新概念英語課件NCE2-Lesson96

ThedeadreturnFestivalsaroundtheworldTheDragonBoatFestival

TheDoubleNinthFestival

TheSpringFestivalTombSweepingDay

TheLanternFestivalTheMid-AutumnFestivalTheDoubleSeventhFestival

WhatkindsoffestivalsinChinadoyouknowabout?BrainstormingfestivalsSpringFestivalLanternFestivalDragonBoatFestivalMid-AutumnDayInternationalWomen’sDayNewYear’sDayChildren’sDayNationalDayTheYouth

DayInternationalLabourDayWhatChinesepublicholidaysdoyouknow?HolidaysfestivalsChristmasApirlFool’s

DayValentine’s

DayEaster(Mar--Apirl)ThanksgivingDayNovemberMother’s

DayMayFather’s

DayJuneHalloweenOct.31Whatfestivalsofforeigncountriesdoyouknow?ValentinesFebruary14thPumpkinlightHalloweenEasterThanksgivingDay名稱英文名稱月份情人節(jié)Valentine’sDay2月14日復活節(jié)Easter3月21日或此日后月圓的第一個星期日耶穌受難日GoodFriday復活節(jié)前的星期五愚人節(jié)AprilFool’sDay4月1日母親節(jié)Mother’sDay5月的第二個星期日父親節(jié)Father’sDay6月的第三個星期日勞動節(jié)Labor

Day5月1日萬圣節(jié)Halloween10月31日感恩節(jié)ThanksgivingDay11月的第四個星期4圣誕節(jié)ChristmasDay12月25日ForeignFestivals

DuMuItdrizzlesthickandfastontheMourningDay,

Themourner‘sheartisgoingtobreakonhisway。

Whenaskedforawineshoptodrownhissadhours?

Acowboypointstoahamletamidapricotflowers。

(吳偉雄譯)

Ching-MingFestivalDoyouknowtheTangpoem:清明時節(jié)雨紛紛，路上行人欲斷魂。

借問酒家何處有，牧童遙指杏花村。------[唐]杜牧

Tomb-SweepingDayApril5thDoyouknowChing-MingFestival?Whatdopeopledoonthatday?ChingMingFestivalInAprilThedaywerememberourdeadrelativesAChineseholiday,celebratedinApril,istheChingMingFestival.Ching,inChinese,meanspureorcleanandMingmeansbrightness.Mostpeoplecallthisholidaygrave-sweepingdaybecausepeopleheadtothecemeterytocleangraves.Ching-MingFestivalTherearemanyChingMingritualswhichincludepullingoutweedsaroundtheheadstone,cleaningthestoneandreplacingwiltedordeadflowerswithfreshones.Peoplealsoburnincenseandjosspaper.Thejosspaperisforthedeceasedtouseintheafterlife.You'llevenseefoodarrangedonheadstonesbutit'snotapicnic.Thefoodisanofferingtothespirits.ThreesetsofchopsticksandthreeChinesewinecupsarealsoplacedabovethefood,closetotheheadstone.Otherritualsincludefamilymemberspouringwineonthegraveorsettingofffirecrackerstoscareawayevilspirits.Thefirecrackersalsoletdeceasedlovedonesknowthey'retheretopaytheirrespects.LegendhasitthatunhappyspiritswandertheearthonChingMingday.DoyouknowthereisalsoafestivalfortheDeadinJapan?Whatdopeopledoonthatday?ThereisafestivalinJapancalledObon.ObonwasintroducedtoJapaninthetimeoftangandsuidynasty,calledO-bon,orsimplybon.IthasexistedinJapanformorethan500years.Obon

inJapanItisheldfromofJuly13toJuly16forfarewell.O-bonistheJapaneseversionoftheGhostFestival,whichhassincebeentransformedovertimeintoafamilyreunionholidayduringwhichpeoplefromthebigcitiesreturntotheirhometownsandvisitsandcleanstheirancestors'graves.Theydanceandsing.Theyalsoplacemanylanternsintotherivers.Newwordsandexpressionsfestival

n.節(jié)日

lantern

n.燈籠

spectacle

n.景象，壯觀，場面onceayear每年itissaidthat據說....beexpectedto被認為...被預料…layout“擺出”、“攤開beexpectedtodo…被認為……，被預料……specially-madelantern特制的燈籠UsefulPhrases:allnightlong整夜throw…into…把……扔進asitisconsidered因為人們認為...thousandsof成千上萬的theotherworld另一個世界amovingspectacle一個感人的場面★drift

①vi.漂流，漂移

Thousandsoflanternsslowlydriftouttosea.

Theboatdriftedgentlyacrossthewater.

②vi.漂泊，游蕩

Hehaslosthisjobandjustdriftsinthecityalldaylong.

HedriftedfromFrancetoItaly.★

guide①vt.給……領路

Theoldmanguidedtheexplorersthroughtheforest.

Theselanternswillguidethedeadontheirreturnjourneytotheotherworld.

②vt.指導（……的行動）；影響（……的決策等）

Weshouldbealwaysguidedbytruth.

Don’tletyourwife’sopinionguideyouractions.

Sentences：1.AFestivalfortheDeadisheld

onceayearinJapan日本每年過一次“亡靈節(jié)”。

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festival表示盛大的節(jié)日

Springfestival春節(jié)

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heldhold的過去式,意思是舉行

holdameetingholdawedding

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onceayear每年

Hegoestoschooltoseehisteacheronceayear.2.．…thedead

aresaidtoreturntotheirhomesandtheyarewelcomedbytheliving.……

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thedead與theliving均為定冠詞+形容詞結構，表示某類人。

thepoortherichthewounded

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besaidtodo,itissaidthat據說....

Itissaidthatthereisaverybigfishinthelake.

Thebigsnakeissaidtoeatabullwhenitisveryhungry.

3.Astheyareexpectedtobehungryaftertheirlongjourney,foodislaidoutforthem.★

as處于句首引導原因狀語“因為”的意思

beexpectedto被認為...被預料

Thelittlegirlwasexpectedtobedead,butshewasrescuedbysomeoneactually.

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layout擺開，展示，擺設

Justasshelaidoutthemeal,thetelephone

rang.4.specially-madelanternsarehungoutsideeachhousetohelpthedeadtofindtheirway.

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hung,hang的過去式,懸掛絞死吊死

作“懸掛”講時過去式為hung，作“絞死，吊死”時過去式為hanged5...thrownintoariverorintotheseaasitisconsidered…

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throwinto把...扔進...

Hethrewhisdirtyclothesintothewashingmachine.

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asitisconsidered...因為人們認為...

Alltheparentsinthatvillagedidn'tallowtheirchildrentogotoschool,asitisconsideredknowledgecandonothing.6.thousands

of

成千上萬的

hundredsof成百上千的7.theotherworld，另一個世界，即陰間

world可以與一些限定詞連用以表示“今世／現世”、“來世”、“黃泉”等：

thenextworld/theworldtocome來世

Shebelievesthatshewillmeetherdeadparentsintheotherworld.

8.amovingspectacle，一個感人的場面。

Thisisreallyamovingfilm,mostoftheaudienceweptduringtheshow.specially-madelanterns，特制的燈籠。specially-made是個復合形容詞由副詞+過去分詞構成well-intentioned善意的well-known著名的well-preserved保存得好的widespread廣泛流傳的candle-lit點著蠟燭的ahorse-drawncart一輛二輪馬車atree-linedstreet林陰街道allnightlong，整夜。long在這里是副詞表示“整個”、“在整段期間中”，通常與

all連用：一整天都在下雪。Itsnowedalldaylong.她整個夏天都和她爺爺呆在一起。Shestayedwithhergrandfatherallsummerlong.Thedeadaresaidtoreturn

besaidto“據說”“據統(tǒng)計”“眾所周知”“必須指出”

據報道聯邦政府不肯提供資金。ItisreportedthattheFederalGovernmentrefusedtoprovidethefunds.必須指出，中國是個發(fā)展中國家，將永遠和第三世界站在一起。ItmustbepointedoutthatChinaisadevelopingcountryandwillalwaystakesideswiththeThirdWorld.這次水災造成的損失據估計已超過50億美元。Thelossescausedbythefloodareestimatedtohaveexceeded$5,000,000,000G