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Developing ideas:
Time for a
Change?
Should we have the Spring Festival family dinner at home or in a restaurant?
I don't understand why some people refuse to ________the change. There are some __________ of eating at home. First, we should _____ the preparations for the dinner are __________ and it is not worth the _____. What’s more, it should be a day to____________________________. Instead, eating out has nothing to do with ____ of traditions and the occasion is ______________ and the dishes ___________. In a word, what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn't matter. We may change the ____but the ____ remains the same.
embrace
hard work
efforts
spend time with family and relax
drawbacks
loss
more enjoyable
taste better
form
love
admit
1. Can't they admit that the preparation for the dinner are hard work?
Key words & expressions
admit (v.) 承认,招供,接纳,准许…进入
admission (n.) 承认,入场许可
admit doing/ having done :承认做过某事
admit to sb. that… :向某人承认…
be admitted to/ into :被录取;被接纳
She said sorry to me and admitted taking/ having taken my umbrella by mistake.
他向我道歉,并承认错拿了我的伞。
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最终,那个已经被一所重点大学录取的男孩承认门卫准许他进入这个能容纳800人的电影院。
Finally, the boy who had been admitted to a key university admitted that the doorman admitted him into the cinema which can admit 800 people.
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2. I really don't think it is worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning up the mess after it's over.
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effort (n.) 力气,精力
effortless (adj.) 轻松的,不费力的
make an effort/ make every effort to:努力,尽一切努力
spare no effort:不遗余力
without effort:毫不费力地
put effort into (doing) sth. :在某方面投入精力
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Translate:
He passed the exam without effort.
(2) 我们应尽一切努力传播中国的优秀传统文化。
(3) 他们承诺会不遗余力地帮助那些生活贫困的人。
(1) 他毫不费力的通过了考试。
We should make every effort to spread excellent traditional Chinese culture.
They promised to spare no effort to help those who are in poverty.
3. Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.
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loss (n.) 失去,丧失
lost (adj.) 丢失的,迷路的
lose (v.) 丢失,丧失
suffer a loss :遭受损失
at a loss :不知所措
make up for the loss of :弥补损失
lose face:丢脸
be lost in :陷于…,全神贯注于…
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Translate:
He is afraid of making mistakes and losing face in public.
(1)他暂时失忆了。
(2)她儿子离开家后,她完全不知所措。
(3)失去一个孩子是任何东西都无法弥补的。
(4)他害怕犯错和当众丢脸。
(5)这个老人陷入了沉思,没有注意到我们进来。
He suffered a temporary loss of memory.
After her son left home, she was completely at a loss.
Nothing can make up for the loss of a child.
The old man was lost in thought and did not notice us come in.
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The occasion is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better!
◆occasion n.时刻;场合
on occasion 有时,偶尔
on no occasion 决不
Translation
不用辛苦地做饭,用餐会更加令人愉悦,而且(饭店的)饭菜味道也更好!
◆occasional adj.有时的,偶尔的
◆occasionally adv.有时地,偶尔地
Should we have the Spring Festival family dinner at home or in a restaurant?
For me, it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. It was not only for the ____________ that we seldom got to it but for the opportunity to have our whole family_______________. This was what I _______________ most. I would _________ the house, __________ the adults chatting about their year. I’d _______________________in the kitchen, _______ her make dumplings. She’d ___________some dumplings. In the evening, all of us would ________the table, _______ the food and being together again. We _____ each other and laughed. To me, the ______ is even more important.
delicious food
gathered together
looked forward to
run around
listening to
get under my mother's feet
watching
put tokens in
sit around
enjoying
toasted
process
I would run around the house, listening to the adults chatting about their year.
I'd get under my mother's feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings.
In the evening, all of us would sit around the table, enjoying the food and being together again.
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现在分词作状语:补充说明主语的动作发生时,主语同时在做另一件事
2. It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to it but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together.
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不仅是因为能够享用,我们平时难以吃到的美食,还因为这是全家团聚的机会
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not only...but also... 不仅…而且…
It was not until I came here that I realized this place was famous, not only for its beauty but also its weather.
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Not only did I forget to turn off the lights in the kitchen, but I also failed to lock the front door.
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我们不仅忘记关厨房的灯,而且也忘了锁门。
3. I hope my children and their children will still value our memories of preparing the dinner together.
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value (v.) 重视,珍视 valuable (adj.) 有价值的,贵重的
invaluable (adj.) 极宝贵的(无法估价的)
valueless (adj.) 无用的,没有价值的
value sth./ sb. 重视某物/某人
value sth./sb. for sth.因为…而重视
value doing sth. 重视做某事
place a high value on sth.高度重视某事
Every year, our family gathers to prepare the New Year’s dinner together. My grandmother always says that we should ①__________ these moments, because they won’t last forever. She also keeps a small, worn-out recipe book; to her, it is the most ②__________ possession, even though it’s worth almost nothing in money. I once asked if she would sell it, and she laughed, saying her grandmother’s handwritten notes were ③__________ — no price could ever replace them. Now I understand: without the love behind them, the recipes themselves would be ④__________ .
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Practice: Use different form of value to complete this paragraph.
value
valuable
invaluable
valueless
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4. To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
Translation
对我来说,准备的过程比年夜饭本身更重要。
◆process v.加工,处理 n.过程;进程;工艺流程
5. Liu Yonghui, retired teacher
◆retired adj.退休的
◆retirement n.退休
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