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the 15th day of the 1st lunar month Chinese Youth Day May 4th Pure Brightness Day April the fifth 2) Let the Ss fill in the form in the warming up and ask some to share their opinions with the whole class. 3 Discussion Two Talk about some foreign festivals. ( Christmas, April Fools Day, Easter Day, Halloween, Valentine39。如: I congratulated myself on my escape from being punished. place vi. 英語中表示 “發(fā)生 ”的詞或短語均為不及物,不用于被動語態(tài)。常指具體客觀事物或情況的發(fā)生,含有 “偶然 ”的意味。 e about “發(fā)生 ”, 常指偶然發(fā)生的事情。 It happened to rain that day. 那天恰好下雨。 starve sb of sth: (cause sb to )suffer or long for sth greatly needed or wanted (使某人 ) 得不到某事物而受苦或渴望獲得某事物 。 1) 領往 ,通往 All Roads lead to Rome. 條條大路通羅馬 . You see the path on your right? It leads to the village. 2) 導致 , 招致 Careless driving led to this accident. **Lead sb to+n. 帶領 … ./通往 /到 … Lead sb to do sth 使 … .做 7.. dress up : to wear one’s best clothes 穿上盛裝 **dress (sb) (in sth/as sb/sth): put on fancy dress,etc. 化裝打扮 Children love dressing up. We dressed up for the wedding. 8..play a trick /tricks(on sb) 捉弄某人 ,開某人玩笑 It’s acceptable to play tricks on your friends on April 1st. 4月 1日那天 ,同朋友們開玩笑是可以接受的 . He likes to play a trick on others. 9..look forward to sth/doing sth 期待某事 /做某事 expect (usually with pleasure)(通常以愉快的心情) We’re looking forward to seeing you again. 我們盼望再見到你。 He looks as though he had seen a ghost. 他看起來好像看見了鬼一樣的。Speaking ) Teaching Procedures: Step One: Revision Check the answers to the homework Step Two: Reading This passage introduces a cross cultural view of lovers’ festivalQiQiao Jie and Valentine’s Da 1. Listen to the passage while reading Answer the following questions: on page8 Step Three: Language Points turn up 出現(xiàn) ,到場 優(yōu)化設計 P12 He finally turned up, but he was several hours later. 2) keep one’s word 遵守諾言 (反義: break one’s word ) Nobody will respect you any more if you don’t keep your word this time. 如果你這次不信守諾言,沒有人會再相信你。 6) It was obvious that… .. It 為形式主語,真正的主語是 that 引導的主語從句。 在中國北方,人們穿上古時候的衣服,走上街頭游行,以慶祝新年。 (remind… of… ) 孩子們盼望父親的到來已經(jīng)很久了,所以今天一大早,就望向前面的大馬路。 parade) 4月 1號要當心,因為在這一天你的朋友可能會開你的玩笑。如以從句為主語的句子是疑問句,那就只能用 it 作形式主語。 比較: a man of few words 言語不多的人 a man of one’s word 說話算數(shù)的人 3)hold one’s breath 屏息 ,屏氣 He held his breath, not daring to make any sound. 4) apologise/apologize 優(yōu)化設計 P13 *apologise for sth/doing sth apologise to sb for sth/doing sth 5) drown… in 淹沒;浸泡在 …… 里。 find out the usage of modal verbs Teaching: Modal verbs Page 9194 Grammar. Step Three: Practice out sentences with modal verbs from the reading passage and try to explain their P10