Festivals around the world

UNIT1
Festivals around the world
WARMING UP AND READING
Aims
1. 理解世界各国各种节日的基本知识。如节日的分类，节日对人们生活的影响，及各国节日的意义。
2. 练习略读﹝scanning﹞猜测词义﹝word-guessing﹞，细读﹝close-reading﹞，归纳内容﹝summarizing﹞，对比﹝comparing﹞的阅读技巧，把握篇章中心内容，获取关键信息，并且能针对阅读内容表达自己的观点。
3. 掌握本课的词汇
重点和难点
1.掌握词汇，并且熟练应用词汇。
2.运用本单元的词汇和句型表达自己有关节日的观点。
PRODUCURES
Period1
ⅰ.VOCABULARY
1. take place 发生
区别take place ,happen ,break out
Take place指事先计划或预想到的事情的发生。happen指偶然发生。Break out多指爆发灾难性的战争，火灾等。Eg.
a.在最近20年里，中国发生了巨大的变化。____________________________________.
b.他发生了什么事了？_______________________________________________________.
c.夜间突然发生了火灾。______________________________________________________.
2.in memory of 的结构是in+n.+of的意思相当于中间名词的动词意思，但是它不在句中做谓语动词，一般情况下，放在动词的后面做状语。类似结构的还有
in need of __________________ in charge of_______________________
in praise of __________________ in search of _____________________
eg, 他们建立了一座纪念碑用以纪念在抗日战争时候死去的战士们。
__________________________________________________________.
3.dress up as…for… 因为……而装扮成……
例如：为了庆祝圣诞节，他被装扮成了圣诞老人。
_______________________________________________.
4.play a trick on=play tricks on =play jokes on 的意思是___________________
eg.那个男孩喜欢开他朋友的玩笑。__________________________________________.
5.gain在这里是动词。也可以做名词。如：
No pains.No gains.___________________________________.
Gain做动词时，强调通过自己的努力获得有价值的或是自己想要得到的东西。
如：在这次考试中，他获得了满分。_______________________________________.
6.look forward to的意思是____________________ 其后跟名词或是动词的ing形式。如：
自从上次收到你的来信，我就盼望着见你。___________________________________.
注意下面的例子，讨论后面为什么不是动词的ing形式。
The day we looked forward to came at last.
7.as though = as if 意思是____________________
eg. 他看起来对于此事是一无所知。________________________________________.
8.have fun with__________
例如：他们说他们和他们的外国朋友玩的很开心。_______________________________.
Answers:1. a.Great changes have taken place in China in the past 20 years.
b. What happened to him C.A fire broke out during the night.
2.需要 负责 表扬 寻找 They set up a monument in memory of the soldiers who died in the Anti-Japanese War. 3.He was dressed up as Father Chrismas for the celebration of Chrismas. 4.开某人的玩笑 That boy likes playing tricks on his friends.
5.无劳无获。 He gained full marks in the examination. 6.盼望 ，期待 I have been looking forward to meeting you since I received your last letter. We looked forward to 在这里是the day 的定语，跟后面的动词没有关系。 7.似乎，好像 He looked as though he knew nothing about this matter.8.与……玩的开心 They said they had fun with their foreign friends.
ⅱWARMING UP
Read this part and finish the following exercises
1. be meant to do sth____________________________
eg. 我认为他应该成为一名战士。
2. mean to do sth____________________________
eg. 我没打算伤你的。________________________________________.
3. mean +n./v ing_____________________________
eg. 通过高考就意味着被大学录取了。_________________________________________.
ANSWERS:
1. 应该做某事 I think he is meant to be a solder. 2.打算做某事 I didn’t mean to hurt you .意味着 Passing the college entrance examination means being admitted into college.
课下反思：
Period2
ⅲ.READING
1. Skim the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.
Kinds of Festivals Names of Festivals Countries
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals to Honour People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
Answers:
Obon
Day of the Dead
Halloween
2. Scanning the reading passage and answer the following questions.
a. What are festivals of the dead usually for
b. What makes autumn festivals happy events
c. What do people usually do at spring festivals
ANSWERS:
a. Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others,who some people believe might return to help or harm living people.
b. Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.
c. At spring festivals ,people usually have dances,carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and coming of spring.
Read the text carefully again and then fill in the blanks,then try to retell the text according to the following chart.
Typesof festivals origins examples celebrations
Festivals of the dead To 1 or to 2 Obon , in 3 Clean 4 and light 5 Also light 6 and play 7
8 , in Mexico Eat food 9 and cake 10 ,offer 11
12 ,in western countries Children dress up and 13 ;
Festivals To Honour people To honour famouspeople 14 ,in China To honour 15
16 ,In the USA In memory of 17
Gandhi Jayanti,in 18 To honour 19 who 20
Harvestfestivals People are 21 Because 22 Thanksgiving Day,in 23 Decorate 24 with 25 ;get together to 26
27 ,in China and Japan Admire 28 and enjoy 29
SpringFestivals To look forward to 30 31 ,in China Eat 32 ;there are 33 and carnivals
34 ,in Christian countries Celebrate 35
36 ,in Japan Enjoy beautiful cherry flowers
Answers: 1.honour the dead 2.satisfy 3.Japan 4.graves 5.incense 6.lamps 7.music 8the Day of the Dead 9. in the shape of skulls 10 with “bones” on them. 11.food ,flowers and gifts to the dead. 12.Halloween 13.go to their neighbour’s homes to ask for sweets. 14.The Dragon Boat Festival 15. the famous ancient poet,QuYuan 16.Columbus Day 17. Christopher Columbus in the New World. 18. India 19.Mohandas Gandhi 20. helped gain India’s independence from britain. 21. grateful 22. their food is gathered for the winter and agricultural work is over. 23. European countries 24. churches and town halls 25. flowers and fruit 26. have meals 27. Mid-Autumn Festival 28. the moon 29. mooncakes 30. the end of winter and to the coming of spring. 31. Spring Festivals 32.dumplings fish and meat 33.dragon dances 34.Easter 35. the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life. 36.Cherry Blossom Festival
课下反思：
Period3
Some difficult sentences
The country ,covered with cherry tree flowers,looks as though it is covered with pink snow.﹝节日里﹞整个国度到处是盛开的樱花，看上去就像是覆盖了一层粉红色的雪。
该句中covered with cherry tree flowers是一个过去分词短语作的_______,相当于一个定语从句_________________________________.
Answers: 定语 which was covered with cherry tree flowers
Read the text again ,and do some translation exercises
1. 要么……要么 ____________
2. 他们到这里来学习的，也可能来玩的。 ___________________________________.
3. 扫墓 _______________ 烧香 __________________
4. 在清明节那天，年轻人喜欢去扫墓，而老人则在家烧香。
_________________________________________.
5. 为了纪念 ______________________
6. 端午节，我们吃粽子是为了纪念伟大的古代诗人屈原。
_________________________________________.
7. 以……的形式 ___________________
8. 他们把馒头做成了塔状。 __________________________________________.
9. 打扮 _________________
10. 他们把自己的女儿打扮成了一个美丽的小天使。_______________________________.
11. 开……的玩笑 ____________________
12. 不要开盲人的玩笑 ___________________________________.
13. 盼望 _______________________
14. 我们中国人盼望着再次举办奥运会。 ___________________________________.
15. 日日夜夜 __________________________.
16. 他总是不分昼夜的工作。 ________________________________.
17. 好像 ________________
18. 天空乌云密布，似乎要下雨了。 __________________________________.
19. 和……玩的开心 _______________________
20. 他们说他们和他们的外国朋友玩的很开心。___________________________________.
Answers: either…or They come here either to study or to play. clean graves light incense On the Qingming festival,the youngesters like going to clean grave, while the old stay at home and light incense. in memory of They made steamed bread in the shape of towers. dress up They dressed up their daughter as a beautiful angel. play a trick on Don’t play a trick on the blind. look forward to We Chinese look forward to hosting the Olympics again. day and night He is always working day and night. as though The sky is full of clouds,as though it is going to rain have fun with They said they had fun with their foreign friends.
Fill in the blanks with the right words with their apropriate forms
Agriculture energy religion society play tricks on in memory of
took place look forward to day and night as though dress up in the shape of
1. You don’t need to ____just to go to the pub__jeans and a T-shirt will do.
2. The police may never discover what _____that night,because Mr Smith,the only eye-witness,died last night.
3. He’s deeply _____and goes to church twice a week.
4. Luckily,help arrived______a police officer.
5. It’s acceptable to _____your friends on April 1st.
6. The government set up a monument_____the heroes who died in the war.
7. I’m ____hearing from you.
8. He behaved______he hadn’t known anything about it.
9. Those workers worked _____to finish the task.
10. The country’s economy is mainly______and depends on crops like coffee.
11. Most British schools organize______events for the students.
12. I tried aerobics﹝有氧运动﹞but it was too ____for me.
Answers:dress up took place religious in the shape of play tricks on in memory of looking forward to as though day and night agricultural social energetic
GRAMMAR
Read the explanations to MODAL VERBS and complete the following sentences using modal verbs:
1. You’ve been working all day.You _____be very tired.
2. ﹝The doorbell rings﹞I wonder who that is.It______be Lisa.She’s still in the library at this time.
3. It is a long time since we met last time.You ____come and see us more often.
4. I haven’t decided where I’m going for my holidays.I _____go to Australia.
5. My father’s birthday is coming .What _____I get him
6. Why don’t you try on this dress It ____look nice on you.
7. “Who was the man talking with your teacher ”
“I’m not sure. It _____be her brother.”
8.I don’t know when the guests be here.They _____arrive at any time.
ANSWERS:
Must can’t should may shall will might will /could
课下反思：
Period4
VOCABULARY
1.permission n.
如果你想要使用这个停车场的话，你得现征得允许。
_________________________________________________________.
另外，permission 的动词形式是permit， 他的用法与allow 的用法差不多，当说允许作某事的时候用permit/allow doing sth; 当表达允许某人作某事的时候，应说成permit/allow sb to do sth
Eg.我们允许在大厅内吸烟。但是我们不允许你任何人在这里吸烟。____________________________________________________________.
2.turn up________________
He said he would come here before6 o’clock.But now it is seven,_______________________________.﹝他还没有出现。﹞
我把收音机的音量开大一些你介意吗？
________________________________________________.
3.keep one’s word ___________________
他一定会到会的，因为他一直都遵守诺言。
_________________________________________________.
4.hold one’s breath ___________________
玛丽屏住呼吸，希望他们不会发现她。
_________________________________________.
5.apologize to sb ﹝for sth﹞ =make an apology to sb﹝for sth﹞ _________________________
他为迟到而道歉，我原谅了他。____________________________________________.
6.set off for =leave for __________________________
7.remind sb of sth _____________________________
他的话让我想起来我的童年时期。_______________________________________________.
Remind sb to do sth ____________________________________________
他提醒我该动身了。________________________________________
ANSWERS:
1.If you want to use this parking lot,you must ask for permissions. We permit smoking in the hall,but we permit nobody to smoke here. 2.出现；调大 he hasn’t turned up yet. Do you mind my turning up the radio 3.遵守诺言 He is sure to turn up ,because he always keeps his word. 4.屏住呼吸Mary held her breath,hoping that nobody could find her. 5.因为……而向……道歉 He apologized to me for being late. 6.动身到…… 7.让……想起…… His words reminded me of my childhood. 提醒某人作某事 He reminded me to set off.
A SAD LOVE STORY
Choose the best answers according to the text
1. We can conclude from the first paragraph that_____.
A. Li Fang was a boy full kof experience.
B. LiFang was looking forward to Hu Jin’s apology
C. LiFang seemedd to lack confidence.
D. It was the first time that HuJin hadn’t kept her word
2. Why was the Goddess of Heaven very angry
A. Because the weaving girl hadn’t asked for her permission.
B. Because Niulang was too poor to support the family.
C. Because those in Heaven couldn’t get married to people on earth.
D. Because the Goddess of Heven wouldn’t like her granddaughter to be away from her.
3. It is believed that if the weather is fine on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month,______
A. Zhinv will be weeping secretly
B. Zhinv and Niulang will be able to meet each other
C. Zhinv and Niulang will not be able to meet each other
D. The Milky Way will turn up and prevent them from meeting.
4. Why did such an embarrassing﹝尴尬的﹞situation take place
A. Ju Jin came late.
B. Li Fang came late.
C. HuJin didn’t love LiFang any more.
D. LiFang and HuJin remembered two different meeting
Answers: CCBD
Read the text again and finish the following translations
1. turn up __________ 2.keep one’s word _________________
3. hold one’s breath ________________4.apologize to sb for sth__________________
4. set off for someplace___________________6.remind …of…____________________
8. It is obvious that…________________________
Answers出现 守信用 屏息 因为某事向某人道歉 动身到某地去
使……想起…… 很明显……
Some difficult sentences
1. Finding that Zhinu was heart –broken,her mother finally decided to let the couple sross the Milky Way to meet once a year.
看到织女肝肠寸断，她母亲才决定让这对夫妻每年跨过银河相会一次。
显然，这句话的主句应该是_____________________,而 Finding that Zhinu was heart-broken 是一个状语从句，说明了主句的主语即her mother作出决定的_________。可以看出，find的逻辑主语就是主句的主语her mother,而它们之间是主谓关系，即her mother found…,这样，在状语从句中，find需用-ing形式。
2. There was HuJin waving at him and calling.是胡锦在向他招手喊道。
这是一个________句型，其中谓语动词是___________,而另外两个动词wave和call就必须是非谓语动词它们的逻辑主语都是_________，它们之间分别都是主谓关系，即HuJin waved at him and called ,因此，用-ing形式将两个动词变成非谓语动词. 翻译：
Mary stood by the window looking out into the sky._____________________________________.
Answers:1. her mother finally decided to let the couple cross the Milky Way to meet each other. 原因 2.there be was HuJin Mary 坐在窗前，看着天空。
课下反思：
Japan
Mexico
Some Western countries
Dragon Boat Festival
Columbus Day
Festival to honour Gandhi
China
USA
India
Harvest/Thankinggiving festivals
Mid-autumn festivals
European and other countries
China and Japan
Spring Festival
Easter and related holidays
Cherry Blossom Festival
China
Some Western countries
Japan