Lesson96

新概念二册Lesson 96 The dead return 亡灵返乡Ⅰ.词汇要点：1.festival 节日ntern灯笼3.spectacle景象4.journey旅行5.tiny微小的，很少的6.drift 漂流物7.guide 指导，带领8.crowd 人群，群众Ⅱ.短语及固定搭配：y out 摆开，摆设。

2.all night long 整夜3.the other world 另一个世界4.earn one’s living谋生（补充教材内容）Ⅲ.课文重点分析：1.标题中，the dead 翻译成“死去的人”。

the +adj. 表示某一类人。

如：“the rich”富人；“the poor”穷人。

2.the return to their homes and they are welcomed by“be said to……”“据说……”“the living” “活着的人”3.Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way.“Specially-made……” “特制的……” 这是一个合成形容词,由“副词+动词的过去分词”构成。

如“well-informed”消息灵通的；“so-called”所谓的。

“hung”是hang的过去式。

hang 在此是“悬挂”；当“hang”作吊死、绞死讲，其过去式和过去分词形式都是“hanged”。

4.for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.“for”在此句中没有实际意义，起到引语的作用。

A. he
B. is
C. will be
D. was
三、根据汉语提示完成句子。
1. 乔治买了两张去伦敦的往返票。 George _b_o_u_g_ht_ two _re_t_u_r_n_ tickets to London.
2. 在冰箱里有充足的蔬菜。 There are _p_l_en_t_y_ _o_f_ vegetables in the _f_r_id_g_e_.
When will he go to London He will go to London in a year’s time.
When will he go to Beijing He will go to Beijing in two weeks’ time.
Write the exact times under these clocks following the style of the example.
Listen and write True (T) or False (F). ( F ) 1. This is a table. ( F ) 2. There’s a bag, a pen and a cup on the teacher’s desk. ( T ) 3. There are some books in the bag. ( T ) 4. There’s a ruler under the pencil box.
9:16
1:56
sixteen minutes past nine 15:09
nine minutes past fifteen
four minutes to two 7:01
one minute past seven

• 一大早，人们便把为死者摆放的食品扔进河中或 海里，因为人们认为活着的人吃了这些东西是不 吉利的。
• In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over.
• 在靠海的城镇中，头天夜里挂在大街小巷的小灯 笼在节后就放在了水里。
• Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. • ※ the other world 阴间 • 她坚信她会在阴间见到她的父母。 • She believes that she will meet her dead parents in the other world. • 成千上万只灯笼慢慢漂向 • 大海，指引着亡灵返回另 • 一个世界。
• All night long, people dance and sing. • All night long 整晚 All day long 一整天
• 她整个夏天都和她祖父呆在一起。 • She stayed with her grandfather all summer long. • day and night 日日夜夜
• This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more. • moving adj. 动人的，感人的

There are many Ching Ming rituals which include pulling out weeds around the headstone, cleaning the stone and replacing wilted or dead flowers with fresh ones.
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• In April
• The day we remember our dead relatives