Section Ⅱ Warming Up & Reading—Language Pointscelebrate v．庆祝(仪式、庆典等)，祝贺；(以文章、演说等)颂扬，赞美，歌颂(教材 P1)Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.节日旨在庆祝一年中重要的日子。celebration n．庆祝；祝贺in celebration of为了庆祝①It’s Dad’s birthday and we’re going out for a meal to celebrate it.今天是父亲的生日，我们打算出去吃饭庆祝一下。②In my hometown, there is a tradition that we will hold a celebration party when we enter a higher school.在我的家乡，有一个传统，当我们升学时，我们会举行庆祝派对。[即学即练]——单句语法填空①Hundreds of thousands of people take part in different celebrations(celebrate) on national Day.[链接写作]——一句多译这个女孩梦想着举办一个聚会来庆祝他们的婚礼。②The girl dreams of having a party in celebration of their wedding.③The girl dreams of having a party to celebrate their wedding.take place 发生；举行(教材 P1)Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time.讨论一下它们(中国节日)是在什么时间举行，庆祝什么，那个时候人们做什么。①Great changes have taken place in the past ten years in our hometown.我们家乡在过去的十年里发生了很大的变化。②The Olympic Games take place every four years. Every athlete dreams of taking part in them.奥林匹克运动会每四年举行一次，每个运动员都梦想着参加。take place有某种原因或是事先安排的事件发生happen一般用于偶然或突发性事件break out发生，指灾难性的战争、火灾、疾病等的爆发[即学即练]——用 take place, happen, break out 填空①The disaster happened at midnight, when most people were asleep.②A terrible fire broke out last night, but fortunately, no one was killed or injured.③Teacher’s Day in China takes place on September 10, and is intended to show respect to teachers.1take place 是不及物动词短语，不能用于被动语态。starve vt.& vi.(使)饿死；饿得要死( 教 材...
