Unit 14 Festivals

I. Spelling practice:

1. People celebrate Mardi Gras by dressing up and watching parades_______.

2. The dove is a symbol_____ of peace.

3. There will be a war because of the conflicts_____ between the two nations.

4. The argument________ between friends is not always bad for the friendship.

5. It's probably_______ the best movie I have ever seen.

6. The ancestor______ can be a member of your family who lived a long time ago.

7. It is my principle___（原則）to decide everything on the spot.

8. Teachers wanted their pupils to have more creativity___（創(chuàng)造力）.

9. The film was a huge commercial_（商業(yè)的）success.

10. The soldier salute_ the officer.

11. She accepted his invitation__ to join him for lunch.

II. Complete the sentences from the books with the words and phrases given.

1. People celebrate Mardi Gras by _dressing up___________ and watching parades.

2. The two main popular __symbols______ of Easter are the Easter Bunny and the Easter egg.

3. __In my opinion______, we should have no conflicts and fighting on the Peace Day.

4. What kinds of gifts and things do people buy during __major_____ festivals like Christmas and the Spring Festival?

5. _Purpose_________. We should remember our past and build our future.

6. People celebrate it by lighting a candle each day.

7. __Creativity________. We must do as much as we can to make our community better and more beautiful.

8. On April Fool’s Day, if a person is ___taken in______, he or she is called “April fool!”

9. People used to _honor_______ their ancestors, celebrate their past and the group or society, as well as the new year.

III. Complete the sentences with the following words and phrases.

1. It's a small informal party --- you don't have to __dress up_________.

2. He went to the party ___dressed up________ as a Father Christmas.

3. We _dressed____ him __up____ as a gorilla.

1. What is the chemical __symbol____ for water?

2. The dove is a _symbol______ of peace.

3. The symbol______ on the packet is a guarantee that the food has been produced organically.

1. __In my opinion________ that is a poor book.

2. __In the opinion________ some people the pioneer spirit remains in the American mind.

3. Politicians should listen to __public__________.

4. My doctor says I need an operation, but I've asked for a __second___opinion_______.

5. Since they want to know the value of the painting, they took it to get an _expect opinion__________.

1. Smoking is one of the _major_____ causes of cancer.

2. What is her __major____? I’m not sure, maybe history.

3. He__majors____ in Political Science.

4. She's a French _major_____.

1. What is your _purpose_____ in doing that?

2. She seems to do these things__on purpose_____.( on purpose)

3. He bought the land ___with the purpose of______ building a store on it.(with/for the purpose of)

4. He _purposed_______to visit South America.( purposed)

1. He read the letter by the __light_____ of the candle.

2. She had a certain _light______ in her eyes.

3. Will you give me a _light______?

4. Many new discoveries have been brought to _light______.

5. His book of poetry will see the_light______ before long.

6. The town is brightly ___lit____up. (lit)

7. His face was by a smile. (lighted)= A smile __lit___ up his face. (lit)

8. This box is_light_____ to carry.

9. The traffic/smog/rain/snow is__light____ today.

10. She had blue eyes and __light____ brown hair.

11. She was wearing only __light____ make-up.

12. I set off for on a journey with a __light____ heart.

1. Editors complain about the lack of __creativity____ in the ideas put to them.

2. Her behaviour _is creating____ a lot of problems. (is creating)

3. Some people believe the universe_was created____ by a big explosion.(was created)

4. The plan should result in _creation_____ the of 2000 new jobs. (creation)

1. It is _honour_____to have you here. (an honour)

2. Winning tomorrow's game is a matter of national _in honour____.

3. The stadium was named __in honour of______ the club's first chairman. (in honour of)

4. My father was a man of _honour_____ and great integrity.

5. I felt very _honoured_____ to be included in the team. (honoured)

1. Don't trust that fellow；he'll __take__ you __in__ if he gets the chance．

2. Our hotel is full，we can't __take__in______ any more guests.

3. I tried my best to explain the matter to him，but he still couldn't ___take in______ what I was saying．

IV. Translate the following sentences:

1. 我們在晚會上要裝扮得像電影中的角色。（dress up）

We are supposed to dress up as movie characters for the party.

2. 獅子是勇氣的象征。（symbol）

The lion is the symbol of courage.

3. 這出戲大獲成功。（major）

The play was a major success.

4. 照我的和大多數人的看法，這是很有意義的節(jié)日。（opinion）

In my opinion and in the opinion of most people, it is a very meaningful festival..

5. 你到加拿大干什么去?（purpose）

What is your purpose in going to Canada?

6．我們點燃了蠟燭，蠟燭照亮了房間。（light）

We lit the candle and the candle lit the room.

7. 她覺得創(chuàng)造力是完成這項工作的重要因素。（creativity）

She thinks/thought creativity an important factor to do the work well.

8. 我認為能被邀請參加晚宴是很大的榮幸。（honour）

I consider it a great honor to be invited to dinner.

9. 營業(yè)員發(fā)現很容易欺騙老年婦女。（take in）

The salesman finds it easy to take in old ladies．

V. Writing practice:

1. My Favorite Festival

2. A New Festival