1. Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and one thing that peopl e do at that time. 討論一下它們何時舉行，慶祝什么事件，以及節(jié)日時人們所做的一件事。
[自主學習] take place “發(fā)生，舉行”，相當于vi. 沒有被動語態(tài)。指事先計劃或預想到的事情的發(fā)生。
按計劃會議在8點召開了。____________________________________ as planned.
在最近十年里，中國發(fā)生了巨大變化。

[問題探究] happen, break out, come about 的用法？
happen沒有被動語態(tài)，指一切客觀事物或情況的偶然或未能預見的發(fā)生。
例如：The accident happened yesterday. 事故發(fā)生在昨天。
美國發(fā)生了大地震。______________________________________________
break out僅用于負 面場合，多指災難、戰(zhàn)爭、疾病等現(xiàn)象突然發(fā)生。
例如：A fire broke out during the night. 火災發(fā)生于夜間。
SARS broke out all over China in the spring of 2003. 2003年春中國各地爆發(fā)了非典。
come about屬中性詞語?？杀磉_正面或負面事物的發(fā)生。
例如：Tell me how the accident came about, will you? 請告訴我事故發(fā)生的經(jīng)過好嗎？
The event came about as we had predicted it. 這事按我們預言的發(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，他們就會餓死，因此當他們找到食物時就會慶賀。
[自主學習] starve （1）vi.餓死 （2）vt.使餓死
①Many people starved to death because of the famine.
那次饑荒中有許多人餓死。
②____________________________________.他們在沙漠中因迷路而餓死。
③starve a man to death 使人餓死
④Boxers sometimes______________________________________________.
拳擊手有時為了控制體重而絕食數(shù)日之久。
[短語拓展]
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. 他們點燃篝火，奏起音樂，因為他們認為這些節(jié)日活動會帶來豐收的一年。
[自主學習] 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 多學生）who want to speak English . （肯定句）
Have you enough time（足夠的時間）to read books ?
________________________________我們有足夠的時間來做這項工作。
4. Some festivals are held to honour the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors┄
一些節(jié)日是為了紀念死者、取悅祖先，使他們得到滿足……
[自主學習] 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. 他們點起燈籠，奏響音樂，因為他們認為這樣做可以把祖先引回到世上。
[自主學習] lead vt. 領導、引導（led，led）.~the way
1） The street leads you to the station
2）She______________________________（領著一盲人過馬路）
表示“帶領某人做某事，賓語補足語常用介詞、副詞（不用不定式）
He led us through the forest. （穿越森林）
[知識拓展] 導致，致使 ~ sb. to do
1）Her advice led him to do it again.
2）什么促使你這么認為？What led you to think so?
[知識拓展] lead to — 通向通往；導致、帶來
1）All roads ~ Rome
2）他的粗心導致他的失敗_________________________________
過（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，這個節(jié)叫做孟蘭盆節(jié)，在這個節(jié)日里人們要上墳、掃墓、燒香，經(jīng)緬懷祖先。
[句式分析] When引導非限制性定語從句
We’re looking forward to the Summer holidays, when we’ll have a good time
[自主學習] in memory of…為紀念…
_____________________________________他們建了寺廟紀念國家英雄。
[知識拓展]
memorize vt.記住，背誦 memorial n.紀念物；紀念碑
memorable adj. 難忘的 memorialize vt.向……請愿；紀念
commit…to memory 把……背下來
from memory 憑記憶地，用背誦地
if my memory serves me 如果我的記憶沒錯的話
in memory of為紀念……，為追悼……
to the memory of 以紀念，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. 他們打扮起來試圖嚇唬鄰居。
[自主學習] 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）.
不必為這次聚會穿禮服（穿盛裝）________________________________
[知識拓展]
①dress vt.給……穿衣服
My husband dresses the children while I make breakfast.
我做早飯時我丈夫就給孩子們穿衣服。
_________________________________喚醒孩子們，給他們穿上..