《高中英语教学资料》Cultural corner.pptVIP

Read the text (P39) carefully and fill in the blanks. You are organizing a carnival to celebrate Chinese New Year. Make a list of: when and where the costumes the decorations the food the music special customs * 1. What do you remember about carnival? 2. Where did it start first? What marked the beginning of the slave trade? How did the slaves in Trinidad hold their celebrations ? 3. When did the carnival become more colorful? 4. What were people like at carnivals? 1. What marked the beginning of the slave trade? 2. How did the slaves hold their celebrations? An immediate need for people to work on huge farms and plantations , which were opened by Europeans to grow cotton , fruit and vegetables. They painted their faces white , imitating their masters and making fun of them and add their own African traditions . 3. When did the carnival become more colorful? 4. What does carnival mean today? When slave trade was abolished and slaves took over the carnival. It has become a celebration of life itself, with people from all over the world taking part . the meeting of two cultures 2. an immediate need for people 3. take sb from their homes by force 4. work as slaves 5.make fun of 6. walk around a village 7. take over 8. forget their everyday problems Paragraph 1 What is carnival today? It is an international, multicultural, experience. We can understand what carnival is all about by reading the history of American and the meeting of two cultures. Answer the following questions. 1) What marked the beginning of the slave trade? The arrival of Europeans in America and the opening of huge farms and plantations to grow cotton, fruit and vegetables, meant there was an immediate need for people to work on them. Paragraph 2 2) Where did the slaves come from? They came from their homes in Africa The slave trade brought millions of black peop