人教新课标英语必修三 Unit1教材优化全析.docVIP

［教材优化全析］ Warming up 1.Festivals are meant to celebrate important events. 人们通过节日来庆祝重要的事情。 此句如果改成主动语态，就很容易翻译了: People mean festivals to celebrate important events. (1)mean vt. mean sb. or sth. to do sth.=intend sb. or sth. to do sth. 意欲、打算让某人做某事 e.g. I never mean her to read those comments. 我没打算让她读那些评论。 The diagram is meant to show the different stages of the process. 这个表格是准备用来展示进展的不同阶段的。 (2)event[C] n.重要的事，大事 e.g. All of these are the most important events of 1994. 所有这些事都是1994年最重要的事。 2.Discuss when they take place... 讨论它们何时发生…… take place 发生 e.g. The next meeting will take place on Tuesday. 下一次会议在星期二召开。 Reading：Festivals and Celebration 1.Ancient festivals 古代节日 ancient adj. 古代的 e.g. ancient civilization of Asia 亚洲的古代文明 ancient Rome 古罗马 to study ancient history 研究古代历史 2.Festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere. 世界各地的人们举行各种各样的节日和庆祝活动。 of all kinds 作后置定语 a kind of+单数/复数名词+单数谓语动词 e.g. There is a kind of tree(s) in the garden whose flowers are very beautiful. 在花园里，有一种树，它的花很美。 this kind of+单数/复数名词+复数动词 e.g. This kind of trees are rare now. 这种树很罕见。 These/Those kinds of+单数/复数名词+复数动词 e.g. Those kinds of fruit(s) are cheap. 那种水果很便宜。 3.The most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the cold weather，planting in spring and harvest in autumn. 最古老的节日是庆祝寒冷冬天的结束、春天的耕种和秋天的丰收。 harvest in autumn 秋天的丰收 harvest[C;U] n. 收获 e.g. harvest time 丰收时节 4.They would starve if food was difficult to find. 如果食物很难找到，他们将会挨饿。 starve vt.&vi. 挨饿，饿死 e.g. Thousands of people will starve if food doesn’t reach the stricken city. 如果食物无法到达这座受灾的城市，成千上万的人将会饿死。 5.They lit fire and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty. 他们点起篝火，奏起音乐，因为他们认为这些节日将会带来富足的一年。 light (lit，lit or lighted，lighted) vt. 点燃，照亮 e.g. light a cigarette 点一根香烟 make music 创作音乐 make a film 拍一部电影 a year of plenty 富足的一年 plenty n./pron. 足够；大量 e.g. years of peace and plenty 太平丰收年 There is plenty of room in my bag. 我包里还很空。 6.Some festivals are held to honor the dead，or satisfy and please t