Reading Task 1 ： New words: starve: cause to suffer or die from hunger satisfy: give sb. what he wants or needs arrival: the act of arriving

origin: a starting point trick: a stupid or childish act gain: obtain admire: look at with pleasure or satisfaction energetic: full of energy; active

Spring Festival Task 2 ： Brainstorm

Spring Festival on the first day of the lunar year last fifteen days do spring cleaning, decorate their houses On New Year’s Eve, dinner, watch the Spring Festival programme, watch fireworks, set off firecrackers get lucky money Lantern Festival

Spring Festival dinner party

 In late March or early April  It is the time when Jesus Christ came back to life.  Eat chocolate eggs Easter

Christmas Day  On December 25th  It is the birthday of Jesus Christ  Go to the parties and churches, give cards and presents to our friends and relatives

Valentine’s Day  On February, 14th People send roses, chocolate and cards to the people they love.

Dragon Boat Festival  On the 5th day of the 5th lunar month  The day that the poet Qu Yuan died  Eat rice dumplings and watch boat races

Ching Ming Festival  In April  The day we remember our dead relatives  Visit graves

Mother’s Day  In May  We give flowers and presents to our mothers.

on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month lanterns: symbols of good fortune, happiness and health. “dragon” and “lion ” dances Lantern Festival

Holidays Brainstorming Chinese public holidays International Women’s Day New Year’s Day Children’s Day National Day The Youth Day International Labour Day

festivals Brainstorming festivals of foreign countries Christmas Fool’s Day Valentine’s Day Carnival Easter Thanksgiving Day Mother’s Day Father’s Day Halloween

Festivals And Celebrations

1. How many parts is the passage divided into?What are they? Fast reading 2. How many festivals are mentioned in the passage? What are they? Six parts. 12 Task 3

FestivalsCountries Obon Japan Day of the Dead Mexico Halloween Dragon Boat Festival China Columbus Day USA Mahatma Gandhi Day India Mid-autumn Festival China/Japan Spring Festival China Carnival Easter Cherry Blossom Festival Japan Thanksgiving festivals

1. When did ancient people celebrate? 2. What are festivals of the dead for? 3. Why does India have a national festival on October 2? 4. Why are autumn festivals happy events? 5. Name three things people do at spring festivals. 6. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?

Task 4. Comprehending 1. When did ancient people celebrate? They would celebrate at the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn and hunters ’ catching animals.

2. What are festivals of the dead for? They are held to honor the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors. 3. Why does India have a national festival on October 2? India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mahatma Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India ’ s independence from Britain.

4. Why are autumn festivals happy events? People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter, and because a season of agricultural work is over.

5. Name three things people do at spring festivals. Eating dumplings, fish and meat; giving children lucky money in red paper; dancing and singing.

6. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.

Obon Day of the Dead Halloween Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Thanksgiving Easter Cherry Blossom Festival Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals Task 5

1.At which three times did ancient people celebrate? They celebrate 1 ） at the end of winter 2 ） on the arrival of spring harvest in autumn 3 ） when hunters caught animals when they had food Task 6. Detailed-reading

Country Name of the festivals What people do The meaning of the festivals Obon Halloween Japan Mexico light lamps play music Day of the Dead eat food offer sth to the dead ask for sweets dress up and frighten people To honor the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors Festivals of the Dead

Task 7. Intensive Reading True or False 1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. 2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. F T

3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. 4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. 5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. T F F

This passage tells us ________ of many kinds in different parts of the world. People in different countries ________ them for different__________, but they celebrate ________ ideas and important cultural _________. reasons festivals celebrate similar events Task 8 Summary

Task9.Retell the text by filling the following blanks: There are all kinds of festivals and __________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ _________ were mainly held at three times a year--- the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or satisfy and ______ the _________ in case they might _____ _______, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as _________ _______ ______ and Columbus Day. celebrations Boat Festival Dragon harmdoancestors pleasehonor festivalsancient

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and because a season of ___________work is over,to which Mid autumn festival belongs.And the most ________and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time. agricultural gathered lunar coming energetic

 Festivals around  the world  Part II

Dragon Boat Festival ________ the famous ancient ______, Qu Yuan. honours poet Task 1 Using language

Columbus Day is ______________ the ________ of Christopher Columbus in America. in memory of arrival

Mahatma Gandhi( ) Gandhi, Indian national leader, was born on October 2, 1869, and educated in law in London ． Mahatma Gandhi helped _________ India’s independence from Britain. to gain

1. At the spring Festival in China, people ________ food, children may _________ lucky money, and families ________ the lunar New Year together. 2. Easter celebrate the ________ of Jesus for Christian and it also celebrate the __________ of spring. 3. In the Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan, the country _______________ cherry tree flowers so that it looks _________ it might be the sea of pink snow. eat get celebrate return coming is covered with as though

Country Name of the festivals People in memory of The meaning of the festivals Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Indian China Qu Yuan America Christopher Columbus a national festival Mahatma Gandhi To honor to famous people or to the gods Festivals to Honor People

On Harvest and Thanksgiving Festivals peopleWhat people do In Europe In China and Japan decorate church & town halls get together to have meals win award for their harvest admire the moon give gifts of mooncakes Harvest Festivals

country Name of the festivals The meaning of the festival What people do China Western countries Japan Spring Festival celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring eat food get lucky money celebrate EasterReturn of Jesus parade dance play music Cherry Blossom Festival Spring Festivals

1.Sb mean to do … “ 打算做。。。 “ ，主语指人 ; Sth/doing … means doing sth. 意味 着 … 我打算使用这本书来提高阅读水平。 I mean _____ _____ this English book to improve my English reading. Task 3. Language Points to use

In some parts of London, missing a bus means _____ for another hour. A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. to be waiting 句意为：在伦敦的一些地方，错过一 班公共汽车意味着再等一个小时。 A

2.take place :vi, 主语指事, 没有被 动语态., 表示 “ 发生 ” 的意思。 take one ’ s place 找替某人接替某人的位置 A new maths teacher has taken Miss Zhu ’ s place already.

Great changes ___ in the rural areas in the last two decades. A. have taken place B. took place C. have been taken place D. have been taken place A take place 不能用于被动语态中，句 中短语 in the last two decades 可确 定句子的时态为现在完成时。

3. Festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere. 世界各地都有各种各样的节日庆典。 of all kinds=all kinds of 各种各样的 【归纳】 all kinds of 各种各样的 the same kind of 相同种类的

different kinds of 不同种类的 this/that kind of 这（那）种 a kind of 某种 ① That kind of questions ______ very difficult to answer.= Questions of that kind _______difficult to answer. A. is B.are 那类问题是很难解答的。 A B

② We sell all kinds of shoes. = We sell shoes of _________. 我们卖各式各样的鞋。 ③ You can see different kinds of animals in the zoo. = You can see animals_______________ in the zoo. 你在动物园可以看见不同种类的动物。 all kinds of different kinds

Practice ① Books of this kind ____ (sell) well in the bookstore. ② This kind of books ____ (sell) well in the bookstore. ①句中谓语动词的单复数由 “ books ” 确定。②句中的谓语动词 由 “ kind ” 确定。 （用动词的适当形式填空） sell sells

4. They would starve if food was difficult to find,... 如果食物难找到, 他们会挨饿。 starve vi. 挨饿 ; 饿死 He said he would starve rather than beg for food. 他说他宁愿挨饿也不要饭吃。 starve to death 饿死

5. They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty. plenty n. 富裕 days/years/...of plenty 富裕的日子 / 年月 You have a life of plenty, what would you be worried about? plenty pron. 大量 ; 充足

plenty of 可修饰可数名词和不可数名 词, 一般用于陈述句。小心在 plenty of 前面没有冠词, 不可误记成 a plenty of 。 There________ plenty of rain in Wenzhou. (is / are) There _____ plenty of books and magazines in our school library. is are

如 : You needn ’ t hurry. There is plenty of time left. 你不必慌忙, 剩下的时间很充足。 Taking plenty of exercise every day keeps you healthy. 每天多运动会使你身体健康。 (Recite)

6....or satisfy and please the ancestors, who could return either to help or to do harm 取悦祖先, 使他们得到满足, 以为 ( 祖先们 ) 有可能回来帮助他 们, 也有可能带来危害。

1) satisfy vt. 满足, 使 … 满意 ; satisfy sb. satisfied a. 感到满意的 ; be satisfied with satisfying a. 令人愉快的 satisfaction n. 满意 ; to one’s satisfaction satisfactorily ad. 满意地 satisfactory a. 令人满意的 a satisfying answer/ satisfied people

She bought a satisfactory computer—it’s cheap and of high quality. 她买的电脑很 令人满意, 既便宜, 质量又好。 辨析 satisfactory, satisfied, satisfying 1)satisfactory, 指客观的事物或主观的表 现达到要求而令人满意, 主语一般用客体。

satisfied 指主体对事物或表现感到满意, 主语是主体 ( 人 ) satisfying: giving pleasure 令人愉快 主语是不定式, 常用于句型 :It ’ satisfying to do sth. 做 …... 使人满意 She is ________with the service. 她对该项服务感到满意。 It ’ s ________ to receive the service. satisfied satisfying

高考对接 I’ve tried very hard to improve my English. But by no means ________ with my progress. A.the teacher is not satisfied B.is the teacher not satisfied C.the teacher is satisfied D.is the teacher satisfied D by no means=never 否定副词前置用部分倒 装语序。 LV/ 助 / 情 + 主语 + 谓语

2) harm 用于肉体或精神上的伤害均可, 还可用于抽象事物。 do harm to Don’t harm your eyes by reading in dim light.=Reading in dimlight __________ your eyes. 不要在昏暗的灯光下看书, 以免损害眼睛。 抽烟有害我们的健康。 Smoking ______ _______ _____ our health. does harm to does harm to

7. The festival of Halloween had its origin as an event in memory of the dead. 万圣节前夕 的盛会也是源自纪念亡者的祭事。 origin n. 起源 the origin of sth. the origins of the life on earth 地球上生命的起源。 黄河和长江是中华民族之源。 The Yellow River and the Yangtze River is _______________ the Chinese people. the origins of

in memory of/ to the memory of sb. 纪念某人 这个雕像是为了纪念那位有名的科学家 而建立的。 The statue was built ____________________________ the famous scientist. in memory of to the memory of

8. They dress up and try to frighten people. 他们乔装打扮去吓唬人。 dress 作及物动词时, 不接 clothes 之类的表示衣服的名词, 而是接表示 人的句词或代词, 意思是 “ 给 … 穿衣 服 ” 。当表示自己穿衣服时, 则用反 身代词, 如： dress sb/oneself

Wake up children and dress them. 唤醒孩子, 给他们穿上衣服。 dress 的过去分词常用来构成 get dressed 与 be dressed 短语, 前者表 示动态, 后者表示静态, 穿何种衣服, 则用介词 in. 如： dress in white/red

Hurry up and get dressed. 快点穿上衣服。 The girl was dressed in red. 这个女孩穿着一身红衣服。 dress up 是 “ 穿上最好的衣服 ”, 常 指 “ 打扮, 化装 ” ，如 : You should dress up when you take part in the party.

She is ___ in red today and looks very beautiful. A. wearing B. having on C. dressing D. dressed D. dressed D

on sb.’s arrival at/in some place his arrival at the college/the hotel our arrival in Beijing/Paris Gain experience/support He gained full marks in the exam. Sb. be grateful to sb. for sth. He was grateful to you for all (that) you did.

an independent country If you earn a good pay, you can be independent of your parents be independent of outside world independent:adj 独立的, 作表语或定语

9. Some people might win awards for their animals, flowers, fruit and vegetables, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. award. n. 奖, 奖品 v. 判给, 授予 award sb. sth. 奖赏某人某物

辨析 : award 和 reward ： award 后接双宾语 award sb. a prize 授予某人奖 =award a prize to sb. Sb. be awarded the top prize = the top prize be awarded to sb. reward 奖赏, 给 … 报酬, 不能接双宾语 ; reward sb. for sth. 因 … 奖赏某人； reward sb. with sth. 用某物酬劳某人

She rewarded herself with a cup of coffee after a whole morning ’ s hard work. 一上午的刻苦学习之后, 她冲一杯咖啡来奖赏自己。

10. In China and Japan there are mid-autumn festivals, when people admire the moon and give gifts of mooncakes. 在中国和日本都有中秋节, 这时人们 会赏月, 并互赠月饼。 admire vt. 意为 “ 赞赏 ; 钦佩 ; 羡慕 ; 赞 美 ; 夸奖 ”

注意 : 表示 “ 在某方面钦佩某人 ” 用 “admire sb. for sth.” 我们都钦佩他的勇气和胆识。 We all _____________his courage and bravery. admire him for

11. The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. 最富有生气而有最重要的节日就是告 别冬天迎来春天的日子。 look forward to (doing) sth. 意为期待 着 ( 做 ) 某事, 其中的 to 是介词, 而不是 动词不定式符号，后跟动名词作宾语。

孩子们渴盼着过年。 Boys and girls________________ the Spring Festival now. 他期待着笔友来信。 He____________________________ his pen pal. are looking forward to is looking forward to hearing from

12.clothing:un 服装的总称概念 articles of clothing Clothing, food and shelter is important for everyone. Old people need warm clothing in winter. cloth:un 布料 clothes ： cn 衣服，用指代可数名词复数的 不定代词修饰，不可用基数词修饰。

13. The country is covered with cherry tree flowers so that it looks as though it might be covered with pink snow. 整个 国度处处都是樱花盛开, 看上去就 像罩上了一层粉红的雪。 as though 和 as if 没有什么区别。 as if 用 得普遍些, 却可引导方式状语从句和表 语从句, 其从句谓语常用虚拟语气。

(1) 引导方式状语从句 She acted as though nothing had happened ． 她装得好像什么事也没发生过似的。 当从句主语和主句主语一致, 从句谓 语中又含有动词 to be 时, 可以把主语 和 to be 一起省去。

He looked about as though (he was) in search of something ． 他四处张望, 好像寻找什么。 (2) 引导表语从句 It looks as if it ’ s going to rain ． 看样子天要下雨了。（陈述语气）

as though 和 as if 从句用虚拟语气, 还 是用陈述语气。完全根据具体情况而定。 如果从句表示的意思与事实完全相反, 或 者纯粹是一种假设, 通常用虚拟语气。 The child talks as if she were an adult. 那孩子说话的样子好像她是个大人。

14. People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other. have fun 意为 “ 过得快乐 ” 同义词组为： have a good time, enjoy oneself. 短语有 have fun ( in ) doing sth. 他们互相在英语晚会上玩得很开心。 They had fun with each other at the English evening 。

Homework 1.Go over the text after class and retell the text in English. 2. Prepare for “ discovering useful words and expressions ” on Page 4. (Ex1, 2, 3and 5) 3.Finish 《作业本》 Unit 1 Part 2