M3 unit1 语言点festivals and celebrations.ppt

In some parts of London, missing a bus means _____ for another hour. A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. to be waiting Great changes ___ in the rural areas in the last two decades. A. have taken place B. took place C. have been taken place D. are happening * 1.Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.（1） 节日意在庆祝一年中重要的日子。 mean 1)打算做…. 2)意味着… mean-----meant-----meant 1）mean to do 打算做… 我昨天打算去那里。 I meant to go there yesterday. 2）mean doing 意味着做… Missing the flight means waiting for another three hours. 错失这班飞机意味着还要等三个小时 句意为：在伦敦的一些地方，错过一班公共汽车意味着再等一个小时。 A 想一想 If you think that treating a woman well means always __________ her permission for things ,think again. A. gets B. got C. to get D. getting D 2.Dicuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time.（3） 讨论它们是什么时候发生的，庆祝的是什么，人们在那天做什么。 take place vi. 发生，举行(无被动语态） 1）Was there anybody passing by when the accident took place? 事故发生时，有人路过那里吗？ 2）take one’s place=take the place of …代替某人 没有人能替代你在我心目中的地位。 Nobody can take your place in my heart. Nobody can take the place of you in my heart A take place 不能用于被动语态中，句中短语 in the last two decades 可确定句子的时态为现在完成时。 大家注意了！ 3.At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.（5） 在那个时代，如果食物难以找到，特别是在寒冷的冬季，人们就会挨饿。 1）starve vi挨饿，饿死，可与介词to搭配 他们在沙漠中迷路，饿死了。 They got lost in the desert and starved to death. 2）starve for doing sth/sth 渴望，急需 这些无家可归的孩子渴望得到爱。 The homeless children starved for love . 4.Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm.（10） 有些节日被举行时为了纪念死者，或使祖先们得到满足，因为他们或者回到人间提供帮助，或者可能带来危害。 1)in honor of 向…表达敬意 They gave a banquet（宴会）_________ the guests from Britain . in honor of B.in an honor of C.in honor to D.in honor for A 2)The dead为the +adj结构，等于the dead people,意为‘死者，死去的人’ The +adj表示一类人或一类物， The