3. How many festivals do you know both in and out of China?

4. The Chinese festivals

5. Spring Festival

6. dumpling

7. Festival of lanterns

8. Teachers’ Day

9. Mid- Autumn Festival

10. Mooncakes

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

12. Festivals in foreign countries

13. Happy Valentine’s Day

15. Halloween Parade

16. Christmas

17. Carnival

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

19. 1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient Times? 2.Why do you think music, fire or light are used in festivals?

20. 3.What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival? 4. Why does India have a national festival on October 2? 6. Name three things people do at spring festivals 5. Why are autumn festivals happy events?

21. Summarize and fill in the chart Ancient Festivals why how Festivals of the dead why how Festivals to honour people why how Harvest Festivals why how Spring Festivals why how the end of the cold winter;planting in spring and harvest in autumn light fire and make music to honour the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors light lamps, play music, eat food in the shapes of skulls and cakes with bones, go to their neighbors to ask for sweets,dress up for their great contributions to the societyor the country Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi Food is gathered for the winter. A season of agriculural work is over. decorate churches and town halls, get together to have big meals, admire the moon and eat mooncakes celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring eat delicious food; have exciting carnivals

22. 1.The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. 2.Halloween used to be a festival intended to honour the dead. 3.Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honour a lot in China. 4.Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. 5.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. F T T F F

23. Language points 1. mean 的用法 mean to do 意欲做 mean doing 意味着做 What do you mean to do with it? This means staying here longer. mean 意欲, 计划, 意指 Is this figure( 数字 ) meant to a 1 or a 7? Festivals are meant to celebrate important events.

24. 2. celebrate vt. (1) 庆祝；祝贺 celebrate Christmas / one’s birthday / a victory (2) 赞扬；称颂 The names of many heroes are celebrated by the poets. 词语辨析： celebrate, congratulate celebrate 后常接日期, 事情或场合 congratulate 后常接人 表示为某事而祝贺某人 congratulate sb. on/upon sth. ex ： congratulate you on your marriage. 有时还表示私自庆幸的意思。 ex ： I congratulated myself on my escape from being punished.

25. 3. 英语中表示 “ 发生 ” 的词或短语均为不及物，不用 于被动语态。主语为所发生的事。词语辨析： take place, happen, occur, come about, break out 的比较 1)The wedding will take place tomorrow. 2 ） In 1919, the May 4th Movement took place in China. take place 发生, 举行 ; 侧重安排或计划而发生的事, 带有 “ 非偶然 ” 的意思

26. 3) What has happened to her ？碰巧，恰好 happen “ 发生 ” ，普通用词，含义很广。常指具体客 观事物或情况的发生，含有 “ 偶然 ” 的意味。 当以具体事物、事件作主语时， happen 和 occur 可 以换用；但当 happen 用作 “ 碰巧 ” 之意时，不能用 occur 代替，但可以与 come about 互换。 4) It happened to rain that day. 。 5) The traffic accident occurred on Wednesday. occur “ 发生，出现 ”, 较正式用词，指事情偶然地、意 外地发生或思想突然浮在心头。 occur to 有 “ 想起 ” 的 意思。

27. 6) The Second World War broke out in 1939. break out ( 火灾、战争、疾病 ) 突然发生、爆发 7) How does it come about that you were caught by the police? come about “ 发生 ”, 常指偶然发生的事情。且 很多时候与 how 连用。与 happen 用法较接近

28. 4. starve: suffer or die from hunger vt. 使饿死 vi. 饿得要死 starve to death be starved of/ starve for: long for; be in great need of n. starvation die of ____________ starvation The motherless children were starved of/ were starving for affection. …. s 渴望母爱 渴望消息 starve for news 她很寂寞, 渴望友谊。 She's lonely, and starving for companionship(friendship)

29. 5. a year/ day of plenty 富裕 / 丰收的年月 days/ years of plenty ——Have we got enough apples? ——Yes, there are plenty in the basket. plenty of + 复数 n/ 不可数 n plenty of eggs/ food/milk… 足够的 …

30. 1) 光荣，荣誉 (n) They fight for the honour of the country. One must show honour to one’s parents. 2) in honour of 为了纪念 A festival is set in honour of the hero. 3) an hounour 光荣的人或事情 Liu Xiang is an honour to our country. 4) 尊敬, 给以荣誉（ v ） Children should honour their parents. 6. honour

31. 7. satisfy Vt. Vi. 使满意，使满足 Nothing can satisfy him except the best. Some people are really hard to satisfy. sb.be satisfied with 对 … 满意 e.g. She’s not satisfied with her new house. satisfying satisfactory 令人满意的 n. satisfaction

32. 听到她悦耳的声音我们很高兴. We are _________ to hear her ___________voice. It is such a ___________ to us. ( 人 ) 高兴的 … 愉快的 ( 物 ) 令人愉快的 ( 物 ) 好听的，令人舒服的 高兴的事情 pleased pleasant pleasure I was very _________ to hear the news. The news was very ___________ to us. pleased pleasing pleased pleasing pleasant pleasure 8. please Vt 使愉快，取悅 … It is difficult to please everybody. Our aim is to please the customers.

33. 9. harm n 损害，伤害 e.g. He meant no harm to you. ( He didn’t intend to hurt you.) do sb harm =do harm to sb =harm sb Vt A few late nights never did anyone harm. The events has harmed the relations between the two countries.

34. 10. They offer food, flowers and gift…. 词语辨析： offer, provide, supply offer 主动提供。 offer sth to sb; offer sb sth provide 供给（所需物，尤指生活必需品）。 provide sth (for sb); provide sb with sth. supply: 供应（所需要或所要求之物）。 supply sth to sb; supply sb with sth

35. When I meet difficulty, my roommates will_____me help. 他们悬赏找回丢失的珠宝。 They_______a reward for the return of the lost jewels. 政府得提供这些老人们吃穿。 The government need to_________these old people with food and clothes. 每个月都得供应足够的电。 Electricity should be _________enough every month. offer offered provide supplied

36. 11. in memory of = to the memory of sb The museum was built in memory of the famous scientist. in honor of in charge of in search of sb. / sth. 12. dress up 盛装打扮，化装打扮 You don’t have to dress up. Come as you are. Children love dressing up in Halloween.

37. Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs: dress, put on, wear. 1. She is _______ a gold ring. 2. She hurriedly _______ her son and took him to the kindergarten. 3. Remember to ________ your coat. It is cold outside. wearing dressed put on

38. 13. award n. 奖品，奖项，奖金, 助学金 …… She showed us the awards she had won. Mary got an award and was able to finish her study. vt. 授予 …… 裁定 …… award sb sth= award sth to sb The judges awarded both teams equal points. reward 回报, 报酬

39. 14. admire sb/sth (for …) 钦佩，羡慕 They admired our garden. I admire him for his success in business. 15. look forward to( 介词 ) + n/ v-ing 盼望，期待 I’m looking forward to his coming. --ward 向着 … 方向 backward 向后 forward 向前

40. 16. as though= as if 好像，仿佛 1. 虚拟语气 ( 从句所用的时态比前面真实句所用的 时态倒退一个时态.) He behaved as if/ though nothing had happened. He talks as if/though he knew everything. He looks as if he were ill. 2. 陈述语气表 ( 示很可能的事实就用陈述语气,) It looks as if/ though it is going to rain.