Unit 1 Festivals around the world Reading

1、 Skimming Look at the title of the reading passage, and the pictures in it, and work in pairs to predict the content of the passage. Answer: 1. The names of the festivals and celebrations in the world. 2. The times when the festivals take place. 3. What people celebrate. 4. what people do in the fes

2、tivals. Scan the reading passage and then fill in the following chart. Scanning Kinds of Festivals Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals Festivals of the Dead Day of the Dead (Mexico) Obon (Japan) Halloween (some western countries) Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honour Pe

3、ople Dragon Boat Festival (China) Colunbus Day (USA) Festival to Honour Gandhi (India) Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival (China) Colunbus Day (USA) Festival to Honour Gandhi (India) Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival (China) Colunbus Day (USA) Festival to Honour Gandhi (In

4、dia) Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival (China) Colunbus Day (USA) Festival to Honour Gandhi (India) Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival (China) Colunbus Day (USA) Festival to Honour Gandhi (India) Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival (China) Colunbus Day (USA) Fe

5、stival to Honour Gandhi (India) Thanksgiving Day (European and other countries) Mid-Autumn Festivals (China and Japan) Harvest Festivals Easter and related holidays Cherry Blossom Festival Spring Festivals Spring Festival (China) (some western countries) (Japan) 1.starve 1)vi./vt. （使）挨餓，（使）餓死 They g

6、ot lost and starved to death. Boxers sometimes starve themselves for several days to control weight. 2)vi. 渴望，急需要 starve for sth; starve to do sth Shes starving for your attention. She has been starving to see you. 她一直 渴望見到你。 be starved of 需要，渴望，缺乏 2.be difficult to find:_ sth. be + adj. + to do : s

7、th.是do的邏輯賓語(yǔ)，意思是 to do sth be adj. 類似形容詞有：_ _, _ e.g.1) English _in a short time. 英語(yǔ)難以在短時(shí)間內(nèi)學(xué)好。 2) The problem _ 這個(gè)問題很難算出來(lái)。 3) My boss_ 我的上司很容易相處。 難以找到，難以發(fā)現(xiàn)難以找到，難以發(fā)現(xiàn) easy, hard, difficult interesting, pleasant, nice, fit, unfit, bitter, light, heavy ,dangerous, important, sweet, necessary. is difficul

8、t to learn well is really hard to work out. is easy to get along with. The chair looks rather hard, but in fact , its very comfortable to_. A. sit B. sit on C. be sat D. be sat on 3. satisfy : vt / vi (使使)滿意滿意,滿足滿足 satisfy sb / sth The story didnt satisfy me. What he did didnt satisfy me. satisfied

9、adj. 感到滿意的感到滿意的 satisfying adj. 令人滿意的令人滿意的 satisfactory adj. 使人滿意的使人滿意的 satisfaction n. 滿意，滿足滿意，滿足 be satisfied with sb/sth 對(duì)對(duì).滿意滿意 be satisfied to do sth 對(duì)做對(duì)做.感到滿意感到滿意 to ones satisfaction 使某人滿意的是使某人滿意的是. far from satisfactory 遠(yuǎn)非令人滿意遠(yuǎn)非令人滿意 Im satisfied with what he did. To my satisfaction, he passe

10、d the exam. Are you _ to hear the _news? Yes, Im _ with the news. That is to say, the news _me . What about you? Are you _ _ the news? satisfied satisfying satisfied satisfies satisfiedwith 4. in memory of : 紀(jì)念紀(jì)念,作為作為的紀(jì)念的紀(jì)念 = to the memory of sb The museum was built in memory of the famous scientist

11、. 類似短語(yǔ)有：類似短語(yǔ)有： in honor of in favor of in charge of in need of in search of in praise of 5. because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. lead sb. to + n. _ lead sb to do sth. _ lead to + n. _ e.g. 1) This street_. 你沿這條街走就可以到達(dá)車站。 2) What _it? 什么使你相信它？ 3)_. 條條大路通羅馬（殊途同歸） 4)_ _.

12、勤奮就能成功，而懶惰導(dǎo)致失敗。 帶領(lǐng)某人通往帶領(lǐng)某人通往/到到 使使做做 引領(lǐng)，通向；導(dǎo)致，招致引領(lǐng)，通向；導(dǎo)致，招致 leads you to the station led you to believe All roads lead to Rome Hard work leads to success, while laziness leads to failure 6. feast : (1) n. 盛宴盛宴,宴會(huì)宴會(huì),節(jié)日節(jié)日,享受享受, eg. a wedding feast Spring Festival is an important feast to us. The eveni

13、ng was really a feast for music lovers. (2) vt.宴請(qǐng)宴請(qǐng),款待款待 feast sb (with /on sth) : (用用.)款待款待. He feasted his friend with fish. (3) 使使(耳目耳目)享受，享受， feast ones eyes on . 盡情享受，大飽眼福盡情享受，大飽眼福 eg. Theyre feasting their eyes on the beautiful scenery in the countryside. vi. 盡情地吃盡情地吃. feast (on sth) eg. We fe

14、asted on the best food and drink. 7.They offer food, flowers and gift. offer, provide, supply offer 主動(dòng)提供。主動(dòng)提供。offer sth to sb; offer sb sth provide 供給（所需物，尤指生活必需品）。供給（所需物，尤指生活必需品）。 provide sth (for sb); provide sb with sth. supply: 供應(yīng)（所需要或所要求之物）。供應(yīng)（所需要或所要求之物）。 supply sth to/for sb; supply sb with st

15、h When I meet difficulty, my roommates will_me help. 他們懸賞找回丟失的珠寶。他們懸賞找回丟失的珠寶。 They_a reward for the return of the lost jewels. 政府得提供這些老人們吃穿。政府得提供這些老人們吃穿。 The government need to_these old people with food and clothes. 每個(gè)月都得供應(yīng)足夠的電。每個(gè)月都得供應(yīng)足夠的電。 Electricity should be _enough every month. offer offered p

16、rovide supplied 8. dress up :vi/vt. 打扮打扮,穿上盛裝穿上盛裝,裝飾裝飾 The whole family are dressing up the Christmas tree. We dressed up for our friends wedding. dress up as 打扮成為打扮成為. dress up in 穿著穿著. be dressed in. 穿著穿著. dress well/badly(vi.) They tried to dress up as policemen. The nurse is dressed in a red coa

17、t today. dress vt. 給給.穿衣穿衣/打扮打扮 ，后面的賓語(yǔ)是，后面的賓語(yǔ)是 表示人的表示人的n./pron. dress sb / oneself get dressed Hurry up and get dressed. 1. She is _ a gold ring. 2. She hurriedly _ her son and took him to the kids-garden. 3. Remember to _ your coat. It is cold outside. wearing dressed put on (1). _in red, she looks

18、 more beautiful. A. Dressing B. Dressed C. Wearing D. Worn (2). Little girls like _beautiful clothes. A. to dress up in B dressing up in C. to dress up in D. dressing up 9. trick : n. 詭計(jì)，惡作劇，竅門詭計(jì)，惡作劇，竅門 vt / vi 欺騙欺騙 the tricks of learning English play tricks/a trick on sb 搞惡作劇，詐騙，開玩笑搞惡作劇，詐騙，開玩笑 tric

19、k sb into (doing) sth. 誘使某人誘使某人(做做)某事某事 He tricked me into giving him money. sb out of sth 從某人處騙走某物從某人處騙走某物 10.gain vt.獲得，得到，賺 1) gain experience/the first prize/ ones living 2)(鐘、表）走快，增加 My watch gains four minutes a day. n.c,u 好處，利益，增加 have a gain in weight 體重增加 No pains, no gains.不勞無(wú)獲 gather vt.

20、/vi. 1) 聚集，集合，收攏 eg.On weekends the children gather on the the playground. People slowly gathered their belongings and left the hall. 2)采集，收集，收割采集，收集，收割 gather information/evidence/flowers gather (in) crops=get in crops 收割莊稼收割莊稼 gather/collect 都有收集、聚集都有收集、聚集 的意思，的意思， gather 是最普通用語(yǔ)，指把散的東西收集起來(lái)；是最普通用語(yǔ)，

21、指把散的東西收集起來(lái)； collect 指經(jīng)過挑選之后集中在一起，強(qiáng)調(diào)有目指經(jīng)過挑選之后集中在一起，強(qiáng)調(diào)有目 的有計(jì)劃地選擇的有計(jì)劃地選擇 eg. collect stamps 11. award n. 獎(jiǎng)品，獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，獎(jiǎng)金獎(jiǎng)品，獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，獎(jiǎng)金, 助學(xué)金助學(xué)金 vt. 授予授予裁定裁定獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)獎(jiǎng)勵(lì). award sb sth = award sth to sb Mary got an award and was able to finish her study. The judges awarded both teams equal points. She won the best actress awa

22、rd. reward n ,v 報(bào)酬，獎(jiǎng)金，酬勞，獎(jiǎng)賞報(bào)酬，獎(jiǎng)金，酬勞，獎(jiǎng)賞 in reward reward sb for sth reward sb with sth He gave the boy five yuan in reward. He rewarded the boy for bringing back the lost dog. He rewarded the boy with five yuan. 作為報(bào)酬作為報(bào)酬 因因-而獎(jiǎng)賞某人而獎(jiǎng)賞某人 用用-酬勞某人酬勞某人 eg. She sang to the baby and was rewarde with a smile.

23、 The judge finally_him the first place in the competition. A. rewarded B. awarded C. got D. won 12.admire vt. 1) 欽佩，羨慕，贊美欽佩，羨慕，贊美 eg.I admire him for his courage. admire 表示此意時(shí)，常用于表示此意時(shí)，常用于admire sb for sth 結(jié)構(gòu)，而不能說(shuō)結(jié)構(gòu)，而不能說(shuō)admire sb sth 2) 欣賞，觀賞欣賞，觀賞 eg. We stopped to admire the view. admiration n. adm

24、iring adj. 佩服的，稱贊的佩服的，稱贊的 wear a admiring look 帶著稱贊的表情帶著稱贊的表情 13. look forward to(介詞介詞) + n/ v-ing 盼望，期待盼望，期待 Im looking forward to his coming. The day he looked forward to _ at last. A. come B. coming C. came D. to come 13.all day and all night: =day and night = night and day整日整夜整日整夜 all day long :

25、 整天整天 day after day :日復(fù)一日日復(fù)一日(動(dòng)作的重復(fù)動(dòng)作的重復(fù)) day by day: 逐日地逐日地 (動(dòng)作的變化動(dòng)作的變化) They think of their motherland day and night. It went on raining day after day. The little boy grew up day by day. 14.clothing n. u 14.clothing n. u 總稱總稱 衣服衣服, ,服裝，服裝， eg.The shop sells womens clothing.eg.The shop sells womens

26、 clothing. 【辨析辨析】clothing/clothes/clothclothing/clothes/cloth 1)clothing u 1)clothing u 無(wú)復(fù)數(shù)形式，后面接單數(shù)動(dòng)詞，無(wú)復(fù)數(shù)形式，后面接單數(shù)動(dòng)詞， “一件衣服一件衣服”要說(shuō)要說(shuō)an article of clothingan article of clothing或或a piece a piece of clothingof clothing，但不可以說(shuō)，但不可以說(shuō)a suit of clothinga suit of clothing eg. childrens clothing eg. childrens

27、 clothing 童裝童裝 Were well provided with food and clothing.Were well provided with food and clothing. 我們吃得好，穿得好。我們吃得好，穿得好。 2 2）clothes clothes 統(tǒng)指身上各種服裝，是復(fù)數(shù)名統(tǒng)指身上各種服裝，是復(fù)數(shù)名 詞，不能直接與數(shù)詞連用，但可以和詞，不能直接與數(shù)詞連用，但可以和 some,many,these some,many,these 等詞連用，后接復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)等詞連用，后接復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng) 詞?？梢哉f(shuō)詞?？梢哉f(shuō)a suit of clothesa suit of clothes 3

28、)cloth 3)cloth 當(dāng)當(dāng)“布料布料” ” 講時(shí)講時(shí)u, “u, “一塊布一塊布” 要說(shuō)要說(shuō)a piece of cloth; cloth a piece of cloth; cloth 有時(shí)表示有時(shí)表示 “特殊用途的一塊布特殊用途的一塊布”c c eg.a table cloth eg.a table cloth 一塊桌布一塊桌布 I need _cloth,for Im going to I need _cloth,for Im going to make_make_ clothes.clothes. A. a lot of; many B. much; A. a lot of;

29、many B. much; muchmuch C. many; many D. many; a lot of C. many; many D. many; a lot of I wanted to buy some _for my I wanted to buy some _for my little daughter,so I went to a shop little daughter,so I went to a shop selling childrens_.selling childrens_. A.clothes;clothes B. clothes; clothingA.clot

30、hes;clothes B. clothes; clothing C.clothing;clothes D. clothing;clothing C.clothing;clothes D. clothing;clothing 15. as though= as if 好像，仿佛好像，仿佛 可以引導(dǎo)表語(yǔ)從句或方式狀語(yǔ)從句可以引導(dǎo)表語(yǔ)從句或方式狀語(yǔ)從句 1. 虛擬語(yǔ)氣虛擬語(yǔ)氣(一般情況下，一般情況下，從句所用的時(shí)從句所用的時(shí) 態(tài)比前面真實(shí)句所用的時(shí)態(tài)倒退一個(gè)態(tài)比前面真實(shí)句所用的時(shí)態(tài)倒退一個(gè) 時(shí)態(tài)時(shí)態(tài).) He behaved _. 他行動(dòng)起來(lái)好象什么也沒發(fā)生一樣。他行動(dòng)起來(lái)好象什么也沒發(fā)生一樣。

31、as though nothing had happened He talks_. 他說(shuō)起來(lái)好象他知道每一件事情他說(shuō)起來(lái)好象他知道每一件事情 He treated me as if / as though _ 他對(duì)待我好象我是他的女兒他對(duì)待我好象我是他的女兒 They two strangers talked as if _ 這兩個(gè)陌生人交談起來(lái)就好象他們是朋這兩個(gè)陌生人交談起來(lái)就好象他們是朋 友很多年了友很多年了 as if he knew everything. they had been friends for years. I were his daughter. 2. 陳述語(yǔ)氣陳述語(yǔ)氣 :(表示很可能的事實(shí)就用陳表示很可能的事實(shí)就用陳 述語(yǔ)氣述語(yǔ)氣), 常與常與seem ,look, smell, t