Unit1 Festivals around the world Reading(包括語言點)

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，意思是 to do sth be adj. 類似形容詞有：_ _, _ e.g.1) English _in a short time. 英語難以在短時間內(nèi)學好。 2) The problem _ 這個問題很難算出來。 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 對對.滿意滿意 be satisfied to do sth 對做對做.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. for from satisfactory 遠非令人滿意遠非令人滿意 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 : 紀念紀念,作為作為的紀念的紀念 = to the memory of sb The museum was built in memory of the famous scientist

11、. 類似短語有：類似短語有： in honor of in favor of in charge of in need of in search of in honor 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)_ _. 勤

12、奮就能成功，而懶惰導致失敗。 帶領某人通往帶領某人通往/到到 使使做做 引領，通向；導致，招致引領，通向；導致，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,宴會宴會,節(jié)日節(jié)日,享受享受, eg. a wedding feast Spring Festival is an important feast to us. The evenin

13、g was really a feast for music lovers. (2) vt.宴請宴請,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 fea

14、sted on the best food and drink. 7.They offer food, flowers and gift. offer, provide, supply offer 主動提供。主動提供。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（所需要或所要求之物）。供應（所需要或所要求之物）。 supply sth to/for sb; supply sb with sth

15、 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. 每個月都得供應足夠的電。每個月都得供應足夠的電。 Electricity should be _enough every month. offer offered pr

16、ovide 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 coat

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

18、utiful. 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，惡作劇，竅門詭計，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 trick sb into

19、 (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 experence/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.不勞無獲 gather vt. /vi. 1) 聚集

20、，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 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，指把散的東西收集起來；是最普通用語，指把散的東西收集起來； collect 指經(jīng)過

21、挑選之后集中在一起，強調(diào)有目指經(jīng)過挑選之后集中在一起，強調(diào)有目 的有計劃地選擇的有計劃地選擇 eg. collect stamps 11. award n. 獎品，獎項，獎金獎品，獎項，獎金, 助學金助學金 vt. 授予授予裁定裁定獎勵獎勵. 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 award. reward n ,v 報酬，獎金，酬

22、勞，獎賞報酬，獎金，酬勞，獎賞 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. 作為報酬作為報酬 因因-而獎賞某人而獎賞某人 用用-酬勞某人酬勞某人 eg. She sang to the baby and was rewarde with a smile. The judge finally_him

23、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，常用于表示此意時，常用于admire sb for sth 結(jié)構(gòu)，而不能說結(jié)構(gòu)，而不能說admire sb sth 2) 欣賞，觀賞欣賞，觀賞 eg. We stopped to admire the view. admiration n. admiring adj. 佩服的，稱贊的佩服的，稱

24、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 : 整天整天 day after day :日復

25、一日日復一日(動作的重復動作的重復) day by day: 逐日地逐日地 (動作的變化動作的變化) 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 總稱 衣服,服裝， eg.The shop sells womens clothing. 【辨析】clothing/clothes/cloth 1)clothing u 無復數(shù)形式，后面接單數(shù)動詞， “一件衣服”要說an articl

26、e of clothing或a piece of clothing，但不可以說a suit of clothing eg. childrens clothing 童裝 Were well provided with food and clothing. 我們吃得好，穿得好。 2）clothes 統(tǒng)指身上各種服裝，是復數(shù)名詞，不 能直接與數(shù)詞連用，但可以和some,many,these 等詞連用，后接復數(shù)動詞。可以說a suit of clothes 3)cloth 當“布料” 講時u, “一塊布”要說a piece of cloth; cloth 有時表示“特殊用途的一塊 布”c eg.a t

27、able cloth 一塊桌布 I need _cloth,for Im going to make_ clothes. A. a lot of; many B. much; much C. many; many D. many; a lot of I wanted to buy some _for my little daughter,so I went to a shop selling childrens_. A. clothes;clothes B. clothes; clothing C. clothing;clothes D. clothing;clothing 15. as th

28、ough= as if 好像，仿佛好像，仿佛 可以引導表語從句或方式狀語從句可以引導表語從句或方式狀語從句 虛擬語氣虛擬語氣(從句所用的時態(tài)比前面真實從句所用的時態(tài)比前面真實 句所用的時態(tài)倒退一個時態(tài)句所用的時態(tài)倒退一個時態(tài).) 1. He behaved _.他行動起他行動起 來好象什么也沒發(fā)生一樣。來好象什么也沒發(fā)生一樣。 as though nothing had happened He talks_. 他說起來好象他知道每一件事情他說起來好象他知道每一件事情 He treated me as if / as though _ 他對待我好象我是他的女兒他對待我好象我是他的女兒 They two strangers talked as if _ 這兩個陌生人交談起來就好象他們是朋這兩個陌生人交談起來就好象他們是朋 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. 陳述語氣陳述語氣 :(表示很可能的事實就用陳表示很可能的事實就用陳 述語氣述語氣), 常與常與seem ,look, smell, taste 連用。連用。 Look at the clouds ! It looks as if/ though it is going to