Unit 1 Festivals around the worldReading
Skimming
Look at the title of the reading passage, and the pictures in it, and work in pairs to predict the content of the passage.
Answer:
1. The names of the festivals and celebrations in the world.
2. The times when the festivals take place.
3. What people celebrate.
4. what people do in the festivals.
Scan the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.
Scanning
Kinds of
Festivals
Festivals
to Honour
People
Harvest
Festivals
Spring
Festivals
Festivals of the Dead
Obon
(Japan)
Halloween
(some western
countries)
Festivals of
the Dead
Festivals
to Honour
People
Dragon Boat
Festival
(China)
Colunbus
Day
(USA)
Festival to
Honour
Gandhi
(India)
Harvest
Festivals
1.starve
1)vi./vt. （使）挨饿，（使）饿死
They got lost and starved to death.
Boxers sometimes starve themselves for
several days to control weight.
2)vi. 渴望，急需要
starve for sth; starve to do sth
She’s starving for your attention.
She has been starving to see you.
她一直 渴望见到你。
be starved of 需要，渴望，缺乏
2.be difficult to find:_________________________
sth. be + adj. + to do : sth.是do的逻辑宾语，意思是to do sth be adj. 类似形容词有：_______________
__________________________________________,
___________________________________________
e.g.1) English ____________________in a short time.
英语难以在短时间内学好。
2) The problem ______________________
这个问题很难算出来。
3) My boss__________________________
我的上司很容易相处。
难以找到，难以发现
easy, hard, difficult
interesting, pleasant, nice, fit, unfit, bitter, light,
heavy ,dangerous, important, sweet, necessary.
is difficult to learn well
is really hard to work out.
is easy to get along with.
即境活用
The chair looks rather hard, but in fact , it’s very comfortable to_____.

A. sit B. sit on
C. be sat D. be sat on
3. satisfy : vt / vi (使)满意,满足
satisfy sb / sth

The story didn’t satisfy me.
What he did didn’t satisfy me.

satisfied adj. 感到满意的
satisfying adj. 令人满意的 satisfactory adj. 使人满意的 satisfaction n. 满意，满足
be satisfied with sb/sth 对...满意
be satisfied to do sth 对做...感到满意
to one’s satisfaction 使某人满意的是..
for from satisfactory 远非令人满意

I’m satisfied with what he did.
To my satisfaction, he passed the
exam.
Are you __________ to hear the ___________news?
Yes, I’m _______ with the news.
That is to say, the news _________me .
What about you?
Are you _________ ________ the news?
satisfied
satisfying
satisfied
satisfies
satisfied
with
4. in memory of : 纪念,作为…的纪念
= to the memory of sb

The museum was built in memory of the famous scientist.

类似短语有：
in honor of in favor of
in charge of in need of
in search of in honor of
5. … because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.
lead sb. to + n. ____________________
lead sb to do sth. ___________________
lead to + n. ________________________
e.g. 1) This street________________________.
你沿这条街走就可以到达车站。
2) What ______________________it?
什么使你相信它？
3)____________________________.
条条大路通罗马（殊途同归）
4)____________________________
______________________________.
勤奋就能成功，而懒惰导致失败。
带领某人通往/到……
使……做……
引领，通向；导致，招致
leads you to the station
led you to believe
All roads lead to Rome
Hard work leads to success,
while laziness leads to failure
6. feast : (1) n. 盛宴,宴会,节日,享受,
eg. a wedding feast
Spring Festival is an important feast to us.
The evening was really a feast for
music lovers.

(2) vt.宴请,款待
feast sb (with /on sth) : (用...)款待...
He feasted his friend with fish.
(3) 使(耳目)享受，
feast one’s eyes on ...
尽情享受，大饱眼福
eg. They’re feasting their eyes on
the beautiful scenery in the
countryside.
vi. 尽情地吃... feast (on sth)
eg. We feasted on the best food and drink.
7.They offer food, flowers and gift….
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/for 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
8. dress up :vi/vt. 打扮,穿上盛装,装饰
The whole family are dressing up the Christmas tree.
We dressed up for our friend’s wedding.
dress up as 打扮成为...
dress up in 穿着...
be dressed in... 穿着...
dress well/badly(vi.)
They tried to dress up as policemen.
The nurse is dressed in a red coat
today.

dress vt. 给...穿衣/打扮 ，后面的宾语是表示人的n./pron.
dress sb / oneself
get dressed
Harry up and get dressed.
She is _______ a gold ring.
She hurriedly _______ her son and took him to the kindergarten.
Remember to ________ your coat. It is cold outside.
wearing
dressed
put on
(1). ___in red, she looks more beautiful.
A. Dressing B. Dressed
C. Wearing D. Worn

(2). Little girls like ___beautiful clothes.
A. to dress up in B dressing up in
C. to dress up in D. dressing up
9. trick : n. 诡计，恶作剧，窍门
vt / vi 欺骗
the tricks of learning English
play tricks/a trick on sb
搞恶作剧，诈骗，开玩笑
trick sb into (doing) sth.
诱使某人(做)某事
He tricked me into giving him money.
~ sb out of sth 从某人处骗走某物
10.gain vt.获得，得到，赚
1) gain experence/the first prize/ one’s living
2)(钟、表）走快，增加
My watch gains four minutes a day.
n.[c,u] 好处，利益，增加
have a gain in weight 体重增加
No pains, no gains.不劳无获
gather vt. /vi. 1) 聚集，集合，收拢
eg.On weekends the children gather on the
the playground.
People slowly gathered their belongings and left the hall.
2)采集，收集，收割
gather information/evidence/flowers
gather (in) crops 收割庄稼
gather/collect 都有收集、聚集 的意思，gather
是最普通用语，指把散的东西收集起来； collect 指经过挑选之后集中在一起，强调有目的有计划地选择 eg. collect stamps
11. award
n. 奖品，奖项，奖金, 助学金 ……
vt. 授予……裁定……奖励......
award sb sth = award sth to sb
Mary got an award and was able to
finish her study.
The judges awarded both teams equal
points.
She won the best actress award.
reward n ,v 报酬，奖金，酬劳，奖赏
in reward
reward sb for sth
reward sb with sth
He gave the boy five yuan in reward.
He rewarded the boy for bringing back the lost dog.
He rewarded the boy with five yuan.
作为报酬
因----而奖赏某人
用-----酬劳某人
eg. She sang to the baby and was rewarde with a smile.
The judge finally_____him the first place in the competition.
A. rewarded B. awarded
C. got D. won
12.admire vt.
1) 钦佩，羡慕，赞美
eg.I admire him for his courage.
admire 表示此意时，常用于admire sb for sth结构，而不能说admire sb sth
2) 欣赏，观赏
eg. We stopped to admire the view.
admiration n. admiring adj. 佩服的，称赞的
wear a admiring look 带着称赞的表情
13. look forward to(介词) + n/ v-ing
盼望，期待
I’m looking forward to his coming.
※The day he looked forward to ____
at last.
A. come B. coming
C. came D. to come
13.all day and all night:
=day and night
= night and day整日整夜
all day long : 整天
day after day :日复一日(动作的重复)
day by day: 逐日地 (动作的变化)
They think of their motherland day and night.

It went on raining day after day.

The little boy grew up day by day.
14.clothing n. [u] [总称] 衣服,服装，
eg.The shop sells women’s clothing.
【辨析】clothing/clothes/cloth
1)clothing [u] 无复数形式，后面接单数动词，“一件衣服”要说an article of clothing或a piece of clothing，但不可以说a suit of clothing
eg. children’s clothing 童装
We’re well provided with food and clothing.
我们吃得好，穿得好。
2）clothes 统指身上各种服装，是复数名词，不能直接与数词连用，但可以和some,many,these 等词连用，后接复数动词。可以说a suit of clothes
3)cloth 当“布料” 讲时[u], “一块布”要说a piece of cloth; cloth 有时表示“特殊用途的一块布”[c]
eg.a table cloth 一块桌布
I need ______cloth,for I’m going to make_____
clothes.
A. a lot of; many B. much; much
C. many; many D. many; a lot of
I wanted to buy some _____for my little daughter,so I went to a shop selling children’s_____.
A. clothes;clothes B. clothes; clothing
C. clothing;clothes D. clothing;clothing
15. as though= as if 好像，仿佛
可以引导表语从句或方式状语从句
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 _______________________.他行动起来好象什么也没发生一样。
as though nothing had happened
He talks_______________________.他说起来好象他知道每一件事情
He treated me as if / as though ___________________________
他对待我好象我是他的女儿
They two strangers talked as if
____________________________
这两个陌生人交谈起来就好象他们是朋友很多年了
as if he knew everything.
they had been friends for years.
I were his daughter.
2. 陈述语气 :(表示很可能的事实就用陈述语气), 常与seem ,look, smell, taste 连用。


Look at the clouds !
It looks as if/ though it is going to
rain.
He remembers everything as if it ___ yesterday.
A. was happening
B. happens
C. has happened
D. happened
D
16. in/for fun :开玩笑地,为了好玩
make fun of := laugh at 嘲笑,讥笑
have fun with : 和...玩的快乐/ 开心

We had fun with each other at the party held last Sunday.
We are playing cards just for fun.
fun : n [u]
What fun it is to swim in summer!
His father is a man full of ___.
a fun B. the fun
C. Funny D. fun
D
17.fool n. 蠢人，傻瓜，白痴，受骗者
What a fool you were to believe him!
vt.&vi. 欺骗，愚弄，开玩笑，戏谑
You can’t fool me.
Don’t worry, he was only fooling.
foolish adj.愚蠢的，傻的，不明智的
make a fool of sb 愚弄、嘲笑某人
play the fool 装傻，胡闹，逗人笑
You _____by a ____.How ______you were!
A. were fooled; fool; foolish
B. are fooled; foolish; foolish