Holidays 课件ppt

Text Structure Analysis
The passage can be divided into three parts. Part I (Para.1): The author describes his usual Christmas gifts.
Part II (Para. 2-3): The author wished to have a gift, a pogo stick
★注意★
①表示欺骗（哄骗）某人做某事，英语上习惯用 trick sb into doing sth。
Mother tricked me into taking my medicine.
妈妈哄着我吃了药。 ②表示骗取某人某物，可以用trick sb out of sth。 He tricked the old man out of his money. 他骗取了那位老人的钱。
I couldn’t afford the rent on my own. 我单靠自己付不起租金。 ★注意★ ①表示“买得起”“花得起”时，通常与can, could, be able to 连用。 ②表示“买得起”“花得起”时，其实质意思是有足够 的时间、金钱等，其后可接名词、代词或不定式，意思 明确时，可有所省略。
【搭配】 ①at the sight of 意为“一看到”。 At the sight of the police they ran away. 他们一看到警察就跑走了。 ②catch sight of 意为“看见” Then one of us caught sight of her. 后来我们当中有一个人看见了她。 ③in sight 意为“在视线范围内”“可以看见” The train is still in sight. 火车还看得见。 ④out of sight 意为“在视线范围之外”“看不见” The plane is now out of sight. 飞机现在看不见了。
Unit 7
Holidays
Teaching Objectives
In this unit, you will:
1. Read a story about a Christmas gift and a passage about Doll’s Festival; 2. Enlarge your vocabulary about holidays and festivals; 3. Share some experiences about your best gift; 4. Focus on the usages of perfect tenses; 5. Learn skills of writing greeting cards.
我甚至不知道他们是怎么买得起弹簧单高跷的，
以及他们是怎样想到用扫帚“欺骗”我。
同位语从句
在句中作同位语的从句。通常放在thought,idea,
news, word(=news), plan, doubt, question, fact, suggestion,
belief等抽象名词后面，说明这些词的具体内容或含义。 同位语从句大多有that引导，也可由whether, how, when, where, why等引导，但不能由which引导。 He must answer the question whether he agrees to it or
When the author was young, the family was so poor that he always
couldn’t get a nice Christmas gift. However, the author’s parents understood him and tried their best to buy his desired gift, a pogo stick, for him, which made the author deeply moved and felt that parents’ love was the best Christmas gift.
5. trick ① n. 诡计，圈套，恶作剧 The children played a trick on the teacher. 孩子们戏弄老师。
② v. 欺骗，诱骗 She’s just trying to trick all of us. 她是想骗我们所有的人。 【搭配】 a trick of the trade 意为“干某行业的诀窍” play a trick on 意为“捉弄”“开玩笑”
not.
他必须回答他是否同意此事这一问题。
★注意★
①有时，同位语从句并不紧跟在它所说明的词的
后面。
The whole truth came out at last that he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. 真相终于大白了，他原来是一只披着羊皮的狼。
②同位语从句和定语从句的区别。 a. 先行词不同。 同位语从句的先行词常是一些具 有具体信息内容或一定内涵的名词，如idea, fact, news, hope, promise, order等；而定语从句的先行词可以是名 词、代词、主句的一部分或整个主句。 Words came that he had been abroad. （同位语从句） 据说他已经出国了。 The doctor whom you are looking for is in the room. （定语从句） 你找的那位医生在房间里面。
and his parents tried their best to buy it for him. Part Ⅲ (Para.4): The author was deeply moved and felt that parents' love was the best Christmas gift.
Text A
The Richest Poor Family in the World Celebrates Christmas
The Main Idea of the Text
In this text, the author tells us a story about a Christmas gift.
Out of the jungle came an old woman.
从树丛中走出来一位老太太。 In the classroom are some students and teachers.
教室里有一些学生和老师。
2. I even had no idea how they were able to afford it and how they tricked me with the broom.
Notes to the Text A
1. Inside the box was a silly old broom.
盒子里有一把愚蠢的老扫帚。
以介词短语开头的倒装句
当一个句子没有宾语，或主语比较长，或为了强调状
语，常可将作状语的介词短语放在句首，同时把谓语放
在主语前。此类完全倒装句所涉及的动词通常有be、 hang、lie、sit、stand、come、go、live、rise等。
Warming-up
The Spring Festival
Valentine’s Day
Some useful tips:
Halloween(the night of 31st October) St Valentine’s Day(14th February) Easter(a Sunday in March or April) Thanksgiving Day(the fourth Thursday of November in the US and the second Monday of October in Canada) the Spring Festival(the date of the holiday varies from late January to mid February) the Mid-Autumn Festival(the fifth day of the eighth lunar month) San Fermí n(6th-14th July) Water-Splashing Festival(13th-16th April)
4. tend v. a. 有……倾向，有……的趋势 Price are tending upward. 物价在上涨。
b. 照顾，护理 She kept herself busy tending the garden. 她一直在忙于照顾花园。
【派生】 tendency n. 倾向，趋势
【搭配】 tend to 意为“照顾”“护理”“服侍” They tended to the sick boy. 他们照顾这个生病的男孩。 ★注意★ tend后通常接肯定的不定式to do，但有时也接否 定的不定式not to do。 I tend not to go out so much in the winter. 我冬天一般很少出门。
6. sight n. a. 视力，视觉 He lost his sight in a road accident. 他在一交通事故中丧失了视力。
b. 看见 It was his first sight of an elephant. 这是他第一次看见大象。 c. 情景，景象 What a beautiful sight those rose make! 那些玫瑰构成多么美丽的景象啊！
3. disappointing adj. 令人失望的 Your work is really disappointing. 你的工作真是令人失望。 【辨析】 disappointed与disappointing ①disappointed表示“失望的”“感到失望的”，通常用 于说明“人”自己的感觉。 ②disappointing表示“令人失望的”通常用于事物给人的 感觉。 He was very disappointing. 他很令人失望。 He was very disappointed. 他自己感到很失望。