Unit-8-Reading-1

1、Active reading 1,Mapping,Embarkation,Navigation,Destination,Resources,International Womens Day,Understanding the writers colloquial, flippant and ironic style Recognising ironies Making a calendar of Chinese festivals Detecting the true opinions and judgments of the writer,Active reading 1: Mapping,

2、Calendar of festivals,rubble,Active reading 1: Embarkation,Festivals Buddhist, Muslim; families, remembering great events etc.,Match-up,Active reading 1: Embarkation,More,Work in pairs. Match the festivals with various items.,chocolate eggs,ghosts,Santa Claus,Match-up,Active reading 1: Embarkation,w

3、ater-throwing,Songkran is the Thai New Year. It falls in the hottest time of the year in Thailand. The most obvious celebration of Songkran is the throwing of water.,More,Work in pairs. Match the festivals with its activity.,Match-up,Active reading 1: Embarkation,More,Work in pairs. Match the festiv

4、als with the food.,turkey,Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Srilanka, and countries with Hindu populations.,Holi,Active reading 1: Embarkation,Holi, is celebrated by people throwing coloured powder and colour

5、ed water at each other. It is at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month, usually in late February or early March.,Guessing,Active reading 1: Embarkation,Work in pairs. Look at the photos and decide what festival is being celebrated.,Carnival in Venice,Dragon Boat F

6、estival,Halloween,Calendar of festivals,Active reading 1: Embarkation,Lantern Festival,New Years Day and Martin Luther King Day,Spring Festival,Independence Day,Qingming Festival,Childrens Day,Christmas,Mayan Calendar,Work in pairs and complete the calendar of festivals.,New Years Day appreciating l

7、anterns,eating tangyuan,guessing lantern riddles,Spring Festival,Active reading 1: Embarkation,the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar,the most important traditional Chinese holiday, visiting families and putting up red decorations,Spring is coming,Door Gods,Fortune is coming,

8、Independence Day,Active reading 1: Embarkation,July 4,Americans celebrating its independence from Great Britain with fireworks, parades in historical costumes, speeches etc.,women on horseback in Independence Day Parade, Washington DC,fireworks over the Statue of Liberty,Qingming Festival,Active rea

9、ding 1: Embarkation,15th day after spring equinox,grave sweeping and remembrance of family dead,enjoying the greenery of springtime,Childrens Day,Active reading 1: Embarkation,June 1,camping trips, treats for children joining the Young Pioneer,Christmas,Active reading 1: Embarkation,Dec 25,commemora

10、ting the birth of Jesus visiting families, exchanging presents, going to church,Festivals and descriptions,Active reading 1: Embarkation,Bastille Day,Carnival,Labor Day,All Saints Day,Match the names of festivals with the images here and their descriptions on P114.,b Labor Day,c All Saints Day,d Car

11、nival,A Bastille Day,a,d,c,b,rouble,Active reading 1: Embarkation,Banknote 5000 roubles (1997),A five-rouble coin minted in 1997,the unit of currency in Russia,Work in pairs and tell where rouble is used.,blinis,Active reading 1: Embarkation,made with yeast, flour and milk. formed into pancake shape

12、s and then baked in an oven or fried in a pan.,corn blinis with smoked salmon,More,blinis,Dissolve half the _, the yeast and butter in milk and _. Beat up the dough, _ the rest of the flour, salt and egg _ ground with sugar. Beat again, add the beaten egg _ and cream, let the dough rest and then beg

13、in to _.,Active reading 1: Embarkation,Listen to the process of making blinis and fill in the blanks.,flour,let it rise,add,yolks,whites,bake,caviar,Active reading 1: Embarkation,fish eggs eaten as food, usually spread on bread. In many countries caviar is considered to be a special and expensive fo

14、od, eaten mainly by rich people.,International Womens Day,Active reading 1: Embarkation,Questions by ten oclock they proudly serve their wives a charred and shrivelled egg. 2 Beside the womans plate will be a bunch of flowers and a little gift, a bottle of scent perhaps, or a pair of tights, which s

15、he will exclaim over until the children, scarlet with fury, insist that their mother makes them their proper breakfast.,Active reading 1: Resources,click,click,Difficult sentence 1,Their husbands, with much cursing and clattering of pans, cook breakfast for the family; by ten oclock they proudly ser

16、ve their wives a charred and shrivelled egg.,pans在原文中其实泛指厨房里的物件，译成汉语时应为 “锅碗瓢盆”。,Active reading 2: Resources,Anals,Trans,Back,她们的丈夫则要为家人做早饭，他们嘴里骂骂咧的，弄的锅碗瓢盆叮当乱响。十点的时候他们非常自豪的把煎得焦糊糊皱巴巴的鸡蛋端到妻子跟前。,Difficult sentence 2,Beside the womans plate will be a bunch of flowers and a little gift, a bottle of scent

17、perhaps, or a pair of tights, which she will exclaim over until the children, scarlet with fury, insist that their mother makes them their proper breakfast.,本句较长，译文可以处理成两句。Until 需要灵活翻译。,Active reading 2: Resources,Anals,Trans,Back,盘子边上会有一束鲜花，一份小礼物，可能是一瓶香水或是一双裤袜。妻子会高兴得大呼小叫，而这时孩子们已经气得满脸通红，跑过来要妈妈给他们做一顿

18、像样的早餐。,Words to note,lounge fury sneak dump vacuum advisable beloved gossip,1. bump into 2. fill up with 3. stick around,Active reading 1: Resources,lounge v. to accidentally hit against sth,Mrs,The Roman Colosseum,stroll,rainbow,into,fill up with,Active reading 1: Resources,雪夜林畔驻马 罗伯特弗罗斯特 我想我知道这是谁的

19、树林，他的家虽在那边乡村；他看不到我驻足在此地，伫望他的树林白雪无垠。,Recite the poem by Robert Frost.,Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.,to become full of sth,stick around,

20、Active reading 1: Resources,infml to remain in a place for than you originally intended, especially in order to wait for sth to happen Work in pairs and translate the following into Chinese. Stick around, we may need you. Lets stick around until their performance is over. Please do stick around for

21、a cool summer here.,不要走远，我们可能需要你。,先不要走直到他们的表演结束。,请一定留下来在这过一个凉爽的夏天。,Language in use,collocations,Useful expressions,Active reading 1: Resources,as,Useful expressions,Active reading 1: Resources,1.听了他的一面之词,1. on his own reckoning,2.生意非常红火,2. do a busy trade,3.一群男士,3. clusters of men,4.你生命中的那个女人,4. the

22、 woman in your life,5.懒洋洋地躺在床上,5. lounge in bed,6.脸涨得通红,6. scarlet with fury,7.偷偷地溜出去,7. sneak away,8.打折,8. on offer,9.睡得像松鼠那么沉,9. sleep like squirrels,More,Useful expressions,Active reading 1: Resources,11.喝得酩酊大醉,11. drink oneself into a stupor,12.偶数数量的花,12. even numbers of flowers,13.脸沉了下来,13. one

23、s face falls,14.天南海北地闲聊着,14. gossip,15.没有露出多少感激之情,15. Without much evidence of gratitude,16.把手臂分别搭 在她们俩的肩上,16. drape an arm around each of them,10.遇上了几个朋友,10. meet up with friends,as,Active reading 1: Resources,More,We can use “as” in many ways, for example: to compare people or things The results w

24、ere not as bad as I had expected. to say that something happens or is done in the same way I invested the money as you suggested. to give a reason Everyone has the day off work as it is a national holiday.,as,Active reading 1: Resources,More,Look at the sentences. In the morning, because it is a hol

25、iday, they lounge in bed. We drank champagne in the same way as families did all over Voronezh. You can rewrite them like this: In the morning, as it is a holiday, they lounge in bed. We drank champagne, as families did all over Voronezh.,as,Active reading 1: Resources,More,1 The men, because they w

26、ant to please their wives, leave them to sleep and go out to meet friends. The men, as they want to please their wives, leave them to sleep and go out to meet friends. 2 In the same way as people did all over Russia, they enjoyed blinis and champagne. They enjoyed blinis and champagne as people did

27、all over Russia.,Rewrite the sentences using as.,as,Active reading 1: Resources,3 On International Womens Day, because its important to buy flowers for the women in your life, the flower sellers were doing a busy trade. On International Womens Day, as its important to buy flowers for the women in yo

28、ur life, the flower sellers were doing a busy trade. 4 In the same way as women do all over the world,a Soviet woman starts her day by getting the children ready for school. A Soviet womans starts her day by getting the children ready for school as women do all over the world.,Rewrite the sentences

29、using as.,Collocations,Nouns which often go after: dump boyfriend/girlfriend/ garbage waste sneak a look a preview Prepositions which often go after: sneak away/in/up/up on (someone) (someone/something) into (something) Expressions with dump to be/feel down in the dumps,Active reading 1: Resources,M

30、ore,Collocations,Complete the sentences with the correct form of suitable expressions from the collocation box. Sometimes more than one collocation is possible. 1 You shouldnt _ people like that. You scared me! 2 A festival can be a really difficult time if you are feeling _ because everyone else se

31、ems to be enjoying themselves when youre not.,Active reading 1: Resources,More,sneak up on,down in the dumps,Collocations,Complete the sentences with the correct form of suitable expressions from the collocation box. Sometimes more than one collocation is possible. 3 You can _ of his new movie on th

32、e Internet. 4 It was really mean of him to _ his _ in a Christmas card.,Active reading 1: Resources,More,sneak a preview,dump,girlfriend,Collocations,Complete the sentences with the correct form of suitable expressions from the collocation box. Sometimes more than one collocation is possible. 5 The

33、party was a bit boring so we _ when no one was looking. 6 I wish you could _ me _ your suitcase so that I could come with you!,Active reading 1: Resources,sneaked away,sneak,into,Information related,Active reading 1: Resources,Guy Fawkes Night,Tar barrel rolling in Devon,Guy Fawkes Night, 1994,Guy F

34、awkes Night,Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night is an annual celebration held on the evening of 5November to mark the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to destroy the United Kingdoms Houses of Parliament, in Lo

35、ndon.,Active reading 1: Resources,More,The Houses of Parliament,Guy Fawkes Night,The subsequent execution of Guy Fawkes is celebrated throughout England on 5th November, with fireworks displays and bonfires crowned by an effigy of Guy Fawkes himself.,It is also celebrated in some former British colo

36、nies including New Zealand, South Africa, parts of the Caribbean and the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.,Active reading 1: Resources,Guy Fawks effigy light up bonfires across the country,a fireworks event,More,Guy Fawkes Night,Many Bonfire Night London events feature bonfires as well as firew

37、orks, as bonfires and fireworks go hand in hand in traditional Guy Fawkes celebrations. But Devon is well known for its special clebrations.,Active reading 1: Resources,More,Guy Fawkes Night,Active reading 1: Resources,Where: _, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. When: _ Whats it about: the celebration

38、 of the _ of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605,Why: a number of _ conspirators, including _ aimed to destroy the Houses of _.,Work in pairs and complete the Festival Essentials.,Catholic,UK,5th November,failure,Guy Fawkes,Parliament,Tar barrel rolling in Devon,Active reading 1: Resources,In Ottery St. Mary

39、, Devon, on Guy Fawks Night, locals run through the town carrying a flaming, tar coated barrel holding on until it becomes too hot or the barrel breaks up.,More,Tar barrel rolling in Devon,The 5th of November is celebrated in flamboyant style in Ottery St Mary, Devon with its tradition of carrying f

40、laming tar barrels through the town as part of its annual Bonfire Night celebrations.,Active reading 1: Resources,Keep on rolling. The Bonfire Night celebrations in Ottery St Mary, Devon,More,Tar barrel rolling in Devon,The origins of the 17th Century tradition from a pagan ritual of exorcising evil

41、 spirits from the town from a belief that it pre-dates the Gunpowder Plot itself.,Ottery St May is the only town in the UK which still carries full-sized flaming barrels though the streets.,Active reading 1: Resources,The event raises thousands of pounds for charity.,More,Tar barrel rolling in Devon,Seventeen barrels are carried that day. from the afterno