1、How many festivals do you know both in and out of China?The Chinese festivalsSpringFestivaldumplingFestival of lanternsTeachers DayMid-Autumn FestivalMooncakesHolidaysBrainstormingChinese public holidaysInternational Womens DayNew Years DayChildrens DayNational DayThe Youth DayInternational Labour D
2、ayFestivals in foreign countriesHappy Valentines DayHalloween ParadeChristmasCarnival festivalsBrainstormingfestivals of foreign countriesChristmasFools DayValentines DayCarnivalEasterThanksgiving DayMothers DayFathers DayHalloween 1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient Time
3、s?2.Why do you think music,fire or light are used in festivals?3.What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival?4.Why does India have a national festival on October 2?6.Name three things people do at spring festivals5.Why are autumn festivals happy events?Summarize and fill in the chart
4、Ancient FestivalswhyhowFestivals of the deadwhyhowFestivals to honourpeoplewhyhowHarvest FestivalswhyhowSpring Festivalswhyhowthe end of the cold winter;planting in spring and harvest in autumn light fire and make musicto honour the dead or satisfy and please the ancestorslight lamps,play music,eat
5、food in the shapes of skulls and cakes with bones,go to their neighbors to ask for sweets,dress up for their great contributions to the societyor the countryDragon boat racing,eat zongziFood is gathered for the winter.A season of agriculural work is over.decorate churches and town halls,get together
6、 to have big meals,admire the moon and eat mooncakescelebrate the end of winter and the coming of springeat delicious food;have exciting carnivals1.The ancient people neednt worry about their food.2.Halloween used to be a festival intended to honour the dead.3.Qu Yuan was a great poet who people hon
7、our a lot in China.4.Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.5.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.FTTFFLanguage points1.mean的用法mean to do意欲做 mean doing意味着做What do you mean to do with it?This means staying here longer.mean意欲,计划,意指Is this figure(数字)meant to a 1 or a 7?Festivals ar
8、e meant to celebrate important events.2.celebrate vt.(1)庆祝；祝贺celebrate Christmas/ones birthday/a victory(2)赞扬；称颂The names of many heroes are celebrated by the poets.词语辨析：celebrate,congratulatecelebrate后常接日期,事情或场合congratulate后常接人表示为某事而祝贺某人congratulate sb.on/upon sth.ex：congratulate you on your marria
9、ge.有时还表示私自庆幸的意思。ex：I congratulated myself on my escape from being punished.3.英语中表示“发生”的词或短语均为不及物，不用于被动语态。主语为所发生的事。词语辨析：take place,happen,occur,come about,break out的比较1)The wedding will take place tomorrow.2)2）In 1919,the May 4th Movement took place in China.3)take place发生,举行;侧重安排或计划而发生的事,带有“非偶然”的意思3
10、)What has happened to her？碰巧，恰好happen“发生”，普通用词，含义很广。常指具体客观事物或情况的发生，含有“偶然”的意味。当以具体事物、事件作主语时，happen 和 occur可以换用；但当happen用作“碰巧”之意时，不能用occur代替，但可以与come about 互换。4)It happened to rain that day.。5)The traffic accident occurred on Wednesday.occur“发生，出现”,较正式用词，指事情偶然地、意外地发生或思想突然浮在心头。occur to 有“想起”的意思。6)The S
11、econd World War broke out in 1939.break out(火灾、战争、疾病)突然发生、爆发 7)How does it come about that you were caught by the police?come about“发生”,常指偶然发生的事情。且很多时候与how 连用。与happen 用法较接近4.starve:suffer or die from hunger vt.使饿死vi.饿得要死starve to deathbe starved of/starve for:long for;be in great need ofn.starvation
12、die of _starvationThe motherless children were starved of/were starving for affection.s渴望母爱渴望消息starve for news她很寂寞,渴望友谊。Shes lonely,and starving for companionship(friendship)5.a year/day of plenty 富裕/丰收的年月days/years of plentyHave we got enough apples?Yes,there are plenty in the basket.plenty of+复数n/
13、不可数n plenty of eggs/food/milk 足够的1)光荣，荣誉(n)They fight for the honour of the country.One must show honour to ones parents.2)in honour of 为了纪念A festival is set in honour of the hero.3)an hounour 光荣的人或事情Liu Xiang is an honour to our country.4)尊敬,给以荣誉（v）Children should honour their parents.6.honour7.sat
14、isfy Vt.Vi.使满意，使满足Nothing can satisfy him except the best.Some people are really hard to satisfy.sb.be satisfied with 对满意e.g.Shes not satisfied with her new house.satisfying satisfactory令人满意的n.satisfaction听到她悦耳的声音我们很高兴.We are _ to hear her _voice.It is such a _ to us.(人)高兴的愉快的(物)令人愉快的(物)好听的，令人舒服的高兴的
15、事情pleasedpleasantpleasureI was very _ to hear the news.The news was very _ to us.pleasedpleasingpleased pleasingpleasant pleasure8.pleaseVt 使愉快，取悅It is difficult to please everybody.Our aim is to please the customers.9.harm n 损害，伤害e.g.He meant no harm to you.(He didnt intend to hurt you.)do sb harm=
16、do harm to sb =harm sb VtA few late nights never did anyone harm.The events has harmed the relations between the two countries.10.They offer food,flowers and gift.词语辨析：offer,provide,supply offer 主动提供。offer sth to sb;offer sb sth provide 供给（所需物，尤指生活必需品）。provide sth(for sb);provide sb with sth.supply:
17、供应（所需要或所要求之物）。supply sth to sb;supply sb with sthWhen I meet difficulty,my roommates will_me help.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。The government need to_these old people with food and clothes.每个月都得供应足够的电。Electricity should be _enough every month.offerofferedp
18、rovidesupplied11.in memory of=to the memory of sbThe museum was built in memory of the famous scientist.in honor of in charge of in search of sb./sth.12.dress up 盛装打扮，化装打扮You dont have to dress up.Come as you are.Children love dressing up in Halloween.Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the
19、 verbs:dress,put on,wear.1.She is _ a gold ring.2.She hurriedly _ her son and took him to the kindergarten.3.Remember to _ your coat.It is cold outside.wearingdressedput on13.awardn.奖品，奖项，奖金,助学金 She showed us the awards she had won.Mary got an award and was able to finish her study.vt.授予裁定award sb s
20、th=award sth to sbThe judges awarded both teams equal points.reward 回报,报酬14.admire sb/sth(for)钦佩，羡慕They admired our garden.I admire him for his success in business.15.look forward to(介词)+n/v-ing 盼望，期待Im looking forward to his coming.-ward 向着方向backward 向后forward 向前16.as though=as if 好像，仿佛1.虚拟语气(从句所用的时态比前面真实句所用的时态倒退一个时态.)2.He behaved as if/though nothing had happened.3.He talks as if/though he knew everything.4.He looks as if he were ill.5.2.陈述语气表(示很可能的事实就用陈述语气,)6.It looks as if/though it is going to rain.
