Module 8Public holidayscelebrate v. 庆祝celebration n. 庆典，庆祝celebrate one's birthdaycelebrate Christmas庆祝圣诞节do you know how they celebrate New Year?= do you know how _______________________?vacation n.假期，休假vacation在美国主要指大学不上课、法院不工作的日子。
holiday在英美都指因宗教节日和全国性节日而休息的假日。
若指一年一度的一段休息时间，英国用holiday,美国用vacation。
go on/take a vacation度假be on vacation在休假during the summer vacation在暑假期间 a paid vacation带薪休假the holiday/vacation season 假日聚集的一段时间while conj. 当......的时候While I was cooking, I cut my finger.当我正做饭时，我把手切了。
1）while作"当......的时候"讲时，通常与延续性动词搭配。
而when与短暂性和延续性动词搭配均可。
2)在过去进行时态中，when和while通常使用如下，如：I was reading a novel when my father went back.=While I was reading a novel, my father went back.I was walking _____ my brother was riding._____ I was singing, the bell rang.when I _______(到达) home, I will call you.beginning n. 开始end n.结束in the beginning和at the beginning的区别：at the beginning of ...起初，在......开始时make a good beginning形成一个良好的开端from beginning to end从头到尾After reading the book, she began _________(listen) to the radio.depend依靠；取决于independent独立的I haven' got a car, so I have to depend on the buses.whether we’ll have a picnic depends on the weather.celebrate Independence Day 庆祝独立日( on 4th July in America )promise v. 保证;发誓I can't promise,but I''ll do my best.break a promise违背诺言give a promise给予保证keep a promise遵守诺言make a promise to sb.(对某人)作出允诺promise to do sth.答应做某事promise not to do sth.答应不做某事promise（sb.）that...允诺......as soon as 一..... ..就......as soon as, when, before, after, until主将从现I _________(tell) him about the competition as soon as I ______(meet) him.all over遍布all over China/ country/ worldcount down倒数，倒计时For the 2008 Olympic Games we begin to count down from 749,748,747...count from ...to ...从......数到......count sth.清点......的数量get together聚会On my mother''s birthday, all the children got together to celebrate for her.get back归还get on well with=get along with和......相处融洽get to到达get up起床help out帮助（某人）克服困难help sb.(to)do sth.=help sb. with sth.在某方面帮助某人ask for help求助with one's help在某人的帮助下without one's help没有某人的帮助Whenever we are in trouble, he is always willing to _________.______________, I won’t win the match.Help yourself ______(介词) the food and drinks.if you have any difficulty, you can _______________________.When the actress arrived, the fans can’t help ________(cheer).Enjoy oneself玩得开心=________________________________in the same way相同地______________, he saw some beautiful flowers on each side of the road.Your box is _____________. Can you move it?They worked out the question _____________._____________, can you tell me the way to the restaurant?Her book is not the same as mine.=___________________________________.关于as…asShe rides as _________(快) as Jim.She read the book as __________(仔细) as possible.Her book is as ___________（excite）as his.Traditional传统的tradition(n.)Western ____________ is different.The dragon dance is the ____________ dance.So it doesn't matter how they celebrate, for people in countries all over the world, it's a time to say goodbye to the old year, and to welcome the new.it’s time _______(have) an English lesson.It’s time _______(介词) an English lesson.It’s really difficult _____(介词) him to improve his spoken English.I don’t know _______________________(他怎么了，用matter)语法·剖析·活用时间状语从句在英语中，除了可以用介词短语作时间状语外，也可以用句子表达一件事情或一个行为发生的时间，这个句子就叫做时间状语从句。
