Unit 1 Festivals around the world

Unit 1 Festivals around the world备课

编写人：王新祯 高雁虹

【目标体验】

1. celebration n. 庆祝；庆贺 celebrate vt.庆祝；歌颂 2. starve vi.& vt. （使）饿死；饿得要死 starvation n.饥饿；饿死 3. belief n. 信仰；信心；信念 believe vt.相信；认为 重点句式 1. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.在那个时代，如果食物难以找到，特别是在寒冷的冬月，人们就会挨饿。 2. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee was waiting for Li Fang to leave.很明显，咖啡馆里的经理在等李方离开。 4. trick n. 诡计；恶作剧；窍门 trick vt. 欺骗；诈骗 5.independence n. 独立；自主 independent adj. 独立的；自主的 6. gather vt.& vi.搜集；集合；聚集 gather n. 搜集；集合；聚集 7. agriculture n 农业；农艺；农学 agricultural adj. 农业的；农艺的 8. award n. 奖；奖品award vt. 授予；判定 重9.admire vt. 赞美；钦佩；欣赏 admiration n. 赞美；点钦佩；欣赏 单10.energetic adj. 充满活力的；精力充沛的；积极的 词 energy n.经历；能量；活力 11.clothing n. 衣服 （总称）clothes n. 衣服（pl.） 12.custom n. 习惯；风俗 customer n.顾客，主顾 customs n.海关；关税 13.fool n. 愚人；白痴；受骗者 fool vt. 愚弄；欺骗 fool vi. 干傻事；开玩笑 fool adj. 傻的 15.permission n.许可；允许 permit vt.允许；许可 16.parking n.（汽车等）停放 park n. 公园 park vt.停放 17.apologize vi. 道歉；辩白 apology n.道歉；歉意 18.drown vt.& vi. 淹没；溺死；淹死 19.obvious adj. 明显的；显而易见的 obviously adv.明显地；显而易见地 20. remind vt. 提醒；使想起 21. forgive vt. 原谅；饶恕 1. in memory of 纪念；追念 2. play a trick on 搞恶作剧；诈骗； 开玩笑 3. look forward to 期盼；期待；盼望 重4. day and night 日夜；昼夜；整天 点5. as though 好像 短6. have fun with 玩得开心 语 7. turn up 出现；到场 8. keep one’s word 守信用；履行诺言 9. hold one’s breath 屏息；屏气 10. set off 出发；动身；使爆炸 11. remind ……of…… 使……想起…… 12. dress up 盛装；打扮；装饰 13. take place 发生 单元 情态动词can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, 语should, must, can’t等的用法。 法 1.打电话(Making phone calls) May I speak to…? Can I ring/call back later? Hold/Hang 功on, please. 能2.邀请(Invitations) 项I wonder if you are interested in… I’d like to invite you 目 to… Would you like…? 3.感谢(Thanks) Thank you so much. Thanks a lot. That’s very kind of you. 【重点突破】

1. Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and

what people do at that time.讨论这些节日是什么时间举行、庆祝的是什么事、人们在那天做什么。 take place发生；举行

①When does the ceremony take place? 仪式什么时候举行？

②We have never discovered what took place between them that night.

我们从未发觉那天晚上他们之间发生了什么事情。 [易混辨析] take place, happen与 occur take place vi.发生，举行。通常用于已计划、安排或人们积极参入的事情。 happen vi 发生，碰巧。强调偶然性。 occur vi.发生，比happen更正式一些。 ① Great changes have taken place in China in the past 20 years. 在过去的20年里，中国发生了巨大的变化。 ②Accidents like this happen all the time. 此类事故经常发生。

③Death occurred about midnight, the doctor says. 医生说大约是半夜死的。 [特别提醒] take place, happen, occur这三个词都是不及物动词，没有被动语态。 [用法拓展] take apart拆开;拆散某物 take away拿走；减去；夺去；消除 take back取回，带回；归还；取消；撤回 take one’s place入座；代替某人的职务 take one’s time不着急；慢慢干 take over继承；接办；接受；接管 take the place of代替，取代；顶替 ①Let’s take the radio apart and see what’s wrong with it. 我们把收音机拆开看看有什么毛病。

②These books must not be taken away from the library. 这些书不准带出图书馆。

③I take back what I said about you being selfish. 我承认我不该说你自私。

④The army is threatening to take over if civil unrest continues. 军方声称如内乱不平息将实行军官。 [即景活用]

They decided that the meeting should_______ on Monday. A. hold B. happen C. be taken place D. take place [自我校对]D

2. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.在那个时代，如果食物难以找到，特别是在寒冷的冬月，人们就会挨饿。 （1）“主语+be +形容词+动词不定式”是一固定句型。该句型中常用的形容词有difficult, easy, hard, light, heavy, nice, pleasant, comfortable, interesting, expensive等；动词不定式和句子的主语之间必须要满足动宾关系，若动词是一个不及物动词，则要加上合适的介词。 ①The man is difficult to get along with. 这个人很难相处。

②The house is comfortable to live in. 这房子住起来很舒服。 ③The text is easy to understand. 这篇课文很容易理解。 （2）especially adv.特别，尤其

The car is quite small, especially if you have children. 这辆汽车很小，如果有了孩子就尤其显得小。 [易混辨析] specially与especially specially专门地，特别地，多指为一特别目的而做。 especially特别是，尤其，指与其他同类相比，某人、某物、某情况达到异常的程度。 ①I suppose I was a bit lazy and now I wish I’d done more work, especially in maths. 我想我当时有点懒，我现在希望当时多用点功，特别是在数学上。

②I made this specially for your birthday. 这是我特意为你的生日而做的。 [即景活用]

①The girl I met yesterday afternoon was easy to _____.

A. get along B. get well along C. get well along with D. get along with

②In several parts of the city, cars are not permitted, _____ in the main shopping areas.

A. actually B. especially C. practically D. averagely [自我校对] ①D②B

3.Some festivals are held to honor the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm.有些节日，是为了纪念死者，或使祖先得到满足，因为祖先们有可能回到世上给人们提供帮助，也可能带来危害。 （1）the dead死去的人们 ，“the + 形容词 / 过去分词 / 动词-ing形式”可表示一类人或者物，作主语时，谓语动词用复数。

We carried the dead and the wounded off the battlefield. 我们把伤亡者抬出了战场。 [用法拓展] the old老年人 the young年轻人 the rich富人 the poor 穷人 the sick生病的人 the blind盲人 the wounded受伤的人 the dying垂死的人。 ①The old sighed for the good old days. 老年人十分思念过去的美好日子。

②They had to leave the wounded where they fell. 他们不得不把伤员留在他们受伤的地方。

③The government should be considerate towards the poor. 政府应该为穷人着想。

4. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.在日本的盂兰盆节，人们要上坟、扫墓、烧香以及缅怀祖先。 in memory of为纪念??

He founded the charity in memory of his late wife. 他兴办那项慈善事业以纪念他已故的妻子。 [用法拓展] in case of 万一 in charge of负责 in celebration of 庆祝 in favor of 赞成 in honor of纪念 in hope of 希望 in need of需要 in praise of 赞扬 in possession of 拥有 in support of 支持 in search of寻找 in terms of根据, 按照； 用??的话；在??方面 ①We are all in favor of the reform. 我们都支持这项改革。 ②The third Sunday in June is observed in the United States in honor of fathers.

父亲节六月的第三个星期天，美国用来纪念父亲。 [即景活用]

Martin Karplus of Harvard University touched on the issue at a conference ____ People in 1990. A. in terms of B. in memory of

C. in charge of

D. in search of

[自我校对]B

5. It is now a children’s festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbours’ homes to ask for sweets.万圣节这天成了孩子们的节日，这天他们可以乔装打扮上邻居家要糖吃。 dress vt.& vi.给??穿衣；穿衣，穿着；打扮；n. [C]连衣裙；（上下连身的）女装；[U]衣服（男女均可）；（尤指）外衣 be/get dressed in+衣服或者表颜色的词 dress sb. down训斥，斥退（某人） dress up盛装；打扮；装饰 dress sb./oneself给……穿衣 dress well/badly/fashionable穿得好/不好/时髦 dress + 表示目的、场合的介词短语 ①Hurry up and get dressed. 快点穿衣服。

②Is she old enough to dress herself yet? 她会自己穿衣服了吗？

③They are dressed in beautiful costumes, skipping back and forth to the rhythm of loud drums.

他们身着漂亮的服装，和着鼓点扭来扭去。 ④She dresses well. 她穿得很好。

⑤Do I need to dress for the theatre? 我去剧院需要穿晚礼服吗？

⑥They were dressed up in Victorian clothes. 他们化妆成维多利亚时代的人。 [易混辨析] dress, put on, wear与have on dress 表示“给??穿衣服”，其宾语是人，而不是衣服。 put on表示“穿（戴）”的动作，其宾语是衣服，而不是人。 wear表示“穿（戴）”的状态，其宾语是衣服，而不是人。 have on表示“穿（戴）”的状态，但不能用于进行时态，其宾语是衣服，而不是人。 ①Why on earth did you put on that outfit? 你到底为什么要穿上这套服装？ Villagers still wear the traditional costume on Sunday. 村民在星期日仍然穿传统服装。

[即景活用]

①When the little child caught sight of the young woman ___ in white he started crying immediately.

A. dressed B. wearing C. worn D. putting on ②Sports is necessary, and we have to go for a five-kilometer run, ____ just a T-shirt and a pair of shorts even on _______ cold December days.

A. having on; frozen B. dressing; freezing C. putting on; frozen D. wearing; freezing [自我校对] ①A②D

6.Some people might win award for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster.有些人还可能因为他们的农产品而获奖，比如最大的西瓜或最帅的公鸡。

award n.奖；奖品；奖金；奖给的东西 vt.授予；判定；给予 award sb. sth. = award sth. to sb.奖给某人某物 ①She showed us the athletics awards she had won. 她给我们看她赢得的体育运动奖。 ②She was awarded a medal for bravery. 她因勇敢而获得奖章。 [易混辨析] award，prize与reward award指为鼓励在工作中达到或完成所提出的要求或条件的人而进行的奖励，往往强调荣誉而不在乎奖品的大小或奖金的多少，多指奖状或其他表彰物。 prize指赢得比赛所获得的奖金或有价值的东西。 reward指对某人的工作或服务等的报答。也指因帮助警察抓到罪犯或帮助失主找到东西而得到赏金、报酬。 ①He won the award for the best students of the year. 他获本年度优秀学生奖。 ②A prize was given to the person who had the winning number. 奖品奖给了那个获得中奖号码的人。

③He received a medal as a reward for his courage. 他得到了一枚奖章，作为对他勇敢的奖赏。 [即景活用]

①Three university departments have been _________ $600000 to develop good practice in teaching and learning. A. promoted B. included C. secured D. awarded

②It is widely accepted that young babies learn to do things because certain acts lead to ____.

A. rewards B. prizes C. awards D. results [自我校对] ①D②A

7. China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people admire the moon and in China, enjoy mooncakes.中国和日本都有中秋节，这时，人们会赏月。在中国，人们还品尝月饼。 admire vi.惊讶，惊异 vt.欣赏，羡慕，钦佩，夸奖

admire sb. for sth.因某事而钦佩某人 admire to do sth.想做某事 ①His friends admired at his sudden success. 他朋友对他的突然成功感到惊讶。

②Everybody admires him for his fine sense of humor. 人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感。 [用法拓展] admiration n. 羡慕，钦佩 admirer n.赞赏者；羡慕者 admiring adj. 赞赏的，羡慕的 ①I am not a great admirer of her work.我对她的工作不太欣赏。

②When he entered the hall, people gave him admiring glances. 当他进入大厅时，人们投以赞赏的目光。 [即景活用]

① ---What was she doing when you visited her? ---She was ______ herself in the mirror.

A. enjoying B. admiring C. devoting D. seeing ②I wonder what it feels like to be one of ______ really rich. The Browns already have two Rolls Royce and now they are buying ______ third. A. the; a

B. the; the

C. /; a

D. /; the

[自我校对] ①B②A

8.The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.最富有生气而又最重要的节日，就是告别冬天、迎来春天的日子。

look forward to 盼望，期待

We’re really looking forward to seeing you again. 我们都非常盼望能再次见到你。 [易混辨析] look forward to, expect与hope look forward to意为“盼望，期待”，指怀着愉快的心情期待着。后面接名词、代词或动名词。 expect意为“期望，盼望”，指预料某事将会或很可能发生，多指好的事情。后面接名词、代词、动词不定式或动词不定式作宾补的复合宾语，也可跟that从句。 hope意为“希望”，后面接不定式或that从句。 ①I am so much looking forward to your reply. 我非常盼望着你的回信。 ②You can not expect me to do everything. 你不能指望我什么事情都做。

③I hope that you will have a good time there. 我希望你在那儿玩得愉快。 [用法拓展] 含有介词to的短语： lead to 导致 drink to 为??干杯 refer to 谈到；提及；参考 see to 办理；照料 compared to 与??相比 object to 反对 hold on to 抓住，抓牢；不要放弃 devote oneself to 献身于 get down to 开始认真（干某事） be/get used to 习惯于 = be accustomed to be addicted to沉迷于 come to 谈到，总计，苏醒 on the way to在去??的路上；即将 stick to坚持 be sentenced to 被宣判为 prefer… to…更喜欢 add to增添，增加 pay attention to注意 belong to属于 contribute to有助于；导致；为??做贡献 attend to照料；照顾 ①The little boy is addicted to reading detective novels. 那个小男孩是个侦探小说迷。

②I prefer the blue raincoat to the red one. 比起这件红雨衣来，我更喜欢蓝的。

③She was congratulated for her valuable contribution to the education.

她因对教育的重要贡献而受到祝贺。 [特别提醒] look forward to中的to是介词，其后不能接动词不定式。 [即景活用] ①She looks forward every spring to_____ the flower-lined garden.

A. visit B. paying a visit C. walk in D. walking in ②Don’t worry; she is accustomed to like that. A. being spoken to B. be spoken

C. being spoken D. speak

[自我校对] ①D②A

9. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.节日里，整个国家到处是盛开的樱花，看上去就像覆盖了一层粉红色的雪。 as though用法归纳：

①as though/if引导方式状语从句，从句中动词常用虚拟语气。 ②当as though/if从句主语与主句主语一致，从句谓语又包含be动词时，主语和be可以省略。 ③ “as though/if + 不定式短语”在句中常用作状语。 ④as though/if从句可在句中作表语。 ⑤It seems/looks as if/though…看样子似乎是?? ①He smiled as though he had known the answer.