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A Sad Love Story
Valentine’s Day
Feb. 14th
Chinese Valentine’s Day
the seventh day of the seventh lunar month
Say something about Niu Lang and Zhi Nv.
Niulang
Zhinv
织女下凡，遇到牛郎
牛郎织女喜结良缘
Zhinv, the __________ girl, visited the earth and met the _____ boy, niulang. They ________________ (相爱) and got _________ .
weaving
herd
fell in love
married
王母娘娘把他们分开
The Godness of Heaven became _______ and made the weaving girl ______ to heaven, so the couple was devided by the river of stars, the ______ Way.
angry
return
Milky
牛郎织女在每年农历七月初七在鹊桥相会
Finding that Zhinv was __________ , her grandmother decided to let the couple meet once a year. Magpies make a _______ so the couple can cross the river to meet on the _______ day of the ______ lunar month.
heartbroken
bridge
seventh
seventh
This is the story of ________ Festival. When foreigners hear about the story, they call it a Chinese __________ story.
Qiqiao
Valentine’s
A SAD LOVE STORY
heart-broken
not turn up
Li Fang
Hu Jin
heart-broken
not keep her word
being laughed at
look forward to
alone with his roses and chocolates like a fool
What was his feeling at that moment
fool
drown his sadness in coffee
tea shop
coffee shop
What do you think of the ending Why
True or False.
The girl Li Fang loved and waited for didn’t turn up.( )
Because her most lovely daughter got married to a human secretly, the Goddess got very angry.( )
Zhinv was made to return to Heaven without her husband. They were allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of the tenth lunar month.( )
Hu Jin had been waiting for Li Fang for a long time with a gift for him.( )
T
F
T
F
seventh
1. Why was the TV story what Li Fang needed
The TV story was a sad story about lost love – the same situation as Li Fang.
Answer the following questions:
2. Why did people want the whether to be fine on Qiqiaojie
People wanted the weather to be fine so they can meet the one they love.
3. How did Li Fang feel at the end of the story Why
He was worried because he has thrown away Hu Jin’s Valentine’s gifts.
1. turn up
1) appear 出现,露面
He __________________so far.
Please _________ the fire.
他到目前还没有出现。
2)调大声音，把...开大点儿
请把火调大一点。
hasn’t turned up
turn up
你总是迟到!(做事慢慢吞吞的)
You’re always __________ late for everything!
turning up
turn down
turn off
turn on
turn out
turn to sb. for help
相关短语:
关小,拒绝
关掉
打开
结果是......
向某人求助
2. She could be with her friends right now laughing at him.
laughing at him是动词-ing短语作伴随状语, 强调与谓语动词的动作同时发生,
“她与朋友们呆在一起的同时, 也在嘲笑他”。
Finding that Zhinu was heart-broken, her grandmother finally decided to let the couple cross the Milky Way to meet once a year. (Para.3 line 6)
Finding是现在分词短语作原因状语
3._______________________（看到这张照片）he couldn’t help thinking of his childhood.
Seeing the picture
2.__________________(因为病了)，he didn’t come to school.
Being ill
1.____ for the train, I had a long talk with my sister about the famous poet.
A. Waited B. Being waiting
C. Having waited D. Waiting
D
3. keep one’s word 守信用, 遵守诺言
break one’s word 违背诺言
in a word
in other words
have a word with sb.
have words with sb. (about sth.)
I’d like to ___________ with you.
我想和你谈一下。
简言之
换句话说
与sb.交谈
关于sth.与sb.争吵
have a word
A gentleman should always __ his __.
A. keeps; word
B. keep; word
C. keeps; words
D. keep; words
B
4. hold one’s breath 屏息
The girl _____________ at the sight of the snake.
当那个女孩看到那条蛇的时候，她屏住呼吸。
lose one’s breath
= be out of breath
breathe v. breath n.
held her breath
take a deep breath
深呼吸
气喘吁吁,
上气不接下气
When we got to the top of the mountain, we were nearly _________.
A. under our breath
B. lost our breath
C. caught our breath
D. out of breath
D
lose one’s breath = be out of breath
5. apologize 道歉
apologize to sb for (doing) sth
= say sorry to sb for doing sth
apology n.
make an apology to sb for (doing) sth.
You must apologize _______ the teacher ________ being so rude.
你必须为你的粗鲁行为向老师道歉。
to
for
6. drown (drowned, drowned )
浸、泡, 淹没,淹死
The floods ___________ the streets and houses.
借… 消愁
drown one’s sorrow/sadness in…
drowned
洪水淹没了街道和房子。
drown one’s sorrow/sadness in wine
Frank tried to save the ___________ girl in the river, but unfortunately she was _______.
A. drowned; drowning
B. drowning; drowned
C. drowned; drowned
D. drowning; drowning
B
drowning 将要溺死的
drowned 已被淹死的
7. It was obvious that...
明显的， 清楚的
obviously adv. 明显地，清楚地
obvious adj.
1) Sth. be obvious to sb ...对某人来说很清楚
Her sadness was obvious to her friend.
2) It is/was obvious that 明显，显而易见….
It was obvious that she was in danger.
It is obvious that you are wrong.
8.wipe (wiped, wiped)
vt 擦，擦去
wipe off 抹掉，擦掉
wipe up 擦干净，歼灭
The students on duty ____________ the blackboard during break.
Wiped the words off B. washed
C. Cleaned D. A and C
D
clean the blackboard 擦黑板
wipe the words off the blackboard
9. They got married secretly.
…her daughter was married to a human,
marry 的用法：
1) 她嫁给了一个医生。
She married with a doctor.
She married a doctor.
表示“和......结婚”，“嫁......”，“娶......”
marry为及物动词，要用marry sb.，而不用marry with sb.
T
F
2) 她和一位律师结婚了。
She got married with a lawyer.
She got married a lawyer.
She was married to a lawyer.
表示婚姻状态, 后接宾语时要用介词to， 而不用with.
F
F
T
3) 他们结婚三年了。
They have married for three years.
They have got married for three years.
They have been married for three years.
注意：marry和get married 都表示短暂行为，不能和表示一段时间的短语连用，而have been married则表示婚姻状态，可以与表示婚姻状态持续多久的时间状语连用。
F
F
T
They got married three years ago.
It’s three years since they got married.
10. As Li Fang set off for home, he thought...
set off:
Tom and his father set off for America yesterday.
The bomb set off among the crowd.
动身, 出发; (侧重去某一个地方）
使（地雷、炸弹）爆炸;
相关短语：
set out to do 着手做某事
set about doing sth. 着手（做某事）
set up 建立，创立
set down 写下，记下
11. remind sb. of sth 提醒某人某事
remind sb. to do sth
remind sb. that…
He reminded that I should have been more careful.
He reminded me to get up early.
He reminded me of the promise.
1) 他提醒我那个承诺。
2) 他提醒我要早起。
3) 他提醒我本应该小心点。
12. forgive
(forgave, forgiven)
Please forgive him for his rudeness.
请原谅他的粗鲁吧。
forgive sb. (for) sth.原谅某人某事
我永远也不会原谅你昨晚所说的话。
I will never forgive you for what you said yesterday.
Fill in the blanks to complete the passage:
The weaving girl Zhinü, the granddaughter of the Goddess of Heaven, met the herd boy Niulang and _________ ________ him. Then they ____ _____ secretly and lived __ ____ ____. But when the Goddess of Heaven knew it, she ____ ____ ____ ___ it and _____ Zhinü ___ _________ to Heaven. Niulang ____ ____ ___ ___ to follow her, but the Milky Way stopped him.
fell in
love with
got married
a happy life
was
very angry about
forced
to
he could
come back
did what
When Zhinü’s grandmother ______ that Zhinü was ___ ___ ______, she finally ______ the couple _________ cross the Milky Way once a year. This happens on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month when magpies made a bridge of their wings ___ ____ ___ let the couple cross the river to meet. This is the story of Qiqiaojie---a Chinese Valentine’s Day.
found
in deep sorrow
allowed
to meet
in order to
Group Writing
Discuss with your group members and write a different ending to the story, beginning with:
As he sadly passed the tea shop
on the corner on his way, …
Content / Idea
Organization
Grammar
Vocabulary
As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way home, Li Fang heard his name called. It was Hujin. He didn’t think Hujin would love him any longer. To his surprise, Hujin went to him with a beautiful flower. Li Fang didn’t know what to say. Would he tell her the truth
Finally, he was honest with her. Hujin knew she had made a mistake about the place to meet. Hujin forgave him. They looked at each other, and laughed.
Since then, they have known each other much better. Soon after they got married and lived a happy life ever after.
