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UNIT 3 CELEBRATIONS(一)
1．In the days before the festival，young women gather(采集) leaves and wild flowers，which
they use to dye sticky rice with bright colors.
2．This brightly coloured rice，known as Sister Rice，gives the festival its name(为节日起名
字)．
3．For example，a pair of chopsticks means(v.意味着) she wants to marry the man，while(是并
列连词，表示“然而”) garlic shows that she is not interested.
4．The loser must give the winner a gift，but the winner is expected to give(be expected to do被
期望做) a gift in return(作为回报) too.
5．Finally，the pair overcame(vt.战胜；克服) their parents’ opposition and were allowed(vt.
允许) to marry.
6．Immersed(沉浸) in folk，tradition，culture，religion，digital arts(数字艺术) and the
experimental，the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown (DLR) Festival of World Cultures presented(v.呈现)
a various(adj.各种各样的 ) program of concerts and club nights ，fairs and markets ，
performances，street events，workshops and is Ireland’s first Global Carnival.
7．A definite(adj.不容置疑的) highlight(n.亮点) will be the spectacular(adj.壮观的，令人惊
叹的) audio-visual show Hotel Kiev，a night-time visual montage(蒙太奇) projected(熟词生义
vt.投射) onto the front wall of the Royal Marine Hotel.
8．With a diverse world music line-up，food fairs，art exhibitions(n.展览)，workshops and
cultural demonstrations as well as a Festival newspaper and nightly Festival Club where Irish artists
jam with world musicians，this family-friendly celebration is a round-trip ticket(往返票) to a
world of culture.
9．Cengiz Ozek sits at his desk in the poorly lit(adj.照明不佳的，灯线昏暗的) back office of
his shadow theater near Taksim Square in central Istanbul.
10．To date(到目前为止，迄今)，scholars have not been able to determine where this type of
theater began to exist.
11．In the end，they were sentenced to death(被判处死刑)．
12.If the worst happens and your home is broken into (闯入) right after a bad storm，having pictures
and detailed (adj.详细的) notes about what was in your home prior to (在……之前) the hurricane
will make it easier for police to track down stolen items (make it＋adj.＋for sb＋to do)．
此句型中it作形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的动词不定式。类似的句型还有：
make＋it＋adj./n.＋that从句
常用于这种句型的动词还有：consider，think，feel，find 等。
