How many festivals do you know both in and out of China? Discussion

Labour’s day

Mother’s day Time:the second Sunday in May

Father’s day Time:the third Sunday in June

The Chinese festivals

Spring Festival

Latern’s day Time:on the 15th day of January lunar month

Dragon boat festival Time:on the 5th day of May lunar month

Mid-autumn Day Time:on the 15th day of August lunar month

National day

Festivals in foreign countries

Happy Valentine’s Day

Thanksgiving day Time:the fourth Thursday in November

Halloween （万圣节） Time: November 31st

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Christmas Time: December 25th

FESTIVAL New YearNational Day Christmas Thanksgiving Day Mid-Autumn Festival Children’s Day Valentine’s Day Dragon Boat Festival Mother’s Day Spring festival Halloween Father’s Day Latern’s Day Easter April Fool’s Day

What’s your favourite holiday of the year ?Why?

Reading Read the first paragraph and answer one question: When did ancient people celebrate? They celebrated at the end of winter/ when good weather returned/ when the had a good harvest/ when the hunters caught animals for food/ when they had enough food/ when they wanted a year of plenty.

Language points 1. mean 的用法 mean to do 意欲做 be meant to do What do you mean to do with it? mean sb to do 打算让某人干 Festivals are meant to celebrate important events. mean doing 意味着做 Missing the bus means waiting for another one hour. I didn’t mean him to help me. mean sth for 打算把～～用作～～ I mean the room for my bedroom.

① mean adj. 卑鄙的，自私的 ② means n. 方式，方法，手段，工具 （单复数同形） A car is a means of transport. Every means is very good. ③ meaning n. 意思，意义，含义 meaningful adj. 富有意义的，意味深长的 meaningless adj. 无意义的，无目的的

---You should have thanked her before you left. ---I meant _____, but when I was leaving I couldn’t find her anywhere. A. to do B. to C. doing D. doing so B

2.take place Our school sports meeting will take place next week. Great changeds have taken places in China during the past 20 years. 发生，举行 take one’s place 就位 take the place of =replace 代替 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。例如： take place, happen, occur, come about, break out

3. celebrate vt. (1) 庆祝；祝贺 celebrate Christmas / one’s birthday / a victory (2) 赞扬；称颂 The names of heroes are celebrated by the poets. celebration n. 庆祝，祝贺 celebrity n. 名声，名人 词语辨析： celebrate, congratulate celebrate 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. eg ： congratulate you on your marriage. 有时还表示私自庆幸的意思。 eg ： I congratulated myself on my escape from being punished.

4. starve: suffer or die from hunger vt. 使饿死 vi. 饿得要死 starve to death be starved of/ starve for: long for; be in great need of n. starvation die of ____________ starvation The 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。 She's lonely, and starving for companionship(friendship)

5. a year/ day of plenty 富裕 / 丰收的年月 days/ years of plenty ——Have we got enough apples? ——Yes, there are plenty in the basket. plenty of + 复数 n/ 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 one’s 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. honour

7. satisfy 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. She’s 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 高兴的事情 pleased pleasant pleasure I was very _________ to hear the news. The news was very ___________ to us. pleased pleasing pleased pleasing pleasant pleasure 8. please Vt 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 didn’t intend to hurt you.) do sb harm =do harm to sb =harm sb Vt A 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: 供应（所需要或所要求之物）。 supply sth to sb; supply sb with sth

When 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. offer offered provide supplied

11. in memory of = to the memory of sb The 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 don’t have to dress up. Come as you are. Children love dressing up in Halloween.

Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the 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. wearing dressed put on

13. award n. 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 sth= award sth to sb The 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 I’m 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.) He behaved as if/ though nothing had happened. He talks as if/though he knew everything. He looks as if he were ill. 2. 陈述语气表 ( 示很可能的事实就用陈述语气,) It looks as if/ though it is going to rain.

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