Period 5 Reading and writing

Festivals for lovers? Qiqiaojie Valentine’s Day

fell in love got married The Goddess got angry forced to leave each other Cross the Milky Way to meet only once a year

The Chinese people believe that the star Vega （织女星）, east of the Milky Way, is Zhinu and, at the constellation of Aquila （天鹰座）, on the western side of the Milky Way, Niulang waits for his wife.

While-reading True or false 1.Hu Jin failed to meet Li Fang at 7: If it is raining on Qiqiaojie, it means that Zhinu is weeping and the couple will be able to meet. 3. Because her most lovely daughter got married to a human secretly, the Goddess got more than angry. 4. Li Fang thought he could get married to Hu Jin, just like Niulang and Zhinu. 5. When Li Fang met Hu Jin, he felt very glad. T F T T F

Answer the following questions. 1.What does “this” (L8 para3) mean? 2.Where did Li Fang and Hu Jin wait for each other? Did they meet on time ? ? 3.How did Li Fang feel ? ? 4.How would he get rid of his sadness then? And what about Hu Jin ? ? 5.Did Li Fang continue to wait later ? ? 6.Did they meet each other at last ? ? 7.How did Li Fang feel ? ? It means that the couple cross the Milky Way to meet once a year.

Li Fang Hu Jin Made an appointment with Hu Jin Waited in the coffee shop Not met herher Made an appointment with Li Fang Kept her word but waited in the tea shop Not turned up in the coffee shop Heart-broken; along with…; like a foolfool Would not hold his breath for her to apologize Would drown his sadness in coffee (wait without much hope) (drink coffee in order to forget the sadness/sorrow) Waited for him all the timetime Gave up and threw…awayaway Met Hu Jin without gifts Met Li Fang with giftsgifts Felt worried

What are the differences and similarities between the two festivals? Discussion How should we treat Chinese traditional festivals and some western festivals?

Nowadays, some people pay more attention to Valentine’s Day than Qiqiaojie, which was once one of the most popular festivals in ancient China. Anyway, each festival in China has its own tale and meaning. So we should hold on to our own festivals and culture, as well as pass them on from generation to generation. We should never allow some western festivals to take the place of Chinese traditional festivals.

Writing Write a different ending to the story of Li Fang, beginning with: As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way…

Li Fang Hu Jin Made an appointment with Hu Jin Waited in the coffee shop Not met herher Made an appointment with Li Fang Kept her word but waited in the tea shop Not turned up in the coffee shop Heart-broken; along with…; like a foolfool Would not hold his breath for her to apologize Would drown his sadness in coffee (wait without much hope) (drink coffee in order to forget the sadness/sorrow) Waited for him all the timetime Gave up and threw…awayaway Met Hu Jin without gifts Met Li Fang with giftsgifts Felt worried

To prepare for writing, you should do the following: Read the story again Think of what Hu Jin will say when she finds out later that the flowers and chocolates are gone. Think of an ending to the story that will solve Li Fang’s problem. Will he be happy or sad?

1. But she didn’t turn up. 1) 来, 出席 ( 某活动 ) I’m very happy you turned up so early. 2) 把 ( 收音机等 ) 音量开大一些, 其 反义短语是 turn down. Language points

turn down 拒绝 turn off 关掉 turn on 打开 turn out 结果是 turn to sb. for help 向某人求 助 相关短语 : Turn up the radio a little, I can scarcely hear the program.

2. She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would keep her word. keep one’s word 意为 “ 守信用 ”, 其反义词是 break one’s word, 即 “ 失信 ” 。 He is a man who always keeps his word.

Don’t break your word, otherwise, no one will trust you. 注意： keep one’s word 和 break one’s word 中的名词 word 不能用复 数形式。 相关短语： in a word/in short/to be short 简言之；总之

have a word with sb. 与某人谈话 have words with sb. 与某人发生口角 in other words 换句话说

A gentleman should always __ his __. A. keeps; word B. keep; word C. keeps; words D. keep; words B

3. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave... obvious adj. 1) obvious + to + 表示人的名词或代词 Her disappointment was obvious to her friend. 明显的， 清楚的

2) It + be + obvious +that-clause It was obvious that she was in danger. 辨析 ： obvious/apparent/clear ① obvious 是三者中程度最强的， 含有 “ 一目了然 ” 之意。 It is obvious that you are wrong.

2) apparent 指具有某些明显的迹象的， 侧重与经历推理才能看出结果。 It was apparent from his face that he was lying. 3) clear 作 “ 明白的，清楚的 ” 讲。指不 模糊含混，易于观察，了解和识别。 He seems clear about his plans.

4. When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her daughter was married to a human, she... marry 的用法： 1) 她嫁给了一个律师。 She married with a lawyer. She married a doctor. T F

表示 “ 和 结婚 ” ， “ 嫁......” ， “ 娶......” 时， marry 为及物动词，要 用 marry sb. ，而不用 marry with sb. 2) 她和一位律师结婚了 。 She got married with a lawyer. She got married a lawyer. She was married to a lawyer. F F T

表示婚姻状态, 后接宾语时要用介 词 to ， 而不用 with. 3) 他们结婚三年了。 They have married for three years. They have got married for three years. They have been married for three years. F F T

They got married three years ago. It’s three years since they got married. 注意： marry 和 get married 都表示短 暂行为，不能和表示一段时间的短语连 用，而 have been married 则表示婚姻 状态，可以与表示婚姻状态持续多久的 时间状语连用。 T T

5. As Li Fang set off for home, he thought... set off: Tom and his father set off for America yesterday. The bomb set off among the crowd. 动身, 出发 ; 使（地雷、炸弹） 爆炸 ; 使某物更有吸引力

A woman’ beauty is set off by her clothes and jewellery. 相关短语： set about doing sth. 着手（做某事） set in 开始 set up 建立，创立 set down 写下，记下

set somebody to do something. 使某人开始工作 set somebody doing something 使某人处于某种动的状态 6. I don’t want them to remind me of her. remind vi. remind sb. of sth. 提醒，使想起

What you said just now ____ me of that American professor. A. mentioned B. informed C. reminded D. memorized remind sb. to do sth. remind sb. that C

Homework Finish “Summing up” on P8

Summing up Write down what you have learned about festivals around the world. 1) How festivals began H2) How people celebrate festivals From this unit you have also learned useful verbs: starve, satisfy, lead, gain, gather, admire, apologize, drown, wipe, weep, forgive useful nouns: plenty, ancestor, lamp, feast, bone, origin, trick, poet, arrival, independence, custom, award, clothing, fool, sadness useful expressions: take place, in memory of, play a trick on, look forward to, day and night, as though, as if, have fun with, keep one’s word, hold one’s breath new grammar items: Modal verbs