一、导读：

Key words & expressions involved

1.decorate vt./vi.    2. formal adj.     3. tradition n.            4.custom  n.

5. entrance n.          6. occasion n.         7. concerned adj.       8. twist.vi/ n.

9. clap vi./n.        10. march vt/n.       11. current adj./n.        12. be caught up in 

Key sentences:

1.The customs that followed were anything but ordinary.

2. No wonder people from Rio take a week off for this happy occasion.

3. I was so caught up in the party fever that I hardly noticed five hours fly by!

4. I could see a group of around 20 Brazilian dancers and a band in fancy costumes standing in the street.

二、导思：【课文定位】根据语境推测下列单词或者短语的中文意思并且反复诵读

1.The wedding ceremony took place in a brightly decorated hotel room.

2. There were hundreds of guests, all dressed up in formal, colourful clothes.

3. According to tradition, the bride was wearing an eye­catching red silk sari.

4. One was the bridegroom’s entrance on a beautiful white horse.

5. The customs that followed were anything but ordinary.

6. The couple joined hands and walked around a small fire four times. Then they took seven steps together by the fire, and with each step make a different promise about how they were going to support each other and live together happily. It was romantic!

7. The summer heat hit me as soon as I got off the flight.

8. No wonder people from Rio take a week off for this happy occasion.

9. I could feel it already—the Carnival was in the air!

10. Luckily, I arrived just in time—the show was about to begin as I took my place in the merry crowd.

11. I could see a group of around 20 Brazilian dancers and a band in fancy costumes standing in the street.

12. The band started playing an energetic samba beat, the dancers twisted and turned, and the crowd began to cheer, clap and sing.

13. The whole group started marching down the street.

14. The Carnival current carried us through the ever­growing sea of people, dancing all the way.

15. Iceboxes of soft drinks and beer lined the narrow streets, and the smell of roasted meat filled the air as we passed wave after wave of street stands.

16. I was so caught up in the party fever that I hardly noticed five hours fly by!

17. La Tomatina is an annual tomato fight festival celebrated in the small town of Bunol in Eastern Spain, where it has been a(n) tradition since the 1940s.

18. No wonder the fire engines are needed to wash the streets after the fight—the town looks like it has been decorated with red paint!

19. Luckily, the acid in the tomato helps make everything really clean.

20. Keep your stuff close and stay away from vehicles.

三、导学&导练:

1. decorate  vt. & vi. 装饰；点缀；粉刷，油漆

The wedding ceremony took place in a brightly decorated hotel room. (P30)

【归纳拓展】

(1) decorate ... with    用……装饰   be decorated with  装饰着……

(2) decoration   n.  装饰物，装饰，装潢  decorator    n.   油漆匠，裱糊匠

【即学即练】单句语法填空/完成句子

1) The room was decorated ______ pretty little pictures of animals.

2)Last Sunday afternoon, the four of us went to the city gym to play table tennis, only to be told that it ___________________ (decorate).

3)With its simple ____________ (decorate), the main bedroom is a peaceful heaven.

2. impression  n. 印象，感想；影响，效果

I did not understand all of the traditional customs, but a few made a deep impression on me. (P30)

【归纳拓展】

（1）leave/ make a(n) … impression on sb 给某人留下……的印象

give sb the impression of…          给某人以……的印象

have / get the impression that … 得到……的印象

（2）impress   vt.  使钦佩；给……留下深刻的好印象 vi. 留下印象；引人注目

impress sth on/ upon sb  /  impress sb with sth 使某人牢记某事

be impressed by/ at/ with 对……印象深刻

It impresses sb. that …  给某人留下深刻的印象的是……

（3）impressive adj.  给人印象深的; 令人赞叹的impressed  adj.  对……钦佩, 敬仰, 有深刻的好印象

【即学即练】单句语法填空。

1) My first ____________ (impress) of the organization was that it was not going to make enough of a difference with the plans I had in mind.

2) The implications of music on overall well-being are really ____________ (impress).

3) I was deeply ____________ (impress) with his unique accent.

4) His book is an ____________ (impress) achievement.

3.remind    vt.提醒；使想起

【归纳拓展】

（1）remind sb.of/about sth.  提醒某人某事；使某人想起某事

remind sb.to do sth.   提醒某人做某事

remind sb.that...     提醒某人….

（2）reminder      n.提醒人的事物

（3）remind sb.to do sth.与remind sb.of doing sth.都可用， 但意思不同：前者表示提醒某人去做某事，其中不定式所表示的动作尚未发生；后者表示提醒某人或使某人想起已经做过某事，其中动名词表示的动作已经发生。

【即学即练】单句语法填空。

1) This is an important __________(remind) for all of us.

2) Please remind me ___________(buy) some milk tonight.

4. anything but  “决不， 根本不”， 用于强调。

He was anything but a fool. 他绝对不是个傻瓜。

【归纳拓展】

(1) if anything      如果有什么不同的话     or anything        或是其他别的事

(2) or something……之类的人(东西、情况等)  something like     大约； 有点儿像

something of       有点儿……； 在某种程度上

If anything，my new job is harder than my old one.

如果说有什么区别的话，那就是我的新工作比旧工作更难。

The thief ran like anything when he saw the policeman.   小偷一看见警察就拼命地跑。

【即学即练】单句语法填空。

1) If you want to call me____________anything,I’ll be here all day.

2) He is something __________a musician, don’t you think?

四、达标导练：语法填空（10分钟）

1.All f___________ have been canceled because of heavy fog.

2.With time going by, many traditional ____________ (风俗) have died out.

3. _____________(时刻，时机)are quite rare when I have time to go skiing.

4.By tradition, we always wear  _____________ (适合正式场合的) clothes to attend a ceremony.

5.Soldiers were _____________(行进) up and down outside the government buildings.

6.Colored lights and photos  _____________(装饰)the walls of my sitting room.

7.His performance left a deep i____________ on the audience and earned high praise.

8.It is a t_____________ in China that family members get together and have big meals on the Eve of the Spring Festival.

9. Some doctors can draw precious medicines from  ______________ (普通的) plants.

10.In order to hide the treasures, they put a lot of huge stones at the e_____________ to the cave.

五、课后巩固训练:（30分钟）

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六、反思感悟：

1. 导读部分重点词汇的词性变化规律记住了吗？

2. catch在不同语境中的含义能分清吗？