Unit1 Festivals around the world－reading(浙江省宁波市余姚市)

课件40张PPT。Unit One
Festivals around the worldHow many festivals do you know both in and out of China?The Chinese festivalsSpringFestivaldumplingFestival of lanternsTeachers’ DayMid- Autumn FestivalMooncakes HolidaysBrainstorming
Chinese public holidaysInternational Women’s Day
New Year’s DayChildren’s DayNational DayThe Youth?DayInternational Labour DayFestivals in foreign countriesHappy Valentine’s DayHalloween ParadeChristmasCarnival festivalsBrainstorming
festivals of foreign countriesChristmasFool’s?DayValentine’s?Day
CarnivalEasterThanksgiving DayMother’s?DayFather’s?DayHalloween 1. Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient Times?Reading2.What kinds of things are done to honour the dead?3.Why do you think we offer flowers to the dead?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?Summarize and fill in the chartthe end of the cold winter;planting in spring and harvest in autumn
light fire and make music
to honor the dead or satisfy 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 society or the countryDragon boat racing, eat zongzi
Food is gathered for the winter. The agricultural work is over.
decorate churches and town halls, get together to have meals, admire the moon and eat mooncakes
celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring
eat delicious food; have exciting carnivals
The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.
Halloween used to be a festival intended to honour the dead.
Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honour a lot in China.
Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.
Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.FTTFFT or FLanguage points1. 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.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. 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
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。 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
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. starvationdie of ____________starvationThe 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 starve for companionship(friendship)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…
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 honour 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. honour7. 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
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pleasedpleasantpleasureI was very _________ to hear the news.
The news was very ___________ to us.pleasedpleasingpleased
pleasing
pleasant
pleasure8. please Vt 使愉快，取悅…
It is difficult to please everybody.
Our aim is to please the customers.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 sbVtA few late nights never did anyone harm.The events has harmed the relations between the two countries. 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

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.
offerofferedprovidesupplied11. 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.Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs: dress, put on, wear. She is _______ a gold ring.
She hurriedly _______ her son and took him to the kindergarten.
Remember to ________ your coat. It is cold outside. wearingdressedput on13. 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
16. as though= as if 好像，仿佛
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.Thank you