Unit1 Festivals around the world

Ⅰ. 常考单词必背

1．celebration n．庆祝；祝贺

They held a special celebration in his honour.

他们为他举行了一次特殊的庆祝活动。

[快速闪记]

in celebration of 为……举行庆祝活动

celebrate v．庆祝

2. starve vi.&vt.(使)饿死；饿得要死

Millions of people starved to death during the war.

战争中数以百万计的人挨饿至死。

[快速闪记]

(1)starve for sth 极需要……；渴望

starve to do sth 渴望去做……

starve to death 饿死

(2)starvation n．挨饿；饿死

3. trick n．诡计；恶作剧；窍门　vt. 欺骗；诈骗

A clever lawyer should be able to trick the prisoner into an admission of guilt.

聪明的律师应能诱使罪犯认罪。

[快速闪记]

trick sb into (doing) sth 诱使某人做某事

trick sb out of sth 从某人处骗取……

4. award n．奖；奖品　vt. 授予；判定

He won the first awards of many English contests.

他获得过许多英语比赛的一等奖。

The school awarded Mary a prize for her good work.

学校因为玛丽的出色表现而奖励了她。

5. admire vt. 赞美；钦佩；羡慕

I admire him for his success in business.

我钦佩他事业有成。

[快速闪记]

admire sb for sth/in sth 钦佩某人的某些方面

admiration n．钦佩；赞赏

6. permission n．许可；允许

Who gave you permission to leave class early?

谁准许你提前离开课堂的？

[快速闪记]

(1)with one's permission 经某人允许

without permission 未经允许

ask sb for permission 请求某人准许

give sb permission to do sth 允许某人做某事

(2)permit vt.&vi.允许；许可；容许 n.执照；许可证

7. apologize vi. 道歉；辩白

I must apologize for disturbing you like this.

非常抱歉，打扰你了。

8．remind vt. 提醒；使想起

Remind me to get up early.

提醒我早点起床。

He reminded me of what I should otherwise have forgotten.

亏他提醒我，要不然我就忘了。

[快速闪记]

remind sb of sth 提醒某人某事，使想起

remind sb to do sth 提醒某人做某事

remind sb that... 使某人想起……；提醒某人……

9．forgive vt.(forgave，forgiven) 原谅；饶恕

She never forgave him for losing her ring.

她从没原谅他弄丢了她的戒指。

Ⅱ. 高频短语必会

1．take place发生

Great changes have taken place in China in the last few years.

过去的几年里，中国发生了巨大的变化。

[快速闪记]

take the place of... 代替……

take one's place 代替某人；就座

take (the) first place 居首位，得第一

2．in memory of 纪念；追念

A film will be made in memory of those brave firefighters.

为了纪念那些勇敢的消防战士，一部电影即将开拍。

[快速闪记]

in honour of 为纪念……　

in terms of 就……而言

in need of 需要　

in case of 万一

in charge of 负责掌管　

in search of 寻找

3．dress up 盛装；打扮；装饰

They tried to dress him up as a “national hero”．

他们想把他打扮成一个“民族英雄”。

[快速闪记]

dress sb/oneself 给……穿衣服

be/get dressed in... 穿着……的衣服

4．play a trick/tricks on 搞恶作剧；诈骗；开玩笑

The boys hid Jon's bike to play a trick on him.

孩子们把乔恩的自行车藏起来捉弄他。

[快速闪记]

play a joke on sb 取笑某人

make a fool of 愚弄；欺骗

5．look forward to 期望；期待；盼望

We are looking forward to seeing each other soon.

我们期盼着不久再次见面。

6．as though 好像，引导方式状语从句

It looks as though our team is going to win.

看来我们队有赢的可能。

He talks as though he knew about it.

他说话的口气好像他知道这事。

[快速闪记]

(1)as though相当于as if，引导的从句中常用虚拟语气，从句中的谓语动词与现在事实相反，用一般过去时态，be动词用were；与过去事实相反，用过去完成时。

(2)as though/as if 后面的从句也用陈述语气，这是因为从句中的情况往往是可能发生的或可能是真实的。

7．have fun with 玩得开心

I had fun with my friends at the party.

我和朋友们在晚会上玩得很开心。

[快速闪记]

for fun/in fun 取乐；闹着玩

be full of fun 很好玩；极有趣

8．keep one's word 守信用；履行诺言

You promised to take the children camping，so you must keep your word.

你答应过要带孩子们去野营，所以你必须遵守诺言。

[快速闪记]

break one's word/promise 失信

have a word with sb 与某人谈话

9．hold one's breath 屏息；屏气

We'll let you know if there's any work for you，but don't hold your breath.

要是有工作适合你，我们会告诉你，但是不要抱太大希望。

10．set off 出发；动身；使爆炸

They set off in search of the lost child.

他们出发去寻找失踪的孩子。

[快速闪记]

set up 建立；创立

set down 写下；记下；放下

set aside 保留；抛弃；放在一边

set about 着手；开始(跟名词或动名词)

set out 动身；开始做；着手(怀有目标做某事)(跟to do sth)

Ⅲ. 写作句式必学

1．Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.

节日是来庆祝一年当中重要日子的时间。

2．Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors，who might returneither to help or to do harm.

有些节日，是为了纪念死者，或使祖先得到满足，因为他们有可能回到世上给人们提供帮助，也有可能带来危害。

3．However big the fool，there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

傻瓜总会发现有比他更傻的人在赞美他。

4．It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave.

很明显，咖啡馆里的经理在等李方离开。

5．“...I don't want them to remind me of her.” So he did.“……我不想因它们想起她来。”他的确这样做了。

Ⅲ. 短文语法填空，然后背诵短文，熟记本单元的重点词汇。

An Interesting Festival

The Agricultural Feast takes place after the Independence Day. It is not aworldwide__1__(celebrate)．Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its arrival for its __2__ (religion) origin：

Long ago，humans' ancestors __3__(be) bad.They fooled and played tricks __4__ each other and never kept their word. So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humansstarved day and night，weeping. In order to gain God's forgiveness，__5__ womanpoet set off to see God. She admired God and kept __6__(apologize)．God was moved. With his permission，humans finally had good harvests again. So，__7__(wipe) sadness andremind themselves of the belief in God，people began the festival.

On the festival，people gather in open air，such as playgrounds or parking lots，and __8__(energetic) have fun with each other all night long，as though they were never tired. When a beauty __9__(dress) up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of the poet，everyone holds their breath. Then，it is the custom __10__ the bone of a rooster head is given to her as an award.

Obviously，the story is not true，but the festival is interesting.

答案　1.celebration　2.religious　3.were　4.on　5.a 6．apologizing　7.to wipe　8.energetically　9.dressed　10.that