新标准大学英语综合教程3教师用书(文秋芳 外研社)8.pdf

Unit 8 High days and holidays Unit overview Unit key features Organizing suggestions Passage 1 is taken from a book Passage 1 about life in modern Russia and International Women’s comprises a narrative of the • The colloquial, flippant and ironic style Day holiday mentioned in the title. of Passage 1 is more challenging than the Passage 2 comes from China more argumentative style of Passage 2. Passage 2 Daily and discusses the pros • Both passages cover the value and Chinese or Western, it’s and cons of observing Western meaning of commemorative holidays. a time to relax festivals and celebrations in China. • Practise skill (a) with Passage 1 and ensure Ss understand the use of a sarcastic tone of the passage. • Practise skill (b) with Passage 1. Some of the questions draw attention to the true (a) Recognizing ironies opinions and judgments of the writer. (b) Detecting attitude • Use skill (c) with Passage 2 to understand Reading skills (c) Understanding text organization how a paragraph in this argumentative (d) Metaphor