1、Language points,Reading,New words: starve: cause to suffer or die from hunger satisfy: give sb. what he wants or needs arrival: the act of arriving,origin: a starting point trick: a stupid or childish act gain: obtain admire: look at with pleasure or satisfaction energetic: full of energy; active,Wh

2、at festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?,P1. Ancient festivals celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn; celebrate when hunters catch animals.,Fast reading,P 2. Festivals of the Dead Japan -Obon Mexico-Day of the Dead America-Halloween,P 3. Festivals to Ho

3、nour People Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day (India)October 2,P 4. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival Mid-Autumn festival,P 5. Spring festival Carnival Easter Cheery Blossom Festival,Explanation,1. Festival are meant to celebrate important events. 節(jié)日就是慶祝重要事件的活動(dòng)。,1. be meant to,a. 指

4、由命運(yùn)，能力等所“注定”“就該”或由父母決定,He believes that he is meant to be a great man.,ks5u精品課件,b. 意義和用法上相當(dāng)于ought to和be supposed to, 意為“應(yīng)該，必須”,You are meant to study hard when you are young.,You are meant to hand in your homework on time.,你年輕的時(shí)候應(yīng)該努力學(xué)習(xí),你必須按時(shí)上交作業(yè),ks5u精品課件,mean 的用法,1). mean doing sth. “意味著”,What you s

5、aid means breaking up our friendship,Missing the film means waiting for another week.,你所說(shuō)的話意味著我們友誼的破裂,錯(cuò)過(guò)了這部電影就意味著再等一個(gè)一周,ks5u精品課件,“打算讓某人做某事”,2). mean to do sth.,“打算或企圖做某事”,I meant to buy flowers for my mother, but I was too busy.,Im sorry ,but I didnt mean to hurt you.,Do you mean to start a quarrel?

6、,3). mean sb. to do sth.,ks5u精品課件,In some parts of London, missing a bus means _ for another hour. A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. to be waiting,句意為：在倫敦的一些地方，錯(cuò)過(guò)一班公共汽車意味著再等一個(gè)小時(shí)。,A,想一想,2.take place 發(fā)生；舉行, The meeting will _this evening.,take place,happen,更側(cè)重偶然性,常指按計(jì)劃或安排“發(fā)生”,When did this accident_?,t

7、ake place,happen,ks5u精品課件,Great changes _ in the rural areas in the last two decades. A. have taken place B. took place C. have been taken place D. are happening,A,take place 不能用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)中，句中短語(yǔ) in the last two decades 可確定句子的時(shí)態(tài)為現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)。,大家注意了！,celebrate the Spring Festival / ones birthday,3. celebrate vt.,

8、慶祝；祝賀,詞語(yǔ)辨析：celebrate, congratulate,congratulate sb. on/upon sth,celebrate后常接sth (日期,事情或場(chǎng)合),ks5u精品課件,4. Festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere. 世界各地都有各種各樣的節(jié)日慶典。,of all kinds 各種各樣的,sth of all kinds,=,all kinds of sth,ks5u精品課件,We sell all kinds of shoes. 我們賣各式各樣的鞋,= We sell shoes o

9、f all kinds.,ks5u精品課件, Books of this kind _ (sell) well in the bookstore. This kind of books _ (sell) well in the bookstore. 句中謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的單復(fù)數(shù)由“books”確定。句中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞由“kind”確定。,（用動(dòng)詞的適當(dāng)形式填空）,sell,sells,4. They would starve if food was difficult to find, . 如果食物難找到, 他們會(huì)挨餓。 be+adj.+ to do 結(jié)構(gòu)的用法 不定式主動(dòng)表被動(dòng)，類似形容詞有l(wèi)ight,

10、 heavy, easy, hard, interesting,dangerous 等。不定式動(dòng)詞 若為不及物動(dòng)詞，后面要帶有介詞。 The chair looks rather hard, but in fact, it is very comfortable to _. A. sit B. sit on C. be sat D. be sat on,B,starve v., (使)挨餓; 餓死,When will the dinner be ready?Im starving., starve for something,渴望得到某事,She is lonely.And she is st

11、arving for friendship,(3)starve to death 餓死 (4) starve to do sth 渴望做某事,He said he would starve rather than beg for food.,5. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean and light incense in memory of their ancestors. 在日本的盂蘭盆節(jié)，人們要上墳、掃墓、燒香以緬懷祖先。 in memory of 紀(jì)念；悼念 in honor of 為了紀(jì)念. in cha

12、rge of 負(fù)責(zé) in face of 面對(duì) in search of 尋找；搜查,ks5u精品課件,ks5u精品課件,6. The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. 西方的萬(wàn)圣節(jié)也源自于人們相信死者的靈魂會(huì)重新回來(lái)。 belief n.信念；信仰 believe sb. believe in sb. I_ what he said,but I didnt _ him. A. believe; believe

13、B. believe in; believe in C. believe; believe in D. believe in; believe,C,ks5u精品課件,7. It is now a childrens festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbours homes to ask for sweets. 如今卻成了孩子們的節(jié)日，這一天他們可以喬裝打扮向鄰居要糖吃。 dress up 盛裝；打扮；裝飾 dress sb./ oneself 給.穿衣（動(dòng)作） be dressed in穿著（狀態(tài)） What cloth

14、es should we wear to attend the ball? Dress _ you like. A. whatever B. whichever C. however D. what,C,ks5u精品課件,8. If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them. 如果鄰居什么糖也不給，那么孩子們可能要捉弄人了。 play a trick (tricks) on sb.捉弄某人，開某人的玩笑 Trick or treat! 不招待就搗亂！ trick sb. into

15、 doing sth. 騙某人去做某事 trick sb out of sth. 騙取某人某物,She is _ in red today and looks very beautiful. A. wearing B. having on C. dressing D. dressed,D. dressed,9. Some people might win awards for their animals, flowers, fruit and vegetables, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. award.

16、 n. 獎(jiǎng), 獎(jiǎng)品 v. 判給, 授予 award sb. sth. 獎(jiǎng)賞某人某物,辨析: award 和reward： award后接雙賓語(yǔ) award sb. a metal 授予某人獎(jiǎng)?wù)?reward 獎(jiǎng)賞, 給報(bào)酬, 不能接雙賓語(yǔ); reward sb. for sth. 因 獎(jiǎng)賞某人； reward sb. with sth. 用某物酬勞某人 She rewarded herself with a cup of coffee after a whole mornings hard work.,用力想??！,一上午的刻苦學(xué)習(xí)后, 她沖一杯咖啡來(lái)獎(jiǎng)賞自己。,10. In China and

17、 Japan there are mid-autumn festivals, when people admire the moon and give gifts of mooncakes. 在中國(guó)和日本都有中秋節(jié), 這時(shí)人們會(huì)賞月, 并互贈(zèng)月餅。 admire v. 意為“贊賞;欽佩;羨慕;贊美;夸獎(jiǎng)”,注意: 表示“在某方面欽佩某人”用“admire sb. for sth.” We all admire him for his courage and bravery. 我們都?xì)J佩他的勇氣和膽識(shí)。,11. The most energetic and important festivals

18、 are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. 最富有生氣而有最重要的節(jié)日就是告別冬天迎來(lái)春天的日子。 look forward to (doing) sth. 意為期待著(做)某事, 其中的to是介詞, 而不是動(dòng)詞不定式符號(hào)。,Boys and girls are looking forward to Spring Festival. 孩子們渴盼著過(guò)年。 Hes looking forward to hearing from his pen pal. 他期待著筆友來(lái)信。,12.

19、 The country is covered with cherry tree flowers so that it looks as though it might be covered with pink snow. 整個(gè)國(guó)度處處都是櫻花盛開,看上去就像罩上了一層粉紅的雪。,as though和as if沒(méi)有什么區(qū)別。as if用得普遍些, 卻可引導(dǎo)方式狀語(yǔ)從句和表語(yǔ)從句, 其從句謂語(yǔ)常用虛擬語(yǔ)氣。,(1) 引導(dǎo)方式狀語(yǔ)從句 She acted as though nothing had happened 她裝得好像什么事也沒(méi)發(fā)生過(guò)似的。 當(dāng)從句主語(yǔ)和主句主語(yǔ)一致,從句謂語(yǔ)中又含有動(dòng)詞to be時(shí), 可以把主語(yǔ)和to be一起省去。,He looked about as though (he was) in search of something 他四處張望, 好像尋找什么。 (2) 引導(dǎo)表語(yǔ)從句 It looks as if its going to rain 看樣子天要下雨了。,as though和as if從句用虛擬語(yǔ)