Unit 7 Celebrating Holidays and Making Friends
Unit 7 Celebrating Holidays and Making Friends. Unit 7 New Practical English I Session 3 Section III Maintaining a Sharp Eye Section IV Trying Your Hand.
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Unit 7
Celebrating Holidays and Making Friends
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Session 3
Section III Maintaining a Sharp EyeSection IV Trying Your Hand
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Passage II
When I Was in
America
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1. When the following holidays are mentioned, which countries will come to
your mind?
Adults Day
Carnival
Maple Sugar Festival
Japan
Brazil
Canada
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Thanksgiving Day
Spring Festival
U.S.A.
China
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2. What are the traditional customs by which Chinese people celebrate
Spring Festival?
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When I Was in America
Reading of the passage Reading of the passage
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Reading comprehension Reading comprehension
Para. 1: How did the author spend Christmas
while studying in the United States?
Answer the following questions according to paragraphs.
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Para. 2:
What kind of trouble did the
author have during the
Christmas of 1989?
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Para. 3:
What did Maria do when she
found out the author’s
trouble?
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Para. 4:
What were the
attitudes of Maria’s
family members to
the author?
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Para. 5: How did the author spend Christmas Eve with Maria’s family?
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Para. 6:
What does the author
think of the tie-clasp?
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Useful words and expressionsUseful words and expressions
After the death of her husband, she has locked herself in her loneliness for quite a long time.
a. lock sb. in loneliness: put sb. in the state of being lonely
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b. remind sb. of sth.:
cause sb. to remember sth.; make sb. think of sth.
This reminds me of what we did together during our holidays.
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Since we’re short of money, we have to rent a cheaper room.
c. be short of:
having an inadequate supply of
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d. on schedule: on time
Although it had snowed for
several hours, the train arrived
on schedule.
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e. feel right at home:
feel as if in one’s own house; feel at one’s ease
The boy did not feel right at home in such a splendid house.
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f. hospitality: friendly and generous
reception of guests
Speaking of time, we have to leave now. Thank you for your hospitality.
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He is regarded as
one of the best
leaders of the company.
g. regard sb./ sth. as:
consider sb./sth. as
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Section IV
Trying Your Hand
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Notices are often used to give information about social activities. They are brief and to the point. The following aspects should be made clear when writing a notice: the informed person or audience; the subject matter; the time; the place and the things that need to be noticed, etc.
Sample analysisSample analysis
Applied writing: NoticeApplied writing: Notice
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1. All professors are required to meet in the conference room on
Saturday, August 18, at 2 p.m. to discuss questions of international academic exchange.
Write a notice on one of the following Write a notice on one of the following subjects:subjects:
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2. All the goods on display are to be sold at twenty percent discount till April 30th.
3. We are going to visit the Science Museum tomorrow.
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4. We will meet at the school gate
at eight in the morning and we
will go there on foot.
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5. All the league members are
requested to meet in Classroom
403 on Monday at 5:00 to discuss
the arrangements for the college
sports meeting.
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The comparative is the form of an adjective or adverb that implies a greater degree than the positive base form of the word. A few comparatives are irregular, such as good, better, best; bad, worse, worst.
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Sentence writing: Sentence writing: Comparison of adjectives and adverbsComparison of adjectives and adverbs
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Most adjectives form their comparatives with -er (sometimes doubling the final consonant, sometimes turning a final y into i). The superlative of these adjectives is formed with -est. But a large class doesn't take -er or -est; it's formed with more and most.
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1. Write a notice for a class meeting.2. Do the grammar exercises in the Workbook. 3. Recite the first paragraph of Passage II.4. Read and learn by heart the new words in Unit 8.5. Prepare the speaking activities in Section I of Unit 8.
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