1.take_place　　　　　　　发生；举行

2.in_memory_of 纪念；追念

3.dress_up 盛装；打扮；装饰

4.play_a_trick_on 搞恶作剧；诈骗；开玩笑

5.look_forward_to 期望；期待；盼望

6.day_and_night 日日夜夜

7.as_though 好像

8.have_fun_with 玩得开心 1.do harm (to sb.) 　　　　　(给某人)带来危害

2.in the shape of skulls 以头骨的形式

3.gain India's independence 赢得印度的独立

4.decorate ...with ... 用......装饰......

5.get together 聚会；聚集

6.lucky money in red paper 红纸包着的压岁钱

7.be proud of 为......而自豪 　　

　　三、这样记句式

先背熟 再悟通 后仿用 1.Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm.

有些节日，是为了纪念死者，或者使祖先得到满足，因为祖先们有可能回到世上(给人们)提供帮助，也有可能带来危害。 either ...or ..."或者......或者......；不是......就是......"。 People can either give them as gifts to friends or hang them in their houses.

人们可以把它们当作礼物送给朋友或者把它们挂在家里。 2.On this important feast day, people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with "bones" on them.

在这个重要的节庆日子里，人们会吃制成颅骨形状的食物和装点有"骨头"的蛋糕。 "with＋宾语＋宾语补足语"结构，在句中作定语，也可作状语。 She said goodbye with_tears_in_her_eyes.

她含着眼泪说了声再见。 3.The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is 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。 as though"仿佛；好像"，相当于as if，在句中可引导方式状语从句或表语从句。 It seems as_though our team is going to win.　

看起来好像我们队要赢了。 　　

1．(教材P1)Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time.