1.What do people do on Valentine’s Day?
2. Have you ever received any gifts on Valentine’s Day?
3. Do you think only lovers send gifts to each other on that day?
The St. Valentine for whom the day is named was, most likely, a priest (牧师) in the 3rd century who performed secret marriages when the Roman Emperor Claudius II thought single soldiers were more likely to serve in the army. That St. Valentine was put into prison and executed( 处死 ) on February 14th, 270 AD.
4. Do you know how the festival came about?
Do we have our own Valentine’s Day in China?
Qiqiaojie ( 乞巧节 )The seventh day of the seventh lunar
month (七夕)
The Chinese people believe t
hat the star Vega (织女星) ,
east of the Milky Way, is Zhinu a
nd, at the constellation of Aquil
a (天鹰座) , on the western
side of the Milky Way, Niulang w
aits for his wife.
1. The girl Li Fang loved and waited
for didn’t turn up. But he didn’t lose
heart.
The girl Li Fang loved and waited
didn’t turn up. So he lost heart,
because he would drown his sadness in
coffee.
F
True or false
2. Because her most lovely daughter go
t married to a human secretly, the God
dess got very angry.
3. Zhinu was made to return to Heaven
without her husband. They were allow
ed to meet once a year on the seventh d
ay of the tenth lunar month.
T
F
Zhinu was made to return to Heaven
without her husband. They were allow
ed to meet once a year on the seventh d
ay of the seventh lunar month.
4. Hu Jin had been waiting for Li Fang
for a long time with a gift for him.
T
• 1.Valentine’s Day takes place________.• A. before Qiqiaojie B. after Qiqiaojie C.on a sad day D. on a sunny day• 2.From the passage, we know what moves us most
is that the herd boy Niulang and weaving girl Zhinu were both ______.
• A. heart-broken B. loyal ( 忠诚的 )• C. hard-working D. courageous( 勇敢的)• 3.What would LiFang probably do at the end of th
e story?• A. Learn from Niulang to cross the Milky Way.• B. Tell Hu Jin the truth and ask her to forgive him.• C. Buy some other Valentine gifts to make it up.• D. Invite Hu Jin to dinner and then buy her a ring.
• 4. Why did Li Fang feel like a fool?• A. Hu Jin didn’t love him.• B. He waited in a wrong place.• C. Hu Jin didn’t love his gifts.• D. He waited for so long but Hu Jin hadn’t turned
up so far.• • 5.Why didn’t LiFang meet Hu Jin?• A. Hu Jin broke her word.• B.Li fang didn’t wait long enough.• C.They waited for each other at different places.• D.Li Fang watched TV and forgot the appointment.
1. But she didn’t turn up.
1) 来 , 出席 I’m very happy you turned up
so early.
2) 把 ( 收音机等 ) 音量开大一些 .
Turn up the radio a little, I can
hardly hear the program.
( 反义短语 : turn down.)
2. She said she would be there at seven o’
clock, and he thought she would keep her
word.
keep one’s word “ 守信用”反义词 :break one’s word “ 失信” He always keeps his word.Don’t break your word, otherwise, no one
will trust you. 注意:词组中的名词 word 不能用复数形
式。
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 L
i Fang to leave...
obvious adj.
1) obvious+ to + 人 Her disappointment was obvious to
her friend.
明显的, 清楚的
4. When the Goddess of Heaven kne
w that her daughter was married to
a human, she ...
marry 的用法: 1) marry sb.
她嫁给了一个医生。 she married with a doctor.
she married a doctor. TF
2) be/get married to
she got married to a lawyer.
she was married to a lawyer.
3) 表示状态,用 be married ( to )他们结婚三年了。They have been married for three years.
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 ; (地雷、炸弹)爆炸
6. I don’t want them to remind me of
her.
remind vi.
remind sb. of sth./sb.提醒,使想起
remind sb. to do sth.
remind sb. that
What you said ____ me of the
American professor.
A. mentioned
B. informed
C. reminded
D. memorized
C