40篇文章搞定3500词【秒词邦全国高考冲刺资料研发中心-衡水内部资料引用文献】-11. An Interesting Festival
原文：
The Agricultural Feast takes place after the Independence Day. It is not a worldwide celebration. Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its arrival for its religious origin.
Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word. So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humans starved day and night, weeping. In order to gain God’s forgiveness, a woman poet set off to see God. She admired God and kept apologizing. God was moved. With his permission, humans finally had good harvests again. So, to wipe sadness and remind themselves of the belief in God, people began the festival.
On the festival, people gather in open air, such as playgrounds or parking lots, and energetically have fun with each other all night long, as though they were never tired. When a beauty dressed up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of the poet, everyone holds their breath. Then, it is the custom that the bone of a rooster head is given to her as an award.
Obviously, the story is not true, but the festival is interesting.
译文：
有趣的节日
农业盛会在独立日后举行。它不是一个世界性的庆典，由于它的宗教起源，只有墨西哥的基督徒才盼着节日的到来。
很久以前，人类的祖先很坏，他们互相欺骗，耍诡计，从不遵守诺言。于是，上帝出现了，淹死了他们所有的作物。人们日夜挨饿，哭泣着。为了获得上帝的原谅，一位女诗人出发去见上帝。她对上帝的赞美和怀有的歉意感动了上,帝。有了他的允许，人类终于又获得了丰收。因此，为了抹去忧伤并提醒自己对上帝的信仰，人们开始举办这个节日。
在节日那天，人们聚集在露天场所，例如操场或停车场，整夜都精力充沛地玩得非常开心，人们似乎不知疲倦。当一位用可爱的衣服盛装打扮的美女朗读诗歌以纪念那位诗人时，在场的每个人都屏住了呼吸，然后，按照风俗，将奖励给她一只公鸡的头骨。
很明显，这个故事不是真的，但是节日却很有趣。
拼写填空：
The _____________ [农业的] _____________ [节日] _____________ [发生，举行] after the _____________ [独立] Day. It is not a _____________ [世界性的] _____________ [庆典]. Only Christians in Mexico _____________ [期待] its _____________ [到达] for its _____________ [宗教起源].
Long ago, humans’ _____________ [祖先] were bad. They _____________ [愚弄，欺骗] and _____________ [耍诡计] each other and never _____________ [遵守诺言]. So God _____________ [出现] and _____________ [淹死] all their crops. Humans _____________ [挨饿] _____________ [日日夜夜], _____________ [哭泣]. In order to _____________ [获得] God’s _____________ [原谅], a woman poet set off to see God. She _____________ [尊重，赞美] God and kept _____________ [道歉，致歉]. God was moved. With his _____________ [准许，允许], humans finally had good _____________ [收割，丰收] again. So, to wipe _____________ [悲伤] and _____________ [提醒] themselves of the _____________ [信仰，相信] in God, people began the _____________ [节日].
On the festival, people _____________ [聚集] in open air, such as _____________ [操场] or _____________ [停车场], and _____________ [精力充沛地] _____________ [玩得开心] each other _____________ [整夜], _____________ [似乎] they were never _____________ [疲惫的，困的]. When a _____________ [美丽] _____________ [盛装打扮] in lovely clothing reads poems _____________ [纪念] the poet, everyone holds their _____________ [呼吸]. Then, it is the _____________ [习俗，习惯] that the bone of a rooster _____________ [头] is given to her as an _____________ [奖品，奖励].
_____________ [显然], the story is not true, but the _____________ [节日] is _____________ [有趣的].
短语句型：
序号 | 短语/句型 | 意义 | 例句 |
1 | take place | 发生，举行 | When did this event take place? |
这件事是什么时候发生的？ | |||
2 | look forward to | 期待……；盼望…… | I look forward to hearing from you. |
盼望着收到你的信。 | |||
3 | played tricks on | 捉弄，戏弄 | One tribe played tricks on the other one. |
一个部落对另一个部落玩起了诡计。 | |||
4 | keep one’s word | 守信；遵守诺言 | Every should keep his word strictly. |
每个人都必须严格遵守诺言。 | |||
5 | turned up | 出现；找到 | They turned up safe and sound. |
他们安然无恙地出现了。 | |||
6 | day and night | 夜以继日 | Troops patrolled the border day and night. |
军队日夜在边境地区巡逻。 | |||
7 | in order to do sth. | 为了…… | They have the stimulus right there on the outside of their bodies in order to do the grooming. |
它们的身体外部有刺激物来帮助它们梳理毛发。 | |||
8 | set off | 出发；引起；动身 | We finished loading and set off. |
我们装完货物就出发了。 | |||
9 | keep doing sth. | 一直做某事 | I was uncomfortable and I know she was as well, as she kept apologizing to me. |
我不舒服，而且我知道她也不好受，因为她不住地跟我说抱歉。 | |||
10 | remind sb of sth. | 提醒某人某事 | I reminded him of bringing his homework tomorrow. |
我提醒他明天记得带作业过来。 | |||
11 | in open air | 在户外 | He likes to cook in open air. |
他喜欢在外面做饭。 | |||
12 | have fun with | 玩得高兴，玩得开心 | Find time to have fun with friends and family. |
多花点时间和你的家人朋友在一起。 | |||
13 | all night long | 整夜，通宵 | The baby was crying all night long. |
婴儿整夜在哭。 | |||
14 | as though | 就好像……；仿佛 | You look as though you slept badly. |
你好像没睡好觉。 | |||
15 | in memory of | 纪念…… | He founded the charity in memory of his late wife. |
他创办了这一慈善事业以纪念他已故的妻子。 | |||
16 | hold one’s breath | 屏息；屏住呼吸 | I held my breath lest the enemy should see me. |
我屏住呼吸以防被敌人发现。 | |||
17 | it is the custom that…… | ……是一种习俗（风俗） | It is the custom in that country for women to marry young. |
女子早婚是那个国家的风俗。 |
长难句型：
1 | 原句 | Humans starved day and night, weeping. |
解析 | (1) starved v.饥饿。是不及物动词，所以后面可以不接宾语，直接由主语和这个动词就可以构成一个完整意义的句子（人类挨饿）。如果要接宾语就需要先接介词，在介词后面再接宾语。 (2) 所以Humans starved day and night翻译为：人类挨饿日夜？大家要随时调整你的翻译顺序：人类日夜挨饿。再强调一下：中英文的顺序不是一一对应的，在相互翻译的过程中需要根据各自的用语习惯进行灵活调整。 (3) weeping是一个现在分词。非谓语动词doing一般表示一种状态、习惯或者和谓语动词同时伴随的一个动作，这里很明显表示与饥饿这个动作同时伴随发生的：哭泣。表示边挨饿边哭泣。最后整句翻译为：人类日夜挨饿，哭泣着。 | |
2 | 原句 | On the festival, people gather in open air, such as playgrounds or parking lots, and energetically have fun with each other all night long, as though they were never tired. |
解析 | (1) On the festival是整个句子的时间状语。 (2) 整个句子的主语是people（人们）。 (3) 谓语有两个gather和have，中间由and连接。也就是有两套谓语宾语结构。 (4) gather in open air, such as playgrounds or parking lots这套谓宾结构中，such as是一个介词短语，进一步对open air进行举例说明。 (5) energetically have fun with each other all night long, as though they were never tired.这套谓宾结构中，energetically是副词，修饰动词短语have fun with。as though引导方式状语从句，其实你就把他看成一个简单的状语即可，用来描述这波人整晚（all night long）的嗨皮，好像也不累一样。 | |
3 | 原句 | When a beauty dressed up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of the poet, everyone holds their breath. |
解析 | (1) when是时间状语从句，从句的主语是a beauty，谓语是dressed up in，宾语是lovely clothing。reads是does，怎么又是谓语？？同学们要反思刚才你的分析过程是不是出问题了，因为dressed up如果是谓语，reads又是谓语，一个简单句两个谓语？所以这中间一定有一个是非谓语。dressed其实不是谓语（不是did），而是一个ed结尾的形容词。这个分析很重要，它会决定你的翻译顺序和是否能够准确理解句子的意思。 (2) 既然dressed是形容词作后置定语（表示盛装打扮的），那么你得先翻译这个成分然后再翻译其修饰的名词（a beauty）：一位用可爱的衣服盛装打扮[的]美女。 (3) 所以同学们在分析句子结构的过程中，需要不断地调整自己的理解与翻译结构，平时在做阅读的过程中，多主动翻译阅读文章，而不是只把题做完就完事，那些都是高考命题人直接整理的东西，你不研究高考命题人，做到知己知彼，怎么能成为高手？ (4) everyone holds their breath是主句，为标准的主谓宾结构。 |
核心考点：
1 | 无被动语态 | 英语中有很多动词是永远不能用被动语态的，比如appear, die, disappear, end（vi. 结束）, fail, happen, last, lie, remain, sit, spread, stand, break out, come true, fall asleep, keep silence, lose heart, take place。 |
2 | to不都是接do | to有两种语法功能，一是动词不定式标志，后面接动词原形。但有时候不能接do，而要接名词或者动名词，因为这时to是介词（介词+名词或动名词），比如look forward to sth./ doing sth.。to为介词的短语还有：be(get) used to（习惯做某事）；prefer to（更喜欢做某事）；pay attention to（注意做某事）；object to doing（反对做）；stick to（坚持）；attend to（专心；注意；照料）；see to（负责；注意）；contribute to（对……作贡献；有助于）；make contributions to（对……作贡献）；apply oneself to（致力于）；come close to（几乎；将近）；reply to（回答）；add to（增加）；add up to（加起来）；be accustomed to（习惯于）。 |
3 | word相关短语 | (1) word for word: 逐字地；in one's own words: 用自己的话说；have word: 获得消息，听说，得知；in word: 口头上(表面上)；in a word: 总之；hold/keep one's word: 守约；go back on/break one's word: 失信；eat one's word: 收回前言；put in a word: 插嘴；in other words: 换句话说。 (2) 尤其注意：have a word with sb.: 与某人谈话；have words with sb.: 与某人吵架。 |
4 | 一词多义 | moved既可以做移动（v.）的过去式过去分词，同时也是形容词，表示感动的；starved即可以使饥饿（v.）的过去式过去分词，同时也是形容词，表示饥饿的。 |
5 | believe的名词 | 英语中动词变为动名词一般是加ing，但是有的动词本来就有自己特定的名词形式，大家要注意。尤其是语法填空中，如果某个动词既可以加ing变为动名词，同时又有自己的特有名词形式，那么你要注意这里到底是表达纯粹的名词概念还是动作概念。比如：believe有其名词形式：belief，也有动名词（现在分词）believing形式。这时你要看句子中是倾向于表达一个动作概念，还是一个单纯的名词概念。比如：我有一个信仰。I have a belief.这是一个单纯的名词；而________（believe）his word, I was away with him to Guangzhou.这个句子你就不能写belief，因为这里要表达一种“相信”的动作概念，只不过是这个句子中已经有了系动词（谓语）was,所以believe不能再用其谓语形式，而要用非谓语形式，但是动作概念依然要用，所以你不能用单纯的名词形式（belief）。 |
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