ceremony

2. The Rio Carnival

Step 4 Post reading: fill in the following blanks

At an Indian wedding, there were hundreds of guests，all ________ (dress) up in formal，colourful clothes. What impressed me most was the bridegroom's entrance on a beautiful white horse. Another was the part when Nadim's father proudly ________(lead) his daughter through the rows of seats to her husband. It reminded me ________ my sister's wedding.

The customs that followed were anything but ordinary. The couple joined hands and walked around a small fire four times.

After the ceremony，it was time for the celebrations. There was a lot of dancing. Now I know I have two left ________ (foot) ... and both of them hurt!

To experience the spirit of the Carnival for myself，I went to a street party________ (luck), I arrived just in time. A group of around 20 Brazilian dancers and a band stood in the street. Some of them carried flags, ________ blew in the wind.

Then there was an ________ (explode) of bright colours and lively music，and the group jumped into action. The band started playing an energetic samba beat，the dancers twisted and turned, and the crowd began to cheer，clap and sing.The Carnival current carried us through the ever­growing sea of people，________(dance) all the way. I was so caught up in the party fever ________ I hardly noticed five hours fly by!

Even as I ________(lie) in bed that evening，the bright colours and lively music were still swimming all around me. What an amazing first day in Rio!

Step 5 Critical reading

Students discuss the following question in pairs.

1. What should be your attitude towards different customs or cultures?

2. Do we have a similar carnival in China?

四、达标导练：（10分钟）

1．The _________(乐队) was playing old Beatles' songs.

2．Mandy laughed and c_________ her hands in delight.

3．Companies publish _________(年度的) reports to inform the public about the previous year's activities.

4．It was their twenty­fifth _________ (婚礼) anniversary last week.

5．He returned from New York with his lovely new _________(新娘)．

6．There are two _________—one at the front and one round the back.

7．What could be more _________(浪漫的) than a wedding on a tropical island?

8．All flights have been c_________ because of fog.

9．The army has m_________ thirty miles today.

10．There are several reasons for the _________ (当前的) political situation.

五、课后巩固训练：（30分钟） 

限时练习

六、反思感悟：

1. 本篇日记的几个部分清楚了吗？

2. 如何写一篇日记？

3. 注意积累不同民族文化习俗与传统节日的相关英文表达。