New SBI unit 14 Festivals
Period 3 Language Study & Grammar
Step 1 Revision
Get Ss to have revision of the text The Birth of Kwanzaa. Ss are required to answer the following questions about Kwanzaa.
Q1: Who created Kwanzaa?
Q2: Is it a young or an old festival? When was it born?
Q3: When is Kwanzaa celebrated?
Q4: Who celebrate the festival of Kwanzaa?
Q5: Why is it celebrated?
Q6: What are the characteristics of Kwanzaa?
Then T can ask individual Ss to give a short talk about Kwanzaa according to the questions above.
Step 2 Language points (in the text The Birth of Kwanzaa)
T: Now we have a good knowledge of Kwanzaa by reading the text. And there are some useful and important words and expressions in the text as well. It is necessary for us to learn and master them well. What useful words and expressions have you found from the text?
1. Let Ss do a word matching exercise to check whether Ss master the new words well.
1. nation A. a strong wish to succeed in doing something
2. faith B. large community of people; country
3. determination C. belief in something or someone
4. purpose D. an action meant to deceive (欺骗) someone
5. generation E. a reason for
doing something
6. ancestor F. the people born at a certain time
7. peace G. a person in your family who lived a long time ago
8. trick H. quietness and calm
(suggested answers:1-B 2-C 3-A 4-E 5-F 6-G 7-H 8-D )
Then check answers to the exercises in Word Study on Page 13.
(suggested answers: theme, faith, purpose, nations, determination, joy, ancestors, birth, peace, treated)
2. Deal with the language points in the text. Get Ss to enjoy the text by listening to the tape. Ask Ss to read after the tape in low voice, and pay attention to the pronunciation, intonation and pause while listening.
1) Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival celebrating the culture and history of African Americans.（现在分词作后置定语，表示名词中心词与分词是主动关系。）
Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival created to celebrate the culture and history of African Americans.（过去分词作后置定语，表示名词中心词与分词是被动关系。）
e.g.那只跟着王老师进来的狗是我家的狗。
The dog following Mr. Wang into the room is my dog.
被一群学生跟在后面的那个男人是我们的王老师。
The man followed by a group of students is our teacher, Mr. Wang.
2) The week following Christmas Day, many African-American families get together to greet the new year and think about the past.
get together: 聚会
e.g. On New Year’s Eve we Chinese get together for a family reunion dinner
get somebody together:把…聚集起来
e.g. Every Monday morning, our school leaders get all the students together to have a meeting.
get-together n.聚集
e.g. Every year my classmates in junior middle school have a get-together.
3)…so that… 表示目的
e.g. He works hard so that he can get high marks in the exam.
…so+adj.+that 从句
e.g. He works so hard that he gets high marks in the exam.
4) in common 共同
e.g. Mr. and Mrs. Li own the store in common.
have something/nothing in common (with sth.) （与…）有共同点
e.g. I have nothing in common with my sister.
5) honour (=honor Am.E) n./v.
n. [ C ] “ 荣幸，使感到光荣的人或事”, 一般用单数形式。
e.g. To host the 29th Olympic Games is a great honour for China.
v. Every year we honour our past relatives and ancestors before a memorial in Tomb Sweeping Festival.
I felt highly honoured when the teacher spoke highly of me before classmates.
in one’s honour; in honour of something/somebody.为了纪念、尊敬某人/某事
e.g. Dragon Boat Festival is created in honour of the famous poet Quyuan.
6) as well as 与…一样好， 不仅…而且
e.g. She cooks as well as her mother.
Christine can speak Japanese as well as English
His children as well as his well were invited to the party.
（A as well as B …谓语动词单复词由A决定）
7）nation, country, state 三者的区别
三个都有“国家”的意思，但侧重点不同。
nation着重指人民、民族、国民。
e.g. The whole nation was in deep sorrow at this bad news.
country着重指疆土、国土、家园，也可指一个人的祖国或国籍所在， 还可指乡村。e.g. The soldier fought bravely for their country.
state着重指政策、政权、政府和国家机器， 还可指组成国家的州，特别是美国。e.g. Highways in China belong to the state./ How many states are there in the United States of America.
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