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Book 3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world
apologize(wait without much hope); Would drown his sadness in coffee (drink coffee in order to forget the sadness/sorrow)—Gave up and threw…away—Met Hu Jin without gifts—Felt worried
Hu Jin: Made an appointment with Li Fang—Kept her word but waited in the tea shop—Not turned up in the coffee shop—Waited for him all the time—Met Li Fang with gifts
ENDING?? 3. Post-reading
T: The two love stories happened in two different festivals. What are their similarities and differences? How should we treat Chinese traditional festivals and some western festivals? S: …
T: Nowadays, some people pay more attention to the Valentine’s Day than Qiqiaojie, which was once one of the most popular festivals in ancient China. Anyway, each festival in China has its own tale and meaning. So we should hold on to our own festivals and culture, as well as pass them on from generation to generation. We should never allow some western festivals to take the place of Chinese traditional festivals. Writing
T: Li Fang met Hu Jin after he lost heart and threw away the Valentine’s gifts. To his surprise, Hu Jin kept her word and waited for him in the tea shop all the time! What should he do? What would happen to the two lovers? Please write a different ending to the story of Li Fang, beginning with: As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way…
T: Before writing, you’d better read the story again and then think of what Hu Jin will say when she finds out later that the flowers and chocolates are gone. Then think of an ending to the story that will solve Li Fang’s problem. Will he be happy or sad? Homework: Finish “Summing up” on P8.
Language points:
1. But she didn’t turn up.
1) 来, 出席(某活动)
I’m very happy you turned up so early.
2) 把(收音机等)音量开大一些, 其反义短语是turn down.
Turn up the radio a little, I can scarcely hear the program.
相关短语:
turn down 拒绝 turn off 关掉 turn on 打开
turn out 结果是...... turn to sb. for help 向某人求助
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2. She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would keep her word. keep one’s word 意为―守信用‖,其反义词是break one’s word, 即―失信‖。 He is a man who always keeps his word.
Don’t break your word, otherwise, no one will trust you.
注意：keep one’s word和break one’s word中的名词word不能用复数形式。 相关短语：
in a word/in short/to be short 简言之；总之 have a word with sb. 与某人谈话
have words with sb. 与某人发生口角 in other words 换句话说 e.g. A gentleman should always __ his __.
A. keeps; word B. keep; word C. keeps; word D. keep; words
3. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave... obvious adj. 明显的，清楚的 1) obvious+ to + 表示人的名词或代词
Her disappointment was obvious to her friend. 2) It + be + obvious +that-clause
It was obvious that she was in danger. 辨析：
obvious/apparent/clear
a. obvious 是三者中程度最强的，含有―一目了然‖ 之意。 It is obvious that you are wrong.
b. apparent 指具有某些明显的迹象的，侧重与经历推理才能看出结果。 It was apparent from his face that he was lying.
c. clear 作―明白的，清楚的‖讲。指不模糊含混，易于观察，了解和识别。 He seems clear about his plans.
4. When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her granddaughter was married to a human, she ...
marry 的用法：
1) 她嫁给了一个律师。
She married with a lawyer. (F) She married a doctor. (T)
表示―和......结婚‖，―嫁......‖，―娶......‖时，marry为及物动词，要用marry sb.，而不用marry with sb. 2) 她和一位律师结婚了。
She got married with a lawyer. (F) She got married a lawyer. (F) She was married to a lawyer. (T)
表示婚姻状态, 后接宾语时要用介词to， 而不用with. 3) 他们结婚三年了。
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They have married for three years. (F) They have got married for three years. (F) They have been married for three years. (T)
They got married three years ago. (T)
It’s three years since they got married. (T)
注意：marry和get married 都表示短暂行为，不能和表示一段时间的短语连用，而have been married则表示婚姻状态，可以与表示婚姻状态持续多久的时间状语连用。
5. As Li Fang set off for home, he thought...
set off: 动身, 出发; 使（地雷、炸弹）爆炸; 使某物更有吸引力 Tom and his father set off for America yesterday. The bomb set off among the crowd.
A woman’ beauty is set off by her clothes and jewelers. 相关短语：
set about doing sth. 着手（做某事） set in 开始 set up 建立，创立 set down 写下，记下
set somebody to do something. 使某人开始工作
set somebody doing something 使某人处于某种动的状态
6. I don’t want them to remind me of her. remind vi. 提醒，使想起 remind sb. of sth.
remind sb. to do sth. remind sb. that
e.g. What you said just now ____ me of that American professor. A. mentioned B. informed C. reminded D. memorized
Background information
St. Valentine's Story
Saint Valentine is said to have lived in Rome during the third century. That was a long time ago. During this time Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. Many people did not like the ruler.
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Claudius was having trouble getting men to serve in his army. He felt many men would not volunteer to join because they did not want to leave their wives and families. He thought that if men were not married, they would join the army. So Claudius passed a
new law which did not allow any more marriages. Most people thought this law was cruel. Valentine, who was a minister, did not support the new law.
Even after Emperor Claudius passed the law, he kept performing marriage ceremonies secretly. One night he was caught and thrown in jail and told he would be put to death. Many young people came to visit Valentine. One was the daughter of the prison guard. On the day of his death Valentine wrote a note to the daughter signed \Valentine\
Some say this started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day.
Chinese Valentine’s Day
Raise your head on August 4 and gaze at the stars, you will find something romantic going on in the sky.
Valentine's Day in China, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, falls on August 4 this year.
That is, on Monday evening, NiuLang and Zhi Nv will meet on a bridge of magpies（鹊桥） across the Milky Way（银河）. Chinese grannies will remind children that they would not be able to see any magpies on that evening because all the magpies have left to form a bridge in the heavens with their wings.
Romantic legend
The legend has been handed down for nearly 2 millennia. The story has been recorded as far back as the Jin Dynasty (256-420 AD). Poets composed hundreds of verses on the love story and many types of Chinese opera tell the story.
The Chinese people believe that the star Vega（织女星）, east of the Milky Way, is Zhi Nu and, at the constellation of Aquila（天鹰座）, on the western side of the Milky Way, NiuLang waits for his wife.
Zhi Nv was said to be the youngest of seven daughters of the Queen of Heaven. With her sisters, she worked hard to weave beautiful clouds in the sky, while NiuLang was a poor orphan cowherd, driven out of his home by his elder brother and his cruel wife.
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