牛津初中英语一年级课文UNIT3

[00:05.38]Hobo,today is Halloween.Great!Let's celebrate.
[00:16.14]What are you doing?I'm dressing¹ up as a ghost.
[00:22.41]Ghost?That's not very interesting.
[00:27.74]OK.then I'll dress up as Monkey King.
[00:33.38]Reading  Getting ready for Halloween
[00:43.83]Millie received a letter about Halloween from her penfriend² in the USA.
[00:50.91]Here is the letter.
[00:54.15]October 15th  Dear  Millie
[00:59.61]Thank you for telling me about the Mid-Autumn Festival.
[01:04.76]We do not celebrate it in the USA but we celebrate Halloween.
[01:11.31]Halloween is my favorite festival.We have a special party on October 31st.
[01:19.96]What do you do for Halloween?We play a game called 'trick or treat.'
[01:26.60]We knock on people's doors and shout 'trick or treat'.
[01:31.85]Usually,they give us candies as a treat.If they do not give us a treat.
[01:38.93]we can play a trick on them.My friends and I always dress up at Halloween.
[01:46.58]We wear special costumes⁴ with masks.
[01:51.02]Sometimes we paint our faces and people do not know who we are.
[01:57.29]It is wonderful!This year,I will wear a tiger costume³.
[02:04.34]We make our own special pumpkin⁵ lanterns for Halloween.
[02:10.01]We cut out some shapes to make the eyes,the nose and the sharp teeth.
[02:16.86]My family always have a party on the evening of Octorber 31st.
[02:24.30]it usually starts at about 8.p.m.
[02:29.34]We eat a lot of special Halloween choolates and candies.
[02:34.98]It is winter in the USA and it is very cold.
[02:41.46]We have hot drinks and lots of nice,hot find.
[02:48.02]We do not eat mooncakes!Happy Halloween!Lots of love.Wendy.
[02:56.20]Integrated skills    A  Chinese New Year celebrations
[03:03.75]Listen to the radio programme.
[03:11.50]Help Wendy fill in the missing⁶ information in the table in Part A1.
[04:03.17]B   Speak up:Whith is your favourite day?
[04:11.72]Which is your partner's favourite day in the year?
[04:17.18]Why?Ask your partner.
[04:21.72]Use sandy and Millie's conversation as a model.
[04:27.18]Which is your favourite day in the year?
[04:31.02]My birthday is my favourite day.
[04:35.70]When's your birthday?It's on 3rd October.
[04:41.44]Why do you like your birthday so much?
[04:45.52]I always have a party and I get lots of presents.
[04:50.98]Who gives you the presents?
[04:54.82]My parents,aunts,uncles,cousin and friends.

1 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

2 penfriend   

n.笔友

参考例句：

• Helen wants to find a penfriend.海伦想要找一个笔友。
• I have not received any message from my penfriend for almost half an year.我已经大约半年没接到我笔友的消息了。

3 costume   

n.装束，服装

参考例句：

• She had excellent taste in costume.她对衣着特别讲究。
• The kimono is part of the national costume of Japan.和服是日本民族服装的一部分。

4 costumes   

n.服装；装束

参考例句：

• The costumes and lighting in the play were restrained. 这出戏的服装和灯光都很朴实。
• The waitresses are all done up in costumes. 女服务生都穿着制服。

5 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

6 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。