Unit 2

I think that mooncakes are

delicious!

What kind of festival did we just celebrate?

Chinese festivals

Chinese Festival

Spring Festival

Lantern Festival

Pure and Brightness Festival

Dragon Boat Festival

National Day

Youth Day

… The Double Ninth Day

Spring Festival

The 1st day of the first lunar month

According to the Chinese legends, there was a giant beast Nian who used to swallow humans in a single bite. Relief from the horrifying beast came only when people realized that Nian was scared of red color and loud noises. They started bursting crackers and used red color to scare the beast. Since then, this day was named as Guo Nian meaning “Pass over the Nian”. Chinese considered the day an auspicious one as it brought new life for them and celebrated it.

Legend

Festival of lanterns

yuanxiao

Women’s Day-March 8

The 1st day of May

Labour Day

The 1st day of June

Children’s Day

Army Day-August 1st

The 15th day of the eighth lunar month

Mid-Autumn Festival

The 10th day of September

Teachers’ Day

The 1st day of October

National Day

festivals

Christmas

Fool’s Day

Valentine’s Day

Carnival

EasterThanksgiving Day

Mother’s Day

Father’s Day

Halloween

In foreign countries

the Cherry Blossom Festival

Every April when the country is covered with cherry flowers.

Japanese go out with their friends or families, sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic.

Valentine’s Day

In February

Carnival ( 狂欢节 )

Easter 复活节

The first Sunday after a full moon on or after March 21

Fool’s Day

April 1st

Mother’s Day

The second Sunday in May

Thanksgiving Day

The fourth Thursday in November

November 31st

Halloween 万圣节

Christmas

scary dress up haunted house

black cat candy trick or treat

ghost October spider

1a Look at the pictures and words related to Halloween. What do you think this festival is about?

1b. Listen and answer the questions.

1. Where is Halloween popular?

2. When do people celebrate Halloween?

3. What does Wu Yu think of this festival?

In north America.

On October 31st.

She thinks it is quite a scary but really fun festivals.

1. Many people make their _______look scary.

They may ________ the lights and light

candles. They sometimes also put things like

spiders and ghosts around the doors

and___________.

2. Little kids and even parents _________as

ghosts or black cats. They can also dress up

as fun things like________ characters.

1c Listen and ill in the blanks.

houses turn off

windows

dress up

cartoon

3. Parents take their children around the

neighborhood to ask for________ and treats.

4. “Trick or treat” means kids will _______a

trick on you if you don’t ________ them

a treat.

candiesplay

give

1d Think about the Halloween activities

that interest you most. Discuss what you

have learnt with a partner.

A: What have you learned about Halloween?B: Oh, I know it’s a popular festivals in North America and it’s on October 31st.A: What do you like most about this festival?B: I think it’s fun to dress up as cartoon characters!

Christmas Fourth Thursday in November

April Fool’s Day February 14th

Halloween April 1st

St. Valentine’s Day October 31st

Thanksgiving December 25th

Do you know when these special days are? Try to match each day with the correct date.

2a What do you know about Christmas?Discuss in groups and create a mind map.

ChristmasChristmas

Symbols Symbols

Date Date

Activities Activities

Stories Stories

1. dress up 装扮 ; 乔装打扮 .

Dress up 常与 as, in 连用构成短语：

dress up as… 意为“装扮 / 乔装打扮成…”

dress up in… 意为“穿上…”后接表示衣服或

颜色的名词。

►He likes to dress up as a soldier.

他喜欢装扮成军人。

Explanations

►On Christmas Day we always dress up in red.

在圣诞节我们总是穿上红衣服。辨析： dress, wear, put on, have on 与 be in

Dress “ ”给某人穿衣服 ，其宾语是人或 反身代 词， 不是表示衣服等的 名词Wear “ 穿着；戴着”强调状态Put on “ 穿上；戴着”强调动作Have on “ 穿着；戴着”强调状态。不能用于被 动语态。Be in “ 穿着；戴着”强调状态， 通常接表示颜 色的名词。

►She dressed her son and then sent him to school. 她给儿子穿好衣服并送他去上学。►She wears red shoes. 她穿着红色的鞋子。►He put on his best clothes for the party. 为参加晚会他穿上了最好的衣服。►She had a beautiful new suit on. 她穿着一套漂亮的新衣服。►Who is the girl in red over there? 那边穿红衣服的那个女孩是谁？

2. “Trick or treat” means kids will play a

trick on you if you don’t give them a treat.

(1) play a trick on “意为 捉弄”。►These children love playing tricks on their

teacher. 这些孩子喜欢捉弄他们的老师。（ 2) if “ ”意为 如果 ，此处用于引导条件状语从句，主句是一般将来时，从句则用一般现在时。►I will go home if it doesn’t rain tomorrow.

如果明天不下雨，我就回家。

2b Read the passage about Christmas

and answer the questions.

INFERRING

This means you have to “read between the

lines” to get the meanings that are not

clearly stated in a text.

Many would agree that when we think of

Christmas, we probably think of gifts,

Christmas trees and Santa Claus. But behind

all these things lies the true meaning of

Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving

love and joy to people around us. The story in A

Christmas Carol is perhaps the best example of

this.

The Spirit of Christmas

A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written

by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man

named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He

is mean and only thinks about himself. He

doesn’t treat others nicely. He just cares about

whether he can make more money and he hates

Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees

the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business

partner. Marley used to be just like

Scrooge, so he was punished after he died. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him.

That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and reminds Scrooge of hishappier days as a child. Then the second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this

year. Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares. He is so scared that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is only the next morning --- Christmas Day!

He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person. He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people in need.

He now treats everyone with kindness and

warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he

goes. And that is the true spirit of Christmas!

Language Points

1.But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. 但是在这一切背后存在着圣诞节的真谛 : 分享与给予我们周围的人爱与欢乐的重要性。（ 1） lie v. “ ”意为 存在；在于 ，主要指思想、 特征问题等。► The problem lies in their method. 问题在于他们的方式。

（ 2） share v. “ ”意为 分享；分担 ，常与with, among, between, in 连用。► I share my lunch with him.

我与他分享我的午餐。► We share a small room between us.

我们俩合用一个小房间。► They share (in) the joy and sorrows .

他们将同甘共苦。

2. A Christmas Carol is a famous short novel

written by Charles Dickens.《圣诞颂歌》是查•尔斯 狄更斯的著名短篇小说。

(1)famous “形容词，意为 著名的；出名的” ，既可以作表语，也可以作定语 。其同义词是 well-

known ，反义词为 unknown。►Thomas Edison is a famous scientist.

•托马斯 爱迪生是一位著名的科学家。

①be famous for…“因 ......而著名 / ”出名►China is famous for the Great Wall.

中国因长城而闻名。②be famous as…“作为 ...... ’’ 而出名 。►Liu Huan is famous as a singer.

刘欢作为一名歌手而出名。(2) written是 write的过去分词，此处 writte 是过去分词作后置定语，修饰名词 nove1。►I like the novels written by Mo Yan.

3. He is mean and only thinks about himself.

他吝啬，只考虑自己。mean 用作形容词 “，意为 吝啬的，刻薄的”

► Don’t be so mean to your little brother.

别对你弟弟那么刻薄。mean作动词 “，意为 意味着 ;作 ......解释 .......

”的意思 。

其名词形式是meaning ( 意思；含义），常构成短语 the meaning of… “，意为 ...... ”的意思 。►It means that your answer is right.

那意味着你的答案是正确的。►What does this word mean?

=What’s the meaning of this word?

这个单词是什么意思？

4. He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates Christmas.他只关心能否挣到更多的钱，且厌恶圣诞节。(l) care about “意为 担心 ; 关心；在乎；对… 感兴趣”►Don’t you care about losing your job? 你难道不担心失去工作吗？►I really care about the students in my class. 我真的很关心我班的学生。►I don’t care about your opinion. 我对你的观点不感兴趣。

辨析： care about 和 care for

care about: “意为 关心；在乎；介意” ，强调 “ ”出于责任感而 关心；在乎care for: “意为 照料；照賴”，与 take care

of 同义 ; “另一个意思为 喜欢”， 多用于疑问句和否定句，其同义 短语为 be fond of。

►My parents care about my health.

我父母关心我的健康。►Would you care for a cup of tea?

你想喝杯荼吗？(2) hate作动词 “，意为 憎恨 ;讨厌 ;厌恶”，

不能用于进行时，其反义词是 love。常用短hate sb/ sth; hate to do sth 或 hate doing sth.

► I like swimming but I hate to swim today.

► I enjoy cooking but hate doing the dishes.

5. Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so she

was punished after he died.

马利过去曾经就像斯克鲁奇一样，所以在死后受到了惩罚。(l) used to “意为 过去常常”，后接动词原形，

表示过去的动作或状态。►He used to play basketball at school.

他过去常在学校打篮球。►I used to be short. 我过去很矮。

(2) was punished “意为 被惩罚” ，此结构为一 般过去时的被动语态。一般过去时的被动语态

“的结构为 was/were+及物动词的过去分词”。► The house was built in 1969.

这座房子建于 1969年。►These trees were planted last year.

这些树是去年种的。

6. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he

doesn’t want to end up like him.

他告诫斯克鲁奇，如果他不想走上自己的老路，就要改变生活方式。(l) warn作动词 “，意为 ”警告；告诚 ，常用于以下结构：

① warn sb. (not) to do sth “ ，意为 告诚某人(不要 ) ”做某事 。

► He warned her to keep silent.

他告诫她保持沉默。②warn sb. about sth “，意为 提醒某人注意

”某事 。►She warned us about the serious situatio.

她提醒我们注意形势的严峻性。③warn sb. of/against (doing) sth “，意为 告诫某人当心 /提防 (做 ) ”某事 。► They warned me against swimming in that

part of the river.

他们告诫我不要在河的那一带游泳。

(2) end up “意为 最终成为 ; 最后处于；结束”，其后可以跟 with， in， doing 等：

① end up with “表示 以…… ” 结束 ，其后可跟 任何名词。►If you do that, you’ll end up with egg on

your

face. 你要是那样做，必将出洋相。

② end up in后面一般要接一个地点名词。►If you continue to steal, you’ll end up in

prison. 你要是继续行窃，早晚得进监狱。 ③ end up doing “表示 以做……结束” ，此处

词 -ing形式作宾语。►The party ended up singing an English

song.

晚会以唱一首英文歌而结束。

2b. Answer the questions.

1.What are the common things that people think of for Christmas?

2. Who wrote A Christmas Carol?

3. What is the true meaning or spirit of Christmas?

Gifts, Christmas trees and Santa Claus.

Charles Dickens.

The importance of sharing and giving loveand joy to people around us.

2c Read the passage again and complete the chart.What does Scrooge see when he’s with ...

the Ghost of Christmas Past?

the Ghost of Christmas Present?

the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?

His childhood.

How others are spending Christmas this year.

He is dead, but nobody cares.

2d Answer the questions. Some answers need to be inferred.

1.Why does Scrooge hate Christmas?

2.Does Scrooge have a lot of friends? Why or why not?

Because he is mean and only thinks about himself.

No, he doesn’t. because he doesn’t treatothers nicely.

3. Why was Jacob Marley punished after he died?

Because he used to be just like Scrooge.

4.Does Jacob Marley want to help Scrooge? How do you know?

5. How does Scrooge feel when he wakes up on Christmas Day?

6. What does Scrooge do after seeing the three spirits?

Yes, he does. He warns Scrooge to change hisways if he doesn’t want to end up like him.

He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives and gives gifts to people in need.

He is so scared.

2e What do you think the three ghosts

say to Scrooge when they visit him? In

groups of four, make a conversation

between the three ghosts and Scrooge.

Role-play the conversation in front of

the class.

What do you know about Christmas?

Make a list of things that you know

about this festival with your group. Use

the questions to help you.

When is this festival?

Why do people celebrate it?

Who do they celebrate it with?

Do they eat or drink anything special?

What other things do they do as part of

the celebrations?

Do you know any old stories about this festival?

How do people feel when they celebrate it?

3a Your English-speaking pen pal wants to know about your favorite Chinese festival. Make some notes about the festival.

What is the name of the festival?

When is it?

What do people eat?

What do people do?

Why do you like it so much?

3b Write a letter to your pen pal and tell

him/her about your favorite Chinese

festival. Use your notes in 3a.

In your letter:First, introduce the festival and when it is celebrated.Then talk about what people do and eat.Finally, explain why you like it best and howit makes you feel.

Use the following expressions to help you:

My favorite Chinese festival is ...

It is celebrated in/on ...

During this festival, people ...

It is my favorite festival because ...

It makes me feel ...

Dear Tom,

My favorite Chinese festival is Spring

Festival. It is a traditional festival in china. It

is celebrated on the 1st day of the first lunar

(阴历 ) month.

During this festival, people usually clean

and decorate their house carefully before it

comes. They eat Nian-gao, eight treasures rice

(八宝饭 )and family reunion dinner.

It is my favorite festival because we kids

can wear new clothes and get gift money.

What's more, we can watch the dragon

dance(舞狮 ). It makes me feel very happy

and

excited.

自我练习

1.--Could you tell me how long __ the book?

--Three days.

A. I can keep B. Can I borrow

C. I can borrow D. Can I keep

2. I want to know ___ yesterday?

A. why did you come late

B. why you came late

C. why do you come late.

D. why you come late

Choose the right answers

3.--Could you tell me __ tomorrow morning?

--Well, it will start at 9:00.

A. when the meeting will start

B. where will the meeting start

C. where the meeting start

D. when will the meeting start

3.--Could you tell me __ tomorrow morning?

--Well, it will start at 9:00.

A. when the meeting will start

B. where will the meeting start

C. where the meeting start

D. when will the meeting start

4. Can you tell me ? A. what will we do B. we will do what C. what we will do D. will we do what 5.—Do you know ___ for Shanghai last night? --- At 9:00.A.what time he leaves B.What time does he leave C. What time he left D. What time did he leave

3.玛丽想知道你能否帮她？ Mary wants to know if you can help her.

2.你能告诉我你住哪里吗？

Can you tell me where you live?

1.我想知道你喜欢什么颜色

I want to know what colour you like.

Translate

4. Danny 说他明天出发去上海。

Danny says that he will leave for Shanghai tomorrow.

5. 我想汤姆已经完成作业了。

I think that Tom has finished his homework.

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