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Unit Eight Holidays and
Festivals
Building Vocabulary
Part II Language for Writing
Unit Eight Holidays and
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Learn the new words about holidays below. They will be helpful for your writing. Then put the words you listed in Part I in the table, referring to dictionaries if necessary.
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Part I Ideas for Writing
Focusing on Grammar
Part II Language for Writing
Unit Eight Holidays and
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T Noun Clauses Work in pairs. Read the following sentences, and identify what noun clauses are a s k composed of and what parts of sentence noun clauses can function as.
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T Noun Clauses Work in pairs. Read the following sentences, and identify what noun clauses are a s k composed of and what parts of sentence noun clauses can function as.
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Holidays The Spring Festival
Time
The first day of Chinese lunar calendar
Reason
Celebration
To celebrate the coming Chinese new year
Eat dumplings; set off firecrackers; watch the New Year’s program on CCTV
that, whether, as if
who, whose, what, which
when, where, how, why
Appositive Clause that, whether
who, whose, what, which
how
Object clause serves as an object of a verb or an object of preposition in a complex sentence. Predicative clause is placed after linking verbs serving as a subject complement or an adjective complement of a complex sentence. Appositive clause follows a noun closely, explaining what the noun actually is. The nouns mainly refer to: conclusion, evidence, fact, hope, idea, news, opinion, problem, reason, and truth, etc..
stores over the weekend. (4) It is well-known that turkey, corn, pumpkins are symbols of the first Thanksgiving Day. (5) The news that there will be a Christmas party in our department this month really
a subject and a predicate, and can be used as an adverb within a sentence to indicate time, place, reason, purpose, result, condition, concession, contrast, or manner. • When a dependent clause is placed at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence, a comma should be used. If the dependent clause is placed at the end, the comma can be omitted.
Categories Traditional holidays
Holidays
The Spring Festival The Lantern Festival
Organizing Ideas
Part I Ideas for Writing
Step 2 Write an outline to describe a certain kind of holiday celebrated in your culture.
(1) Martin told us that he liked Thanksgiving Day most. (2) When and how people buy holiday gifts during holidays is changing. (3) “Cyber Monday” is the Monday after Thanksgiving. The idea is that many people look in
Noun clause is a complex sentence. A noun clause is a dependent clause that functions as a noun and thus used as subject, object, predicative or appositive in a sentence. Noun clause can be subdivided into four subcategories: Subject Clause, Object Clause, Predicative Clause and Appositive Clause.
Subject clause serves as a subject of a verb and thus is placed before a verb. But in most cases, the word “it” is borrowed as an empty subject; hence subject clause is placed after the main clause.
appeals to everybody. (6) Through cultural exchange we can learn what we don’ t know.
Focusing on Grammar
Part II Language for Writing
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celebrate commemorate discuss originate
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federal low-key memorial military independent
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conj. that, whether
pron.
who, whose, what, which
adv.
when, where, how, why
Object Clause
that, whether, if
who, whose, what, which
when, where, how, why
Predicative Clause
Unit Eight Holidays and
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What are the festivals or holidays celebrated in your culture? Work in small groups to list them and try to describe them by figuring out as much information as possible.
Organizing Ideas
Part I Ideas for Writing
Unit Eight Holidays and
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Step 1 According to origins, significance, and customs, holidays can be classified into diverse categories. Work in small groups to classify the holidays celebrated in your culture.
Focusing on Grammar
Part II Language for Writing
Noun clauses can be introduced by the following words:
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Noun Clauses Subject Clause
traditionally in addition
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Focusing on Grammar
Part II Language for Writing
Unit Eight Holidays and
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Key Points Review • An adverbial clause is a complex sentence. Its dependent clause usually includes
Holidays and festivals are a way of connecting people to their past. All over the world, national festivals are the seasons to learn and appreciate the old traditions. In this unit, you will write a description about certain holidays celebrated in your culture.
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs or Adverbial Phrases
declaration barbecue carnival parade firecracker recess demonstration cemetery __________________ __________________