Warming up: 1. compare A with B 把。。。比作。。。 Listening: 2. dress up 盛装，打扮， 装饰 Speaking; 3.in one’s opinion 以某人看 4. make a decision 做决定 Reading: 5. a seven-day festival一个七天的节日 6. the week following Christmas Day圣诞节以后的一个星期 7. get together 聚会 8. greet the new year 迎新年 9. a rich culture 丰富的文化 10. have a long history 拥有悠久的历史 11. celebrate their history and culture 庆祝他们的历史和文化 12. have many things in common 有许多共同之处 13. give thanks for their harvests and for life 对收成和人生表示感谢 14. honour their ancestors 敬仰祖先 15. build unity of family 加强家庭团结 16. build our own lives 建设自己的生活 17. think for ourselves 为自己思考 18. speak for ourselves 为自己说话 19. do as much as we can 全力以赴 20. believe in 信任 21. an unusual way 非同一般的方法 22. keep our culture alive 使我们的文化保持生机 Language study: 24. give away 赠送 25. play a trick on sb 捉弄某人. 26. make peace 讲和 27. treat sb. to 请某人吃 Integrating skills(1): 28. take in 欺骗; 摄取 29. the cycle of life 生命的轮回 Integrating skills(2): 30. as early as 3,000 BC 早在公元前3000 年 31. all across Africa 全非洲 32. around harvest time 收获节前后 33. be decorated with 由。。。装饰 34. send sb. away 把。。。赶走 35. the yearly festivals 一年一度的节日
重点句子: 1. Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival celebrating the culture and history of African Americans. Kwanzaa 是一个七天的节日，庆祝非裔美国人的文化历史。 2. African Americans have a long history and a rich culture. 非裔美国人拥有悠久的历史和丰富的文化。 3. The African first-fruit festivals had many things in common. 非洲各地的初收果节有许多共同点。 4. People would get together to celebrate their harvest; people used to give thanks for their harvest and for life,…人们聚会欢庆收获，对收成和人生表示感恩。
5. The festivals were a way to celebrate history and culture, as well as the new year. 这些节日是纪念历史文化和庆祝新年的一种方法。 6. We must do as much as we can to make our community better and more beautiful. 我们必须全力以赴改善社区条件，美化社区环境。 7. Each time we celebrate a festival it changes a little and in that way we keep our culture alive. 每次庆祝节日都会有一点变化，这样我们的文化发展才有生机。 8. It is a reminder that we need to care about the world we live in and that we should learn to respect life and nature. 它提醒我们，要关心我们赖以生存的地球，学会尊重生命和大自然。 9. If a person is taken in, he or she is called “ April fool”. 一个人上当受骗就被成为“四月愚人”。 10. It is likely that people have celebrated harvest festivals ever since they began to plant and gather food. 有可能从开始种植、收获食物起，人们就在庆祝收获节日。 11. The boats used are beautifully painted and decorated with flowers of all colours. 这些被使用的船漆地很美，装饰着各种颜色的花。
