Unit 5 Music
Grammar
★Teaching Aims:
1.To help students learn about the Attributive Clause with a preposition in front.
2.To help students discover and learn to use some useful structures.
3．Make sure the students can use the Attributive Clause with a preposition in front freely.
★Difficult and Important Points:
Master the usage of the Attributive Clause with a preposition in front.
★Teaching Methods:
Inquires into the study method and Independent study method
★Procedures
Step 1. Warming up ( 3 minutes)
Underline the attributive clauses in the text that contain prep. + whom/which. Check your answers against your classmates’.
Step 2. Learning about grammar (35 minutes)
1.Reading and thinking ( 8 minutes )
Summary the usage of attributive clauses with a preposition ahead of the relative pronoun shown in the sentences.
介词+which/whom引导的定语从句用于正式场合。在这一结构中，关系代词which/whom做介词的宾语。
(1)当先行词是人时，用介词+whom引导定语从句，如：They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practising their music in someone’s house is the first step to fame.
(2)当先行词是物时，用介词+which引导定语从句，而且只能加which，不能加that，例如：They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band.
2.Doing exercises. ( 7 minutes )
(1) Fill in each blank with a proper prep.+ whom/which.
(2)There is a grammatical error in each of the following sentences. Please read them carefully and correct the mistake.
Finish the exercises and then check the answers.
3. Thinking and summary ( 15 minutes )
使用“介词＋关系代词”要注意以下几点：
(一)选用介词的依据：
(1) 根据定语从句中谓语动词的搭配习惯。例如：
Yesterday we visited the West Lake for which Hangzhou is famous.
(2) 根据先行词的搭配习惯。例如：
The old woman with whom you talked just now is a famous artist.
(3) 根据句子的意思来选择。例如：
The naughty boy made a hole in the wall through which he could see what is happening outside.
(4) 表示“所有”关系或“整体中的一部分”时，通常用介词of。例如：
I have about 20 books, half of which were written by Bing Xin, the famous writer.
(二)含介词的短语动词不可拆开使用，如look after, look for等。例如：
The babies whom the nurses are looking after are very healthy.(正)
The babies after whom the nurses are looking are very healthy.(误)
(三)“of which / whom”有时可以用“whose＋名词”结构来改写。例如：
The building whose roof was damaged in the earthquake has been repaired.
＝The building of which the roof was damaged in the earthquake has been repaired.
(四)当先行词为way并且定语从句中缺少状语时，通常用in which或that引导定语从句(in which或that可省略)；如果定语从句中不缺少状语，则用关系代词引导(that 或which 可省略)。例如：
All of us disliked the way(in which / that)Tom settled the maths problem.
I don’t understand the way(that/which)the teacher explained to me.
(五)in that不可以引导定语从句，但可以引导原因状语从句。例如：
She didn’t attend the meeting in that / because she was seriously ill.
“介词＋关系代词”与关系副词的转化
(1)当先行词表示地点，从句中缺少地点状语，常用关系副词where引导，也可用表地点的介词＋which代替。例如：
I visited the village where many children couldn’t go to school because of poverty.
＝I visited the village in which many children couldn’t go to school because of poverty.
(2) 当先行词表示时间，从句中缺少时间状语，常用关系副词when引导，也可用表时间的介词＋which来代替。例如：
We’d better fix a date when we will practice speaking English next week.
＝We’d better fix a date on which we w ill practice speaking English next week.
(3) 当先行词为reason，从句中缺少表示原因状语时，常用关系副词why引导，也可用for which来代替关系副词why。例如：
Can you tell me the reason why you were late for school?
＝Can you tell me the reason for which you were late for school?
4.Read these sentences and try to simplify them changing them where necessary.( 5 minutes ) Eample: I don’t understand the way in which you solved this problem.
→I don’t understand how you solved this problem.
1. This is the month during which we like to go to outdoor concerts.
2. She gave a musical concert in the hall in which we interviewed a famous violinist last week.
3. Lillian lives in a town in which there are many cultural events.
4. A concert hall is a place to which you go to buy tickets for a show.
5. Finding a job as a singer was the reason for which I moved.
6. Summer is the time at which it is best to practise outside with your band.
7. His studio was the place in which we recorded our greatest hits.
8. I relied on my car until it broke down at the place at which three roads meet.
9. I am familiar with your songs and the way in which you compose them.
10. It is a time at which the sun begins to sink and the moon to rise.
Step 3. Homework ( 2 minutes )
Do exercise 2 on page 37 after class.
外研版英语精品资料 Module 4 Carnival Period One Teaching aims: 1. To revise Chinese and western festivals. 2. To develop the students reading ability. 3. To understand what is about Carnival. Important and difficult points: 1 Get the students to understand the history of carnival. 2 Get the students to describe the festivals in groups. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision. Read the new words of this passage. Step 2. Introduction 1. We have learned many festivals both Chinese and the Western. What festivals do you know? Divide the class into 2 groups. One group is for Chinese Festivals, the other group is for Western festivals. Make a list of them on the blackboard.. 2. Turn to Page 31—Match the festivals with the description. Step 3. Lead-in Today we will learn another festival ---- Carnival. It originates from Europe, and during these days, people often love wearing special clothes and masks for it. Step 4. Fast-reading Match the main idea with every paragraph. Paragraph 1 A meaning of carnival and how it was celebrated Paragraph 2 B the law about wearing masks Paragraph 3 C general impression of carnival Paragraph 4 D how it is celebrate today in Venice and the feature of it Paragraph 5 E carnival in Venice and the problem it caused Paragraph 6 F the revival of the tradition of celebrating it. (Answers: 1—6 CAEBFD) Step 5. Further-reading Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. Where does Carnival come from? What does it mean?
Unit 1 Cultural relics I. 单元教学目标 II. 目标语言
II. 教材分析与教材重组 1. 教材分析 本单元以cultural relics为话题，旨在通过单元教学使学生了解世界文化遗产，学会描述它们的起源，发展和保护等方面的情况，复习并掌握定语从句，能就如何保护和处理世界文化遗产给出自己的观点。 1.1 Warming up热身部分提供了四幅图片，设计了三个问题让学生交流对于cultural relic的了解，并就此进行讨论。这部分的目的是呈现本单元的中心话题“文化遗产”。 1.2 Pre-reading是Reading的热身部分，提供了ambers的图片并就此此设计了两个问题。这两个问题极易引起学生对amber的兴趣，并能引导学生对课文进行prediction。 1.3 Reading是关于寻找丢失了的普鲁士国王威廉一世送给俄罗斯沙皇的那个琥珀房子的建立、转让、被毁、重建的整个历史。设计这篇文章的目的是让学生了解什么是文化遗产以及讨论保护和重建文化从文化遗产的重要性和必要性。 1.4 Comprehending既有知识性的问题，同时又跳出了课文，对文章进行整体评价，由易到难，有较好的梯度，全面考查学生对文章的理解。Exercise 1将人物及相关事件匹配，检验学生对文章细节的理解；Exercise 2 将所给的问题与段落匹配，是段落大意理解题；Exercise 3安排了对于重建lost cultural relics的意义进行讨论，使得学生能对本单元的主题进行较为深入的探讨。 1.5 Learning about language 分Discovering useful words and expressions 和Discovering useful structures两部分。其中第一部分的Exercise 1着重训练对英语单词解释的理解。Exercise 2 着重词汇在短文中的用法练习。要求学生按所给的语境填入所需的词汇。Exercise 3 专练belong to的词义和用法。在Discovering useful structures 中，分为四个练习，从课文中出现的定语从句入手，让学生自主学习限定性定语从句及非限定性定语从句的联系和区别。再通过连句练习和造句练习来巩固本次所学定语从句的内容。 1.6 Using language分Reading and Listening、Speaking 及Reading and writing 三部分。以不同的学习形式：听、说、读、写，从不同的角度围绕本单元的目标
高中英语学习材料 madeofjingetieji 【语法专项复习】 在英语句子中，不同时间所发生的动作或存在的状态，要使用不同的动词形式，这一点和汉语不同，这种谓语动词的变化形式，称之为时态。现将本模块我们所学的时态总结如下，包括：现在完成时，现在完成进行时，过去完成时，将来进行时，过去将来时等。 一、现在完成时 1.动词形式: 现在完成时由助动词have (has) + 动词过去分词构成,即have/has done。 2.现在完成时的基本用法 1)表示过去某时所发生的动作或事情对现在的影响。动作已经完成，但从结果看，又着眼于现在。而常和以下表示不确定时间的状语连用：yet(用于否定句), already(用于肯定句), before, recently, lately, ever, never, just, 等等。现在完成时不能和表示具体的过去时间的状语(如yesterday, last year, in 1999等)连用，与具体的时间连用，用一般过去时。 e.g. Phillip has lost all his money. (菲利浦失去了他所的钱。) 1. I_______from my parents recently. (hear from) (最近我没有收到父母的来信。) 2.Joan _______ reading my essay yet. (finish) (琼还没读完我的论文。) 3.______ you _______your supper yet? (have) (你吃过晚饭了吗？ 4. I _______________such a moving film. (我从来没看过这么有趣的电影。) 2)表是重复的动作，通常与once, twice, many times,等等连用. e.g. Some villagers say that they have seen UFOs many times. 3)表示动作或状态开始于过去某一时间，持续到现在，并且有延续下去的趋势。常和表示一段时间的状语连用：since, for, for a long time, up till now, up to now, so far, for the past (last) few years, these days (months, years)等。 e.g. Bogart has worked here for about five years. (布加特已在这儿工作五年了。) 5. Up till now, Grace ___________ no news from her parents. (迄今为止，格雷丝尚未收到父母的消息。(receive) 6. Nancy___________ for four years. (away)(兰西已经离开四年了。) 3)现在完成时常用于下列句型： (1) It is the first time(day …)… that+(现在完成时) (2) It is the best … that…(现在完成时) 7.It is the first time I_________ here. (be) (我是第一次来这儿。) 8. It is the best film I______________. (see) (这是我看过的最好的一部电影。) 9. It was the best film that I _________________. (see) 注：1)表示“到哪里去过”要用have (has) been to，表示“去什么地方了，尚未回来”用have(has) gone to。 I have been to Paris several times. (我去过巴黎好几次。) (人已回来了) Mary has gone to New York. (玛丽到纽约去了。) (玛丽人在去纽约的路上或在纽约) 2)瞬间动词用于完成时态时不能跟表示一段时间的状语。例如，我们要表达“他的祖父去世好几年了。”不能说：His grandfather has died for several years.(×)而应该说：His grandfather has bee dead for several years. (√) 或者：His grandfather died several years ago. (√) 或者：It is/ has been several years since his grandfather died. (√) 再如，我们不能用He has joined the army for three years.来表达“他参军三年了。”而应说：
普通高中课程标准实验教科书《英语》电子课本 Book 3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world B3U1P1-3 FESTIV ALS AND CELEBRATIONS Ancient Festivals Festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere. The most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Other celebrations were held when hunters could catch animals. They would starve if food was difficult to find, so they celebrated when they had food. They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty. Festivals of the Dead Some festivals are held to honour the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors, who could return either to help or to do harm. In Japan the festival is called Obon, when people should go to clean the graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. They light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexico they have the Day of the Dead in early November. On this important feast day, people might eat food in shape of skulls, and cakes with “bones” on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. The festival of Halloween had its origin as an event in memory of the dead. It is now a children’s festival, when they can go to their neighbours’ homes and ask for sweets. They dress up and try to frighten people. If they are not given anything, the children might play a trick. Festivals to Honour People Festivals can be held as an honour to famous people or to the gods. One of these is the Dragon Boat Festival in China, which honours the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. Another is Columbus Day in the USA, in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America. In India there is a national festival on October 2 to honour Mahatma Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter ,and because a season of agricultural work is over. In European countries it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and people get together to have meals. Some people might win awards for their animals, flowers, fruits and vegetables, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. In China and Japan there are mid-autumn festivals, when people admire the moon and give gift of mooncakes. Spring Festivals The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat, and may give children lucky money in the red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the lunar New Year together. In some Western countries there are very exciting carnivals, which take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. They might include parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds. Easter is an important religious and social festival in Christian countries. It celebrates the return of Jesus for Christians and it also celebrates the coming of spring. In Japan, the Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country is covered with cherry tree flowers so that it looks as though it might be covered with pink snow. People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each others. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while.
Unite 5 First Aid Teaching Goals: 1. Enable the Ss to get some first aid knowledge 2. Enable the Ss to learn how to use what they’ve learnt to do first aid treatment for burns correctly. 3. Let the Ss learn the reading skill of getting the main idea of each para./ part & each passage . Key Teaching Points How to improve the Ss’ reading ability. Difficult points 1. How to grasp the main idea of each paragraph / part & each passage. 2. How to help the Ss use what they’ve learnt to do first aid treatment for burns correctly. Teaching methods 1). Skimming & scanning methods to make the Ss get a good understanding of the text. 1.Discussion methods to make the Ss understand what they’ve learned in class. 2.Pair work of group to get every student to take part in the teaching-and-learning activities. https://www.doczj.com/doc/1212983885.html,petition and role-play method to arouse the Ss’ interest Teaching procedures Step1. Lead-in Lead-in by telling the Ss a story, meanwhile, teach them some new words: bandage, first-aid-kit, ambulance and then ask them to think of words about accidents and first aid Step2. Pre-reading Show the Ss the picture of Pre-reading on P33 and ask them the following questions: What has happened? What sort of injuries the child will have? What kind of first aid would you perform? Step3. Fast reading Let the Ss read the passage fast and then find out the answers to the questions 1. What will the passage be about? 2. What do they tell you about the passage? 3. In which order are these topics covered in the text? Number them from 1 to 5. ____ the three types of burns ____ what to do if someone gets burned ____ the purpose of skin ____ the symptoms of burns ____ how we get burns Step4. Detailed reading 1). Tell if the following statements are true or false: 1.Our skin has three layers. 2.We will never get burned by the sun. 3.Burns are divided into three degrees according to the degree of pain. 4.Third degree burns are the most serious and painful. 5.Put cool water on any burns to cool them. 6.Don’t rub the burns 7.It’s better that you put so me butter or oil on burns. 2). Answer the questions 1.Why should you put cold water on a burn?
新课标高中英语必修二教案合集Unit 1 Cultural relics Part One: Teaching Design （第一部分：教学设计） Period 1: A sample lesson plan for Reading (IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM) Aims： To read about cultural relics To learn about The Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive Clause I. Warming up Warming up by defining Good morning, class. This period we are going to read about IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM. Before our reading, I’d like to know: A.What kind of old things are cultural relics? Are all the old things cultural relics? B.What is the definition and classification of cultural relics? C.To whom do cultural relics belong? Keys for reference: A. Cultural relics are physical remainders of what different peoples valued in the past and continue to value now. It can also be said that cultural relics are more than works of art, they are symbols of history and the people who lived in the past. B. No, not all the old objects are cultural relics. C. Each kind of relics preserves some aspect of cultural heritage and each relic is still a unique cultural expression and contributions. D. In a larger sense, it can be said that all the cultural relics belong to all peoples and whole societies, not a certain individual. Warming up by presenting Hi, everyone. Let’s look at the screen. I’ll present yo u some pictures. They all
人教新课标模块3教材分析 ——西北工业大学附属中学 由国家教育部制定并颁布的《普通高中英语课程标准（实验）》明确规定高中英语课程应使学生在义务教育阶段学习的基础上进一步明确英语学习的目的，发展自主学习能力和合作精神；在加强对学生综合语言运用能力培养的同时，注重提高学生用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力，以及用英语进行思维和表达的能力；高中英语课程还应根据学生的个性特征和发展的需要，为他们提供丰富的选择机会和充分的表现空间。通过高中英语课程的学习，使学生的语言运用能力进一步得到提高，国际视野更加宽广，爱国主义精神和民族使命感进一步增强，为他们的为未来发展和终身学习奠定良好的基础。人教新课标这套教材每一个模块有五个教学单元。每个单元围绕一个主要的话题开展听说读写的活动，共分九个部分。“热身”（warming up）---主要通过问卷调查，看图讨论，情景听说，思考问题等多种形式的活动，激发学生的学习兴趣，激活其已有的知识，使学生能运用自己已有的知识和经验思考该单元的中心话题。“读前”(Pre-reading)---设置问题启发学生预测课文的内容，展开简短的讨论，以便通过阅读验证自己的推测。“阅读”（Reading)---为各单元的主要阅读语篇，题材和体裁多种多样，承载该单元的话题重要信息，以及大部分词汇和主要的语法结构。“理解”（Comprehending）---用以检测学生对阅读课文的理解程度。“语言学习” (Learning about Language)---采用发现和探究的方法启发学生自己找出书中的重要语言项目，培养学生初步运用这些语言的技能。“语言运用”(Using Language)---围绕中心话题的听说读写的综合性练习，包括了Listening and speaking & Reading and writing。“小结”(Summing Up)---要求学生自己小结从各单元中学到的内容，生词和习惯用语以及语法结构。“学习建议”(Learning Tip)---培养学习策略，优化学习方式，提高自主学习的能力。“趣味阅读”(Reading for Fun)---满足学生的兴趣需求，体现教材的选择性和拓展性。 以上是普通高中英语课程标准（实验稿）对课程目标的解读。下面，我们将从教材的使用者的角度，结合在教材使用过程中学生对教材的反应情况，主要针对模块教材整体，从模块和单元知识结构，模块和单元内容发生发展过程，模块和单元知识学习意义，模块和单元教学建议与学法指导说明四个方面浅略地谈一下自己的见解，以期与各位同行共同探讨更好地掌握、运用好英语课程标准。
Module 1 British and American English I. 模块教学目标 技能目标Skill Goals ▲Talk about varieties of English ▲Practise giving reasons ▲Review of verb forms: present simple, present continuous, present perfect and future reference; for and since with present perfect ▲Identify a variety of English ▲Write about the Chinese language II. 目标语言 功能句式Practise giving reasons I like Leeds because there’s more going on here than back home in the States. Since English is spoken all over the world, there are lots of varieties. As I was the only British person in the school, they made a fuss of me. I’m getting on just fine, now that I understand the local accent. Everyday English How are you getting on? I don’t get it. ... get used to ... That’s a good point. ... make a fuss of ...
英语必修五unit5教案
英语必修五unit5教案 【篇一：高中英语必修五教案unit 5】 新课标人教版英语必修5教案 unit 5 firsr aid 程洪维 1. first aid is a temporary form help given to someone who suddenly falls ill or gets injured before a doctor can be found. give \ offer aid援助come to one’s aid 帮助某人 cut off aid 终止援助a hearing aid 助听器 teaching aids教具medical aid医疗救护 with the aid of借助于in aid of为了帮助 he fell ill and had to enter the hospital.他生病了必须住院治疗。fall asleep睡着了fallsilent静下来 the computer got damaged when we were moving.我的电脑在搬家时弄坏了。 my bike is getting repaired now.我的自行车正在修理。 my glass got broken while i was playing basketball。我的眼镜在打篮球的时候给弄坏了。 peter and mary got married last year.皮特和玛丽去年接了婚。 2. you have three layers of skin which act as a barrier against diseases, poisons and the sun’s harmful rays.你有三层皮肤作为障来保护你免受疾病，毒药和有害光线的侵害。
Unit 5 Music 写作和口语课 一、教学内容 S peaking and writing (pp. 39-40) 二、教学目标 在本节课结束时，学生能够 ● 在口语中运用提建议和征求建议的表达法，并且熟悉一些关于音乐和组建乐队的 话题。 ● 写信向音乐人征求建议，并恰当运用一些相关表达法。 三、教学步骤 步骤一 热身 1. 教师将问题展示在PPT 上，第一个问题可以请全班一起回答；第二个问题可以请学生四 人一组讨论，小组讨论会用到一些提建议的表达法，讨论前教师可以和学生一起回忆以前学过的相关表达法，并将其展示在PPT 上或写在黑板上；对于比较难的表达法，教师可以给出例句。 2. 教师请两三个组的代表先说出本组同学的看法，其他组学生补充，最后再综合学生的想法，形成类似右图的思维导图。 设计意图：热身旨在让学生回顾上节课所学 内容和自己已有的与话题相关的知识，并引入此节课的教学内容，起到承前启后的作用；列出表达法和例句旨在为小组讨论提供语言上 a music band band name musicians instruments the kind of music main singer (lead vocals) piano drum bass guitar guitar pop music folk music classical music rock ‘n ’roll rap country music orchestra companions
的帮助；思维导图的设计是为了向学生展示思考的过程；同时复习学过的关于音乐和乐队的一些词汇，为学生下面的写作做好词汇准备。 步骤二 写前 1. 教师介绍写作任务：给Freddy 写一封信，向他征求一些有关组建乐队的建议。 2. 语言准备： 1）教师提问学生关于征求建议的英文表达法。可以全班一起回答也可以找个别学生回 答。教师可以进行补充并在PPT 中或黑板上展示。 2）用表示征求建议的表达法翻译一些句子。教师请学生自己思考后完成翻译练习，然 后找学生说出答案，教师或其他学生更正错误并提供正确答案。 设计意图：请学生列出征求建议的表达法 旨在为下面的书信写作做语言准备；把几个较难掌握的表达法提出来让学生练习，旨在帮助学生掌握其用法，帮助他们克服写作中可能遇到的语言困难。 3）教师向学生介绍咨询信的特点，并请学 生看学生用书p.39给出的信的开头 和p.40Freddy 的回信，两人一组根据回信写出李华向Freddy 提出的问题；然后结合前面讨论的组建乐队需要考虑的问题，列出自己要向Freddy 咨询的问题。 4）教师和学生一起分析一封咨询信范例，讨论咨询信的写法。
M1U2Home alone Act One Mom and Dad arrive back from vacation a day earlier than expected. The curtains are closed and the living room is dark when Mom and Dad enter. Dad: It’s so nice to be home! Mom: Yes, I can’t wait to surprise the boys! Suddenly the door opens and a soccer ball flies through the room. Eric runs in after it, followed by a big dog, walking very slowly. Eric: Mom! Dad! You’re back early! (looking around room, sounding frightened) But, but … you weren’t supposed to come home until tomorrow! The dog slowly walks to Mom and Dad. Mom: (bending to touch dog) Eric, he’s so tired and hungry! (looking at table) The money for dog food is gone, but Spot looks like he is starving! What did you do with the cash we left? Dad: And look at this room—garbage all over the place! Where is your brother? (shouting angrily) Daniel! Daniel: (running into room) Mom, Dad, I can explain … Dad opens the curtains and light comes into the room. The room is in a mess, with pizza boxes on the floor and dirty dishes in the sink. In the corner, there is a garbage can around which are pieces of garbage and waste paper. Mom and Dad both turn towards Daniel. Dad: (sounding very angry) Listen to me, young man—we left you in charge! We thought you could act like an adult, but look at the mess! I don’t know why the house is so dirty ... Mom: Daniel, we thought you were an adult, a person who would make good decisions ... Dad: How can we trust you any mo re? We won’t tolerate such behavior in our house! Daniel: (shouting) Stop shouting at me. I’m still a teenager! Why is everything always my fault? Daniel runs into his bedroom and shuts the door angrily. Mom and Dad look at each other as lights go out. End of Act One Act Two, Scene One Daniel and Eric’s bedroom. Eric sits on his bed. Daniel has his arms crossed and looks upset. Daniel: They never even gave me a chance to defend myself. I hate them! Eric: You don’t h ate them. I can tell them we had an emergency. Then they won’t be mad any more. Daniel: No, don’t tell them anything. Anyhow, they didn’t trust me. They don’t deserve an explanation. Let them think what they want. Eric: But Daniel, if they knew that Spot was sick and we used the money to take him to the clinic ... Daniel: And that we spent all of yesterday waiting there for him, and that is why we had no time to clean the house ... but no, Eric, why didn’t they ask me what happened instead of shouting at me? Act Two, Scene Two
1.必修三Unit1 Festivals and celebrations节日和庆典 Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. 自古以来，世界各地就有各种各样的节日和庆典。Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. 最古老的节日总是庆祝严寒的结束、春季的种植和秋天的收割。Sometimes celebrate would be held after hunters had caught animals. 有时，在猎人捕获猎物后，也举行庆祝活动。At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. 在那个时代，如果食物难以找到，特别是在寒冷的冬月，人们会挨饿。Today’s festivals have many origins ,some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events. 现在的节日有很多由来，一些是宗教上的，一些是季节性的，一些是纪念特殊的人和事件的。 Festivals of the Dead亡灵节 Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. 有些节日，是为了纪念死者，或使祖先得到满足，因为祖先们有可能回到世上（给人们）提供帮助，也有可能带来危害。For the Japanese festival. Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. 在日本的盂兰盆节，人们要扫墓、烧香，以缅怀祖先。They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. 他们还点起灯笼，奏响乐曲，因为他们认为这样做可以把祖先引回到世上。In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November. 在墨西哥，亡灵节是在11月初。On this important feast day, people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them. 在这个重要的节日里，人们会吃制成颅骨形状的食物，和装点有“骨头”的蛋糕。They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. 他们向亡者祭献食物、鲜花和礼品。The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. 西方节日万圣节也源自人们古老的信念，认为亡者的灵魂会返回人间。It is now a children’s festival, when they can dress up and to their neighbours’ homes to ask for sweets. 万圣节如今成了孩子们的节日，这天他们可以乔装打扮上到邻居家要糖吃。If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them. 如果邻居什么糖也不给，那么孩子们就可以捉弄他们了。 Festivals to Honour People纪念名人的节日 Festivals can also be held to honour famous people . 也有纪念名人的节日。The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours the famous ancient poet, Qu Y uan. 中国的端午节（龙舟节），是纪念著名古代诗人屈原的。In the USA Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in New World. 美国的哥伦布日是纪念克里斯托弗·哥伦布发现“新大陆”的日子。India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain. 印度在10月2日有个全国性节日，纪念莫汉达斯·甘地，他是帮助印度脱离英国而独立的领袖。 Harvest Festivals庆丰收的节日 Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events. 收获与感恩节是非常喜庆的节日。People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over. 越冬的粮食收集起来了，农活结束了，人们都心怀感激。In European countries, people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and will get together to have meals. 在欧洲国家，人们通常用花果来装饰教堂和市政厅，在一起聚餐。Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. 有些人还可能因为他们的农产品（参加各种评选）而获奖，比如最大的西瓜或最帅的公鸡。China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people admire the moon and in China, enjoy