1. Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and one thing that peopl e do at that time. 討論一下它們何時(shí)舉行，慶祝什么事件，以及節(jié)日時(shí)人們所做的一件事。
[自主學(xué)習(xí)] take place “發(fā)生，舉行”，相當(dāng)于vi. 沒(méi)有被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。指事先計(jì)劃或預(yù)想到的事情的發(fā)生。
按計(jì)劃會(huì)議在8點(diǎn)召開(kāi)了。____________________________________ as planned.
在最近十年里，中國(guó)發(fā)生了巨大變化。

[問(wèn)題探究] happen, break out, come about 的用法？
happen沒(méi)有被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，指一切客觀事物或情況的偶然或未能預(yù)見(jiàn)的發(fā)生。
例如：The accident happened yesterday. 事故發(fā)生在昨天。
美國(guó)發(fā)生了大地震。______________________________________________
break out僅用于負(fù) 面場(chǎng)合，多指災(zāi)難、戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)、疾病等現(xiàn)象突然發(fā)生。
例如：A fire broke out during the night. 火災(zāi)發(fā)生于夜間。
SARS broke out all over China in the spring of 2003. 2003年春中國(guó)各地爆發(fā)了非典。
come about屬中性詞語(yǔ)?？杀磉_(dá)正面或負(fù)面事物的發(fā)生。
例如：Tell me how the accident came about, will you? 請(qǐng)告訴我事故發(fā)生的經(jīng)過(guò)好嗎？
The event came about as we had predicted it. 這事按我們預(yù)言的發(fā)生了。
2. They would starve if food was difficult to find, so they celebrated when they had food. 如果找不到食物，他們就會(huì)餓死，因此當(dāng)他們找到食物時(shí)就會(huì)慶賀。
[自主學(xué)習(xí)] starve （1）vi.餓死 （2）vt.使餓死
①M(fèi)any people starved to death because of the famine.
那次饑荒中有許多人餓死。
②____________________________________.他們?cè)谏衬幸蛎月范I死。
③starve a man to death 使人餓死
④Boxers sometimes______________________________________________.
拳擊手有時(shí)為了控制體重而絕食數(shù)日之久。
[短語(yǔ)拓展]
starve to death 餓死 starve to do 渴望干……
starve for 渴望…… starvation cure 斷食療法
3. They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty. 他們點(diǎn)燃篝火，奏起音樂(lè)，因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為這些節(jié)日活動(dòng)會(huì)帶來(lái)豐收的一年。
[自主學(xué)習(xí)] plenty n 充足，大量，富裕 例如：
（1）a year of plenty/ a land of plenty
（2）plenty of rain/ books
There are plenty of students（很 多學(xué)生）who want to speak English . （肯定句）
Have you enough time（足夠的時(shí)間）to read books ?
________________________________我們有足夠的時(shí)間來(lái)做這項(xiàng)工作。
4. Some festivals are held to honour the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors┄
一些節(jié)日是為了紀(jì)念死者、取悅祖先，使他們得到滿足……
[自主學(xué)習(xí)] satisfy vt. 使?jié)M意，滿足
（1）Reading satisfies the hunger for knowledge
（2）這件新連衣裙使她很滿意。__________________________________
（3）滿足某人的需求 Satisfy one’s need
[知識(shí)拓展]使相信，確信~ sb. of/ that…
He satisfied himself that his sin was still alive
satisfied adj. （sb.）be satisfied with…
satisfying adj. （sth.）a ~ending
satisfaction n. with ~ to one’s ~
5. They light lamps and play musi c because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. 他們點(diǎn)起燈籠，奏響音樂(lè)，因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為這樣做可以把祖先引回到世上。
[自主學(xué)習(xí)] lead vt. 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、引導(dǎo)（led，led）.~the way
1） The street leads you to the station
2）She______________________________（領(lǐng)著一盲人過(guò)馬路）
表示“帶領(lǐng)某人做某事，賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)常用介詞、副詞（不用不定式）
He led us through the forest. （穿越森林）
[知識(shí)拓展] 導(dǎo)致，致使 ~ sb. to do
1）Her advice led him to do it again.
2）什么促使你這么認(rèn)為？What led you to think so?
[知識(shí)拓展] lead to — 通向通往；導(dǎo)致、帶來(lái)
1）All roads ~ Rome
2）他的粗心導(dǎo)致他的失敗_________________________________
過(guò)（某種生活）— lead a happy life
6. In Japan the festival is called Obon, when people should go to clean the graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.
在日本，這個(gè)節(jié)叫做孟蘭盆節(jié)，在這個(gè)節(jié)日里人們要上墳、掃墓、燒香，經(jīng)緬懷祖先。
[句式分析] When引導(dǎo)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句
We’re looking forward to the Summer holidays, when we’ll have a good time
[自主學(xué)習(xí)] in memory of…為紀(jì)念…
_____________________________________他們建了寺廟紀(jì)念國(guó)家英雄。
[知識(shí)拓展]
memorize vt.記住，背誦 memorial n.紀(jì)念物；紀(jì)念碑
memorable adj. 難忘的 memorialize vt.向……請(qǐng)?jiān)福患o(jì)念
commit…to memory 把……背下來(lái)
from memory 憑記憶地，用背誦地
if my memory serves me 如果我的記憶沒(méi)錯(cuò)的話
in memory of為紀(jì)念……，為追悼……
to the memory of 以紀(jì)念，懷念
within living memory 至今仍留在人們記憶中
within one’s memory 在某人記憶中
7. They dress up and try to frighten people. 他們打扮起來(lái)試圖嚇唬鄰居。
[自主學(xué)習(xí)] dress u 盛裝、打扮、裝飾
1）Mary dressed（herself）up as an old woman in the play
2）During the festivals, the men and women dressed up in national costumes
3）The little girl likes dressing up（in her mother’s clothes）.
不必為這次聚會(huì)穿禮服（穿盛裝）________________________________
[知識(shí)拓展]
①dress vt.給……穿衣服
My husband dresses the children while I make breakfast.
我做早飯時(shí)我丈夫就給孩子們穿衣服。
_________________________________喚醒孩子們，給他們穿上..