提前预习，在每次上课前，都要对要学的课文提前预习。首先在音标的帮助下试着拼读单词，也可以借助配套磁带反复听，对比一下，把握不准的要标出来，注意上课老师的发音，还要记一下单词的汉语意思和词性。小编带来了高二英语课前预习的知识点归纳，希望大家能够喜欢!
1. slide on a banana skin在香蕉皮上滑倒
2. bump into someone else撞到别人
3. round a corner在拐角处
4. fall down掉下
5. be cruel to …对…残忍
6. at times有时,常常
7. be content with对…满意
8. badly off(worse off) 贫困
9. astonish us with the deep feelings
用深厚的感情打动…
10. be born in poverty出生贫寒
11. become famous for变的有名
12. a particular from of acting一种特殊表演方式
13. his entertaining silent movies他滑稽无声电影
14. be well-known throughout the world举世闻名
15. wear worn-out shoes穿着破鞋子
16. carry a walking stick拿着手杖
17. a social failure一个社会生活中的失败分子
18. overcome difficulties克服困难
19. be unkind to sb对…不好
20. a boiled shoe煮熟的鞋子
21. the problem facing sb面对某人的问题
22. thousands of成千上万
23. rush there in search of冲向…寻找…
24. fortunate enough足够幸运
25. pick up拾起…/接某人
26. be caught in a snowstorm遭遇到暴风雪
be caught on被…钩住
27. on the edge of a mountain在大山边缘
28. pick out挑出
29. cut off切断,隔绝…
30. as if似乎,好象
31. eat every mouthful with great enjoyment
每口都吃得津津有味
32. star in主演…
33. his lifetime outstanding work
他终生杰出的工作
34. be buried in被埋葬在…
35. knock into撞到…
36. think it funny to…觉得滑稽…
37. play on words说俏皮话
38. treat it as a question把…当作一个问题
39. an answer to the question问题的答案
40. go camping去露营
41. in a mountainous area在山区
42. in the open air在户外
43. look up at the stars抬头看着星星
44. how vast the sky is 天空多么广阔
45. try a third time又试了一次
46. pay special attention to特别注意…
47. bring out the humorous meaning
指出/阐明幽默的意思
48. turn into变成…
49. improve your English vocabulary
扩大英语词汇量
50. a sense of success成功感,成就感
一、重点单词及词组
1)starve
2)plenty
3)satisfy
4)harm
5)play a trick on sb
6)memory
7)admire
8)look forward to
9)take place
10)Apologize
11)set off
12)as though
二、句子讲解
1、Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.节日是专门用来庆祝一年的重要时刻的。
2、Discuss when they take place,what they celebrate and what people do at that time.讨论它们(中国节日)是什么时间举行，庆祝的是什么事件，人们在那天做什么事。
3....who might return either to help or to do harm.??(祖先们)有可能回到世上(给人们)提供帮助，也有可能带来危害。
4....people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.??人们要扫墓、烧香，以缅怀祖先。
5....because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.??因为他们认为这样做将会把祖先引回到世上。
6....the leader who helped gain Indias independence from Britain.??帮助印度从英国手中赢得独立的领导。
7.Festivals let us enjoy life,be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while.节日让我们享受生活、以我们的习俗而自豪并且让我们暂时忘掉工作。
8.But she didnt turn up.但她没来。
9.He would drown his sadness in coffee.他将把他的悲伤淹没在咖啡里。
10....he was not going to hold his breath for her to apologize.他不再凝神静气等着她道歉。
语法知识
本单元的重点语法知识是情态动词，情态动词是一种本身有一定的词义,但要与动词原形及其被动语态一起使用，给谓语动词增添情态色彩，表示说话人对有关行为或事物的态度和看法，认为其可能、应该或必要等。情态动词的分类、特点、用法。
【重点词汇、短语】
1. take place 发生
2. religious 宗教的
3. in memory of 纪念
4. belief 信任，信心，信仰
5. dress up 盛装，打扮
6. trick 诡计，窍门
7. play a trick on 搞恶作剧，诈骗
8. gain 获得
9. gather 搜集，集合
10. award 奖品，授予
11. admire 赞美，钦佩
12. look forward to 期望，盼望
13. day and night 日夜
14. as though 好像
15. have fun with 玩的开心
16. permission 许可，允许
17. turn up 出现，到场
18. keep one’s word 守信用
19. hold one’s breath 屏息
20. apologize 道歉
21. obvious 显然的
22. set off 出发，动身，使爆炸
【重点句型】
1. Please make sure when and where the accident took place.
请查清楚事故是何时何地发生的。
2. Some festival are held to honour the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors, who
could return either to help or to do harm.
还有一些节日，是为了纪念死者、满足或取悦祖先，因为(祖先们)有可能回到世上帮助他们，也有可能带来危害。
3. In Japan the festival is called Obon，when people should go to clean the graves and
light incense in memory of their ancestors.(非限制性定语从句)
在日本，这个节叫孟兰盆节，在这个节日里，人们要上坟、扫墓、烧香，以缅怀祖先。
4. They dress up and try to frighten people.
他们乔装打扮去吓唬别人。
5. If they are not given anything, the children might play a trick.
如果你什么也不打发给孩子，他们可能会捉弄别人。
6. In India there is a national festival on October 2 to honour Mahatma Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's independence from Britain.
在印度，10 月 2 日是纪念马哈特马.甘地的全国性节日，他是帮助印度脱离英国而独立的领袖。
7. The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end
of winter and to the coming of spring.
最富生气而又最重要的节日，就是告别冬天、迎来春天的日子。
8. The country is covered with cherry tree flowers so that it looks as though it might be
covered with pink snow.
整个国度处处都是樱花盛开，看上去就像罩上了一层粉红色的雪。