Unit 1 Festivals around the world  Talk about the festivals in China, Britain and America.  Word forms  Detailed explanations & exercises  A passage for filling the words  Homework

Festivals China Britain / America the Spring Festival Christmas Day the Lantern Festival ( 元宵节 ) New Year’s Day the Pure Brightness Festival ( 清明节 ) Valentine’s Day ( 情人节 ) the Dragon Boat Festival April Fools Day the Mid-Autumn Festival Easter Day( 复活节 ) the Double Ninth Festival ( 重阳节 ) Halloween ( 万圣节 ) New Year’s Day Thanksgiving Day( 感恩节 ) …… …… on Mid-Autumn Day = on the Mid-Autumn Festival

arrive (v.) — ____________ (n.) apologize (v.) — __________ (n.) admire (v.) — _________ (n.) celebrate (v.) — ___________ (n.) fool (v.)— ________ (n.) — ________ (adj.) starve (v.) — __________ ( n.) satisfy (v.)— __________ (n.) custom — ________( 顾客 ) — _________ (pl.) — __________( 海关 ) arrival apology admiration celebration fool foolish starvation satisfaction customer customs the customs

agriculture (n.) — ___________(adj.) Europe (n.) — ____________ (adj.) independence (n.) — ___________ (adj.) nation (n.) — ________ (adj.) — _____________( 国际的 ) energetic (adj. ) — _________ (n.) obvious (adj.) — _________ (adv.) social (adj.)—________ (n.) — _______( 社 会主义者 ) ––__________( 社会主义 ) forgive — _________ (past tense) — _________ (past participle ) agricultural European independent national energy obviously society socialist forgave forgiven socialism international

1. The man says he prefers ____________(starve) to begging for food. 2. It is ____________ (obviously) that the announcer has made a serious mistake. 3. You _____________ by the ______. How _______ you were! (fool) 4. America got its ______________ (independent) in We were always dreaming of the _________ (arrive) of the famous star to our city. 6. He _________________(not forgive) me up till now. 7. What about _____________ (apology) to him now? Fill in the blanks with the proper forms in the brackets. starving obvious were fooled fool foolish independence arrival hasn ’ t forgiven apologizing

Key phrases happen, occur, take place, come about, break out 1. 发生

2. in memory of //in honor of 这座大桥是为了纪念那位著名的科学家而建立的。 The bridge was built in memory of the scientist.

3. dress up 1). You had better __________your coat before you leave. 2). The emperor _______ nothing ______. 3). He __________________ a white coat today. 4). Mary _________________ her son a new coat now. 5). He isn ’ t old enough to _________ himself. wear sth. be in, have ….on dress sb. / oneself get dressed put on take off put on is wearing is dressing dress had on You don ’ t have to dress up. Come as you are. Children love dressing up in Halloween.

4. 开玩笑 play a trick on play tricks on play a joke on play jokes on laugh at make fun of

5. look forward to doing sth. The boy has been looking forward to _________ (see) his present for a whole day, so now he ’ s looking forward to _______ (see) whether his father is back home. seeing see lead to doing sth. lead sb. to do sth. They suggest people have been led to_________ that a lot of dangers to the environment have gone away. A. believing B. believed C. believe D. be believed C add to, admit to, be accustomed / used to, be familiar to, devote oneself to, get down to, stick to, pay attention to, turn to

He speaks as if he were a German. He ’ s so happy as if he had passed yesterday ’ s examination. He ’ s so happy as if he would see Liu Xiang tomorrow. 6. as though / if 仿佛, 好像 …… even if /though 即使 It looks as if/ though it is going to rain.

keep one ’ s word / promise break one ’ s word / promise in a word ( all in all, in short, generally speaking ) in other words have words with sb. have a word with sb. = have a few words with sb. Word came that the meeting would be held on Friday. 7. word 遵守诺言 违背诺言 总而言之 换句话说 跟某人吵架 与某人谈话

8. hold one ’ s breath (n.) out of breath take a deep breath = breathe deeply (v.) It is obvious that he tries to hold his breath. _________, he tries to hold his breath. Obviously

9. have fun with sb. have fun (in) doing sth. What fun it is to do sth. ！ How funny it is to do sth. ! 10. do harm to sb. / sth. = harm sb. / sth. = be harmful to sb. / sth. be harmless to sb. / sth. do good to

他们一见钟情。 They fell in love with each other at the first sight. 12. 看到门前的大树, 我想起了我的童年。 (On) seeing the tree in front of the house, I will think of my childhood. remind sb. of sth. 提醒某人某事 The tree in front of the house reminds me of my childhood. 11. fall in love (with sb. ) be in love ( with sb. )

Choose the phrases below to fill in the blanks. 1. All roads _________ Rome. 2. Smoking too much will ___________ your health. 3. After being in love for 4 years, they finally _____________. 4. One should _________________, or nobody will trust him. 5. The best way is ________________________and pretend to be dead when you come across a bear in the forest. 6. Tom is so kind that he never blows up to his friends even if he is ____________________. lead to do harm to got married keep his word to hold your breath played a trick on do harm to, in memory of, dress up, lead to, play a joke on, look forward to, have …in common, keep a word, hold one’s breath, be / get married to, remind …of, as if, be covered with

_________( 名词 ) may take place in different time of year. In ancient times, people had not enough to eat and often starved to death, not to mention celebrating festivals grandly. They ___________(look) forward to a better life. _______( 副词 ), in our country, ______(lead) by the Party, we have been richer and richer_________( 连接词 ) we gained liberation in Most people ____________(satisfy) with their life and many articles are written ________ (admire) our Party. During the festival, grown-ups may ___________( 动词 ) together to have a chat while children may play a trick ______ ( 介词 ) their friends and have fun with each other. Of course, sometimes they may make too much noise, but it will_______ (forgive) by their parents. Festivals looked However led are satisfied to admire gather on be forgiven since

Homework 1.Try to remember the words and phrases we ’ ve reviewed today. 2. Translation 1). 在中国北方，人们穿上古时候的衣服，走上街 头游行，以庆祝新年。 (dress up, parade) 2). 孩子们盼望父亲的到来很久了，所以今天一大 早，就望向前面的大马路。 (look forward to) 3). 他看上去好像生病了. (as though) 4). 在中国和日本都有中秋节，这时人们会赏月， 并互赠月饼。 ( 非限制性定语从句， admire) 5). 他们彼此毫无共同点。 (have ….in common)