Unit1 Festivals around the world Reading(包括语言点)

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）挨饿，（使）饿死 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 渴望见到你。 be starved of 需要，渴望，缺乏 2.be difficult to find:_ sth. be + adj. + to do : s

7、th.是do的逻辑宾语，意思是 to do sth be adj. 类似形容词有：_ _, _ e.g.1) English _in a short time. 英语难以在短时间内学好。 2) The problem _ 这个问题很难算出来。 3) My boss_ 我的上司很容易相处。 难以找到，难以发现难以找到，难以发现 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)满意满意,满足满足 satisfy sb / sth The story didnt satisfy me. What he did didnt satisfy me. satisfied

9、adj. 感到满意的感到满意的 satisfying adj. 令人满意的令人满意的 satisfactory adj. 使人满意的使人满意的 satisfaction n. 满意，满足满意，满足 be satisfied with sb/sth 对对.满意满意 be satisfied to do sth 对做对做.感到满意感到满意 to ones satisfaction 使某人满意的是使某人满意的是. for from satisfactory 远非令人满意远非令人满意 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 : 纪念纪念,作为作为的纪念的纪念 = to the memory of sb The museum was built in memory of the famous scientist

11、. 类似短语有：类似短语有： 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_. 你沿这条街走就可以到达车站。 2) What _it? 什么使你相信它？ 3)_. 条条大路通罗马（殊途同归） 4)_ _. 勤

12、奋就能成功，而懒惰导致失败。 带领某人通往带领某人通往/到到 使使做做 引领，通向；导致，招致引领，通向；导致，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,宴会宴会,节日节日,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.宴请宴请,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 . 尽情享受，大饱眼福尽情享受，大饱眼福 eg. Theyre feasting their eyes on the beautiful scenery in the countryside. vi. 尽情地吃尽情地吃. 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 主动提供。主动提供。offer sth to sb; offer sb sth provide 供给（所需物，尤指生活必需品）。供给（所需物，尤指生活必需品）。 provide sth (for sb); provide sb with sth. supply: 供应（所需要或所要求之物）。供应（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. 他们悬赏找回丢失的珠宝。他们悬赏找回丢失的珠宝。 They_a reward for the return of the lost jewels. 政府得提供这些老人们吃穿。政府得提供这些老人们吃穿。 The government need to_these old people with food and clothes. 每个月都得供应足够的电。每个月都得供应足够的电。 Electricity should be _enough every month. offer offered pr

16、ovide supplied 8. dress up :vi/vt. 打扮打扮,穿上盛装穿上盛装,装饰装饰 The whole family are dressing up the Christmas tree. We dressed up for our friends wedding. dress up as 打扮成为打扮成为. dress up in 穿着穿着. be dressed in. 穿着穿着. dress well/badly(vi.) They tried to dress up as policemen. The nurse is dressed in a red coat

17、 today. dress vt. 给给.穿衣穿衣/打扮打扮 ，后面的宾语是，后面的宾语是 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. 诡计，恶作剧，窍门诡计，恶作剧，窍门 vt / vi 欺骗欺骗 the tricks of learning English play tricks/a trick on sb 搞恶作剧，诈骗，开玩笑搞恶作剧，诈骗，开玩笑 trick sb into

19、 (doing) sth. 诱使某人诱使某人(做做)某事某事 He tricked me into giving him money. sb out of sth 从某人处骗走某物从某人处骗走某物 10.gain vt.获得，得到，赚 1) gain experence/the first prize/ ones living 2)(钟、表）走快，增加 My watch gains four minutes a day. n.c,u 好处，利益，增加 have a gain in weight 体重增加 No pains, no gains.不劳无获 gather vt. /vi. 1) 聚集

20、，集合，收拢 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 收割庄稼收割庄稼 gather/collect 都有收集、聚集都有收集、聚集 的意思，的意思， gather 是最普通用语，指把散的东西收集起来；是最普通用语，指把散的东西收集起来； collect 指经过

21、挑选之后集中在一起，强调有目指经过挑选之后集中在一起，强调有目 的有计划地选择的有计划地选择 eg. collect stamps 11. award n. 奖品，奖项，奖金奖品，奖项，奖金, 助学金助学金 vt. 授予授予裁定裁定奖励奖励. 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 报酬，奖金，酬

22、劳，奖赏报酬，奖金，酬劳，奖赏 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. 作为报酬作为报酬 因因-而奖赏某人而奖赏某人 用用-酬劳某人酬劳某人 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) 钦佩，羡慕，赞美钦佩，羡慕，赞美 eg.I admire him for his courage. admire 表示此意时，常用于表示此意时，常用于admire sb for sth 结构，而不能说结构，而不能说admire sb sth 2) 欣赏，观赏欣赏，观赏 eg. We stopped to admire the view. admiration n. admiring adj. 佩服的，称赞的佩服的，称

24、赞的 wear a admiring look 带着称赞的表情带着称赞的表情 13. look forward to(介词介词) + 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 :日复

25、一日日复一日(动作的重复动作的重复) day by day: 逐日地逐日地 (动作的变化动作的变化) 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 总称 衣服,服装， eg.The shop sells womens clothing. 【辨析】clothing/clothes/cloth 1)clothing u 无复数形式，后面接单数动词， “一件衣服”要说an articl

26、e of clothing或a piece of clothing，但不可以说a suit of clothing eg. childrens clothing 童装 Were well provided with food and clothing. 我们吃得好，穿得好。 2）clothes 统指身上各种服装，是复数名词，不 能直接与数词连用，但可以和some,many,these 等词连用，后接复数动词。可以说a suit of clothes 3)cloth 当“布料” 讲时u, “一块布”要说a piece of cloth; cloth 有时表示“特殊用途的一块 布”c eg.a t

27、able cloth 一块桌布 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 可以引导表语从句或方式状语从句可以引导表语从句或方式状语从句 虚拟语气虚拟语气(从句所用的时态比前面真实从句所用的时态比前面真实 句所用的时态倒退一个时态句所用的时态倒退一个时态.) 1. He behaved _.他行动起他行动起 来好象什么也没发生一样。来好象什么也没发生一样。 as though nothing had happened He talks_. 他说起来好象他知道每一件事情他说起来好象他知道每一件事情 He treated me as if / as though _ 他对待我好象我是他的女儿他对待我好象我是他的女儿 They two strangers talked as if _ 这两个陌生人交谈起来就好象他们是朋这两个陌生人交谈起来就好象他们是朋 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. 陈述语气陈述语气 :(表示很可能的事实就用陈表示很可能的事实就用陈 述语气述语气), 常与常与seem ,look, smell, taste 连用。连用。 Look at the clouds ! It looks as if/ though it is going to