必修三Unit1课文
练习复习
朗读句子注意谓语动词的时态和语态
Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters had caught animals. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. Today’s festivals have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.
填空完成句子
Festivals and celebrations of all kinds _______ everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals ______ the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Sometimes celebrations __________ after hunters had caught animals. At that time people _________ if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. Today’s festivals have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.
have been held
would celebrate
would be held
would starve
Translations
1.这个人很难相处。

2.这些书携带起来很沉重。
This man is hard to deal with.
These books are heavy to carry
Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. They also light lamps and play music because they think that will lead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November. On this important feast day, people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.
Translate the phrases
1.纪念死者 2.取悦祖先 3.不是---就是
4.危害 ,做坏事 5.扫墓，焚香
6.为了纪念 7.引导
8. 在这个重要的节日里
9.---样形状的
朗读并注意翻译背诵划线部分
The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people.
It is now a children’s festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbours’ homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them.
填上所缺单词或词组
The Western holiday Halloween also had its _______in old beliefs about the return of the ______ of dead people.
It is now a children’s festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbours’ homes to _______ sweets. If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might __________ them.
origin
spirits
ask for
play a trick on
翻译句子注意划线部分
In the USA, Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.
read and remember
Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over. In European countries, people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and will get together to have meals. Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals when people admire the moon and in China enjoy moon-cakes.
Translations
1.人们感恩是因为食物收集以备过冬之需，并且农活已结束。
2.人们常常用鲜花或水果来装饰他们的教堂并且聚在一起吃饭。
3.有些人可能因为他们的农产品而获得奖赏。
4.中国和日本有中秋节，那一天人们
赏月并且在中国人们享用月饼。
translate and recite
The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together.
语法填空
Some Western countries have very carnivals, ____ take place forty days before Easter, usually ____ February. These carnivals might include parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and _____（colour)clothing of all kinds. Easter is an important religious and social festival ___ Christians around the world. It celebrates the return of Jesus from the death and the _____(come) of spring and new life.
翻译与分析
Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.
理解并背诵
People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while.