Unit12 Festivals

sweep over （sb.）涌上…心头,使…难以抑制
A deadly fear swept over him. 他突然感到一阵极大的恐惧。
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7. past n.过去；昔日；过去的事情； adj.过去的 prep.过；经过
She can’t help recalling the past at night. It was past midnight when we got home. His pain is past now.
Try to express your idea clearly. He expressed his thanks for the support we had given him. It can't be expressed by words. Art has different forms of expression.
6. sweep v. 扫除，清扫，席卷 (swept.swept) sweep away扫除,刮走,冲走,清除
They asked the little boy to sweep the room clean. The wind swept the leaves away. 风吹走了树叶。 sweep out 打扫，清除，打扫干净 She swept the dirt out.她扫除了灰尘。
Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修车。
• pay的基本用法是： (1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱（给某 人）买……。I have to pay them 20 pounds
for this room each month. (2) pay for sth. 付……的钱。 • I have to pay for the book lost. 我不得不赔 丢失的书款。 (3) pay for sb. 替某人付钱。 • Don‘t worry!I’ll pay for you.
10. set off P161 dress up P161
• 11.express v.表达，说明 n.快车，快递 expression n.表情；表达；措辞
expression泛指“表达”时是不可数名词; 表示“表情
பைடு நூலகம்”,泛指概念时为不可数名词,表示具体表情时一般有 形容词或of短语修饰,是可数名词,常与不定冠词连用 。
• 12.relative adj.相对的；相关的 n. 亲戚；亲属 relate v.使有联系；有关联；涉及；
The teacher asked me some questions relative to my paper. He showed such concern that people took him to be a relative. • 词义辨析：relative relation这两个名词均有“亲戚、亲
8. hang v.悬挂；吊；逗留；(hung, hung)
绞死 (hanged, hanged) hang up 挂起，挂上（电话）
You can hang up your raincoat there. Before I could answer him, he hung up.
• 9. side n.边，边缘；侧面
2.spend v.(spent, spent)花费，度过 • spend的主语必须是人， 常用于以下结构： (1) sb. spend time ／money on sth.
在……上花费时间（金钱）。
(2) spend time ／money (in) doing sth.
花费时间（金钱）做某事。
属”之意。 • relative:普通用词，常可与relation换用，多时指一般的亲 戚。 • relation:一般指因血统或婚烟关系形成的亲戚，较近 的亲戚或关系。
1. _____is the twelfth month of the year.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ______ is the fourth day of a week. Did you enjoy a happy h______? Let’s s______ Chrismas Day together. His home is f_____ from our school. The boy helped his grandpa s_____ the floor. 7. When we arrived home,mother was p____ for us. 8. In the p____, people live in the mountain. 9.Mary is a beautiful girl, she is usually d_____ in red. 10.Mary studies very hard, we should _____from her.
New Words
• V.约会，定日期 date sth. 定…的日期 date back to 追溯到，从…开始 date from 始于…（时期） Don't forget to date your cheque. The castle dates back to the 14th century. Their friendship dates from college days.
(4)pay sb. 付钱给某人。 (5)pay （money） back 还钱。 (6)pay off one's money还清钱。
3.celebrate v.庆祝
• celebration n. 庆祝 Tom celebrated his 24th birthday two days ago 汤姆两天前庆祝了他的24岁生日。 4. far adj. 远的，远方的；遥远的；较远的 adv. 遥远地；久远地；很，极 far away 远,遥远的 He lives far away. The station is far away from our school. far from 远离，远非， so far 至今为止
近义词辨析
• cost的主语是物或某种活动， 还可以表示
“值”， 常见用法如下： (1) sth. costs (sb.) ＋金钱, 某物花了（某人）多少钱 A new computer costs a lot of money. (2) (doing) sth. costs (sb.) ＋时间, 某物（做某事）花了（某人）多少时间 Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. 注意：cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost, 并且不能用于被动句。
(3) spend money for sth. 花钱买……。
eg：I spent two hours on this maths problem.
They spent two years (in) building this bridge. His money was spent for books.
on one’s side 站在…那边，支持…
by the side （of） 在…旁边，附近
An old man was sitting on the side of the road. Whose side are you on? She had a pain in her right side.她右肋疼痛.
They travelled far from home. His work is far from perfect.
• 5.prepare v.预备，准备，使...准备好 • preparation n. 准备prepared adj. prepare for 为,,,做准备 (get ready for)
prepare for sth. Don't bother her. She is preparing for the final examination. prepare oneself/sth. for sb./sth. I'll prepare a bed for you. Right now they are preparing themselves for the Olympic Games.
Unit12 Festivals
1. date n.日期，约会 make a date with sb. 与…约会，见面 out of date 过时的，过期的 up to date 现代的，新式的，直到最近
What’s the date of Christmas? I will make a date with her tomorrow. Much of the information in that book is now out of date. The car is a beauty and quite up to date.
• take后面常跟双宾语， 常见用法有以下几种： (1) It takes sb. ＋时间＋to do sth.
• 做某事花了某人多少时间。
• It took them three years to build this road. (2) doing sth. takes sb. ＋时间,
• 做某事花了某人多少时间。