Festivals and

celebrations

1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient Times?

2.Why do you think music, fire or light are used in festivals?

Reading

3.What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival?

4. Why does India have a national festival on October 2?

5. Why are autumn festivals happy events?

Summarize and fill in the chartAncient Festivals

why

how

Festivals of the dead

why

how

Festivals to honour people

why

how

Harvest Festivals

why

how

Spring Festivals

why

how

the end of the cold winter;planting in spring and harvest in autumn

light fire and make music

to honour the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors

as an honor to famous people or to the gods

Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi

Food is gathered for the winter. A season of agricultural work is over.

celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring

eat delicious food; have exciting carnivals

Retell the text by filling the following blanks:

There are all kinds of festivals and __________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ _________ were mainly held at three times a year--- the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and ________ in autumn.Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or _______and please the _________ in case they might _____ _______, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as _________ _______ ______ and Columbus Day.

celebrations

Boat FestivalDragon

harmdoancestors

satisfyhonor

festivalsancient

Reading-III (8m)

harvest

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and because a season of ___________work is over, to which Mid-autumn festival belongs. And the most __________ and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time.

agriculturalgathered

lunarcoming

energetic

Language points1. mean 的用法

mean to do 意欲做 mean doing 意味着做

What do you mean to do with it?

This means staying here longer.

mean 意欲 , 计划 , 意指

Is this figure( 数字 ) meant to a 1 or a 7?

Festivals are meant to celebrate important events.

2. celebrate vt.(1)   庆祝；祝贺celebrate Christmas / one’s birthday / a victory(2)    赞扬；称颂The names of many heroes are celebrated by the poets.词语辨析： celebrate, congratulatecelebrate 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.

3. 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.

渴望消息 starve for news

她很寂寞 , 渴望友谊。She's lonely, and starving for companionship (friendship).

4. 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.U) 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 honour 光荣的人或事情 (N.C) Liu Xiang is an honour to our country.4) 尊敬 , 给以荣誉（ v ） Children should honour their parents.

5. honour

honored guests 贵宾I feel highly honored by the kind things you said about me.

6. satisfy vt. 使满意Nothing satisfies him; he is always complaining.The government tries its best to satisfy people’s needs.

satisfaction n. 满意、令人满意的人 / 物 satisfied ( 人 ) 满意的 satisfying/ satisfactory 令人满意的The teacher was satisfied with his satisfying/ satisfactory answer.

sb. be satisfied with 对…满意

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 pleasantpleasure

I was very _________ to hear the news.The news was very ___________ to us.

pleasedpleasing

pleased pleasingpleasant pleasure

7. please Vt 使愉快，取悅…It is difficult to please everybody.Our aim is to please the customers.

8. 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.

.9. 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

10. 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.

Spring – new life and planting, and hope for the futureSummer – enjoyment of good weather and hope for a good harvest Autumn – harvest and preparing for cold weatherWinter – safety, shelter and families