5. The people who created Kwanzaa liked the characteristics of the African festivals so much that they used them to write the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa.

4. The festivals were a way to celebrate history and culture, as well as the new year.

3. The African first-fruit festivals had many things in common: people would get together to celebrate their harvest; they used to give thanks for their harvests and for life;…

2. Kwanzaa was born in 1966, when people created a new festival so that African Americans would be able to celebrate their history and culture. (划线处引导目的状语从句)

1. Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival celebrating the culture and history of African Americans.

　主题, 复活节, 符号/象征, 战斗/打仗, 斗争/冲突/战斗, 争论/辩论(n & v ), 意见/看法, 重大的/主要的, 大概/很可能, 尊敬/给予荣誉, 祖先/祖宗, 法则/原则/原理, 国家/民族, 目的/意图, 创造性(力), 信任/信念/忠实, 商业的/贸易的, 相似的, 一代, 行礼/敬礼, 庆祝/庆典(n & v), 尊敬/尊重, 邀请/邀请信(n & v), in one’s opinion, play a trick on sb, treat sb. to, (Cf: treat …as/treat oneself to), give away(=present sb with),make peace(Cf: make peace with sb),look sb/sth into eyes (= strait at ), compare …with, dress up, think about, have many things in common, give thinks for, call a taxi, decorate…with, believe in, a seven-day festival

SECSB 1B　　　　　　　 　　　　Unit 14 Festivals

1.I’ve got pain here. Just here. Ouch!　 2. You ought to be careful with fruit. (ought to be参考P131 2. 区分be careful about/of: She should be careful of/about her food. ) 3. It was a bit green. (区分not a bit green/=not at all…, not a little green/=very… )　 4. You’d better get some rest. Take this medicine three times a day.　 5. I advise you not to eat fruit that isn’t ripe in the future.　 6. There’s something wrong with my back / my knee / my arm. 7. Drink plenty of water and get some rest. (plenty of + n./sing.& plu.)　 8. Choosing what to eat is no longer as easy as it once was. 9.Our eating habits have changed, as has our way of life.(=As our habits have changed, our way of life has changed./Our eating habits have changes, and our way of life has changed, too.)　 10.If we want to keep up with the high pace of modern life, we had better learn to make the right choices about what and how we eat.　 11.Some nutrients help build our body and make it stronger.　 12.Fish, meat and beans contain a lot of protein.(contain指”整体”, include指”列举内容是整体一部分”.) 13.We should also ear carbohydrates, the main fuel for our body, which we can get from bread, rice and noodles. ( 注意which在定语从句中的成分。) 14.It is probably better, however, if we spend our time and money on buying good food and keeping a balanced diet. ( = spend…on buying… and keeping… ) 15.The same goes for “crash diets” that some companies say will make us lose weight fast.(the same…that/as/who/which/when/where…: This is the same wallet that/as I lost a week ago. / Put the book back in the same place where it was. / She goes to the same university as her father did. 表”雷同”的说法：I get up at 6 everyday. It is the same with him. He goes to school at 7 am. The same goes for me. ) 16.Only in that way will we be ready for the challenges and opportunities in life.(参见“精要”P206) 17. Most fruits are naturally sweet and we can eat them just the way they are---all we have to do is clean or peel them. (clean = to clean, 动词不定式作表语可省to) 五．用五句话概括本单元Reading的内容

胃/肚子, 发烧/狂热, 桃子, 熟的/成熟的, 检查, 充足/大量/富裕, 精力/能量, 不含酒精的, 燃料/营养物, 日常饮食, 营养物质, 豆/豆科植物, 产品/产物, 纤维/纤维制品, 矿物/矿石, 起作用/运转/功能/作用, 化学制品/化学药品, 平衡, 消化/领会, 增加/获得, 好吃的/可口的, 蘑菇, 咸肉/熏肉, 混合/混合物, 一匙的量, 薄片/切片/切成薄片:junk food(= sweet/tasty food, but not good for one’s health), plenty of, keep up with(区别catch up with), the high pace of, be good for(Cf: be good at), spend…on, now and then(=now and again/occasionally, roll up, be careful with(=deal with carefully, 区分be careful of/about), eating habits, traditional diets, make the choices(=choose), choose from, go for sb/sth(=adapt to/apply to)，fast food restaurant，gain weight，keep sb/sth going(=have sb/sth active/well 区分set sb/sth going), keep…from doing(=prevent/stop…from), every now and then, namely

假设你是王华，最近收到澳大利亚朋友Smith的来信，现在你给他回信介绍你校基本情况以及你的高中生活。

说明：信的内容如下：

1．学校建于1958年，有教学班33个，教师110人，学生2300人。

2．教学楼(the teaching building)能容纳(hold)40多个班；图书馆藏书5余万册；科技馆(the science hall)有许多物理和化学实验室(physics and chemical labs)，两个语音教室(sound labs)。

3．我在高一(四)班就读。所学主要课程有：语文、数学、英语、物理(physics) 、化学(chemistry)、电脑。

4．擅长(be good at)英语和电脑；业余爱好：听流行音乐，游泳和滑冰(skating)。

5．可适当增加细节，使内容连贯。信的开头已为你写好。词数：120左右。