Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations
交流用语
1. 打电话用语：
May I speak to Lily? — Hold on / Just a moment, plea.— Sorry, he isn’t in.— I’ll ring her up later.
邀请：— I wonder if you are interested in... Would you like to go...with me? I’d like to invite you to go...
不能去：I’d love to, but I have to take care of my little brother.— Thank you so much./Don’t mention it./It’s a pleasure.
2.节日话题：
What’s your favorite holiday of the year?
What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town?
* Do you like spending festivals with your family or with your friends?
* What part of a festival do you like best — the music, the things to e, the visit or the food?
* Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.
词语辨析
1. Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time.
西安古城辨析：take place, happen, break out, occur, come about均表示“出现，发生”，均为不及物动词，没有被动语态，不能直接跟宾语。
①take place发生、碰巧。有意向性的举行，发生，侧重有一定原因，或按照计划，安排举行的事情(发生了)。
②happen 发生、想到、突然想起。偶然性的突发，偶发。侧重没有预料到的事情，碰巧
的事（出现了）。
研究生可以结婚吗
happen to sb /sth. 某人＼某事发生什么事
happen to do sth 碰巧
It happens that…碰巧，恰巧
③break out爆发。强调其出人意料，指火灾、战争、疾病等 (突然爆发了)。
④occur突然地发生、想起。某事、某想法出现在人的头脑中，常与介词to连用。
sth occurs to sb某人想到某物
It occurred/occurs to sb. +that从句 某人突然想起某事
⑤come about 发生、产生。常指已发生的事，还不知道为什么(多与how连用，用于疑问和否定句)，与happen用法接近。
【练习】根据句子的意思翻译或按要求填词。
1). Great changes have_________ (发生) in our hometown during the past ten years.
孕妇梦见桃子2). ____________________ (我突然想起) I saw him on my way home yesterday.
3). I _________ (碰巧) to e your sister crying on my way to school yesterday. I was in such a hurry that I had no time to ask what had happened ________ (介词) her?
4). When the Second World War _________ (爆发), Tom was only a newborn infant.
5). I’ ll never understand how it _________ (发生) that you were late three times a week.
6). A big earthquake _________ (发生) in the south of China last year.
答案：1). taken place 2). It occurred to me that 3). happened; to 4). broke out 5). came about
6). occurred / happened
2. celebrate / congratulate
【解释】celebrate “庆祝”，后面跟某个节日或物。Congratulate “祝贺”: congratulate sb. on (doing) sth.“祝贺某人某事”
【练习】根据句子的意思在括号里填入适当的词。
1). We all ________ Jessica on her winning the first prize in the writing competition.
2). At Christmas the people in the western countries will ________ the birth of Jesus.
3). Let’s hold a party to ________ your birthday and at the same time ________ you _______ your passing the examination.
答案： 1). congratulated 2). celebrate 3). celebrate; congratulate; on
3. gather / collect
【解释】这两词用作不及物动词时用，常可互换，都表 “聚集；聚拢”。
gather用途较广泛，可用于人、物或抽象事物，如人群的集合，革命先辈的故事财产、文件、书籍等的收集。强调将分散的东西收集在一起。
collect强调为了研究目的而做的有鉴别、有计划的收集，并指为了爱好而做的有条理的安排，对某些事物进行逐渐的收集。
【练习】根据句子的意思在括号里填入适当的词。
1). The dustmen_______the rubbish once a week.
2). A group of people were________ at the accident spot.
3). She_______up her scattered belongings and left.
4). So when did you start_______antique glass?
答案： 1). collect 2). gathering/(collecting) 3). gathered/collected 4). collecting
4. award / reward
【解释】award n. “奖品”、“奖金”，指因为杰出成就而受奖win/get/receive an award for sth.
vt. “授与”、“颁发”、“判给” award sb. sth. = award sth. to sb.
reward n. 赏金，报酬 as a reward
vt. 报答、酬谢 reward sb. for sth. / reward sb. with sth.
【练习】根据句子的意思在括号里填入适当的词。
山行图片1). They ________ John the first prize in the contest.
2). Is that how you ________ me for my help?
3). The film won an ________ ________ its photography.
答案：1). awarded 2). reward 3). award; for紫莹莹
核心词汇用法
1. mean
①means n. 手段,方法
E-mail is an effective means of communication. 电子邮件是一种有效的通信手段。
虐恋小说meaning n. 意思，意义
meaningless毫无意义的，毫无目的的
meaningful 重要的
②adj. 吝啬的(小气)，刻薄的(卑鄙)
be mean with/over/about sth对……很吝啬
John has always been mean with money while his sister is generous with it.
他在花钱方面总是非常吝啬，然而她妹妹却很慷慨
It is mean of him to say bad word on me.
③mean (meant, meant) vt.&vi. 意思是；意味着；打算；预定
mean vt. 意指，意思是
What did he mean by saying that?
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Did Jim mean that he was satisfied with our rvice?
④mean to do sth. 示意，打算去做……
mean doing sth. 意味着结果
What do／did you ? 你……是什么意思？
My father meant me to be an engineer.
I didn’t mean you to read the letter. 我没有打算让你就看那封信。
The new law means working overtime without pay. 新法律意味着无偿加班工作。
