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Language Points
Reading (Ⅱ)
Unit 3 Festivals and customs!
Read and underline the following key words and expressions.
1. invite 2. the opportunity of a lifetime 3. dress up
4. eye-catching 5. not…all 6. make a deep impression on …
7. lead…to 8. anything but 9. have two left feet
10. hit 11. no wonder 12. be in the air
13. with excitement 14. an explosion of… 15. march
Read and underline the following key words and expressions.
16. current 17. line 18. fill the air
19. wave after wave of … 20. stand 21. be caught up in…
22. fever 23. swim
1. When Nadim invited me to …(Line 1)
v. to ask sb. to come to a social event 邀请
v. to make sth., especially sth. bad or unpleasant happen 招致
invite sb. to do sth.
invite sb. to sth.
invitation n. 邀请
inviting adj. 诱人的,吸引人的
Unit 3
Have you been invited ________ their party?
They have invited me _________(go) to Paris with them.
Their refusal to compromise ___________(invite) more criticism from the UN recently.
The museum has become a more _________(invite) museum.
I am sorry I have to turn down the _______ (invite).
Practice makes perfect.
to
to go
has invited
inviting
invitation
2. … it would be the opportunity of a lifetime. (line 1)
the opportunity of a lifetime 千载难逢的机会
Similar expressions
a golden opportunity
come along once in a blue moon
A lost chance never returns.
Opportunity knocks but once.
Unit 3
错过的机会永不再来。
机不可失,失不再来。
千载难逢
3. There were hundreds of guests, all dressed up in formal, colourful clothes. (lines 4-5)
to put on different clothes to look more formal
盛装打扮
dress sb./oneself up 盛装打扮
be dressed in … 穿着
dress up as … 装扮成……
Unit 3
You should be dressed ________ black at the funeral.
I will dress up ________ the Monkey King.
The teacher insists that the boy ________(dress) up as a monster.
Practice makes perfect.
in
as
dress
4. I did not understand all of …(line 7)
not…all…表部分否定,意为“并非全部……”
not … both …并非两个都……
not … and … 会……而不会……(否定的是and后面的)
She cannot sing or dance.
她既不会唱歌,也不会跳舞。
She cannot sing and