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1、Unit 1 Happy Family Life Speaking Topic 1 春节词汇 Spring Festival Words 节日名 Greeting season 灯笼 lantern: a portable light 春节 The Spring Festival 烟花 fireworks 农历 lunar calendar 爆竹 firecrackers People scare off evil 正月 lunar January; the first month by spirits and ghosts with the loud pop. lunar calendar

2、舞狮 lion dance The lion is believed to 除夕 New Years Eve; eve of lunar New be able to dispel evil and bring good Year the beginning of New Year luck. dragon dance to expect good 初一 舞 龙 元宵节 The Lantern Festival weather and good harvests 习俗 Customs 戏曲 traditional opera 过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festi

3、val 杂耍 variety show; vaudeville 对 联 poetic couplet: two successive 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns rhyming lines in poetry 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 春联 Spring Festival couplets 守岁 staying-up 剪纸 paper-cuts 拜 年 pay New Years call; give New 年画 New Year paintings Years greetings; New Years visit 买年货 special

4、 purchases for the Spring 禁忌 taboo Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping 去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 敬酒 propose a toast 祭 祖 宗 offer sacrifices to ones -可编辑修改 - 第 1 页,共 46 页ancestors 祝 您 新 的 一 年 快 乐 幸 福 ！ Wish you 压 岁 钱 red envelopes/red packets/a happiness and prosperity in the coming cash gift

5、; gift money; money given to year. children as lunar New Year gift 祝 您 事 业 成 功 , 家 庭 美 满 Wish you 辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year success in your career and happiness of 扫 房 spring cleaning; general your family. house-cleaning 食品 Food 希望语 Blessings 年 糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year 金玉满堂 Treasures f

6、ill the home cake 生意兴隆 Business flourishes 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 岁岁平安 Peace all year round 年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve 恭喜发财 Wishing you prosperity 饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli 和气生财 Harmony brings wealth 汤 圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of 心想事成 May all your wishes come true 吉利如意 Everything g

7、oes well sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings 国 泰 民 安 The country flourishes and 糖果盘 candy tray people live in peace 什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and 招财进宝 Money and treasures will be fortune plentiful 蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth 一帆风顺 Wishing you every s

8、uccess and good health 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position 金桔 cumquat - prosperity 出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go 糖 莲 子 candied lotus seed - many -可编辑修改 - 第 2 页,共 46 页descendents to come 红枣 red dates - prosperity 糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love 花生糖 peanut candy - sweet relationship Tradition

9、s and cultures of Spring Festival The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a mon

10、th from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees. The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty c. 1600 BC-c. 1100 BC from th

11、e peoples sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one. Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spr

12、ing Festival Eve and the first three days. The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year. Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened. On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make

13、laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Jobs tears, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko. -可编辑修改 - 第 3 页,共 46 页The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve. At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most fa

14、milies make delicious food to enjoy themselves. After the Preliminary Eve, people begin preparing for the coming New Year. This is called Seeing the New Year in. Store owners are busy then as everybody goes out to purchase necessities for the New Year. Materials not only include edible oil, rice, fl

15、our, chicken, duck, fish and meat, but also fruit, candies and kinds of nuts. Whats more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing. Before the New Year comes, the people completely clean the

16、 indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils. Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity. All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, highlighting Chinese calligraphy with

17、 black characters on red paper. The content varies from house owners wishes for a bright future to good luck for the New Year. Also, pictures of the god of doors and wealth will be posted on front doors to ward off evil spirits and welcome peace and abundance. The Chinese character fu meaning blessi

18、ng or happiness is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the reversed fu is homophonic with fu comes, both being pronounced as fudaole. Whats more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen -可

19、编辑修改 - 第 4 页,共 46 页on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall. People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish

20、 and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively ji, yu and doufu, mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In recent years, the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central T

21、elevision Station CCTV is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in. Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gif

22、t, wrapped up in red paper. People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think jiaozi in sound means bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new. Also, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and

23、 treasure. Southern Chinese eat niangao New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means higher and higher, one year after another. The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as collea

24、gues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely. Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. People thought the spluttering sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, such an activity -可编辑修改 - 第 5 页,共 46 页was completely or partially forbidden in big cities

25、 once the government took security, noise and pollution factors into consideration. As a replacement, some buy tapes with firecracker sounds to listen to, some break little balloons to get the sound too, while others buy firecracker handicrafts to hang in the living room. The lively atmosphere not o

26、nly fills every household, but permeates to streets and lanes. A series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held for days. The Spring Festival then comes to an end when the Lantern Festival is finished. China has 56 ethnic groups. Mi

27、norities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same day as the Han people, and they have different customs. Useful words and expressions family 家庭 spouse 配偶 single 单身 life 婆婆 dowry 嫁妆 mamas boy 没有男 span 寿 命 marriage life 婚 姻 生 活 子气概的男人 uxorious 疼爱妻子的 twin bachelor 单 身 汉 spinster 老 处 女 双 胞 胎 dau

28、ghter 女 儿 son 儿 子 courtship 求爱 lad 少年 , 少女 female maternal 母 亲 的 paternal 父 亲 的 friend 女 性 朋 友 play house 过 家 家 children 子女 parental 父母 亲的 filial play hide-and-seek 捉迷藏 puppy love 子 女 的 divorce 离 婚 consolation 初恋 friendship 友情 engagement 订婚 money 抚慰金 alimony 抚养费 single fianc 未婚夫 fiance未婚妻 wedding pa

29、rent 单亲 fall in love 恋爱 fight for ceremony 婚 礼 honeymoon 蜜 月 divorce 提 请 离 婚 诉 讼 widow 寡 妇 newlyweds 新 婚 夫 妇 husband 丈 夫 widower 鳏 夫 separation 分 居 wife 妻子 happiness 幸福 mother-in-law bridesmaid 女 傧 相 best man 男 傧 相 -可编辑修改 - 第 6 页,共 46 页monogamy 一 夫 一 妻 制 in laws 姻 亲 descendant 后代 family tree 家 谱 anc

30、estors 祖 先 1. 跟别人要钱 mooch off someone 我最厌恶跟别人要钱的人了； I feel sick of those who mooch off others. 2. 钱挣海了 coin money 这几年老张的钱挣海了；谁也没料到他会发这么大的财； Lao Zhang is coining money these few years. Who can ever expect he would be able to make bundles like this. 3. 钱多得花不完 have money to burn 老李的钱多得花不完,要不他敢这么挥霍？ Lao

31、 Li has money to burn. Otherwise, anything. 4. 钱能生钱 money begets money 钱能生钱；没本钱又怎能挣大钱那？ how could he splash his money about like Money begets money. Without money in hand, how can you make bundles. 5. 没钱 be broke 我手头没钱了,咱们别到外面去吃了 I dont want to eat out today. I m broke.6. 钱来之不易 moneydoesnt growon tr

32、ees 你不应当如此挥霍；钱来之不易阿！ You should not splash your money about like this. Money doesn -可编辑修改 - t growon trees. 7. 敲竹杠 a clip joint 那可是一家漫天要价,大敲竹杠的商店阿 That shop is plain a clip joint. 8. 生活很富有 be well fixed 自从中国对外开放以后,有些农夫也成了企业家,而且大部分农夫的生活都富有起来了； Since China opened to the outside world, some farmers hav

33、e become entrepreneurs and many are well-fixed, living a much more comfortable life. 9. 吃了上顿没下顿 not know where the next meal comes 虽然许多人都已经富有起来了,可是人有些人吃了上顿没下顿 In spite the fact that many have now become well-fixed, some people still remain in a state that they do not know where the next meal comes.

34、10. 发财 rake it in 它在海南挣了许多钱,真没想到他会发财 He made bundles in Hai Nan. He was unexpectedly raking it in. 11. 太宰人了 cost an arm and a leg 这个饭馆太宰人了,一个白菜豆腐汤也得要上几十元； Eating in this restaurant will cost you an arm and a leg. You for even a soup of cabbage and beancurd 12. 跟别人比阔 keep up with the Joneses 我可不像你,老是

35、和别人比阔 I m not your sort wholike to keepupwith the Joneses. 13. 养家糊口 bring home the bacon -可编辑修改 - ll have to pay tens of yuan 第 8 页,共 46 页一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人 Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family. 14. 与 私通 have an illicit love affair with 据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通； The judge is said to have an illicit

36、 love affair with a film star. 15. 婚外恋 a double life 我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋 People around here all feel that he s leadingadouble life. 16. 深深爱上 be head over heels in love with 听说小丽爱上一个比她大三十岁的老头子；爱情这个东西真是难琢磨； I hear Xiao Li is head over heels in love with an old man who is 30 years older than her. Love is r

37、eally a mystery. 17. 与门第比自己低的人结婚 marry with the left hand 皇太子舍弃了王位,与比自己门第低的人结了婚并到国外度蜜月去了 The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship as King and married with the left hand. Hes nowontheirhoneymoonabroad.18. 嫁妆 marriage portion 离婚时,她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆仍给她； On the point of their divorce, she demanded on

38、 his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion. 19. 外快 side money 在过去的几年中老张挣了一大笔外快 -可编辑修改 - 第 9 页,共 46 页Lao Zhang has made a huge sum of side money in the past few years. 20 买得廉价 buy something on the cheap 他的那部车买得可真廉价 He bought that car on the cheap. 21. 输得精光 be taken to t

39、he cleaners 那帮人合伙欺负他,结果让他输得精光； The guys ganged up on him and they took him to the cleaners. 22. 调情 make a pass at someone 当一个生疏男子开头向我调情时,我瞪了他一眼就离开了； When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left. 23. 花费 outgoings 他一个月才挣 300 多块钱,怎么能支付得起家里全部的花费那？ He gets abo

40、ut 300 yuan a month .How could he possibly balance his family s outgoings with such a small income. 24. 重要约会 a heavy date 她说她今晚有重要约会,所以不能来了； She says she is having a heavy date tonight, so she won t come. 25. 向 求婚 pop the question to 他向我求婚时说一辈子只爱我一个人；可是现在呢？情形可大不一样了； When he popped the question to me

41、 he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different. -可编辑修改 - 第 10 页,共 46 页26. 把 给甩了 give somebody the air 最终她仍是把他给甩了； She had as supposed given him the air at last. 27. 怀孕了 be heavy with child 你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？ How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy

42、 with child to do such a rough job. 28. 生在富贵人家 born with a silver spoon in one s mouth一般说来,生在富贵人家的孩子很少有什么出息, Generally speaking, very few of those who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths will make the mark. 29. 开价 make a price 我看过你的那部车了,现在你开个价吧； I veseenyourcarandnowyoucanmakeaprice.30. 卖个

43、好价钱 fetch a good price 他的那部车在这次拍卖会上确定能卖个好价钱； His car is certain to fetch a good price at the auction. 31. 搂搂抱抱 play kossy-poo 公园里那些年轻人搂搂抱抱的真让人看不下去 It s plainaneye-soreseeingthoseyoungstersplayingkissy-pooin the park. 32. 正经人家 a respectable family 他是个正经人家的女孩子,我不信任她会干出这种事； Shes arespectablegirl. I don

44、t thinkshecouldhavedone this. -可编辑修改 - 33. 勾引别人的女伴侣 beatsomebodys time withsomeone据说他经常勾引别人的女伴侣 It is said that he often beats other people 34. 零花钱 pocket money 我不赞同给孩子们许多零花钱 s time withtheirgirlfriends.I do not favour the idea of giving children a lot of pocket money. 35. 向某人作媚眼 make eyes at 从她向老板作

45、媚眼的那个德行你就知道她是个什么样的人了； From the way she is making eyes at the boss you she is . 36. 一见钟情 take a shine to someone 他和她一见钟情； She took shine to him on their blind date. 37. 家丑 a skeleton in the closet 许多家庭都有不行外扬的家丑 Many families have a skeleton in the closet. 38. 婚姻破裂 marriage on the rocks 据说他们的婚姻已经濒于破裂；

46、 It s said that theirmarriageison the rocks. 39 旧情人 an old flame llcertainlyknowwhat sort of person昨天晚上和你一起吃饭的那个人确定是你过去的情人 The one you were dinning with last night must be your old flame. -可编辑修改 - 第 12 页,共 46 页40. 装修房子 spruce up 这次我们装修房子花了近 30 , 000 元； We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the

47、house. 41. 包办,买卖婚姻和其他任何干涉婚姻自由的行为都是被禁止的； Arranged or mercenary marriage and any other acts of interference with the freedom of marriage are forbidden. 42. 她以婚姻关系破裂为由申请离婚； She petitioned for divorce on account of the breakdown of their marriage. Listening Part Warming up B Vocabulary: fatigue, foxhole

48、, distracted, abuse, strike out 1. dates, spending special time together 2. specific, complain, request, praise 3. fatigue, insecurities, foxhole, striking out, protect 4. distant 5. all marriages, Work together to understand 6. Respect, danger, professional, physical, verbal 7. understand, win C Vo

49、cabulary: attest, reside in residence, configuration, spouse, mate, partner 40, excel, domestic argument, losing, -可编辑修改 - 第 13 页,共 46 页win-win, lose-lose, win, a gift, returns, argue over, arent, Who, in control, fear, didnt need,ought not to, couldn t, tried to, destroy, marriage, love, loved, sec

50、ure, discover, garden, cultivate, the most precious, own self, bloom, obtain, our partner, loved and respected, control Part All you need is love. A Vocabulary: ethnic, propose, criterion criteria A2: similar social backgrounds; the same race or same ethnic background; the same religion A3: Japan/ 9

51、.2%/ arranged marriages, 3%/ between blacks and whites B Vocabulary: sustain, differentiate 1. physical appearance that attracts 2. what somebody looks like, look beyond the physical appearance 3. the high percentage of divorces 4. falling in love with somebody, loving somebody CVocabulary: just-rig

52、ht wife/ husband, Mr. Right, athletic, vow, upper portion, designer clothing one of the biggest decisions they will make in life; as the “just-right”wife for him; definition of what the“just-right”wife is; the millionaireman and the poor man; her -可编辑修改 - 第 14 页,共 46 页physical qualities; different w

53、ords; by her physical qualities; by her athletic qualities; in two different atmospheres; also have their definitions of the“just-right”wife; the German mans definitionis different from the Spanishmans Part First meetings Vocabulary: frizzly, yearbook, platonic Plato, hit it off to have a good relat

54、ionship, become good friends, chap a man or boy, trip over to catch one s foot andloseones balance a baseball diamond; frizzly hair/ glasses/ funny/ monologue pizza a wine bar; pizza a fancy-dress party; the man dressed as Cheshire Cat outside a cinema; coincidence/ he dalsomissed the filma boat/ th

55、e river bank; fell in river/ he dived in and rescued her Part A Valentine story Vocabulary: intrigue, insightful, budding, lapel, provocative, grip, square, salute tuck, plump, thrust, uphold, B: book; choked; disappointment; take you to dinner; tolerant smile; went by; rose; big restaurant; underst

56、and and admire Additional Practice: Dictation 1 Town and Country Life in England There is a big difference between town life and country life in England. In the country, everybody knows everybody else. They know what time you get up, what time you go to bed and what you have for dinner. If you want

57、help, you will always get it and you will be -可编辑修改 - 第 15 页,共 46 页glad to help others. In a large town like London, however, it can sometimes happen that you have never seen your next door neighbor and you do not know his name or anything about him. People in London are often very lonely. This is b

58、ecause people go to different places in the evenings and at weekends. If you walk through the streets in the centre of London on Sunday, it is like a town without people. One is sorry for old people living on their own. They could die in their homes and would not be discovered for weeks or even mont

59、hs. Unit 2 Shaping and Reshaping Personality Aries 白羊座 3 月 21 日 - 4 月 19 日 Keywords are: spontaneity 自发行为 , naivety 天真 , energy 活力 , idealism 理想主义 , freshness 精神饱满 , openness 率真 , egocentricity 自我中心 , simplicity 纯朴 , integrity 正直 , ignorance 无知 . Taurus 金牛座 4月 20 日 -5 月 20 日 专心 , inflexibility 顽固 ,

60、sensuality 耽于 Keywords are: determination 决心 , concentration 声色 , security 安全 and coherence 一样性 . Gemini 双子座 5 月 21 日 -6 月 21 日 Keywords are: lightness 轻率 , flexibility 灵敏性 , language, detachment 分别 , speed, shallowness, dispassion 冷静 . Cancer 巨蟹座 6 月 22 日 -7 月 22 日 Keywords are: emotionalism 感情主义 ,