Unit 1 Festivals around the world 单元要览类别课程标准要求掌握的项目话题Festivals; how festivals begin; how to celebrate festivals词汇beautyn. 美; 美人awardn. 奖; 奖品 vt. 授予harvestn. & vt. & vi. 收 获 ; 收割roostern. 雄鸡; 公鸡celebrationn. 庆祝; 祝贺admirevt. 赞美; 钦佩; 羡慕starvevt. & vi. (使)饿死; 饿得要死energeticadj. 充满活力的; 积极的originn. 起源; 由来; 起因customn. 习惯; 风俗religiousadj. 虔诚的; 宗教上的clothingn. 衣服ancestorn. 祖先; 祖宗worldwideadj. 遍及全世界的feastn. 节日; 盛宴permissionn. 许可; 允许beliefn. 信任; 信心; 信仰fooln. 愚 人 vt. 愚 弄 vi. 干傻事trickn. 诡计; 恶作剧; 窍门apologizevi. 道歉; 辩白arrivaln. 到来; 到达; 到达者drownvt. & vi. 溺死; 淹死gainvt. 得到; 获得obviousadj. 明显的; 显而易见的independencen. 独立; 自主remindvt. 提醒; 使想起gathervt. , vi. & n. 集合; 聚集weepn. 哭 vi. 哭泣; 流泪agriculturen. 农业; 农艺; 农学forgivevt. 原谅; 饶恕短语take place 发生turn up 出现; 到场in memory of 纪念; 追念keep one’s word 守信用; 履行诺言dress up 盛装; 打扮; 装饰hold one’s breath 屏息; 屏气play a trick on 搞恶作剧; 诈骗; 开玩笑set off 出发; 动身; 使爆炸look forward to 期待; 期望; 盼望remind. . . of. . . 使……想起……day and night 日夜; 昼夜; 整天be proud of 以……而自豪as though 好像in the shape of 以/呈现……的形式/形状have fun with 玩得开心be covered with 被……所覆盖重要句型1. . . . people would starve if food was difficult to find. (the subjunctive mood)2. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow. (as though. . . )3. Finding that. . . , her grandmother finally decided. . . (the present participle used as adverbial. )4. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting. . . (It is+adj. +that. . . )5. “. . . I don’t want them to ...