Module 10 Spring Festival
Unit 3 Language in use
1.sweep away __扫走__ 2.every year __每年__ 3.on the same day __在同一天__ 4.由于 __because_of__ 5.如此多美味的食物 __so_much_delicious_food__ 6.大多数西方国家 __most_Western_countries__ 7.看一眼 __have_a_look_at__ 8.压岁钱 __lucky_money__ 1.我们在除夕夜吃传统的家庭大餐庆祝春节。We are __celebrating__ Spring Festival __with__ a __traditional__ family dinner __on__ the evening before Spring Festival. 2.看一看它们！ __Have__ __a__ __look__ __at__ them！ 3.我妈妈正在打扫房子，扫走霉运。 My mother's cleaning our house and __sweeping__ __away__ bad luck. 4.晚饭后，我们通常在电视上看一个特别的节目。 __After__ the dinner, we usually __watch__ a special programme __on__ TV. 5.由于圣诞老人孩子们通常非常喜欢圣诞节。 Children usually like Christmas a lot __because__ __of__ Father Christmas. 6.他是一个留着长长的白胡子的胖男人，他穿着一套红色的衣服。 He is a fat man __with__ a long white beard and he __wears__ a red suit.
●1 before prep. 在??之前
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短语互译 句型在线 [观察] It's a few days before Spring Festival. 那是春节前的几天。
I will ring you up before I leave home. 我离开家前将会给你打电话。
[探究] before作介词，后接时间点。
[拓展] before还可作连词，引导时间状语从句。
活学活用
(1)Please remember to close the windows __________ you go out. A．after B．before C．so D．but [答案] B
(2)佛山中考You must come ________ 7：00 o'clock. The meeting will begin then. A. in B. after C. before D. at [答案] C
●2 luck n. 运气
[观察] My mother's cleaning our house and sweeping away bad luck. 我妈妈正在打扫房子，扫走霉运。
Six is my lucky number. 6是我的幸运数字。
[探究] luck是不可数名词，意为“运气”，bad luck意为“霉运”，good luck意为“好运气”。luck的形容词形式为lucky，副词形式为luckily。lucky的反义词是unlucky；luckily的反义词是unluckily。
活学活用
用luck的适当形式填空 (1)Good __luck__ to you.
(2)You are very __lucky__ to have this good chance. (3)__Unluckily__， he didn't find his money. (4)__Luckily__， the doctor saved his life. ●3 mean v. 意思是；意味着 [观察] It means lucky money. 它意味着压岁钱。
What's the meaning of the sign? 这个标志是什么意思？
[探究] (1)mean是及物动词，其名词形式为meaning，意为“意思，含义”。 (2)mean的常见用法：
①mean sth. to sb.意为“对某人来说意味着??”。例如： My daughter means the world to me. 我的女儿对我来说就是全世界。
②mean to do sth.意为“打算做某事”。例如： We mean to call you today. 我们打算今天给你打电话。 ③What do you mean by?？＝What's the meaning of?？意为“??是什么意思？” 例
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如：
What do you mean by “park”？ ＝What's the meaning of “park”？ “park”是什么意思？
活学活用
(1)What does he ________？
A．means B．meaning C．meant D．mean [答案] D
(2)Studying hard means everything ________ us. A．to B．for C．in D．by [答案] A
●4 traditional adj. 传统的
[观察] We are celebrating Spring Festival with a traditional family dinner on the evening before Spring Festival.
我们正在除夕夜吃传统的家庭大餐庆祝春节。
There are many traditional festivals in China. 在中国有许多传统节日。 [探究] traditional为形容词，后面常接表示节日或节日物品的名词。 [拓展] traditional的名词形式为tradition，意为“传统；习惯，惯例”。tradition表示“传统，习俗”时，为可数名词，常用复数形式traditions；意为“惯例”时，为不可数名词。例如：
According to our Chinese traditions, we often eat a kind of dumpling called zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival.
根据中国的传统习俗，端午节我们经常吃一种叫“粽子”的米团。
活学活用
用tradition的适当形式填空
(1)It is __traditional__ to eat dumplings at Spring Festival. (2)We should keep good __traditions__．
●5 tell v. 告诉；讲
[观察] Tell me about a festival in your country. 告诉我你们国家的一个节日。 Please tell me his name. 请告诉我他的名字。
[探究] (1)tell为及物动词，后接名词或代词。 (2)tell的常见用法：
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①tell sb. to do sth.意为“告诉/吩咐某人做某事”。例如： Our teacher often tells us to finish our homework on time. 我们老师经常告诉我们要按时完成作业。
②tell sb. sth.＝tell sth. to sb. 意为“告诉某人某事”。例如： Tell me your phone number. 告诉我你的电话号码。
③tell sb. about sth.意为“向某人讲述某事”。例如：
Please tell me something about your school life.请给我讲讲你的学校生活吧。 ④tell sb. a story＝tell a story to sb.意为“给某人讲故事”。
活学活用
—Would you like to________ us about your favourite pet? —Sure, I'd like to.
A．speak B. talk C．say D. tell [答案] D ● There's so much delicious food. 有如此多美味的食物。
[探究] so much意为“如此多的”，其后接不可数名词。
[拓展] (1)so many也意为“如此多的”，其后接可数名词复数。
(2)too many意为“太多”，其后接可数名词复数；too much意为“太多”，其后接不可数名词； much too 意为“十分，很”，其后接形容词或副词。
活学活用
(1)春节期间大街上有如此多的人。
There are __so__ __many__ people in the street during Spring Festival. (2)我每天有如此多的作业要做。
I have __so__ __much__ homework to do every day.
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