Unit1_Festivals_around_the_world_Reading(包括语言点).ppt

Unit 1 Festivals around the worldReading Skimming Look at the title of the reading passage, and the pictures in it, and work in pairs to predict the content of the passage. Answer: 1. The names of the festivals and celebrations in the world. 2. The times when the festivals take place. 3. What people celebrate. 4. what people do in the festivals. 1.starve 1)vi./vt. （使）挨饿，（使）饿死 They got lost and starved to death. Boxers sometimes starve themselves for several days to control weight. 2)vi. 渴望，急需要 starve for sth; starve to do sth She’s starving for your attention. She has been starving to see you. 她一直 渴望见到你。 be starved of 需要，渴望，缺乏 3. satisfy : vt / vi (使)满意,满足 satisfy sb / sth The story didn’t satisfy me. What he did didn’t satisfy me. satisfied adj. 感到满意的 satisfying adj. 令人满意的 satisfactory adj. 使人满意的 satisfaction n. 满意，满足 be satisfied with sb/sth 对...满意 be satisfied to do sth 对做...感到满意 to one’s satisfaction 使某人满意的是.. for from satisfactory 远非令人满意 I’m satisfied with what he did. To my satisfaction, he passed the exam. Are you __________ to hear the ___________news? Yes, I’m _______ with the news. That is to say, the news _________me . What about you? Are you _________ ________ the news? 6. feast : (1) n. 盛宴,宴会,节日,享受, eg. a wedding feast Spring Festival is an important feast to us. The evening was really a feast for music lovers. (2) vt.宴请,款待 feast sb (with /on sth) : (用...)款待... He feasted his friend with fish. (3) 使(耳目)享受， feast one’s eyes on ... 尽情享受，大饱眼福 eg. They’re feasting their eyes on the beautiful scenery in the countryside. vi. 尽情地吃... feast (on sth) eg. We feasted on the best food and drink. 8. dress up :vi/vt. 打扮,穿上盛装,装饰 The whole family are dressing up the Christmas tree. We dressed up for our friend’s wedding. dress up as 打扮成为... dress up in 穿着... be dressed in... 穿着... T