Festivals around the world Unit 1 Festivals around the world

Using language

Reading A Sad Love Story

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

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.

Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks. The story about Li Fang and Hu Jin * Li Fang’s girlfriend Hu Jin had promised to meet him at the coffee shop on Valentine’s Day but failed to _______. * Li Fang felt so heart-broken that he decided not to wait for her to __________ and drink coffee to forget his sadness. turn up apologize

The story about Li Fang and Hu Jin * On his way home, Li Fang threw the _____________________ away in order not to let them remind him of her. * As he passed the tea shop, Li Fang heard Hu Jin calling him. She complained that he had made her wait for a long time. * Li Fang thought she wouldn’t ________ him because he had thrown away her Valentine gifts. flowers and chocolates forgive

Something about Qiqiao Festival * Zhinü from Heaven visited the earth. She met the herd boy Niulang and they __________. * They got married ________ and were very happy. * Hearing about this, the Goddess of Heaven was so fell in love secretly

angry Something about Qiqiao Festival _______ that she separated Zhinü from Niulang with ______________. * Zhinü was ____________, so her grandmother finally allowed Zhinü to meet Niulang once a year on the ___________ of the seventh lunar month. the Milky Way heart-broken seventh day

Answer the questions. 1. Why was the TV story what Li Fang needed? 2. What was Li Fang afraid that Hu Jin was doing? 3. How did Li Fang know the manager wanted to shut the coffee shop? 4. Why do people want the weather to be fine on Qiqiaojie?

5. What is the reason why Li Fang and Hu Jin did not meet on time? 6. Why was Li Fang so worried at the end of the story?

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.

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 __ ______ ____. fell in love with got married a happy life

But when the Goddess of Heaven knew it, she ___ ____ _____ _____ it and ______ Zhinü __ _____ ____ to Heaven. Niulang ___ ____ __ _____ to follow her, but the Milky Way stopped him. When Zhinü’s grandmother _____ that was very angry about forced to come back did what he could found

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. in deep sorrow allowed to meet in order to

1. But she didn’t turn up. turn up 1) 来, 出席(某活动) e.g. 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。

e.g. 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 could be with her friends right now laughing at him. 此句中laughing at him是动词-ing短语作伴随状语, 强调与谓语动词的动作同时发生，即她与朋友们呆在一起的同时, 也在嘲笑他。

又如： They stood there for an hour, watching the woman weaving the cloth. 他们在那儿站了一个小时, 看那位妇女织布。 Don’t just stand there doing nothing. 不要站在那儿无所事事。

即学即用 1) ____ for the train, I had a long talk with my sister about the famous poet. A. Waited B. Being waiting C. Having waited D. Waiting 2) I stood for a moment, not ____, and asked myself what would take place next. A. moved B. moving C. to move D. being moved D B

3) Mike is a student at a famous university, _______ for a degree in agriculture. A. studied B. studying C. to have studied D. to be studying B

3. She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would keep her word. keep one’s word 守信用, 其反义词是 break one’s word, 失信。 e.g. 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

4. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave ... obvious adj. 明显的， 清楚的 1) obvious + to + 表示人的名词或代词 e.g. Her disappointment was obvious to her friend. 2) It + be + obvious + that-clause e.g. It was obvious that she was in danger.

obvious adj. 明显的; 显而易见的。常用句型: It is obvious that …. obviously adv. 明显地，显然 Most people on this island are recreational fishers, and ______, fishing forms an actual part of their leisure time. A. accidentally B. purposefully C. obviously D. formally

[点拨] 句意: 这个岛上的大多数人是消遣的钓鱼者, 很明显, 钓鱼就成为了他们空暇时光的真正的消遣。accidentally 偶然地; 意外地; purposefully 有意义地; formally 形式地; 正式地。

5. People in China hope that the weather will be fine on that day, because if it is raining, it means that Zhinü is weeping and the couple won’t be able to meet. [点拨] 此句是一个主从复合句。主句为People in China ... on that day; 从句为because 引导的原因状语从句。

另外, 在主句中包含着由that引导的宾语从句, 作hope的宾语; 在because 引导的原因状语从句中又包含着一个主从复合句: 该主从复合句的主句为it means that ... to meet；从句为if 引导的条件状语从句。

6. As Li Fang set off for home, he thought ... e.g. 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’s 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 7. I don’t want them to remind me of her. remind vi. 提醒，使想起 remind sb. of sth. remind sb. to do sth. remind sb. that

The photos will r______ me of the days when we were together. 此题考查remind sb. of sth. “使某人想起某事”。“这些照片会使我想起我们在一起的日子”。 remind