Unit 2 Festivals and holidays 单元重点内容总结2025-2026学年冀教版（2024）英语八年级上册

冀教版英语（2024）八上第二单元重点内容总结
Lesson1 Chinese festivals and holidays
Work on... 致力于……；从事于……
Around the world 全世界；=all over the world;
Quite a few 相当多；很多
Good for you! 你真棒！
Like...best...最喜欢…… 原文：Which festival do you like best I like the Spring Festival best.
Have fun. 玩得开心=have a good time
Have fun doing sth. 开心做某事
I’m not sure.我不确定
be sure of/about 对……确信
Let/make/have sb do sth 使/让某人做某事。原文：Let me help you out.
Help sb out 帮助某人解决困难
By the way. 顺便说一些
On the way to...去……的路上
In the way 挡道；碍事
This way 用这种方法
A seven-day holiday 一个七天的假期 an eight-year-old boy 一个八岁的南海
数字+连字符+名词 构成复合形容词，此时及时数字>1,名词也须用单数。
Plan to do sth 计划做某事
Watch the flag-raising ceremony 观看升旗仪式
Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 注意序数词ninth的写法，由基数词nine去e+th构成。
基数词 nine nineteen ninety
对应序数词 ninth nineteenth ninetieth
Take place 举行；发生 （有目的的发生VS happen 偶然的发生，常指不幸的事）
两者都无被动语态
相同点 不同点
take place 均无被动语态 有计划
happen 无计划，偶然
Lesson 2
On+具体日期，原文：It is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar.
Date back 追溯到 原文：The Mid-Autumn Festival dates back more than two thousand years.
注意：two thousand Thousand 后无需加s, hundred, thousand, million, billion四个词前是精确数字，several时，无需加s, 表示概数时，须加s,加of. 如：hundreds of 数以百计的; thousands of数以千计的; millions of数以百万计的; billions of数以十亿计的;
More than 多于（over也有此意思） less than 少于
A symbol of.... 一个……的象征 原文：It is now a symbol of family reunion and gratitude.
My whole family 我的整个家庭（单数来对待），原文：On this day, my whole family always gets together,has a wonderful dinner, and watches the full moon. family,当”家人”讲时，做主语时（复数来对待），谓语动词用复数形式。Eg.My family are watching TV now.我的家人正在看电视。
watch the full moon 赏满月；watch the moon 赏月
tell sb sth 告诉某人某事 原文：When I was a little boy, my grandma told me the story of Chang’e 另：tell的其他用法，tell a story 讲故事；tell a lie 撒谎；tell sb to do sth告诉某人去做某事。
know of sb=know about sb了解某人（知晓但不熟） VS（对比） know sb 熟识某人（直接知晓很熟悉）
Lesson 3 The Spring Festival
come out 出来；原文：Nian, the monster, came out on the last night of every year. 此外，come out还有“开花，出版”之意。
on the last night of every year 在每年的最后一个晚上。具体某一天的早、中、晚要用介词on，VS：at night; in the evening. 另外：last 该单词在初中阶段的三个常见意思要记清楚：①上一个的；eg.last night;last week ②最后的；the last day of this month ③动词：持续；The heavy rain lasted for three days. 大雨持续了三天。
be afraid of sth 害怕某物 =be scared of sth. 原文：Nian was afraid of loud noises, bright lights and the colour red.
noise n. 噪音；响声；杂音；既可当可数名词，又可当不可数名词。形容词形式为noisy 吵闹的；嘈杂的。常用短语make a noise 或make noises
【辨析】
noise 多 指不悦耳的吵闹声、嘈杂声，可与make连用
sound 泛指能听见的自然界的各种声音，不带有任何感彩
voice 多指人说话或唱歌的声音
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There was a loud noise outside the classroom. The physics teacher had to raise his voice, “Light travels much faster than sound.”教室外面一片嘈杂声。物理老师不得不提高嗓音说：“光的传播速度比声音快得多。”
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drive away 赶走； 原文：This way they could drive away Nian and bring good luck for the coming year.
Be close to 接近；靠近；紧挨着；与……亲近 原文：They all feel very happy to be close to each other.
Stay up 熬夜；【拓展】关于up的短语：use up 用光；clean up 打扫干净（扫光）；eat up 吃光 （巧记：这三组简称“三光”）；give up 放弃；make up 组成，化妆；put up 举起，张贴，搭建；set up 建立；take up 占据，（开始）从事；look up 向上看，查阅；
Temple fairs 庙会 fair此处为名词，意为集市，交易会；此外fair 还可当形容词“公平的”，【拓展】unfair，adj.不公平的
Crowds of ...大量的（人群）…… 原文：Crowds of people watch dragon and lion dances on the street.
Lesson 4 The Dragon Boat Festival
Be known as 作为……而著名=be famous as... 类似be known for=be famous for...因……而著名 原文：It’s also known as the Duanwu Festival。
Go on a trip (to sp) 去某地旅行 原文：During the festival this year, my family and I went on a wonderful trip.
Together with....和……一起，连接主语时，谓语动词遵循“就远原则”，即谓语动词和相邻较远的主语保持一致，eg.Li Ming, together with his parents, walks around the park after dinner every day. 类似的还有 along with, as well as.
Local adj.当地的；地方的，通常用于名词前作定语。也可当名词，意为“当地人”，常用复数形式locals
Look like 看起来像（外观上）；原文：They look like dragons. VS be like 像（性格上）
Eg. Li Ming looks like his father but he is like his mother.
Here 后+谓语动词时，遵循“就近原则”类似There be 句型，谓语动词与其后面的就近的主语保持一致。原文：Here is a photo of me in Zigui(秭归）, the hometown of Qu Yuan.
pay one’s respects to sb. 向某人致以某人的敬意。原文：I’m happy to visit his hometown and pay my respects to him.
Be proud of...为……感到自豪；=take pride in 原文：I am proud of our history and culture.
Lesson 5 Special New Year celebrations
In different ways 用不同的方法。 原文：Different people celebrate the New Year in different ways.
on Chinese New Year’s Eve 在除夕夜（春节前夕） 注：eve 前夕，傍晚。
【拓展】短语：Christmas Eve 平安夜（圣诞夜前夕）
get together （with sb） (和某人）聚集在一起
lucky money 红包
one of the hottest months 最炎热的月份之一
bring good luck 带来好运
be full of = be filled with 充满 原文：This shows that the next year will be full of adventures.
The same...as... 和……有相同的（部位）…… eg. Your schoolbag has the same colors as mine.你的书包和我的有相同的颜色。原文（P25）：Does it fall on the same day as the New Year in China VS the same as... 和……一样（或相同） eg. Your schoolbag is the same as mine. 你的书包和我的一模一样。
In common 共同的（常做后置定语） eg. They have nothing in common.他们没有共同之处。
原文（P25）:Can you find anything in common in these different celebrations
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