Unit 1

1. As a big fan of Chinese culture, I am so happy to receive your invitation.

作为中国文化的忠实爱好者，真开心收到你的邀请。

2.People prefer watching yangge performances and going to temple fairs to buy traditional crafts and taste local snacks.

人们在春节期间喜欢看扭秧歌、逛庙会，在庙会上买一些传统手工艺品,品尝当地小吃。

3.In weeks before Christmas Day, people begin to decorate their homes and gardens with lights.

在圣诞节到来前的几周，人们就开始着手用灯光来装点他们的房子和花园。

4. Children on that night will put a sock near the fireplace or a pillow before they go to bed, expecting Santa Claus to fill it with gifts in their sleep.

孩子们会在那天晚上睡觉前，在壁炉旁或枕边放一只袜子，期待圣诞老人在他们睡着后在袜子里装满礼物。

非谓语动词作宾语

非谓语动词包括动词不定式、动名词和分词（现在分词和过去分词）三种形式，在句子中可以做除了谓语之外的其他成分。

非谓语动词作宾语包括动词不定式和动词名词两种形式。一般来说,动词不定式表示一次性或将要发生的动作,而动名词则表示经常性、习惯性的动作。如:

I don't like to spend holidays in foreign countries.我不喜欢去国外度假.（表示现在的想法）

I don't like spending holidays in foreign countries.我不喜欢去国外度假。（表示通常的态度）

一、不定式作宾语

常用不定式作宾语的动词有want、wish、promise、expect、ask、manage、

offer、intend、hope、decide、plan、choose、determine等。如:

She plans to buy some gifts for her friends.她打算给她的朋友买一些礼物。

Wang Yang promised to come home this Spring Festival.王洋答应今年春节回家。

二、动名词作宾语

常用动名词作宾语的动词有enjoy、finish、keep、mind、avoid、suggest、advise、can'thelp等。如:

He enjoys spending the Mid-Autumn Festival with his family.

他喜欢和家人共度中秋节。

Li Fang can't help smiling when she receives the greeting card.

当李芳收到贺卡时，忍住笑了。

. She decided to go to the countryside for a vacation

她决定去乡下度假。

. Wang Lin failed to prepare a nice Christmas party.

王琳没能准备好一场完美的圣诞聚会。

• My mom agrees to spend New Year's Eve with my classmates.

我妈妈答应和我同学一起过除夕夜。

二、

• We plan to visit our grandparents at the Chongyang Festival.

我们打算重阳节去看望祖父母。

• We all wish to have a family reunion dinner.

我们都希望能吃一顿团圆饭。

• In weeks before Christmas Day, people begin to decorate their homes and gardens with lights.

圣诞节前几周，人们就开始用彩灯装饰他们的屋子和花园。

• I help to clean the house before New Year's Eve.

除夕前，我帮忙打扫了房间。

• He managed to go home for this Mid-Autumn Festival.

今年中秋节，他设法回家了。

△festival /'festovol/ n.节日

sign /samn/ n.标志；标记

△celebrate /'selrbreit/ vt.庆祝

celebyation

reunion /fi:ju:njan/ n.团圆

lunar /lu:ne/adj.农历的

bright /brait/ adj.明亮的

symbol/'smmbal/ n.象征

harvest /'ha:vrst/n.收获

similar/'simnla/adj.相似的；类似的

appreciate /a'pri:Sieit/ 欣赏

appreciate the beauty.欣赏中国文化传统之美。

receive /rr'siv/v.收到；按到

gala/'ga:la/n.庆典；盛会

fireplace /'faraplers/ n.壁炉

craft /kra:ft/ n.手艺；工艺

snack /snak/ n.点心；小吃

playful/plerful/ adj.打闹的；嬉戏的

mark /ma:k/ v.做记号；标示

performance /po'fo:mons/ n.表演

traditional /tro'diJon(a)l/ adj.传统的

mean/mi:n/v.意味着

decorate /'dekorert/ v.装饰；点缀

express /iks'pres/ v.表达

expect /rks'pekt/ v.期待；期盼

nowadays/naudeiz/adv.现在；现今

the Mid-Autumn Festival中秋节

the Water-Splashing Festival泼水节;泼水节（傣族）

Thanksgiving Day 感恩节

the Spring Festival春节

temple fair 庙会

Songkran宋干节（泰国节日）