1、1- UNIT 1 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS 素养导航导航 主题语境人与社会 节日庆祝 Expats find new ways to enjoy the holiday period As the Lunar New Year becomes increasingly recognized across the world,expats who spend the traditional festival in China are discovering a wide range of enjoyable pursuits. Huda Mohammed,a doc
2、toral student at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing,is looking forward to spending her third Spring Festival in China.“My favorite part of Lunar New Year is the fireworks,” Huda said.“I went out with my friends to the street at 11 p.m. on New Years Eve to see the firew
3、orks.It was so nice.” She said her friends even searched online to check locations where fireworks could be seen,and they visited them to enjoy the displays.“After the stunning fireworks,we returned to the campus and had some dumplings made by my Chinese friends,” she said. She also had fun with the
4、 online red envelope games on WeChat.People can give and receive digital red envelopes,or hongbao,containing real money,on their phones.“We just kept receiving and giving red envelopes,which was really fun,” she said. For Huda,the best thing about spending the Spring Festival in Beijing is the lack
5、of passengers on public transportation,which she called “super good”.According to the data from the citys department of statistics,as many as 8 million people of Beijings population of 21 million are from other parts of China,which means that about 40 percent of the citys residents may return to the
6、ir hometowns to spend the traditional festival with their families.In addition,a large number of people choose to travel abroad during the holiday,meaning traffic congestion is not an issue during the festival period. For expats who stay in the capital,its a good time to travel around and enjoy the
7、city.“I like Beijing during the Spring Festival.Many people leave the city and its really easy to get around.Im excited that Im going to experience this festival in China and be part of it,”a man from South Africa said.“I know some of the traditions about this festival such as people going back home
8、 and getting together.I wonder if its like Christmas for westerners?The Beijing municipal government has invited us to a traditional concert.Im very much looking forward to it,” she said. 词海拾贝 expat n.移民国外者 pursuit n. 爱好,消遣 doctoral adj.博士的 look forward to期待,向往 resident n.居民 in addition 另外 congestio
9、n n.拥挤 municipal adj.市政的 典句欣赏 According to data from the citys department of statistics,as many as 8 million people of Beijings population of 21 million are from other parts of China,which means that about 40 percent of the citys residents may return to their hometowns to spend the traditional festi
10、val with their families. 译文:根据北京市统计局的数据,在北京2 100万人口中,多达800万 人来自中国其他地区,这意味着大约40%的北京居民可能会回到家 乡与家人一起过这个传统节日。 分析:这是一个主从复合句。句中介词短语According to the data from the citys department of statistics作状语;which引导非限制性 定语从句;that引导宾语从句。 理解诱思 What does Huda Mohammed like best when spending the Spring Festival in China
11、? 答案:Fireworks. -9- Section A Listening and Speaking .知识体系图解 语 音 同化:duty,education; use,usually; news,newspaper; is,issue; last year; in bed 重 点 词 汇 1. n.狂欢节;嘉年华 2. vi.前进;示威游行 3. n.祝贺;恭喜 4. vt.向(某人)道贺;(因某事)为自己感到自 豪 5. n.谜语;神秘事件 6.lantern n. 7.costume n. 8.ceremony n. carnival march congratulation co
12、ngratulate riddle 灯笼;提灯 (某地或某历史时期的)服装;戏装 典礼;仪式 重点 短语 1.dress sb up 2.after all 3.attend the ceremony 4.receive congratulations from 5.guess riddles 6.give performances 7.pay attention to 8.congratulate sb on 重点 句式 1.It took her a long time to do her hair and make-up. 2.This is because the weather is
13、 and they will be outside for a long time. 穿上盛装;装扮 毕竟;别忘了 参加仪式 收到的祝贺 猜谜语 表演 注意 祝贺某人 .释义匹配 1.lantern A.the clothes worn by people from a particular place or during a particular time 2.carnival B.to walk with stiff regular steps like a soldier 3.costume C.a light enclosed in a container which has a ha
14、ndle for holding it 4.march D.a public or religious occasion that includes a series of formal or traditional actions 5.ceremony E.a public event at which people play music,wear special clothes,and dance in the streets 答案:1.C 2.E 3.A 4.B 5.D .介词填空 1.On the day of the festivals,all the children dresse
15、d up their best clothes. 2.After I got the first prize in the contest,I received congratulations my friends. 3.As we know,good friends usually call each other the first names. 4.In Mexico,the Day of the Dead is celebrated October 31st and November 2nd. in from by between 重点词汇 1.dress up in carnival
16、costumes 穿着狂欢节服饰 【词汇精讲】dress sb up意为“穿上盛装;装扮”,dress sb (in sth) 意为“穿衣服;给(某人)穿衣服”。 Dont dress up in your brothers clothes. 不要穿你哥哥的衣服。 【词汇拓展】 dress oneself 给自己穿衣 dress up as 装扮成 be dressed in ( + 颜色)穿着 (某种颜色的)衣服 get dressed 穿衣服 The boy is old enough to dress himself. 那个男孩长大了,能自己穿衣服了。 Tom is selling ic
17、e cream dressed up as Mickey Mouse. 汤姆正在装扮成米老鼠的样子卖冰激凌。 Wait a moment,Mum.I am getting dressed. 等一会妈妈,我在穿衣服。 2.receive congratulations from. 收到来自的祝贺 【词汇精讲】congratulation是名词,意为“祝贺;恭喜”。 I offered my friend my congratulations on his success. 我向朋友祝贺他的成功。 He sent her a letter of congratulation on her pass
18、ing the exam. 他给她寄去了贺信,祝贺她通过了考试。 【温馨提示】congratulation通常用复数表祝福,应用于成功、结婚、 毕业等,但表示抽象意义时不用复数。 【词汇拓展】 express/send/offer congratulations to sb on sth 因某事祝贺某人 congratulate.向(某人)道贺;(因某事)为自己感到 自豪 congratulate sb on (doing) sth 就向某人祝贺 congratulate.for.因而祝贺 congratulate oneself on/upon (doing) sth 认为自己 幸运或成功
19、I would like to express my warmest congratulations to you. 我想向你表示最热烈的祝贺。 We all congratulated Li Ming on his having passed the college entrance examination. 我们都祝贺李明通过了高考。 【微写作】 Our headmaster wrote a letter to congratulate her on her good performance and the exciting congratulations encouraged her g
20、reatly. 我们的校长写了一封信祝贺她的良好表现,这种激动人心的祝贺使 她深受鼓舞。 3.After all,as you know,I love to dance! 别忘了,你知道的,我喜欢跳舞! 【词汇精讲】after all置于句首,意为“别忘了”,常用来引出听话人 似乎忘记了的某个重要论点或理由;置于句末,意为“毕竟,到底”,含 有事情的发生出乎意料或和预料中的情况相反的意味。 Dont lose heart.After all,were new to the work. 不要泄气,别忘了,我们是做这项工作的新手。 Why shouldnt Mary eat the cake?Af
21、ter all,she baked it. 玛丽为什么不应该吃这蛋糕?别忘了,是她烤的。 I thought he wouldnt come to my birthday party,but he came after all. 我原以为他不会参加我的生日聚会,结果他来了。 【词汇拓展】 重点句式 1.It took her a long time to do her hair and make-up. 做头发和化妆用了她很长时间 【句式剖析】“It takes sb+一段时间+to do sth”结构,表示“做某事花 费某人一段时间”,其中It是形式主语,to do sth是真正的主语。该句
22、 型可用于多种时态,主语除用it作形式主语外,还可以是指人或事的 名词。 It takes me ten minutes to go from my home to school every day. 我每天从家到学校需要十分钟。 The work took me three hours to finish. 我用了三小时做完这项工作。 2.This is because the weather is and they will be outside for a long time. 这是因为天气 ,他们要在外面待很长时间。 【句式剖析】This / That is because.意为“这/
23、那是因 为”,because引导的句子作表语。 From space,the earth looks blue.This is because about seventy-one percent of the surface is covered by water. 从太空上看,地球是蓝色的。这是因为地球表面大约71%都由水覆 盖。 This is because the light we see from the sun is white. 这是因为我们看到的从太阳发出来的光是白色的。 【句式拓展】 this is why.这就是的原因 (why 后接某事产生的结果) the reasonw
24、hy.isthat.的原因是 (why 引导定语从句) That was why they decided to eat their picnic lunch instead. 那就是为什么他们决定改吃野炊午餐。 The reason why he was absent was that he had a high fever. 他缺席的原因是他发高烧了。 【温馨提示】表语从句中的why,because以及that可根据“直译法” 去判断,也就是语境当中翻译成“是因为”就用because,翻译成 “那就是为什么”就用why,而如果翻译成“是”,在表语从句 中多用that。 .单词拼写 1.Pe
25、ople there make beautiful (灯笼) to celebrate the festival. 答案:lanterns 2.All the students were wearing traditional c that day. 答案:costumes 3.Soldiers were (行进) up and down outside the government buildings. 答案:marching 4.They expressed their (祝贺) on my graduation from the university. 答案:congratulation
26、s 5.How many of you are going to take part in the (仪式) next Tuesday? 答案:ceremony .完成句子 1.昨天晚上我做英语作业用了半个小时。 half an hour to do my English homework last night. 答案:It took me 2.他学习很用功。这就是他获奖的原因。 He studies very hard. he has got the prize. 答案:That is why 3.从这里走到火车站是非常累人的。 to walk from here to the railway station. 答案:It is tiring 4.正如你所知道的,长城是世界上最长的城墙。 ,the Great Wall is the longest wall in the world. 答案:As you know 5.这么热的天气,我们去游泳怎么样? What about going for a swim ? 答案:in such hot weather
