高中英语必修三 unit 1 知识点

III---1 Festivals around the world

一、知识点

1.Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year. 节日是用来庆祝一年的重要时光的。

mean doing sth. 意味着mean to do sth. 打算或企图做某事mean sb. to do sth. 打算让某人做某事be meant for 打算作……用;为…而有

I believe he is meant to be a soldier.

我相信他天生是要当军人的。

2. Discuss when they take place and what people do at that time. take place发生，举行take the place of代替，替代

3. the beauty of the full moon 满月的美

4. watch the full moon with family and friends

和家人、朋友一起看满月

5. Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. 有些节日，是为了纪念死者，或使祖先得到满足，因为祖先们有可能回到世上给人们提供帮助，也有可能带来危害。

to return to London 回到伦敦

Return the book to the library. 把书归还给图书馆。

On my return from work, I saw the door was open. 我下班回家时，看见门开着。

6. …go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors…….去上坟、扫墓、烧香，以缅怀祖先。

This musem was built in memory of the great writer -Lu Xun.

博物馆是纪念伟大作家鲁迅而建造的。

7. On this important feast day, people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them. 在这个重要的节日里，人们会吃颅骨形状的食品和装点有骨头的蛋糕。

8. dress up 乔装打扮

He is dressed very well.他穿得很漂亮。be dressed in white 穿着白衣服a well [finely] dressed lady 衣着漂亮[讲究]的妇女Dress yourself quickly.你快点穿衣服。

care much about dress讲究衣着

a summer dress夏装

9. play a trick on sb 作弄某人

The children played a trick on their teacher.

孩子们捉弄了他们的老师。

He tricked me into giving him the money.

他哄骗我给了他钱。

10. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agriculture work is over. 人们心怀感激因为越冬的粮食收集起来了，农活结束了。

I am grateful to you for helping me.

感谢你的帮助。

Our grateful thanks are due to you. 我们衷心感谢你。

11. Some people might win award s for their farm produce, …有些人还可能因为他们的农产品而获奖……

award sth.(to sb.)和award sb.sth.(for sth.) 给予、颁奖reward sb. for sth. 因…奖赏某人reward sb. with sth. 用某物酬劳某人The school awarded Merry a prize (for her good work). 学校（因为她工作好而）奖励了梅丽。

awarded prizes to the winners. 给优胜者授予奖品

He was awarded the gold medal for being the fastest runner.

他跑得最快,因而获得了金牌。

12. admire the moon and enjoy mooncakes 赏月、品尝月饼admire sb. for sth 在某方面钦佩某人

We all admired at his sudden success. 他的突然成功使我们感到惊讶。

13. The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. 最富有生气而又最重要的节日，就是告别冬天、迎来春天的日子。.look forward to 期望，期待，盼望

The more the young students worked, the more energetic they became. 这些年青学生们越干越有劲。

give children lucky money in red paper 给红纸包着的压岁钱15. a little later 晚一点儿

But some time later it began to rain. 过了些时候开始下雨了。no later than 不迟于sooner or later 迟早later on 后来，以

I'll tell you all about it later on. 晚些时候我再把有关这一切告诉你。

Latter Of the two the latter is far better than the former.

两者中后者比前者好得多。

Latest the latest news最近的消息

the latest fashion最新式样

Least

He was the one who did the least of the work and got the most of the money.

他就是那个做活最少而拿钱最多的人。

at least起码

He's going away for atleast a week.他起码一星期出去一次。at the least至少，最少

not in the least 一点也不

16. People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other. 人们喜欢聚在一起吃、喝、玩耍。

17. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while. 节日让我们享受生活，让我们为自己的习俗而自豪，还可以暂时忘掉工作。

18. Today, of course, many people celebrate Christmas as though it were just a holiday to have fun with family, rather than a holiday about a belief. 当然，人们今天庆祝圣诞节好像是一家人欢聚的节日，而不是一个信仰的节日。

These shoes are comfortable rather than pretty. 这双鞋不好看，但是舒服。

American young people would rather get advice from strangers. 美国的年轻人宁可从陌生人那里获取咨询。

We would rather receive money than the usual gifts. 我们宁可接受钱而不希望受到通常的礼物。

I'd rather go to the movies. 我宁愿去看电影

I would rather you come tomorrow. 我宁愿你明天来。

He's my friend, or rather he was my friend.