Unit 1 Festivals around

the world Talk about the festivals in China, Britain and

America. Word forms Detailed explanations & exercises A passage for filling the words Homework

　

Festivals China Britain / Americathe Spring Festival Christmas Daythe Lantern Festival ( 元宵节 ) New Year’s Daythe Pure Brightness Festival ( 清明节 ) Valentine’s Day ( 情

人节 )the Dragon Boat Festival April Fools Daythe Mid-Autumn Festival Easter Day( 复活

节 )the Double Ninth Festival ( 重阳节 ) Halloween ( 万圣

节 )New Year’s Day Thanksgiving Day( 感

恩节 ) …… …… …… ……

on Mid-Autumn Day = on the Mid-Autumn Festival

arrive (v.) — ____________ (n.)apologize (v.) — __________ (n.)admire (v.) — _________ (n.)celebrate (v.) — ___________ (n.)fool (v.)— ________ (n.) — ________ (adj.)starve (v.) — __________ ( n.)satisfy (v.)— __________ (n.)custom — ________( 顾客 ) — _________ (pl.) — __________( 海关 )

arrivalapology

admiration

celebration

foolfoolish

starvationsatisfaction

customercustoms

the customs

agriculture (n.) — ___________(adj.) Europe (n.) — ____________ (adj.)independence (n.) — ___________ (adj.)nation (n.) — ________ (adj.) — _____________( 国际的 )energetic (adj. ) — _________ (n.)obvious (adj.) — _________ (adv.) social (adj.)—________ (n.) — _______( 社

会主义者 ) ––__________( 社会主义 ) forgive — _________ (past tense) — _________ (past participle )

agricultural

European independent

national

energy

obviously

society socialist

forgave

forgiven

socialism

international

1. The man says he prefers ____________(starve) to begging for food.

2. It is ____________ (obviously) that the announcer has made a serious mistake.

3. You _____________ by the ______. How _______ you were! (fool)

4. America got its ______________ (independent) in 1776.

5. We were always dreaming of the _________ (arrive) of the famous star to our city.

6. He _________________(not forgive) me up till now.

7. What about _____________ (apology) to him now?

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms in the brackets.starving

obvious

were fooled fool foolish

independencearrival

hasn’t forgivenapologizing

Key phrases

happen, occur, take place, come about,

break out

1.发生

2. in memory of //in honor of

这座大桥是为了纪念那位著名的科学家而建立的。

The bridge was built in memory of the scientist.

• 3. dress up

1). You had better __________your coat before you leave.

2). The emperor _______ nothing ______.

3). He __________________ a white coat today.

4). Mary _________________ her son a new coat now.

5). He isn’t old enough to _________ himself.

wear sth.

be in, have ….on

dress sb. / oneself get dressed

put on take off

put on

is wearing is dressing

dress

had on

You don’t have to dress up. Come as you are.

Children love dressing up in Halloween.

4. 开玩笑 play a trick on play tricks on

play a joke on play jokes on

laugh at make fun of

5. look forward to doing sth. The boy has been looking forward to _________

(see) his present for a whole day, so now he’s looking forward to _______ (see) whether his father is back home.

seeing

see

lead to doing sth.

lead sb. to do sth.They suggest people have been led to_________ that a

lot of dangers to the environment have gone away.

A. believing B. believed C. believe D. be believed

C

add to, admit to, be accustomed / used to,

be familiar to, devote oneself to, get down to,

stick to, pay attention to, turn to

• He speaks as if he were a German. • He’s so happy as if he had passed

yesterday’s examination. • He’s so happy as if he would see Liu Xiang

tomorrow.

6. as though / if 仿佛 , 好像……

even if /though 即使It looks as if/ though it is going to rain.

keep one’s word / promise

break one’s word / promise

in a word

(all in all, in short , generally speaking)

in other words

have words with sb.

have a word with sb.

= have a few words with sb. Word came that the meeting would be held on

Friday.

7. word

遵守诺言

违背诺言

总而言之

换句话说

跟某人吵架

与某人谈话

8. hold one’s breath (n.)

• out of breath

• take a deep breath = breathe deeply (v.)

• It is obvious that he tries to hold his breath.

• _________, he tries to hold his breath. Obviously

9. have fun with sb. have fun (in) doing sth. What fun it is to do sth. ！ How funny it is to do sth. !

10. do harm to sb. / sth.

= harm sb. / sth.

= be harmful to sb. / sth.

be harmless to sb. / sth.

do good to

他们一见钟情。 They fell in love with each other at the first sight.

12. 看到门前的大树 , 我想起了我的童年。 (On) seeing the tree in front of the house, I will

think of my childhood.

remind sb. of sth. 提醒某人某事The tree in front of the house reminds me of my

childhood.

11. fall in love (with sb. )

be in love ( with sb. )

Choose the phrases below to fill in the blanks.

1. All roads _________ Rome. 2. Smoking too much will ___________ your health. 3. After being in love for 4 years, they finally _____________. 4. One should _________________, or nobody will trust him. 5. The best way is ________________________and pretend to be dead when you

come across a bear in the forest. 6. Tom is so kind that he never blows up to his friends even if he is ____________________.

lead to do harm to

got married keep his word

to hold your breath

played a trick on

do harm to , in memory of , dress up , lead to , play a joke on , look forward to , have …in common, keep a word, hold one’s breath, be / get married to, remind …of , as if , be covered with

_________( 名词 ) may take place in different time of year. In ancient times, people had not enough to eat and often starved to death, not to mention celebrating festivals grandly. They___________(look) forward to a better life. _______( 副词 ), in our country, ______(lead) by the Party, we have been richer and richer_________( 连接词 ) we gainedliberation in 1949 . Most people ____________(satisfy) withtheir life and many articles are written ________ (admire) ourParty. During the festival, grown-ups may ___________( 动词 ) together to have a chat while children may play a trick ______( 介词 ) their friends and have fun with each other. Of course,sometimes they may make too much noise, but it will_______(forgive) by their parents.

Festivals

lookedHowever led

are satisfiedto admire

gatheron

be forgiven

since

Homework 1. Try to remember the words and phrases we’ve

reviewed today. 2. Translation1). 在中国北方，人们穿上古时候的衣服，走上街

头游行，以庆祝新年。 (dress up, parade)2). 孩子们盼望父亲的到来很久了，所以今天一大

早，就望向前面的大马路。 (look forward to)3). 他看上去好像生病了 . (as though)4). 在中国和日本都有中秋节，这时人们会赏月，

并互赠月饼。 ( 非限制性定语从句， admire)5). 他们彼此毫无共同点。 (have ….in common)