1、Festivals Around the World Vocabulary practice Learning aim: Learn and grasp the meaning and usage of some new words and phrases , such as : take place , harvest , celebration , religious , arrival keep ones words Words and phrases : Words: harvest n. 收割 celebration n. 庆祝;祝贺 religious adj. 宗教上的;信奉宗教
2、的;虔诚的 belief n. 信任;信心;信仰 arrival n. 到来;到达;到达者 independence n. 独立;自主 agriculture n. 农业;农艺;农学 award n. 奖;奖品 energetic adj.充满活力的;精力充沛的;积极的 obvious adj. 明显的;显而易见的 remind vt. 提醒;使想起 Words and phrases : Phrases : take place 发生 in memory of 纪念;追念 look forward to 期望;期待;盼望 as though 好像 turn up 出现;到场 keep one
3、s word 守信用;履行诺言 remind of 使想起 Lets guess ! harvest celebration religious award Lets guess ! agriculture energetic remind arrival Examples 1: Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters ha
4、d caught animals. would celebrate : harvest celebrations Examples 2: Todays festivals have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events. The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. People are g
5、rateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over. harvest n. 收割 There were about 300 million tons of grain in the fields at the start of the harvest. Many farmers are refusing to harvest the cane (甘蔗)。 Try to translate : 几百万人因干旱和歉收而受到饥饿的威胁。 Millions of people a
6、re threatened with starvation as a result of drought and poor harvests. 收获期间下雨了。 It rained during the harvest. 这里种植水稻的农场主仍是人工种植和收割庄稼。 Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand. celebration n. 庆祝;祝贺 In the event ( that) our team wins, there will be a celebration. They held a party
7、 in _(celebrate) of her safe arrival. Translate : 汤姆两天前庆祝了他的24岁生日。 Tom celebrated his 24th birthday two days ago. How do people celebrate New Year in your country? 你们国家的人怎样庆贺新年？ There was a celebration in our house that night. 那天晚上我家开了个庆祝会。 religious adj. 宗教上的;信奉宗教的;虔诚的 religious beliefs 宗教信仰 religi
8、ous education (= education about religion) 宗教教育 religious groups 宗教团体 His wife is very religious. 她的妻子非常虔诚。 He refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs. 出于宗教信仰，他拒绝在礼拜天进行比赛。 belief n. 信任;信心;信仰 have belief in 对有信心 I have total belief in my teammates. in the belief that （通常错误地）认为
9、They locked the door in the belief that everyone had left. lose belief in 不再相信, 对失去信心 belief beyond belief 难以置信 believe it or not 信不信由你 believe in 相信；信任 单句语法填空 I have a strong _(believe) in his honesty. He came to me _ the belief that I could help him. arrival n. 到来;到达;到达者 反义词： departure He celebrat
10、ed the arrival of the New Year with a party for his friends. 他为朋友们举行了一个聚会，庆祝新年的到来。 new arrival was a daughter. 新生婴儿是一个女孩。 Their arrival, your departure. 他们的出现预示着你的离开。 他的到达真是个意外。 His _(arrival / arriving ?) was a great surprise. independence n. 独立;自主 依赖，依靠 v./n. depend dependence He was afraid of los
11、ing his independence. 他害怕失去自己的独立性。 I admired her independence and her courage. 我敬佩她的独立精神和勇气。 Students should become an_learner, cooperator, and researcher. 学生要成为自主的学习者、合作者、研究者； independent agriculture n. 农业;农艺;农学 choose the proper word ! agriculture / agricultural Light industry is closely related t
12、o _. 轻工业和农业密切相关。 The drought has severely disrupted _ production. 旱灾已严重影响了农业生产。 agriculture agricultural award n. 奖;奖品 v. 授予，奖励 He received a special award for his contribution to the community. The judge awarded a large sum of money to those hurt by the fire. The Olympic winner received a gold meda
13、l as an award. the first award/prize/place 一等奖；第一名 win/get/receive an award for. 因而获奖 award sb.sth.award sth. to sb. 授予某人某物 Award you the first prize. award sb. for sth. 因某事奖励某人 We award you for your kindness. energetic adj.充满活力的;精力充沛的;积极的 energize v. 给予能量 energy n. 能量；活力 He was hardworking and _. 他
14、工作努力，精力充沛。 Shes always full of _ . 她总是充满活力。 He helped _ and mobilize millions of people around the nation. 他帮助激励和动员了全国数百万人。 energetic energy energize obvious adj. 明显的;显而易见的 adv. He agreed with _ pleasure. 他同意了，显然很高兴。 I know you dont like her but try not to make it so _. 我明白你不喜欢她，但是尽量别表露得那么明显。 _, we
15、dont want to spend too much money. 很明显，我们不想花太多的钱。 Diet and exercise are _ important. 显然，饮食和运动是重要的。 obvious obviously obviously obvious remind vt. 提醒;使想起 Im sorry, Ive forgotten your name. Can you remind me? 对不起，我忘了你的名字。提醒我一下好吗？ Remind me to phone him before I go out. 提醒我在出去之前给他打电话。 remind sb of sb/s
16、th 使想起（类似的人、地方、事物等） That smell reminds me of France. 这股气味使我想起了法国。 take place 发生 Great changes in hometown _during the last ten years. have taken place Related phrases take the place of 代替；接替 take ones place 就位；就席；就座；替代某人 in place 在适当的位置 in place of sb.in ones place 替代某人；顶替某人 关键点拨 take place是_短语，其后不能
17、接宾语，也不能用于被动 语态。 And Im not trying to _. 是的，而我不想取代她。 不及物动词 take her place “in名词of”结构的短语 in face of in favor of in honor of in need of in praise of in charge of in search of 面对 赞成；支持 为了向表示敬意；为纪念 需要 赞扬 负责，管理 寻找 in memory of 纪念;追念 They will build a monument _the national hero. They are _the source of th
18、e problem. The manager _the factory. He kept calm _great danger. 面临巨大危险，他还是保持镇静。 Well hold big celebration _this great writer. 我们为记念这位伟大的作家将举行一个盛大的庆祝会。 in memory of in search of in charge of in face of in honor of 完成句子 A great many college graduates went to the big cities _. 许多大学毕业生去大城市寻找更好的工作。 She
19、set up an educational fund _ her mother. 她为了纪念她母亲而设立了一个教育基金会。 He is _ when his father is away. 当父亲不在家时，他负责公司的工作。 in search of better jobs in memory of in charge of the company look forward to 期望;期待;盼望 look forward to中的to为介词，后接_词、_词或_词作宾语。 The students are looking forward to the winter holiday. look
20、for look back(on) look on.as look into look out look up to look down on/upon 寻找 回顾 把看作是 往里看；调查 向外看；当心；小心 仰视；尊敬；赞赏 俯视；轻视；看不起 Complete the following sentences What advice would you give to the young people who look _ to you and who want to be like you? The little girl is looking forward to _(see) Yang
21、 Zishan. The government started to look _ the accident to determine whether it was because of a human mistake. Last year, I spent all my time looking _ a job. for into seeing up as though 好像 It looks as though you are energetic today. (什么语气？) She loves the boy as if she were his mother. （什么语气？） My t
22、eacher looked as though/if he _the thing completely. If it were to rain tomorrow,we would not go out. had known 虚拟语气 (1)若表示的情况是事实或实现的可能性较大，从句用_。 (2)若表示的情况不是事实，而是主观的想象或夸大性的比喻时，通常用 _。虚拟语气中动词时态的判断标准如下： 对现在的虚拟：_ 对过去的虚拟：_ 对将来的虚拟：_ (3)如果as though/if从句中的主语与主句的主语一致，且含有助动词be的某种形式 时，则从句中的主语和助动词be都可省略。 陈述语气 虚拟
23、语气 一般过去时(系动词be一般用were) 过去完成时(had done) 过去将来时(would do) 单句语法填空 She looks as though she _(be) ten years younger. He kept working as though nothing _(happen) turn up 出现;到场；调高；开大 Investigations have never turned up any evidence. 调查从没_任何证据。 Turn the heat up high. 把暖气_。 We had been waiting for him for a l
24、ong time, yet he didnt turn up. 等了半天也没见他_。 I thought he would turn up sooner or later. 我心想他早晚总会_的。 My children turn up their noses at fresh vegetables. 我的孩子对新鲜蔬菜_。 发现 开大 出现 到场 根本看不上 keep ones word 守信用;履行诺言 He had again failed to keep his word. 他又食言了。 He promised that he would keep his word, and so h
25、e did. 他向我保证会信守诺言，他做到了。 He doubts if she will keep her word. 他不敢肯定她会遵守诺言。 practice _ n庆祝_ vi.庆祝 _ vi.到达_ n到达；到来 _ n农业；农艺_ adj.农业的；农艺的 _ adj.宗教的_ n宗教 _ n独立_ adj.独立的_ n依赖 _ adj.依赖的 _ n精力；能量_ adj.精力充沛的 _ n信任_ vt.&vi.相信；认为 Complete the sentences The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was _(award) to Mo Yan.
26、 It is our _(信心) that we will find a cure for cancer in the next ten years. 语法填空 How do you spend your free time? There will be different answers_61_it.Polish people have many different_62_(hobby)， which help them get away from their everyday problems and spend their free time _63_(happy) Many Polis
27、h people like traveling.They always look for new places that they have never been to._64_ (add) new and exciting experiences to their journey is what they want.Some of them like climbing mountains， while others like going to either the sea_65_a lake to swim，because these can make them get exercise a
28、nd are good for their health. 语法填空 Many people in Poland also like sports.Football is regarded as the_66_(nation) sport in Poland.Usually，a certain team_67_(support) by lots of crazy football fans.They go to watch every match of the team they support，and they buy many things_68_have any connection with the team. Besides these ways，Polish people have many other ways_69_(spend) their free time.And they always enjoy_70_(they) to the fullest.
