【学习目标】

重点词汇 take place, beauty, harvest, celebration, hunter, starve, origin, religious, seasonal, in memory of, feast, bone, belief, dress up, play a trick on, poet, arrival, gain, independence, gather, agriculture, award, admire, energetic, look forward to, day and night, clothing, as though, have fun with, custom, worldwide, fool, permission, parking lot, turn up, keep one's word, hold one's breath, apologize, drown, sadness, obvious, wipe, weep, set off, remind...of..., forgive 重点句型 1. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. 在那个时代，如果食物难以找到，特别是在寒冷的冬月，人们就会挨饿。

2. On this important feast day, people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with 'bones' on them.

在这个重要的节日里，人们会吃制成颅骨形状的食物和装点有'骨头'的蛋糕。

3. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.

整个国度到处是盛开的樱花，看上去就像覆盖了一层粉红色的雪。 重点语法 情态动词

【课前预习】

1. take place发生

2. beauty n. 美；美人

3. harvest n. & vt. & vi. 收获；收割

4. celebration n. 庆祝；祝贺

5. hunter n. 狩猎者；猎人

6. starve vi. & vt. (使)饿死；饿得要死

7. origin n. 起源；由来；起因

8. ancestor n. 祖先；祖宗

9. religious adj. 宗教上的；信奉宗教的；虔诚的 【一讲一练】

A. 语境填词。

1. We went to the church to __________(庆祝) Christmas Eve.

2. The man is energetic, humorous and attractive, so he ________(钦佩) by girls.

3. You'd better set aside some time every day for sports so that you can keep yourself _________(精力充沛).

4. It suddenly ___________(发生) to me that we could advise for a new sales director.

10. in memory of纪念；追念

11. feast n. 节日；盛宴

12. bone n. 骨；骨头gkstkgkstkgkstk]

13. belief n. 信任；信心；信仰

14. dress up盛装；打扮；装饰

15. trick n. 诡计；恶作剧；窍门vt. 欺骗;诈骗

16. play a trick on搞恶作剧；诈骗；开玩笑

17. poet n. 诗人

18. arrival n. 到来；到达；到达者

19. gain vt. 获得；得到

20. independence n. 独立；自主

21. independent adj. 独立的；自主的

22. gather vt. & vi. & n. 搜集；集合；聚集

23. agriculture n. 农业；农艺；农学

24. agricultural adj. 农业的；农艺的

25. award n. 奖；奖品vt. 授予;判定

26. admire vt. 赞美；钦佩；羡慕

27. energetic adj. 充满活力的；精力充沛的；积极

28. look forward to期望；期待；盼望

29. Easter n. (耶稣)复活节

30. day and night日夜；昼夜；整天

31. clothing n. 衣服

32. Christian n. 基督徒；信徒adj. 基督教的；信基督教的

33. as though好像

34. have fun with玩得开心

35. custom习惯；风俗

36. worldwide adj. 遍及全世界的；世界性的

37. fool n. 愚人；白痴；受骗者vt. 干傻事；开玩笑adj. 傻的　38. permission n. 许可；允许

39. parking n. (汽车等)停放

40. parking lot停车场

41. turn up出现；到场 5. He _____(赢得） a degree in English literature. He held a party to celebrate it.

6.As the smallest child of his family, Alex is always longing for the time when he should be able to be ______（独立）.

B. 用所给词的适当形式填空。

1.She _______ to the shopkeeper for having no ready cash on her and the shopkeeper accepted her _____ happily.(apology)

2. The teacher ______ that if he wanted to join in the celebrations, he must ask _____ of his parents.(permit)

C. 用方框内所给动词短语的适当形式填空。

dress up, break out, take place, play tricks on, look forward to 1. Don't take it seriously, she just wants ______ you.

2. We are really _______ the arrival of harvest time

3. He _______ as a policeman and went onto the stage.

4. A terrible fire ______ last night, but fortunately, no one was killed or injured.

5. The Olympic Games ______ every four years. Every athlete dreams of taking part in them.

【答案】

A.

1. celebrate 2. admired 3. energetic