高中英语必修1unit1Reading.pptVIP

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. Scan the reading passage and then fill in the following chart. Scanning Kinds of Festivals Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals Festivals of the Dead Day of the Dead (Mexico) Obon (Japan) Halloween (some western countries) Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honour People Dragon Boat Festival (China) Colunbus Day (USA) Festival to Honour Gandhi (India) Thanksgiving Day (European and other countries) Mid-Autumn Festivals (China and Japan) Harvest Festivals Easter and related holidays Cherry Blossom Festival Spring Festivals Spring Festival (China) (some western countries) (Japan) 1. But she didn’t turn up. （1）出席，出现 （2） 把(收音机等)音量开大一些, 其反义短语是turn down 2. keep her word keep one’s word 意为“守信用”,其反义词是break one’s word, 即“失信”。 He is a man who always keeps his word. Don’t break your word, otherwise, no one will trust you. 注意：keep one’s word和break one’s word中的名词word不能用复数形式。 in a word 简言之；总之 in other words 换句话说 3. hold one’s breath = stop breathing for a time 屏息 be out of breath 上气不接下气 draw a deep breath 深呼吸 4. apologize apologize to sb for (doing) sth 5. drown (drowned, drowned ) 1) 浸，泡 所有的街道都被洪水淹没了。 All the streets were drowned by the flood. 2） 淹死 3）借… 消愁 drown one’s sorrow/sadness in… He drowned himself in work.他埋头工作。 6.obvious adj. 1) It + be + obvious +that-clause 明显，显而易见…. It is obvious that you are wrong. . As Li Fang set off for home, he thought... 动身, 出发; 使（地雷、炸弹）爆炸; 燃放 Tom and his father set off for America yesterday. 10.提醒某人某事 remind sb. of sth. remind sb to do sth. remind sb that…