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___（原则）to decide everything on the spot.
8. Teachers wanted their pupils to have more creativity___（创造力）.
9. The film was a huge commercial_（商业的）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. 我们在晚会上要装扮得像电影中的角色。（dress up）
We are supposed to dress up as movie characters for the party.
2. 狮子是勇气的象征。（symbol）
The lion is the symbol of courage.
3. 这出戏大获成功。（major）
The play was a major success.
4. 照我的和大多数人的看法，这是很有意义的节日。（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．我们点燃了蜡烛，蜡烛照亮了房间。（light）
We lit the candle and the candle lit the room.
7. 她觉得创造力是完成这项工作的重要因素。（creativity）
She thinks/thought creativity an important factor to do the work well.
8. 我认为能被邀请参加晚宴是很大的荣幸。（honour）
I consider it a great honor to be invited to dinner.
9. 营业员发现很容易欺骗老年妇女。（take in）
The salesman finds it easy to take in old ladies．
V. Writing practice:
1. My Favorite Festival
2. A New Festival