[自主学习] gather vi. vt. & n. 集合；聚集；收集

A crowd _______ to see what had happened. 一群人围拢过来看发生了什么事。

___________________________________. 农民在秋天收玉米。

gather round a bonfire 围着篝火

gather up 集拢；集中

10. In European countries it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls, with flowers and fruit, and people get together to have meals.

在欧洲国家，用花朵和水果装饰教堂和城镇大厅是一种风俗，人们聚集在一起吃饭。

[自主学习] custom n. 习俗，惯例，（个人的）

①It is the custom for the Chinese to take off their shoes when they get into a hall.

进入门厅脱掉鞋子是中国人的习俗。

②So many countries, so many customs.

（谚）有多少国家就有多少习俗；百里不同俗。

[知识拓展] ⑴customs（用复数形式）关税

①I had to pay customs on the watch.我这块手表必须付关税。

②I paid ＄ 4 in customs on the ＄ 1,000 Swiss watch.

那块1000美元的瑞士手表我付了4美元的关税。

⑵（用复数形式the customs）海关

He works for the customs.他在海关工作。

[知识拓展]

manners and customs 习俗习惯

break a custom破坏习俗

follow/keep up a custom 遵从习俗

pass/go through the customs 通过海关，通关

11. The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. 最富生气而又最重要的节日就是告别冬天、迎来春天的日子。

[自主学习] look forward to（doing）sth-期望 盼望

（1）I'm really looking forward to（going to）your party.

（2）I look forward to receiving your reply as soon as possible.盼尽早函复

（3）________________________________. 我们盼望的信终于来到了。

[知识拓展] 英语中某些动词短语"to"为介词

lead to/stick to/devote...to/pay attention to

object to（反对）/get down to（定下心来做某事）......

12. The country is covered with cherry tree flowers so that it looks as though it might be covered with pink snow.

（节日里）整个国度到处是盛开的樱花，看上去就像是覆盖了一层粉红色的雪。

[自主学习] as thought/if-"仿佛好象"引导方式状语从句或表语从句。

1）从句若表示与事实相反时，常用虚拟语气

When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it were broken

He talks ___________________________. 他说起来好像对此全都知道。