Unit 3

Language Structure Main Teaching Points:

1. The simple past and the present perfect contrasted eg. This is the first time I’ve been in Shanghai. 2. The past progressive

eg. While Class One students were having a Chinese lesson, Class Three students were having a lesson on the History of the Chinese Revolution(C.R.). 3. The past perfect

eg. By half past ten, we’d already had our English class.

Dialogue

Holiday Planning

A. Listening to the recording B. Questions on specific details C. Broad questions:

1. Where did B plan to go during the New Year’s Day holiday? What for ?

2. What did A suggest ？

3. What did B say about carpooling ? D. Language Points

1. abide by: act in accordance with someone’s rules, commands, or wishes. 遵守，顺从

eg. 1) I’m going to abide by my wife’s decision and take her to Merry

Island.

2) Opposition leaders were not sure whether he would abide by the election results if they went against him. 反对党的领袖不确定，如果选举结果对他不利的话，他是否会甘拜下风。 2. bank on: expect, rely on 指望，依赖，依靠 eg. 1) You can bank on him when you are in trouble.

2) Don’t bank on the weather being fine for the picnic.可别指望去野餐会有好天气。

3. convince: v. make sb. feel certain, persuade使信赖，使确信，说服

convince sb. of sth.使某人确信

eg. 1) How can I convince you of his innocence ?我怎样才能让你相信他是无辜的呢？

2) What Mary said convinced the teacher that no one cheated in the Maths exam.玛丽所说的话使老师确信数学考试中没人作弊。 3) Your argument is too weak to convince me.你的论点太薄弱了，说服不了我。

persuade:通过劝说，感情交流等而使对方做劝说者所希望的事。 convince:指凭行动，事实或语言使他人从思想感情上信服。 counsel:较正式用词，指对一些较重大事情所提出的劝告。 eg. My father would counsel caution in such a case.我父亲奉劝在此情况下务必小心。

4. cost v.使花费，使付出代价 n.成本，价格，代价

eg. The production cost must be reduced.我们必须降低生产成本。 The poor family did not even make enough money to cover the cost of the food.这个穷人家甚至赚不到足够的买食物的钱。

5. iron sth. out: to remove the GREASES(=folds that you do not want)from clothes,etc. by using an iron熨平衣服等的褶皱；to get rid of any problems or difficulties that are affecting sth.解决影响…的问题（或困难）

eg. There are still a few details that need ironing out.还有几处细节问题需要解决。

6. register v. / n. (at/for/with sth.)登记姓名，注册 eg. to register a birth/marrage/death登记出生/结婚/死亡 to register a company/trademark注册公司/商标 to register at a hotel在酒店登记 to register with a doctor向医生登记 a registered letter挂号信

1）China has registered a protest over foreign intervention.中国对外国干涉正式提出抗议。（公开发表意见，提出主张）

2）The teacher called the register(=checked who was present at school).老师点了名。

3）Could you sign the hotel register please, sir ?先生，请在酒店登记簿上签字，好吗？ E．Retelling

1. B tells A about his New Year’s Day holiday plan.

2. A advises B to change his holiday plan, but B doesn’t follow it and explain the reason.

3. B introduces A the idea about carpooling.

Reading 1 What’s Behind Halloween ? A. Background Information of the western festivals: the Forth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Passover and Halloween

B. Listening to the recording C. Questions on specific details

1.Why is Halloween regarded as our weirdest annaul celebration ? 2.How is Halloween different from Christmas , Easter or Passover? 3.What is the relationship between Halloween, and the Celtic Samhain festival ?

4.When was November 1 declared All Saints’ Day ?

5.What makes Halloween have a distinctively Native American heritage? 6.Why didi trick-or-treating become popular when the Irish began immigrating to the United States in large numbers? 7.Why is trick-or treating a relatively rwcent phenomenon? 8.What are consistent elements in tales about Halloween’s origin? D. Languge Points

1. weird a. unnatural, uncanny or strange奇怪的，荒诞的；怪诞的，古怪离奇的

eg. He looks nothing on earth in those weird clothes.他身着奇装异服，极为难看。

2. patriotic a. 爱国的，有爱过热忱的

patriot 爱国者 patriotism 爱国主义 eg. 1)The song is full of patriotic sentiments.

2) My grandfather was a patriotic man who served his people and

country well.我的祖父是个很好地服务了国家和人们的爱国人士。

3. weave v. (用手工或机器)编，织；编成，编造；迂回行进 eg. 1) Wowen in this village are very good at weaving baskets from strips

of willow.这个村的妇女非常善于用柳条编织篮子。 2）The writer wove this accident together into one story.

3) The taxi driver was weaving his way through the traffic.出租车司

机在车辆和人流中迂回前进。

4. rumble n.[U.C.]持续而低沉的声音；隆隆声；打群架； things that people are saying that many not be true.传言，谣言

eg. 1) Althrough an agreement has been reached, rumbles of the

resentment can still be hearded.不满地抱怨声

2) There are rumblings that the election may have to be postponed.

传言说选举也需要延期。

5. eleborate a. worked out with great care精心计划或制作的 v. worked out with care and detail; develop thoroughly详尽阐释；发挥 eg. 1) Lucy made elaborate preparations for the party; but no one showed

up.

2) In order to complete his thesis, Tim made an elaborate study of

J.D.Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Ray.为了完成他的论文，提姆对塞林格的小说《麦田里的守望者》做了详尽的研究。 3）The manager asked the interviewee to elaborate on his career plan. 经理要求面试者详细谈谈自己的规划。

6. descentent n. proceeding by descent from an ancestor后裔，子孙 a. moving downward下降的，遗传的

eg. 1) They turned the corner and saw that the path descended steeply. 他们转过弯，看到路陡然下斜。

2）It’s said that he is descended from Confucious.据说它是孔子的后

裔。

7. pageant n. 庆典，壮观的游行

eg. 1) We were just informed that the Christmas pageant would start at 5

o’clock PM.

2) She always compares her life to a colorful painful pageant.她总是

把她的生活比作一场多彩而又痛苦的表演呢。 8. masquerade v.pretend to be sth, one is not假装，冒充

n.formal dance at which masks and other disguises are worn;

pretence化妆舞会，伪装

eg. 1) The robbers got into the local bank by masquerading as security

men. 劫匪假装成保安人员进入银行。

2）Nowadays, many people celebrate Halloween at masquerade parties.

现在很多人进行化妆舞会来庆祝万圣节。

9. trinity n. group of three things or people 三位一体；三件套，三合一 The Trinity :指基督教教义中的圣父（Father）, 圣子(Son),圣灵(Holy

Spirit)三位一体。

eg. 1) In the book the author summarized imperialism ,capitalism and

fascism as the evil trinity.在本书中，作者将罪恶的帝国主义，资本主义和法西斯主义这三者归结为罪恶的组织。

2）It’s said that the government has decided to carry on war against

the unholy trinity of poverty, illiteracy, and disease.据说该政府已经决定同贫穷，文盲和疾病这邪恶的三样事情抗争。 10. mitigate v. make less severe or serious减轻，缓和，节制 mitigating a. 减轻的，缓和的，节制的 mitigative a. 缓和的，平静的 mitigator n. 缓和者 mitigation n.

mitigate one’s suffering/anger/anxiety,ect.使某人少受苦，息怒，稍安 mitigate the effects/ severity of sth.缓和某事造成的影响 mitigate the flood分洪

eg. 1)The judge said that nothing could mitigate the cruelty with which

the father had treated his child.法官说没有任何理由可以把那个父亲残忍虐待孩子的罪责减轻。

2）Measures need to be taken to mitigate the environment effects of

burning fossil fuels. 我们必须采取措施减轻燃烧化石燃料产生

的环境污染。

11. prank n. playful or mischievous trick玩笑

v. decorate or dress ostentatiously or gaudily恶作剧 eg. 1) Children like to play prank on people.

2) She pranks herself up in her best for the date.为了这场约会，她穿

上了最好的衣服，把自己打扮的漂漂亮亮的。

12. coincide with(sth./sb.) ：(of two or more events to take place at the

same time)两件或更多的事情同时发生

eg. 1) It’s a pity our trips to New York don’t coincide.真遗憾，我们不能

同一时间去纽约。

2）The strike was timed to coincide with the party conference.那次罢

工选择在召开政党大会的同一时间举行。

3）The interests of employers and employees do not always coincide.

（of ideas/opinions,ect. to be the same or very similar想法，意见等极类似，相同，相符）雇主和雇员的利益并不总是一致的。 13. divine a. of , from or like a god上帝的，神圣的；非凡的，极好的； v.占卜，推测

eg. 1) People used to believe in the divine right of kings.过去人们相信

君权神授。

2）The concert was attended last night was simply divine.真是棒极

了。

3）He declared that he could divine the future.他声称能预卜未来。