教学过程一、课堂导入要求学生以小组形式完成一个表格填充，列出中国的五个节日和这些节日的时间、庆祝的内容以及节日里人们的所作所为。
激发学生的阅读兴趣，为本单元Reading部分的世界节日做好铺垫。
二、复习预习以提问学生方式复习上节课所学习知识。
同时以习题形式预习新课。
三、知识讲解考点/易错点1 重点单词与短语学习mean n.意义，意思v. 意味；想要(回归课本P1)Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.[归纳拓展]mean to do 打算做某事be meant to do 被要求做…mean doing 意味着….eg. I never meant him to work for us.Passing the entrance examination means being admitted into college.take place发生(回归课本P1)Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time. [归纳拓展]take place/happen/occur/break out/come about(1)take place 其“发生”是按意图或计划进行，无偶然性，无被动语态。
(2)happen “发生”，常指具体客观事物或情况的发生，含有“偶然”的意味。
当以具体事物、事件作主语时，happen 和occur 可以换用；但当happen用作“碰巧”之意时，不能用occur代替，但可以与come about 互换。
用法是happen to do sth.，无被动语态。
(3)occur发生，出现, 较正式用语，可指事情偶然地、意外地发生或思想突然浮在心头。
occur to 有“想起”的意思。
指具体事物时可与happen互换(但happen to do不可换成occur to do)；另外occur 有“突然想起”的意思，此时不可与happen 互换，如A good idea occurred to him.(4)break out (战争、火灾等)爆发；(疾病)突然发生。
无被动语态。
(5)come about “发生，产生”，常指偶然发生的事情。
指要解释或说明事情发生的理由，且很多时候与how 连用。
In 1919, the May 4th Movement took place in China. 1919年，中国爆发了五四运动。
It happened to rain that day. 那天恰好下雨。
The traffic accident occurred on Wednesday.How does it come about that you were caught by the police? 你怎么会被警察抓去的？dress up打扮(回归课本P2)It is now a children’s festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbors’homes to ask for sweets.[归纳拓展]dress up 盛装；打扮；装饰dress sb./oneself 给……穿衣服；打扮be/get dressed in＋(衣服或表颜色的词) 穿着……dress＋adv.(或表目的、场合的介词短语) 穿着……区别：dress/wear/put on/have on(1)dress是动作动词，表示“给(人)穿衣/打扮”，后面的宾语是表示人的名词。
常见的用法有dress sb./oneself, be dressed(in), dress well/quickly等。
(2)wear是状态动词，表示“穿戴、佩戴(手表、首饰、花等)，留(发型、胡须)等”；还可表示“面露、面带(某种表情、样子等)”，意义广泛。
(3)put on是动作动词，表示“穿(衣)戴(帽)”，后面的宾语是表示衣服等的名词。
(4)have on是状态动词短语，除了表示“穿着，戴着”之外，还可表示树木等“披着，挂着”，不用进行时态。
gain n. 增加；利润；收获vt. 获得；增加；赚到vi. 增加；获利(回归课本P2)India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandsa Candhi, the leader who helped gain India`s independence from Britain.[归纳拓展] gain/acquire/earn/achieve(1)gain 收获；获得。
指获得有用或必需的东西。
可以用于体重、力量的增加，奖学金的获得，更常用于经验、知识、教育、满足等的获得。
(2)acquire 购得，得到(尤指昂贵的或难以得到的东西)；获得，掌握(知识、技能等)。
(3)earn 取得；赚得。
通常指通过工作挣钱，也可以用于应该得到的东西，如支持、认同、声望或尊敬。
(4)achieve 得到，获得。
多指成就、目标、幸福的取得。
award vt. 颁奖，授奖，给予n．奖，奖品，奖状(回归课本P2)Some people might win awards for their farm produce，like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster.有些人还可能因为他们的农产品(参加各种评选)而获奖，比如最大的西瓜或最帅的公鸡。
[归纳拓展]award sb. sth./sth. to sb. 授予某人某物be awarded for... 因……而受奖win/receive/get an award for 因……而获奖①He was awarded a medal for bravery.②The Olympic winner received a gold medal as an award.③How can I reward your help?＝How can I reward you for your help?区别: award, reward, prize, medalaward: 指因成绩或贡献由政府或组织颁发的“奖”获“奖金”。
reward: 意为回报，报酬，报应，酬劳。
prize: 奖品，奖金，战利品，捕获物。
medal: 奖章，勋章，纪念章，如金牌，银牌。
admire vt. 赞美；钦佩；羡慕(回归课本P2)China and Japan have M idAutumn festivals，when people admire the moon and in China，enjoy mooncakes.中国和日本都有中秋节，这时，人们会赏月。
在中国，人们还品尝月饼。
[归纳拓展]admiration n. 赞美，钦佩admirable adj. 可饮佩的，极佳的admiring adj. 赞赏的，羡慕的admire sb. for sth. 因某事而钦佩某人have admiration for sb./sth. 羡慕/钦佩某人/物watch/gaze in admiration 赞赏地观看/凝视着①The school is widely admired for its excellent teaching. (be admired for)这所学校教学优秀，远近称誉。
②You have to admire the way he handled the situation.你不得不佩服他处理这个局面的手段。
③I am filled with admiration for his courage.＝I have admiration for his courage. 我对他的勇气十分钦佩。
in memory of纪念；追念(回归课本P2)For the Japanese festival Obon，people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.在日本的盂兰盆节，人们要上坟扫墓、烧香，以缅怀祖先。
①A film will be made in memory of those brave firefighters.为了纪念那些勇敢的消防战士，一部电影即将开拍。
②She has an excellent memory for names，which helps her quite a lot in her work. 她对名字有极佳的记忆力，这对她的工作很有帮助。
③The life in the countryside has become a distant memory.那段乡村生活已成为遥远的记忆。
[归纳拓展]in＋n.＋of 短语in praise of 歌颂in honor of 纪念；为向……表示敬意in favor of 赞同in support of 支持in charge of 负责in search of 寻找in possession of 拥有in need/want of需要in place of 代替in hope of 希望set off出发；动身；使爆炸；引起(回归课本P7)At 10 o’clock we set off for our homeland. Two hours later we arrived at the city located on the coast. On the street decorated with festival gifts and all kinds of flowers some children were setting off fireworks. The Spring Festival set off a wave of sales in every shop. People everywhere were cheering up.[归纳拓展]set off 出发；动身；使爆炸；引起set out 动身；出发；着手set aside 把……放到一边；储蓄be set in 以……为背景set about 着手；开始turn up出现，到场；开大，调高；被发现(回归课本P7)But she didn’t turn up.可她却不见人影。
①Once he turned up thirty minutes late for a meeting!曾经有一次他到达会议时已迟到30分钟！②I’ll turn the television on.我来打开电视机。