1、Unit 3 Festivals and customs Reading (II) Revision 1 Step Before the wedding ceremony During the wedding ceremony After the wedding ceremony invite opportunity entrance anything but ordinary celebrations a lot of dancing Revision 1 Step Before the street party During the street party After the stree
2、t party dancers and a band excitement an energetic samba beat the merry crowd be still swimming around me Language appreciation Step Have a closer look at the two journals and find the words and phrases to describe the customs and festivals. The Indian wedding Nouns and noun phrases related to custo
3、ms: Verbs or verb phrases related to customs: Adjectives and adverbs used to describe customs: Other words or phrases: invite, take place, dress up, wear, lead, join eye-catching, decorated, traditional, beautiful, never, proudly, smiling, ordinary, different, happily, romantic be anything but, make
4、 a deep impression on, have two left feet a wedding ceremony, opportunity, tradition, custom, celebration 2 The Rio Carnival Nouns related to festivals: Verbs or verb phrases related to festivals: Adjectives and adverbs used to describe festivals: Other words or phrases: carnival, occasion, crowd, e
5、xcitement, explosion, beat, fever hit, experience, take ones place, stand, carry, blow, wait, jump, twist, turn, cheer, clap, sing, march, dance, line, fill the air, notice, fly by, swim luckily, merry, fancy, brightly, lively, energetic, ever-growing, narrow, hardly, amazing be in the air, the sea
6、of people, wave after wave, be caught up in Language appreciation Step Have a closer look at the two journals and find the words and phrases to describe the customs and festivals. 2 Language comprehension Step 1. I did not understand all of the traditional customs, but a few made a deep impression o
7、n me. (lines 78) 不是所有的传统习俗我都了解，但有一些给我留下了深刻 的印象。 not all . = all . not E.g. Not all men can be masters of language. (= All men cannot be masters of language.) 不是所有人都能熟练掌握语言使用技巧。 made a deep impression on impression n. impressionist n. impressionism n. impress v. impressed adj. impressive adj. 3 Fill
8、the blanks using the given words. 1. We _ the impression that Robin was not very happy to see us. 2. The bridegrooms entrance on a beautiful white horse _ a deep impression on us. 3. My words _ no impression on her. got left made make get leave 2. The customs that followed were anything but ordinary
9、. (line 12) 接下来的风俗十分不寻常。 anything but: definitely not Translate the following sentences. 1. 玛利亚才不笨呢！ 2. He was unable to swallow anything but liquids. Maria is anything but stupid! 他除了流质什么都咽不下去。 3. Now I know I have two left feet . and both of them hurt! (lines 1920) 现在我只知道我有两只左脚，而且两只都疼得不行！ Now I kn
10、ow I am not good at dancing at all, and now both of my feet are painful. have two left feet: (informal) to be very awkward in your movements, especially when you are dancing or playing a sport Guess the meanings of idioms in the following sentences. a.Poor Richard spent his last penny on a bowl of n
11、oodles. Now he is as poor as a church mouse. b. I didnt hear the telephone ringing. I slept like a log. very poor sleep very deeply Paraphrase the sentence. a.She hit him on the head with her umbrella. b. The tax increases will certainly hit the poor. c.The new film is a real hit this year. d. I cou
12、ldnt remember where Id seen him before, and then it suddenly hit me. 1. v. to have a bad effect on sb/sth 2. n. a person or thing that is very popular 3. v. to come suddenly into your mind . 4. v. to bring your hand, or an object you are holding, against sb/sth quickly and with force 4. The summer h
13、eat hit me as soon as I got off the flight. (line 22) 我一下飞机就感到夏日的热浪袭来。 Find the right meanings of hit. 5. The Carnival was in the air! (line 23) 有种狂欢节的气氛！ a.The room had an air of luxury. b. The rooms had all been cleaned and aired. c.The show will be aired next Tuesday night. d. There is romance in
14、 the air. 1. v. to allow fresh air into a room or a building 2. n. the particular feeling or impression that is given by sb/sth 3. n. if something is in the air, it is felt by a number of people to exist or to be happening 4. v. to broadcast a programme on the radio or on television Find the right m
15、eanings of air. 6. The Carnival current carried us through the ever-growing sea of people, dancing all the way. (lines 3233) 狂欢节的人潮带着我们穿过不断扩张的人海，一路上跳舞 不停。 current n. the movement of water in the sea or a river; the movement of air in a particular direction; the flow of people. E.g. The bird can use
16、warm air currents to help it fly. 这种鸟可以利用热气流助其飞行。 a.I never carry much money on me. b. A road bridge has to carry a lot of traffic. c.The war was carried into enemy territory. d. His moving speech was enough to carry the audience. 1. v. to take sth/sb to a particular point or in a particular directi
17、on 2. v. to win the support or sympathy of sb 3. v. to have sth with you and take it wherever you go 4. v. to support the weight of sth Find the right meanings of carry. 7. Iceboxes of soft drinks and beer lined the narrow streets, and the smell of roasted meat filled the air as we passed wave after
18、 wave of street stands. (lines 3335) 我们经过一波又一波街头小摊时，装着汽水和啤酒的保冷 箱排列在狭窄的街道两边，空气中弥漫着烤肉的味道。 Find the sentence in which line has the closest meaning to the one in the text. a.They were stuck in a line of traffic. b. I can only remember the first two lines of that song. c.The companys lines have been jamm
19、ed all day with people making complaints. d. Crowds of people lined the streets to watch the race. 8. I was so caught up in the party fever that I hardly noticed five hours fly by! (line 35) 我沉浸在狂欢节的狂欢气氛中，几乎没有注意到五个小 时飞快地过去了! Paraphrase the sentence. I was so involved in the party excitement that I d
20、idnt realized that five hours had passed. be caught up in: to become involved in sth E.g. Innocent passers-by were caught up in the accident. 无辜的路人被卷入了事故。 fever n. a state of nervous or excitement E.g. He waited for her arrival in a fever of excitement. 他激动地等着她的到来。 9. Even as I lay in bed that eveni
21、ng, the bright colours and lively music were still swimming all around me. (lines 3637) 那晚，即使当我躺在床上时，狂欢节上鲜艳的色彩和欢快 的音乐仍然萦绕在我脑海中。 a.They spent the day swimming and sunbathing. b. The plots of the film swam before her eyes. c.Her eyes were swimming with tears when she heard the news. Find the sentence
22、in which swim has the closest meaning to the one in the text. Language application Step tradition occasion merry in the air entrance are caught up in decorated impression occasion impression decorate in the air tradition entrance merry be caught up in B1 4 Language application Step 4 Australian Egyp
23、tian Russian Greek Spanish Canadian Swedish B2 The travel journal uses some country names and related adjectives. Look at the examples and complete the table below. Then think of more words of this type. Language application Step 4 B3 The travel journal about Alexs experience at the Rio Carnival use
24、s the method of contrast to describe the scenes before and during the street party. Find the sentences in the travel journal and use contrast to describe the scenes before and during a dragon boat race. Contrast is a method of organization with which a writer highlights the differences between two p
25、eople, places, things or ideas. Using contrast often draws the readers attention and makes the description more vivid and interesting to read. I could see a group of around 20 Brazilian dancers and a band in fancy costumes standing in the street. Some of them carried flags, which blew in the wind. T
26、he crowd waited with excitement. (page 31, para. 2) Contrast in the text Then there was an explosion of bright colours and lively music, and the group jumped into action. The band started playing an energetic samba beat, the dancers twisted and turned, and the crowd began to cheer, clap and sing. Th
27、e whole group started marching down the street. The Carnival current carried us through the ever-growing sea of people, dancing all the way. (page 31, para. 3) Language application Step 4 The beautifully coloured dragon boats sat alongside each other on the still water with their crews ready, oars i
28、n hand. A large holiday crowd had gathered by the lake to watch the dragon boat race. Silence settled over them as the starter raised his gun. The crack of the gun broke the tension and the crowd exploded into cheers and screams of encouragement. The loud beats of drums were ringing in their ears as the boats sped away across the lake. A sample Static Dynamic 1. Look up in the dictionary or reference book to find out more about the language points we learned today. 2. Complete and revise your mini-writing about describing the scenes before and during a dragon boat race.
