Unit 3 Celebrations
Lesson 1 Spring Festival
【学习目标】
1．了解使用被动语态的场合。
2．熟练掌握各种时态的被动语态结构。
3．在语篇中理解和熟练运用被动语态。
4．掌握并熟练运用本课重点词汇和句型。
5．分析文章中的长难句，判断复合句的类型.
【学习重点】
1．各种时态的被动语态结构。（时态变化体现在be动词）
2．一些特殊结构的被动语态（双宾语、不带to的动词不定式的被动语态）
3．不使用被动语态的场合
【学习难点】
能够在具体语境中熟练运用被动语态。
【学习过程】
I.知识梳理
一、重点词组。
1从上到下，彻底的____________________
2脸上戴着期待的表情____________________
3吓走怪物____________________
4扫除过去一年的污秽____________________
5被—包围着____________________
6表示我们对健康和幸福的祝愿____________________
7春节情景的生动画面____________________
8挂上装饰品____________________
9倒置地____________________
10动身前往____________________
11结婚____________________
12退休____________________
13谈论过去____________________
14提供某人某物____________________
二、分析长难句，判断复合句类型。
1. I usually start planning my trip home to Shanxi weeks before Spring Festival, as train tickets or flights have to be booked as early as possible.
2. As I get older, coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it.
3. Great fun is also enjoyed in the kitchen as the dumplings are being made.
4. We always have dumplings during this time, as they mean something special during this occasion.
5. What we eat isn’t the most important thing.
6. What’s important is who we eat it with.
7. We think about what the children would like to eat, what we need to buy and what dishes need to be prepared.
8. It’s great to hear what everyone’s been up to.
三、重点词汇。
value attach book let off light up take great care in doing sth fill sb in on sth up to sth
value n 价值；重要性；道德观念，行为标准
1. valueless adj 无价值的 valuable adj 贵重的值钱的
drop/fall/decline/go down in value 贬值 gain/rise/go up in value 增值
the value of regular exercise 经常运动的好处
Be of great/much/some/little/no value to sb 对—有很大/一些/没什么/毫无帮助
artistic/legal/scientific values艺术/法律/科学标准
value vt value sth at sth 估计/估价为 value sb/sth as sth重视
value sb/sth sth be highly valued 重视
He valued the house for me at $60,000. 那房子他为我估价6万美元。
value one’s advice/information
value truth above all else 把真理看的比什么都重要
Do you value her as the best friend?
【完成句子】
1）Everyone realizes _________ (每个人都认识到诚实的重要性。)
2）Their house _____________ 20 per cent. (他们的房子已经升值了20%。)
3）The house _________ $250,000. (这所房屋估价为25万美元。)
4）_________around $10,000 was stolen last night. (估价1万美元左右的珠宝昨晚被偷了。)
【翻译】
1）她高度地重视他的意见。
2）我们负担不起那估价为一百万元的房子。
3）我们要重视老师给我们的建议。
4）每个中国家庭都非常重视春节。
5）他提供给我们的信息对我们很重要。
2. attach vt. attachment n.
attach sth. to sth.=sth. be attached to sth.将…绑（或系、贴）在…上；将…固定（或连接）在…上，附加
attach importance/significance/value to sth.认为有重要性（或意义、价值）重视
attach oneself to sb./sth. (不受欢迎或未受邀请而)依附于
sb. be attached to sb. 隶属于
attach a label to each piece of luggage 每件行李上都加上标签
a document attached to a letter 信中附加的文件
I attached myself to a group of tourists entering the museum.我随着一队游客混进了博物馆。
be/grow attached to sth. 依恋爱慕
We have grown attached to the house and would hate to move.我们非常留恋这座房子，真舍不得搬走。
【完成句子】
1）The character Fu ___________ the front door. (中国福倒贴在前门上。)
2）A young man ___________ at the party and I couldn’t get rid of him. (聚会中有个小青年缠着我，我甩不开他。)
3）You ___________ until the end of the year. (你在年前将隶属于这一部门。)
4）She didn’t notice _____________________. (她没注意到信中附加的文件。)
3. reserve =book (up) a seat/room/table/flight/ticket 预定预购
I’d like to book three seats for tonight’s concert.
The hotel/performance is fully booked.这件旅馆的房间/这次演出的票全预定出去了。
book sb on sth 给（某人）预订飞机等座位 booked you on the 10 o’clock flight.
book in=check in book into a hotel旅馆办理了住宿手续
All seats are bookable in advance.
【辨析】book reserve order
book/reserve: 指预订房间、餐馆、机票、火车票等。 book/reserve sb a seat
order指预订货物或服务 order sth for sb=order sb sth 订购货物
Order a new carpet for my parents=order my parents a new carpet
【完成句子】
1）I’d like to ___________. (我想订一张今晚8点钟的二人餐桌。)
2）I got in at ten and__________.（我十点钟到达后直接到一家旅馆办理了住宿手续。）
【翻译】
1）英国官员已为妇女和儿童预订了宾馆房间。
2）我已经为我们定了两张票。
3）这趟航班总是被订满。
4）你最好提前预订火车票。
5）这家工厂订购了一套新设备。
4. fill sb in on sth: give sb full details about sth 对某人提供有关…的情况
Can you fill me in on what has been happening? 你能把发生的事情原原本本地告诉我吗?
5. up to sth 多达；直到；能胜任；取决于；正在做着/忙着
I can take up to 4 people in my car.
read up to page 100
Up to now he has been quiet.
He is not up to the part of Othello.
It is up to sb to do sth/whether
What tricks has he been up to?
He is up to no good. 他现在没干好事。
II．学习进阶
Language Focus: Passive Voice
1.读下列句子，划出被动语态结构。
1）The house was cleaned from top to bottom.
2）It is believed that when Fu is put upside down, happiness arrives.
3）Train tickets or flights have to be booked as early as possible.
4）The spirit of the festival—the spirit of family—has largely been kept.
2.在课文中找出更多含有被动语态的句子，并将其按照时态进行分类。
1）Spring Festival is highly valued by every Chinese family.
2）The Chinese character Fu was attached upside down to our front door.
3）Fireworks were being let off across the city.
4）The night sky was lighted up by them.
5）The moment I get on the train, I am surrounded by Shanxi accents …
6）My parents will fill me in on what’s been happening—who has got married …
7）My husband and I are both retired.
8）We think about what we need to buy and what dishes need to be prepared.
9）Great fun is also enjoyed in the kitchen as the dumplings are being made.
10）Most of the important Spring Festival traditions are still being practised by people across the country.
3.归纳：各种时态的被动语态结构
时态 主动语态 被动语态
一般现在时 do/does am/is/are done
一般过去时 did was/were done
现在进行时 am/is/are doing am/is/are being done
过去进行时 was/were doing was/were being done
一般将来时 will/shall do will/shall be done
过去将来时 would do would be done
现在完成时 has/have done has/have been done
过去完成时 had done had been done
情态动词 can/may/must do can/may/must be done
动词不定式 to do to be done
4.思考：
1）是不是所有动词都有被动语态？
2）被动语态通常用在哪些场合？
5.总结
1）被动语态由“助动词be＋及物动词的过去分词”构成。人称、数和时态的变化是通过be的变化表现出来的。不及物动词和感官动词及系动词无被动语态。如：happen, occur, take place, feel, sound, taste, smell, look, become等。要想正确地使用被动语态，就须注意哪些动词是及物的，哪些是不及物的。特别是一词多义的动词往往有两种用法。
2）在下列情况下使用被动语态：
a.不知道也不需要知道谁做的这件事：It is believed that when Fu is put upside down …
b.动作本身比“动作执行者”更重要，或不想指出谁做的这件事：The spirit of the festival—the spirit of family—has largely been kept.
c.在书面语中，特别是在科技报告、新闻报道中，被动语态比主动语态更正式：
The International Space Station has been built in the Earth’s orbit.
d.为了更好地安排句子。
The well-known person got on the bus and was immediately recognized by people. (一个主语就够了)
歌诀：谁做的动作不知道，说出谁做的没有必要；动作承受者需强调，被动语态运用到。
6. Use the passive voice to write 3–5 sentences about your favorite festival.
1) Lantern Festival:
The lantern show ______on the 15th day of the first lunar month. (celebrate)
Thousands of lanterns_____ to create a special and happy atmosphere. (hang)
Fireworks ______ and light up the sky.
Sticky rice balls ______during the occasion. They are a sign of our wishes for reunion and good luck.
2) Dragon Boat Festival:
Dragon Boat Festival ______ on the 5th day of the fifth lunar month. (celebrate)
The dragon boat race _____to honor Qu Yuan (hold).
3) Spring Festival:
The Chinese character Fu is ____to upside down to the front door. It _____that when Fu _____ upside down, happiness arrives.
Fireworks _____across the city. The night sky _______ by them.
The house _____from top to bottom.
7.作文中运用
在英语写作中使用复杂的句式结构是提高书面表达档次，增加语言亮点的主要途径之一，而被动语态就是复杂结构中的重要一项，因此，在写作中巧妙地运用被动语态可为我们的作文增光添彩。
Writing: Use the passive voice to write a paragraph about Spring Festival.
1.词数：100词左右
2.使用至少6个被动语态结构。(value, celebrate, clean, attach, set off, light up, make dumplings, put up)
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Unit 3 Celebrations
Lesson 3 Memories of Christmas
【学习目标】
1．学习能力目标
能够借助关键词，在理解文章大意的基础上，找出段落主题句，完成读前问题；
用所学的词汇和语言对课文进行复述。
2．语言能力目标
能够正确运用以下单词和短语：mess, slightly, excitement, appear, stuff, decoration, branch, remember doing sth/remember to do sth, behaviour, whisper, treasure, affair, swallow, fall off, pass away, come to mind等；
复习被动语态，能熟练应用被动语态以及能灵活使用动词词组。
【学习重难点】
1．重点
（1）如何使用地道的英语介绍西方圣诞节；
（2）正确理解并运用被动语态和动词词组。
2．难点
（1）能用得体的英语表达西方圣诞节文化相关话题；
（2）能正确使用被动语态和动词短语。
【学习过程】
1. Do you know how people celebrate Christmas in the west?
2. Read the text on page 58 and find out the main idea.
3. Read again and answer questions.
(1) Why does the writer think of her grandma every Christmas?
(2) Underline the memorable events the writer remembered about her grandma and share them with your partner.
(3) Can you find any hints in the story that suggest Grandma was in poor health condition? Did the writer notice it at that time? How did she feel after Grandma passed away?
4. Work in pairs: discuss the following.
Tell your partner about your festival memories.
Read the last paragraph. Why does the writer think Christmas is “magical”?
【精炼反馈】
一、词汇自测：根据要求写出对应英文（或中文）和以及单词词性
mess __________________________
slightly __________________________
excitement ________________ → (v.) _____________ → (adj.修饰人) _________________
→ (adj.修饰物) _______________________
appear _________________________ → (v.反义词) _______________________
→ (n.) __________________________
stuff __________________________
decoration __________________________ → (v.) __________________________
branch __________________________
记得做某事（没做） _____________________； 记得做某事（做了）_____________________
behavior __________________________→ (v.) __________________________
whisper __________________________
treasure __________________________
affair __________________________; foreign affairs __________________________
swallow __________________________
fall off __________________________
pass away __________________________
come to mind __________________________
fill sth with sth __________________________
put up __________________________
make an effort to do sth __________________________
catch one’s eye __________________________
二、语法自测（课文语法填空）
I still remember the last Christmas Granny spent with us. It began in the middle of November 1._______ a cold, windy day. I remember the wind because Granny’s white hair was a mess when she arrived. That was also the day Granny moved in. Somehow, at the time, I didn’t know she was sick. Maybe I was too young, maybe she hid it too well, 2._______ maybe I was just too excited that Christmas was on the way.
After Granny moved in, she spent most of her time on the brown sofa by the fire. Sometimes she was quiet, but she seemed happy. When I wrote a letter to Father Christmas 3._______ (tell) him about the presents I wanted, Granny made an effort 4.________ (help) me. Her hand was slightly shaky, but she wrote “Father Christmas, the North Pole” on the envelope. In December, our 5.________ (excite) grew each day — lights appeared in the streets, Christmas cards arrived, and there was snow everywhere. Granny and I made sugar biscuits, stuffed the turkey and then I sat on my granny’s lap and we sang Christmas songs. My favourite song was Frosty the Snowman and I loved the bit that went “Thumpety-thump-thump, thumpety- thump-thump, look at Frosty go!” Granny had the patience to sing it over and over.
On Christmas Eve, Granny took a seat by the fire as we put up the Christmas tree. I hung most of the 6.__________ (decorate) on the branches.
“That’s the most beautiful tree I’ve ever seen,” Granny said.
Then she started singing, “Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, you fill my heart with music ...”
Before bed, Granny and I left a plate of sugar biscuits out for Father Christmas, and put a stocking at the end of my bed. I remember Granny sitting on my bed and singing softly until I fell asleep.
My stocking was full of small toys and sweets on Christmas morning, and there were presents under the tree. I was on my best 7.________ (behave) as we opened the presents. Later, Granny called me over.
“I have something special for you,” Granny whispered, “It’s for all your treasures. Merry Christmas.”
It was a music box with a ballet dancer inside.
After breakfast, Auntie Kath and my cousin David arrived. While Mum, Dad and Auntie Kath got lunch ready, David and I played outside. We raced around the garden and rolled a big snowball to make a lovely snowman. Granny stayed inside by the fire. I remember 8._______ (catch) her eye through the window.
“Come outside, Granny,” I called, but she just waved.
Lunch was late, but it was a loud and 9._________(excite) affair. We put on silly paper hats and had a big turkey with potatoes, 10._______ (follow) by Christmas pudding. David put so much pudding in his mouth that he couldn’t swallow.
“How’s the pudding?” Granny asked.
“Mmmph, mmmph, mmmph,” said David.
Auntie Kath didn’t think it was funny, but the rest of us did. Granny laughed so much 11._______ her paper hat fell off.
A few weeks after that Christmas, Granny passed 12.________. I think of her often though, especially at Christmas. Each year, I take out the music box she gave me. Inside I keep Granny’s paper hat and the letter she helped me write that Christmas. Mum gave the letter back to me some years ago when I no longer believed in Father Christmas. When I think about 13._______ makes Christmas so magical, it’s not just gifts and Father Christmas that come 14.________ mind. It’s also my memory of Granny. Now I’m the one 15.________ makes sugar biscuits each year, and I always make one in a G-shape — G for Granny.
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Unit 3 Celebrations
Lesson 2 Special Occasions
【学习目标】
After the class, students should be able to:
1. know more about party advice;
2. get the specific information from the listening materials;
3. express thanks and congratulations.
【学习重点】
Congratulating and giving thanks.
【学习难点】
Catch the specific information from the listening materials.
【学习过程】
1. Do brainstorming about party advice, make comparisons and contrast with Chinese parties & UK parities.
2. Read tips on the Skill Builder before listening and predict the information you are going to listen to.
3. Listen, take notes and fill in the blanks in Activity 1. Add more information on party advice.
4. Take notes and write down expressions of congratulating and giving thanks.
5.精炼反馈
一、根据英文写出对应的词性和中文意思。
occasion ____________
sticky ____________
firework ____________
be at war with ____________
wedding ____________
formal ____________
informal ____________
specific ____________
similarity ____________
appropriate ____________
二、根据句意填空。
1. I can remember very few o__________ when he had to cancel because of being ill.
2. If your brakes (车闸) feel s__________, then this may be all you need to do to fix it.
3. This is an __________ phrase, not one for business.
4. If you have a s________ project you want to spread through our network, you should email us with a description of what it is.
5. However you should arrange them in the most ________________ (适当的) way to increase their path and meantime to damage them most.
三、语法填空。
Our grandparents lived in a village and my cousin started his schooling there. My grandfather didn’t make a lot of money, but he spoiled my cousin a lot.
There was a well-off family living next door and they had a son slightly 1._______ (old) than my cousin. One day, the son 2._________ (present) with a brand new bicycle. It was very pretty to look at, 3._______ (shine) in the sunlight. The boy was so happy that he would ride all around neighborhood ringing his tiny bell and shouting.
Of course, he didn’t let other kids even touch the bicycle. My cousin would look at it 4. _________ (silence) wishing for a bicycle like that. My grandfather knew about this but he couldn’t afford 5. ________ (buy) one. He talked to my father about it. My father came up with 6. _______ idea. He repainted my cousin’s old tricycle (三轮脚踏车) and fixed a big rubber horn 7._______ it. The horn made a very loud noise. My cousin 8. ________ (ride) it all over the place, blowing the horn as loudly as possible. 9. _______ the neighboring kid heard how much louder the horn was than his, he threw his bicycle in 10. ________ (angry) and started crying.
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Unit 3 Celebrations
Writing Workshop & Reading Club
【学习目标】
1．学习能力目标
学生能够借助关键词，在理解文章大意的基础上，找出段落主题句，完成读前问题；
用所学的词汇和语言对课文进行复述；
学生能够借助已知的关键信息，适当补充辅助信息，写出完整的电子邮件。
2．语言能力目标
（1）能够正确运用以下文章结构顺序连接词进行写作：first ..., then ..., after that ..., finally ...；
（2）能正确认知并且运用以下词汇和短语：awesome, calm down, uniform, territory, region, ethnic, determine, variety, surplus, symbolise, slice, transit, currency, prosperity, ingredient, offend, growl, provoke, humbly等。
【学习重难点】
1．重点
（1）如何使用地道、恰当的语言进行节日描述书写；
（2）正确理解并运用顺序连接词以及动词短语进行恰当表达；
（3）礼貌进行日常对话。
2．难点
（1）能用得体的英语书写节日描述；
（2）能正确、恰当地使用动词短语。
【学习过程】
I. Writing Workshop
1. If you are going to write about a celebration event you had before, what you will write? What details do you want to include?
2. Read the text on page 62, and answer questions.
(1) Whose birthday was it?
(2) What did the family do to prepare for it?
(3) What was the best part of the event?
(4) How did Grandpa feel and what did he say?
3 Read the text again and underline all the linkers that are used to link sentences and paragraphs.
4. Work out an outline of an event description you’re going to write about.
5. Use the outline and the Writing Help to write your first draft.
6. Edit your description in pairs. Use the Peer Editing Sheet on page 90.
II. Reading Club: Festival Menu
1. What do we eat on Spring Festival?
2. Read the text and answer the following questions:
(1) Which Spring Festival dishes are believed that they will bring fortune?
(2) Which dishes symbolise happiness in the new year?
3. What cultural meanings can you infer from the names of the dishes?
III. Reading Club: The Un-birthday Gift
1. What do you know about Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?
2. Read the text and answer the following questions:
(1) Who do you think Lewis Carroll wrote the story for?
(2) Why was Humpy Dumpty offended when Alice said, “What a beautiful belt you’ve got on”?
(3) Were Alice and Humpty Dumpty good friends? How do you know?
3. What are some examples of literary nonsense in the text? UNDERLINE the sentences.
4. How do you like the story? Why?
【精炼反馈】
一、词汇自测：根据要求写出对应英文或中文和词性
awesome ______________________
calm down ______________________
uniform ______________________
territory ______________________
region ______________________
variety ____________________ →(v.) ___________________ →(adj.) ______________________
ethnic ______________________
determine ______________________
surplus ______________________
symbolise ______________________
slice ______________________
transit ______________________
currency ______________________
prosperity ______________________
ingredient ______________________
offend ______________________
provoke ______________________
ignorant ______________________
humbly ______________________
relent ______________________
二、语篇语法填空（课文）
That day was awesome. It was Grandpa’s 70th birthday. The whole family 1._________ (prepare) for it for quite some time.
Early in the morning, I woke up excited. I got dressed quickly and 2.__________ (head) downstairs to help. Mum was already in the kitchen preparing Grandpa’s special birthday lunch. Dad was nowhere 3.__________ (see). After a quick breakfast, I began to check for the last time my special gift for Grandpa — a video of his life story. For weeks I had been working 4.________ this, listening to Grandpa’s stories, selecting his favourite music, and collecting photos from the family album.
Just before lunchtime, Dad came in with some guests. They were Grandpa’s best friends from secondary school, all in their 5.__________ (seventy). Grandpa couldn’t believe his eyes and it took quite a long time for them to calm 6._________. As soon as the guests took their seats, Grandpa’s favourite music began to fill the room with memories of the old days. 7._________ each old photo, the guests saw how Grandpa grew from a handsome boy 8.________ a kind old gentleman. The best part came when Grandpa and his friends appeared in an old photo in their school uniform. There was a lot of 9.__________ (laugh) in the room, and quite a few tears in their eyes.
Towards the end of the party, Grandpa 10.___________ (excite) said, “It is a wonderful birthday celebration and I’ve got the best gift I have ever received. Now I am looking forward to my eightieth, ninetieth and even one hundredth birthday already!”
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