【创新设计】2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit 1 Festivals around the world Period One Warming Up Reading课时作业 新人教版必修3.doc

Unit 1 Festivals around the world 话题导入 Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine’s Day.One legend dates as far back as the days of the Roman Empire.According to the story，Claudius，the Emperor of Rome，wanted to increase the size of his army.He knew that it would be easier to get young men who to join.Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry until he had served a certain number of years in the army. A priest named Valentine secretly married(为……主持婚礼) a great number of young people.Finally，Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in prison，where he remained until his death on February 14.After his death，Valentine was made a saint，and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine’s Day.It became the custom for lovers to send each other messages on this day.Now Saint Valentine’s Day is a time for people to send one another greetings of many kinds. February 14，Valentine’s Day，is sweethearts’ day， on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions. People sometimes put their love message in a heartshaped box of chocolates，or a bunch of flowers tied with red ribbons.Words of letters may be written on the flower-covered card，or something else.Whatever the form may be，the message is almost the same，“Will you be my Valentine？” 根据上文完成下列各题 1．Why is February 14 chosen as Valentine’s Day? Because people want to remember Valentine. 2．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 1 with proper words.(no more than 3 words) were not married 3．Why was Valentine put in prison？(no more than 10 words) Because he married many young people secretly. 4．This passage mainly tells us about the origin of Valentine’s Day. Period One　Warming Up Reading Ⅰ.单词 1．v.harvest收获；收割 starve饿死 gain获得；得到 gather搜集；集合 award授予 admire赞美；钦佩 2．n.beauty美；美人 celebration庆祝；庆贺 hunter猎人 origin起源；起因 ancestor祖先 feast节日；盛宴 belief信任 arrival到达 independence独立 agriculture农业 produce产品 custom习惯 3．adj.religious宗教的 seasonal季节的 independent独立的 agricultural