Reading

Task 1 ： New words:

starve: cause to suffer or die

from hunger

satisfy: give sb. what he wa

nts or needs

arrival: the act of arriving

origin: a starting point

trick: a stupid or childish act

gain: obtain

admire: look at with pleasure

or satisfaction

energetic: full of energy; active

Spring Festival

Task 2 ： Brainstorm

Spring Festivalon the first day of the lunar year

last fifteen daysdo spring cleaning , decorate their housesOn New Year’s Eve, dinner, watch the Spring Festival programme, watch fireworks, set off firecrackers

get lucky money Lantern Festival

Spring Festival dinner party

In late March or early April

It is the time when Jesus Christ came back to life.

Eat chocolate eggs

Easter

Christmas Day On December 25th It is the birthday of Jesus

Christ Go to the parties and

churches , give cards and presents to our friends and relatives

Valentine’s Day

On February, 14th

People send roses, chocolate and cards to the people they love.

Dragon Boat Festival

On the 5th day of the 5th lunar month

The day that the poet Qu Yuan died

Eat rice dumplings and watch boat races

Ching Ming Festival

In April

The day we remember our dead relatives

Visit graves

Mother’s Day

In May

We give flowers and presents to our mothers.

on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month

lanterns: symbols of good fortune, happiness and health.

“dragon” and “lion ” dances

Lantern Festival

Holidays

BrainstormingChinese public holidays

International Women’s Day

New Year’s Day

Children’s DayNational Day

The Youth Day

International Labour Day

festivals

Brainstormingfestivals of foreign countries

Christmas

Fool’s DayValentine’s Day

Carnival

Easter

Thanksgiving Day

Mother’s Day

Father’s Day

Halloween

Festivals And Celebrations

1. How many parts is the passage divided into?What are they?

Fast reading

2. How many festivals are mentioned in the passage? What are they?

Six parts.

12

Task 3

Festivals Countries Obon Japan

Day of the Dead Mexico Halloween

Dragon Boat Festival ChinaColumbus Day USA

Mahatma Gandhi Day India

Mid-autumn Festival China/JapanSpring Festival China

CarnivalEaster

Cherry Blossom Festival Japan

Thanksgiving festivals

1. When did ancient people celebrate?2. What are festivals of the dead for?3. Why does India have a national

festival on October 2?4. Why are autumn festivals happy

events?5. Name three things people do at

spring festivals.6. What is one important reason to

have festivals and celebrations?

Task 4. Comprehending

1. When did ancient people

celebrate?

They would celebrate at the end

of the cold weather, planting in

spring and harvest in autumn

and hunters’ catching animals.

2. What are festivals of the dead for?

They are held to honor the dead,

or satisfy and please the ancestors.

3. Why does India have a national festiv

al on October 2?

India has a national festival on Octob

er 2 to honor Mahatma Gandhi, the le

ader who helped gain India’s indepen

dence from Britain.

4. Why are autumn festivals

happy events?

People are grateful because

their food is gathered for the

winter, and because a season

of agricultural work is over.

5. Name three things people do at s

pring festivals.

Eating dumplings, fish and meat;

giving children lucky money in re

d paper;

dancing and singing.

6. What is one important reason to

have festivals and celebrations?

Festivals let us enjoy life,

be proud of our customs

and forget our daily life for a littl

e while.

Obon

Day of the Dead

Halloween

Dragon Boat Festival

Columbus Day

Thanksgiving

Easter

Cherry Blossom Festival

Festivals of the Dead

Festivals to Honour People

Harvest Festivals

Spring Festivals

Task 5

1.At which three times did ancient people celebrate?

They celebrate

1 ） at the end of winter

2 ） on the arrival of spring harvest in autumn

3 ） when hunters caught animals when they had food

Task 6. Detailed-reading

CountryName of

the festivals

What people do

The meaning of the festivals

Obon

Halloween

Japan

Mexico

light lampsplay music

Day of the Dead

eat foodoffer sth to the deadask for sweetsdress up and frighten people

To honor the dead , or satisfy and please the ancestors

Festivals of the Dead

Task 7. Intensive Reading

True or False

1. The ancient people needn’t

worry about their food.

2. Halloween used to be a festival

intended to honor the dead.

F

T

3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people h

onor a lot in China.

4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate

the end of autumn.

5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.

T

F

F

This passage tells us ________ of many kinds in different parts of the world. People in different countries ________ them for different__________, but they celebrate ________ ideas and important cultural _________.

reasons

festivals

celebrate

similarevents

Task 8 Summary

Task9.Retell the text by filling the following blanks:

There are all kinds of festivals and __________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ _________ were mainly held at three times a year--- the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or satisfy and ______ the _________ in case they might _____ _______, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as _________ _______ ______ and Columbus Day.

celebrations

Boat Festival

Dragon

harmdoancestorspleasehonor

festivalsancient

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and because a season of ___________work is over,to which Mid autumn festival belongs.And the most ________and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time.

agriculturalgathered

lunar

coming

energetic

Festivals around the worldPart II

Dragon Boat Festival ________ the famous ancient ______, Qu Yuan.

honours

poet

Task 1 Using language

Columbus Day is ______________ the ________ of Christopher Columbus in America.

in memory ofarrival

Mahatma Gandhi(1869-1948)

Gandhi, Indian national leader, was born on October 2, 1869, and educated in law in London ．

Mahatma Gandhi helped _________ India’s independence from Britain.

to gain

1. At the spring Festival in China, people ________ food, children may _________ lucky money, and families ________ the lunar New Year together.

2. Easter celebrate the ________ of Jesus for Christian and it also celebrate the __________ of spring.

3. In the Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan, the country _______________ cherry tree flowers so that it looks _________ it might be the sea of pink snow.

eatget

celebrate

return

coming

is covered with

as though

Country Name of the

festivals

People in memory of

The meaning

of the festivals

Dragon Boat

Festival

Columbus Day

Indian

China Qu Yuan

America Christopher Columbus

a national festival

Mahatma Gandhi

To honor to famous people or to the gods

Festivals to Honor People

On Harvest and Thanksgiving Festivals

people What people do

1.

2.

3.

1.

2.

In Europe

In China and Japan

decorate church & town halls

get together to have meals

win award for their harvestadmire the moongive gifts of mooncakes

Harvest Festivals

country

Name of the festivals

The meaning of the festival

What people do

China

Western countries

Japan

Spring Festival

celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring

eat foodget lucky moneycelebrate

Easter Return of Jesus

paradedanceplay music

Cherry Blossom Festival

Spring Festivals

1.Sb mean to do…

“ 打算做。。。“，主语指人 ;

Sth/doing…means doing sth. 意味着…

我打算使用这本书来提高阅读水平。I mean _____ _____ this English bo

ok to improve my English reading.

Task 3. Language Points

to use

In some parts of London, missing a

bus means _____ for another hour.

A. waiting B. to wait

C. wait D. to be waiting

句意为：在伦敦的一些地方，错过一班公共汽车意味着再等一个小时。

A

2.take place :vi, 主语指事 , 没有被动语态 . , 表示“发生” 的意思。 take one’s place

找替某人接替某人的位置A new maths teacher has taken M

iss Zhu’s place already.

Great changes ___ in the rural ar

eas in the last two decades.

A. have taken place

B. took place

C. have been taken place

D. have been taken place

A

take place 不能用于被动语态中，句中短语 in the last two decades 可确定句子的时态为现在完成时。

3. Festivals and celebrations of all kinds

are held everywhere.

世界各地都有各种各样的节日庆典。of all kinds=all kinds of 各种各样的【归纳】

all kinds of 各种各样的the same kind of 相同种类的

different kinds of 不同种类的this/that kind of 这（那）种a kind of 　　　　　 某种

① That kind of questions ______ very

difficult to answer.= Questions of that

kind _______difficult to answer.

A. is B.are

那类问题是很难解答的。

A

B

② We sell all kinds of shoes. = We sell shoes of _________. 我们卖各式各样的鞋。

③ You can see different kinds of animals in the zoo. = You can see animals_______________ in the zoo.

你在动物园可以看见不同种类的动物。

all kinds

of different kinds

Practice 　

① Books of this kind ____ (sell) well i

n the bookstore.

② This kind of books ____ (sell) well

in the bookstore.

① 句中谓语动词的单复数由“ books” 确定。②句中的谓语动词由“ kind” 确定。

（用动词的适当形式填空）

sell

sells

4. They would starve if food was d

ifficult to find, ...

如果食物难找到 , 他们会挨饿。 starve vi. 挨饿 ; 饿死 He said he would starve rather than

beg for food.

他说他宁愿挨饿也不要饭吃。starve to death 饿死

5. They lit fires and made music because t

hey thought these festivals would bring

a year of plenty.

plenty n. 富裕 days/years/...of plenty 富裕的日子 / 年

月 You have a life of plenty, what would yo

u be worried about?

plenty pron. 大量 ; 充足

plenty of 可修饰可数名词和不可数名词 ,

一般用于陈述句。小心在 plenty of 前面没有冠词 , 不可误记成 a plenty of 。There________ plenty of rain in Wen

zhou. (is / are)

There _____ plenty of books and ma

gazines in our school library.

is

are

如 : You needn’t hurry. There is plen

ty of time left.

你不必慌忙 , 剩下的时间很充足。 Taking plenty of exercise every day

keeps you healthy.

每天多运动会使你身体健康。 (Recite)

6. ...or satisfy and please the a

ncestors, who could return ei

ther to help or to do harm.

...... 取悦祖先 , 使他们得到满足 ,

以为 ( 祖先们 ) 有可能回来帮助他们 , 也有可能带来危害。

1) satisfy vt. 满足 , 使…满意 ; satisfy sb.

satisfied a. 感到满意的 ; be satisfied wit

h

satisfying a. 令人愉快的satisfaction n. 满意 ; to one’s

satisfaction

satisfactorily ad. 满意地satisfactory a. 令人满意的a satisfying answer/ satisfied people

She bought a satisfactory computer—it’s

cheap and of high quality. 她买的电脑很令人满意 , 既便宜 , 质量又好。辨析 satisfactory, satisfied, satisfying

1)satisfactory, 指客观的事物或主观的表现达到要求而令人满意 , 主语一般用客体。

satisfied 指主体对事物或表现感到满意 ,

主语是主体 ( 人 )

satisfying: giving pleasure 令人愉快主语是不定式 , 常用于句型 :It’satisfyin

g to do sth. 做… ... 使人满意She is ________with the service.

她对该项服务感到满意。It’s ________ to receive the service.

satisfied

satisfying

高考对接I’ve tried very hard to improve

my English. But by no means ________ with my progress.

A. the teacher is not satisfied

B. is the teacher not satisfied

C. the teacher is satisfied

D. is the teacher satisfied

D

by no means=never 否定副词前置用部分倒装语序。 LV/ 助 / 情 + 主语 + 谓语

2) harm 用于肉体或精神上的伤害均可 ,

还可用于抽象事物。 do harm toDon’t harm your eyes by reading in dim light.=Reading in dimlight __________ your eyes.不要在昏暗的灯光下看书 , 以免损害眼睛。抽烟有害我们的健康。Smoking ______ _______ _____ our health.does harm to

does harm to

7. The festival of Halloween had its origin as

an event in memory of the dead. 万圣节前夕的盛会也是源自纪念亡者的祭事。

origin n. 起源 the origin of sth.

the origins of the life on earth

地球上生命的起源。黄河和长江是中华民族之源。The Yellow River and the Yangtze River

is _______________ the Chinese peo

ple.

the origins of

in memory of/ to the memory of sb.

纪念某人这个雕像是为了纪念那位有名的科学家而建立的。 The statue was built

____________________________

the famous scientist.

in memory of to the memory of

8. They dress up and try to frighten

people. 他们乔装打扮去吓唬人。 dress作及物动词时 , 不接 clothes

之类的表示衣服的名词 , 而是接表示人的句词或代词 , 意思是“给…穿衣服”。当表示自己穿衣服时 ,

则用反身代词 , 如： dress sb/one

self

Wake up children and dress them.

唤醒孩子 ,给他们穿上衣服。dress 的过去分词常用来构成 get dres

sed与 be dressed 短语 , 前者表示动态 , 后者表示静态 , 穿何种衣服 , 则用介词 in. 如： dress in white/red

Hurry up and get dressed.

快点穿上衣服。 The girl was dressed in red.

这个女孩穿着一身红衣服。　 dress up 是“穿上最好的衣服” , 常指“打扮 ,化装”，如 :

You should dress up when you t

ake part in the party.

She is ___ in red today and

looks very beautiful.

A. wearing

B. having on

C. dressing

D. dressedD. dressed

D

on sb.’s arrival at/in some place

his arrival at the college/the hotelour arrival in Beijing/ParisGain experience/support

He gained full marks in the exam.

Sb. be grateful to sb. for sth.

He was grateful to you for all (that) you did.

an independent country

If you earn a good pay, you can be independent of your parents

be independent of outside world

independent:adj独立的 ,作表语或定语

9. Some people might win awards for

their animals, flowers, fruit and veg

etables, like the biggest watermelo

n or the most handsome rooster.

award. n. 奖 , 奖品 v. 判给 , 授予 award sb. st

h. 奖赏某人某物

辨析 : award 和 reward ：award 后接双宾语 award sb. a prize 授予某人奖=award a prize to sb.

Sb. be awarded the top prize

= the top prize be awarded to sb.

reward 奖赏 , 给…报酬 , 不能接双宾语 ;

reward sb. for sth. 因 …奖赏某人；reward sb. with sth. 用某物酬劳某人

She rewarded herself with

a cup of coffee after a wh

ole morning’s hard work.

一上午的刻苦学习之后 ,

她冲一杯咖啡来奖赏自己。

10. In China and Japan there are mi

d-autumn festivals, when people a

dmire the moon and give gifts of

mooncakes.

在中国和日本都有中秋节 , 这时人们会赏月 , 并互赠月饼。

admire vt. 意为“赞赏 ;钦佩 ;羡慕 ;

赞美 ;夸奖”

注意 : 表示“在某方面钦佩某人”用“ admire sb. for sth.”

我们都钦佩他的勇气和胆识。 We all _____________his courage

and bravery.

admire him for

11. The most energetic and important festi

vals are the ones that look forward to th

e end of winter and to the coming of spri

ng.

最富有生气而有最重要的节日就是告别冬天迎来春天的日子。

look forward to (doing) sth. 意为期待着( 做 ) 某事 , 其中的 to 是介词 , 而不是动词不定式符号，后跟动名词作宾语。

孩子们渴盼着过年。 Boys and girls________________

the Spring Festival now.

他期待着笔友来信。He____________________________

his pen pal.

are looking forward to

is looking forward to hearing from

12.clothing:un 服装的总称概念articles of clothing

Clothing, food and shelter is important for everyone.

Old people need warm clothing in winter.

cloth:un布料

clothes ： cn衣服，用指代可数名词复数的不定代词修饰，不可用基数词修饰。

13. The country is covered with cherry

tree flowers so that it looks as thoug

h it might be covered with pink sno

w. 整个国度处处都是樱花盛开 , 看上去就像罩上了一层粉红的雪。

as though 和 as if 没有什么区别。 as if

用得普遍些 , 却可引导方式状语从句和表语从句 , 其从句谓语常用虚拟语气。

(1) 引导方式状语从句 She acted as though nothing had

happened ． 她装得好像什么事也没发生过似的。 当从句主语和主句主语一致 ,从句谓

语中又含有动词 to be 时 , 可以把主语和 to be 一起省去。

He looked about as though (he

was) in search of something ． 他四处张望 , 好像寻找什么。(2) 引导表语从句 It looks as if it’s going to rain ． 看样子天要下雨了。（陈述语气）

as though 和 as if从句用虚拟语气 ,

还是用陈述语气。完全根据具体情况而定。如果从句表示的意思与事实完全相反 , 或者纯粹是一种假设 , 通常用虚拟语气。The child talks as if she were an adul

t.

那孩子说话的样子好像她是个大人。

14. People love to get together to eat, dr

ink and have fun with each other.

have fun 意为“过得快乐”同义词组为：have a good time, enjoy oneself.

短语有 have fun ( in ) doing sth.

他们互相在英语晚会上玩得很开心。

They had fun with each other at the E

nglish evening 。

Homework

1. Go over the text after class and ret

ell the text in English.

2. Prepare for “discovering useful wo

rds and expressions” on Page 4.

(Ex1, 2, 3and 5)

3.Finish 《作业本》 Unit 1 Part 2