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学年高中英语Unit3CelebrationSectionⅠWarm

Unit3Celebration

TheChineseNewYearisnowpopularlyknownastheSpringFestivalbecauseitstartsfromthebeginningofspring.Itsoriginistoooldtobetraced.Severalexplanationsarehangingaround.Allagree，however，thatthewordNian，whichinmodernChinesesolelymeansyear，wasoriginallythenameofamonsterbeastthatstartedtoprey捕食onpeoplethenightbeforethebeginningofanewyear.,OnelegendgoesthatthebeastNianhadaverybigmouththatwouldswallowagreatmanypeoplewithonebite.Peoplewereveryscared.Oneday，anoldmancametotheirrescue，offeringtosubdue制服Nian.ToNianhesaid，“Ihearthatyouareverycapable，butcanyouswallowtheotherbeastsofpreyonearthinsteadofpeoplewhoarebynomeansofyourworthyopponents？

”So，itdidswallowmanyofthebeastsofpreyonearththatalsoharassed骚扰peopleandtheirdomesticanimalsfromtimetotime.,Afterthat，theoldmandisappearedridingthebeastNian.Heturnedouttobeanimmortal永生的god.NowthatNianisgoneandotherbeastsofpreyarealsoscaredintoforests，peoplebegintoenjoytheirpeacefullife.Beforetheoldmanleft，hehadtoldpeopletoputupredpaperdecorationsontheirwindowsanddoorsateachyear’sendtoscareawayNianincaseitsneaked潜行backagain，becauseredisthecolorthebeastfearedmost.Fromthenon，thetraditionofobservingtheconquestofNianiscarriedonfromgenerationtogeneration.

Section_Ⅰ

Warmup&Lesson1—Prereading

Autumn

EveryyearinSeptemberorOctober,theMidAutumnFestivaliscelebrated①bytheChinesepeopleallovertheworld.Onthisday,themoonissaidtobeitsbiggestandbrightest②.Peopleliketomeetintheeveningandwatchthemoon.

TheMidAutumnFestivalisimportantbecauseitisaspecialoccasion③forfamily.Itisalsoadayforspecialfoodslikemooncakes.Thereareallkindsofmooncakes.Traditional④mooncakesareusuallymadewithbeanpaste⑤，butnowadays⑥，therearemanydifferentkindsofmooncakesincludingfruit⑦，coffee,chocolateandevenicecreammooncakes.

①celebratevt.庆祝，庆贺

congratulatev．祝贺，接“人”作宾语

celebrate接“活动”作宾语

②Sth.besaidtodo...＝Itissaidthat...据说……

③occasion/ə’keIʒn/n.时刻，时机

onoccasion有时，间或，偶尔

onthisoccasion在这时候

④traditional/trə’dIʃnəl/adj.传统的

⑤beanpaste/peIst/豆馅

⑥nowadays/’naʊədeIz/adv.现今，现在

⑦includingsth.＝sth.included

秋　季

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每年9月或10月，全世界的中国人都要庆祝中秋节。

据说这一天月亮最大最亮。

夜晚人们喜欢聚在一起赏月。

中秋节之所以重要是因为这是合家团聚的特殊日子。

这一天也是要吃月饼之类的特殊食品的日子。

有各种各样的月饼。

传统的月饼通常是用豆馅做的。

但如今，月饼的种类很多，有水果的、咖啡的、巧克力的，甚至还有冰淇淋月饼。

Winter

TheLanternFestival⑧falls⑨onthefifteenthdayofthefirstlunarmonth⑩.Itmarks⑪theendoftheChineseNewYearcelebrations⑫.

TherearemanystoriesabouthowtheLanternFestivalstarted⑬.Inonestory,lanternswerelit⑭tocelebratethepower⑮oflightover⑯darkness⑰.Inanotherstory,atownwasalmostdestroyed⑱butthelightfrommanylanternssavedit.Thestorywasaboutagodwhowantedtoburndown⑲thetown⑳.Hewasfooled

whenhesawthousandsoflanterns

.Hethoughtthetownwasalreadyburning.

⑧theLanternFestival元宵节　lantern/’læntən/n.灯笼

⑨fall此处意为“来临，降临”。

⑩lunarmonth太阴月，阴历一个月

⑪markv．标志（重要变化或发展阶段）

⑫celebration/ˌselI’breIʃn/n.庆祝，庆典

⑬how引导的宾语从句，作介词about的宾语。

⑭lightv．点燃；照亮

过去式、过去分词都是lighted或lit。

⑮power/’paʊə/n.控制力；权力

⑯over此处是介词。

　powerover对……的控制

⑰darkness/’dɑːknIs/n.黑暗，漆黑

⑱destroy/dIs’trɔI/vt.破坏，毁坏（指严重损坏，不能修复）

⑲burndown烧毁

⑳who引导定语从句并在从句中作主语，修饰先行词agod。

foolvt.愚弄；欺骗

foolsb.intodoingsth.哄骗某人做某事

when引导的时间状语从句。

冬　季

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每年农历正月十五是中国的元宵节。

它标志着中国新年庆典的结束。

关于元宵节的起源有多种传说。

一种传说是，点灯笼为了庆祝光明战胜黑暗的力量；另一种传说则是，一个小镇几乎被烧毁，但是点燃的许多灯笼救了这个小镇。

故事说的是有一个神仙想烧毁这个小镇，他为数千盏灯笼所骗，认为这座城市正在燃烧。

Inthepast

lanternswereusuallylitbycandlesanddecorated

withpicturesofbirds,animalsandflowers,etc..Nowadays,mostlanternsaremadewith

lightbulbsandbatteries

，andtheycomeinmanyshapesandsizes

.InthenortheasternpartofChina,thereareevenicelanterns.

ThespecialfoodfortheLanternFestivalisthesweetdumpling

.Sweetdumplingsareboiled

andserved

inhotwater.

inthepast与一般过去时连用，inthepastfew/twodays/weeks与现在完成时连用。

decorate/’dekəreIt/vt.装饰，布置

decorate不能接双宾语，而要用decoratesth.withsth.结构。

bemadewith...用……制造　

battery/’bætri/n.电池

comeinmanyshapesandsizes以形状、大小不一的样式出现

sweetdumpling元宵

boil/bɔIl/vt.&vi.煮沸，沸腾

boilingadj.正在沸腾的　boiledadj.已煮开的

serve/sɜːv/vt.提供（食物），端上（饭菜）

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过去，人们常用蜡烛点灯笼，用鸟、兽、花等图案装饰灯笼。

现在大多数灯笼是用电灯和电池制成的，而且形状、大小不一。

在中国东北，甚至还有冰灯。

元宵节的特殊食品是元宵。

元宵用水煮，随热汤一起吃。

Summer

TheDragonBoatFestivalfallsonthefifthdayofthefifthmonthofthelunaryear

.Asitisinearlysummer

，itmarksthebeginningofthehottestseasonoftheyear.

Thetradition

oftheDragonBoatFestivalstartedmorethan2,000yearsago.Intheolddays,dragonboatraceswereorganised

onlybyChinesepeople.However,inrecentyears,peoplefromothercultures

havealsotakenpartin

theracesandenjoyedthefun.

Thereisaspecialfoodforthefestival.Itiscalledzongzi,whichissticky

riceinfreshbambooleaves

.

thelunaryear阴历年

as引导原因状语从句。

tradition/trə’dIʃən/n.传统，惯例

bytradition按风俗习惯

organisevt.组织　organise（BrE）＝organize（AmE）

culturen．文化，文明　culturaladj.文化的

takepartin参与，参加

takeanactivepartin积极参加　participatein参加

sticky/’stIki/adj.粘的，粘性的

which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词zongzi，并在从句中作主语。

夏　季

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农历五月初五是端午节。

由于端午节是在初夏，它标志着一年最炎热季节的开始。

端午节已有2000多年的历史。

过去，只有中国人举行赛龙舟活动。

然而，近几年外国人也来参加赛龙舟，共享其中乐趣。

端午节有一种特殊食品，叫粽子，它是把糯米包裹在新鲜的竹叶里制成的。

Prereading

Pleasematchthewordswiththeirpropermeanings.

1．graduation　　　　　　　　　　A．装饰，布置

2．includeB．庆祝，庆典

3．scholarshipC．动力；权力；影响力

4．celebrationD．包括，包含

5．powerE．传统，惯例

6．darknessF．招待；服务；提供（食物），端上（饭菜）

7．destroyG．煮沸，沸腾

8．decorateH．毕业

9．boilI．破坏，毁坏

10．serveJ．婚礼

11．traditionK．奖学金

12.weddingL．黑暗，漆黑

1～5　________　6～10　________　11～12　________

答案：

1～5　HDKBC　6～10　LIAGF　11～12　EJ

Leadin

Whichfestivaldoyoulikebestinayear?

Writeoutthenameofeachfestivalandthenchooseyourfavouriteone.

答案：

A.theSpringFestival　B．theMidAutumnFestival

C．ChristmasDay

Whilereading

Fastreading

Scanthetextandfinishthefollowingquestion.

Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

Thetextismainlyaboutthe_introduction_of_some_traditional_Chinese_festivals.

Carefulreading

1．Readthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswer.

（1）Whatdon’tpeopledoontheMidAutumnFestival?

A．Watchingthemoonintheevening.

B．Eatingmooncakes.

C．Gettingtogetherwiththefamily.

D．Lightinglanterns.

（2）Whydidn’tthegodburndownthetown?

A．Becausethetownwasalreadyburning.

B．Becausehelovedthepeopleinthetown.

C．Becausehethoughtthetownwasalreadyburning.

D．Becauseheenjoyedthousandsoflanterns.

（3）WhichisNOTtrueabouttheDragonBoatFestival?

A．Ithasalonghistory.

B．It’sasymbolofthebeginningofthehottestseasonoftheyear.

C．OnlyChinesepeoplecelebratedthefestivalintheolddays.

D．Manypeoplefromdifferentculturestookpartinthedragonboatracesintheolddays.

（4）Themostcommonthingaboutthethreefestivalsisthat________.

A．theyareallenjoyedbypeoplefromothercultures

B．thereisaspecialfoodforeachfestival

C．theyareallcelebratedonlyinChina

D．peoplealwaysdecoratetheirhomesonthefestivals

（5）Therighttimeorderofthefestivalsis________.

①theMidAutumnFestival②theLanternFestival

③theDragonBoatFestival

A．①②③B．②③①

C．③①②D．②①③

答案：

（1）～（5）　DCDBB

2．Fillinthechartwiththeinformationinthetext.

Festivals

Celebrationtime

Typicalfoodand

①________

The

MidAutumn

Festival

It’saspecialoccasionfor②________，fallingonthefifteenthdayoftheeighthmonthofthelunaryear.

★Familiesgathertogethertoeatmooncakes.

★Onthisday,the③________issaidtobeitsbiggestandbrightestandpeopleliketomeetintheeveningtowatchit.

The

④________

Festival

Itisthefifteenthdayofthe⑤________lunarmonth,markingtheendoftheChineseNewYearcelebrations.

★Sweetdumplingsareboiledandservedinhotwaterforthefestival.

★Inone⑥________，lanternswerelittocelebratethepoweroflightoverdarknesswhilemodernlanternsofdifferent⑦________andsizesaremadewithlightbulbsandbatteries.

TheDragon

BoatFestival

Itisonthefifthdayofthefifthmonthofthelunaryear,anditmarksthebeginningofthe⑧________seasonoftheyear.

★DragonboatracesusedtobeorganizedonlybyChinesepeople,butinrecentyears,⑨________havealsotakenpartintheracesandenjoyedthefun.

★Thereisaspecialfoodcalledzongziforthefestival,whichis⑩________riceinfreshbambooleaves.

答案：

①activities　②family　③moon　④Lantern

⑤first　⑥story　⑦shapes　⑧hottest　⑨foreigners　⑩sticky

Studyreading

Analyzethefollowingdifficultsentenceinthetext.

Traditionalmooncakesareusuallymadewithbeanpaste,butnowadays,therearemanydifferentkindsofmooncakesincludingfruit,coffee,chocolateandevenicecreammooncakes.

[句式分析]　整个句子是由but连接的并列句。

后一个分句中含有therebe句型，其中includingfruit...为现在分词短语作定语；including“包括……”。

[尝试翻译]　传统的月饼通常是用豆馅做的。

但如今，月饼的种类很多，有水果的、咖啡的、巧克力的，甚至有冰淇淋月饼。

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

TheDragonBoatFestivalinChina

Chineseculturehasmany,manyfestivalscommemorating（纪念）someunusualevents.TheDragonBoatFestivalisonesuchfestival.Themainthingtodoonthisdayistoeatzongzi,thestickyricedumpling.

Insomeplaces,peopleraceboatsthatarecolourfullydecoratedwithdragondesigns,butIhaveneverseensucharace.Ihave,however,eatenlotsofzongzi.Youcanbuythemoreathomemadeones.Theyarecommonlyeatenasasnackfood.Thericemaybewhite,anditmayhavesomeredbeanpasteinside.Som