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The Chinese people believe that the star Vega（织女星）, east of the Milky Way, is Zhi Nü and, at the constellation of Aquila（天鹰座）, on the western side of the Milky Way, Niu Lang waits for his wife.

牛郎白天放牛 牛郎织女喜结良缘 王母娘娘把他们分开 牛郎织女终于 在鹊桥上相会了

Answer the questions 1. Why was the TV story what Li Fang needed? The TV story was a sad story about lost love-- the same situation as Li Fang. 2. What was Li Fang afraid that Hu Jin was doing? He was afraid that she was with her friends laughing at him.

3. How did Li Fang know the manager wanted to shut the coffee shop? The manager wiped the tables and then sat down and turned on the TV. 4. Why do people want the weather to be fine on Qiqiaojie? People want the weather to be fine so they can meet the one they love.

5. What is the reason why Li Fang and Hu Jin did not meet on time? They did not meet on time because Li Fang waited in the coffee shop and Hu Jin waited in the tea shop.

6. Why was Li Fang so worried at the end of the story? He was worried because he had thrown away the gifts for Hu Jin--the chocolates and roses so he had nothing to give her and he thought she would not forgive him.

Language points 1. But she didn’t turn up. 1) 来, 出席(某活动) I’m very happy you turned up so early. 2) 把(收音机等)音量开大一些, 其反义短语是turn down.

Turn up the radio a little, I can scarcely hear the program. 相关短语: turn down 拒绝 turn off 关掉 turn on 打开 turn out 结果是...... turn to sb. for help 向某人求助

2. She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would 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。 相关短语： in a word/in short/to be short 简言之；总之

have a word with sb. 与某人谈话 have words with sb. 与某人发生口角 in other words 换句话说

A gentleman should always __ his __. A. keeps; word B. keep; word C. keeps; words D. keep; words B

3. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave... obvious adj. 1) obvious + to + 表示人的名词或代词 Her disappointment was obvious to her friend. 明显的， 清楚的

2) It + be + obvious +that-clause It was obvious that she was in danger. 辨析： obvious/apparent/clear ① obvious 是三者中程度最强的，含有“一目了然” 之意。 It is obvious that you are wrong.

2) apparent 指具有某些明显的迹象的，侧重与经历推理才能看出结果。 It was apparent from his face that he was lying. 3) clear 作“明白的，清楚的”讲。指不模糊含混，易于观察，了解和识别。 He seems clear about his plans.

4. When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her granddaughter was married to a human, she ... marry 的用法： 1) 她嫁给了一个律师。 She married with a lawyer. She married a doctor. F T

表示“和......结婚”，“嫁......”，“娶......”时，marry为及物动词，要用marry sb.，而不用marry with sb. 2) 她和一位律师结婚了。 She got married with a lawyer. She got married a lawyer. She was married to a lawyer. F F T

表示婚姻状态, 后接宾语时要用介词to， 而不用with. 3) 他们结婚三年了。 They have married for three years. They have got married for three years. They have been married for three years.

They got married three years ago. It’s three years since they got married. 注意：marry和get married 都表示短暂行为，不能和表示一段时间的短语连用，而have been married则表示婚姻状态，可以与表示婚姻状态持续多久的时间状语连用。

5. As Li Fang set off for home, he thought... Tom and his father set off for America yesterday. The bomb set off among the crowd. 动身, 出发; 使（地雷、炸弹）爆炸; 使某物更有吸引力

A woman’ beauty is set off by her clothes and jewellery. 相关短语： set about doing sth. 着手（做某事） set in 开始 set up 建立，创立 set down 写下，记下

set somebody to do something. 使某人开始工作 set somebody doing something 使某人处于某种动的状态 6. I don’t want them to remind me of her. remind vi. remind sb. of sth. 提醒，使想起

remind sb. to do sth. remind sb. that What you said just now ____ me of that American professor. A. mentioned B. informed C. reminded D. memorized C

Fill in the blanks to complete the passage: The weaving girl Zhinü, the granddaughter of the Goddess of Heaven, met the herd boy Niulang and _________ ________ him. Then they ____ _____ secretly and lived __ ____ ____. But when the Goddess of Heaven knew it, she ____ ____ ____ ___ it and _____ Zhinü ___ _________ to Heaven. Niulang ____ ____ ___ ___ to follow her, but the Milky Way stopped him. fell in love with got married a happy life was very angry about forced to come back did what he could

When Zhinü’s grandmother ______ that Zhinü was ___ ___ ______, she finally ______ the couple _________ cross the Milky Way once a year. This happens on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month when magpies made a bridge of their wings ___ ____ ___ let the couple cross the river to meet. This is the story of Qiqiaojie---a Chinese Valentine’s Day. found in deep sorrow allowed to meet in order to

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