读图方法：从实心圆点开始，顺着曲线念，一直到该曲线终结为止。观察带有文字的图大约三到五遍，即可利用不带文字的思维导图进行复述甚至背诵。
特别提示：
1.图忆直观、明确、清晰地表现了课文刻画的场景。
2.直观地表示了上下文的逻辑关系，使学习者不需要记忆句子间的逻辑关系。
3.思维导图刻画出句子中主要单词的顺序，从而使句子易于记忆。
课文原文：
A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion,for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long Journey,food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.
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