1.Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year. be meant to do 是 … .This book is meant to help hildren to learn English. mean to do 意欲做 , 打算做 I regret saying that to you. But I didn’t mean to hurt you.mean doing 意味着做Missing the bus means waiting for another one hour. ---You should have thanked her before you left.---I meant _____, but when I was leaving I couldn’t find her anywhere.A. to do B. to C. doing D. doing soB2. Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and one thing that people do at that time.The meeting took place at 8:00 as planned.The accident happened yesterday.均为不及物动词,没有被动语态。 take place 指事先计划和预想到的事情的发生。happen 指客观事物或者情况偶然或者未能预见的发生。Great changes have taken place in China during the past 20 years. 3 。 Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere.of all kinds=all kinds of各种各样的 【归纳】the same kind of 相同种类的different kinds of 不同种类的this/that kind of 这(那)种a kind of 某种Practice ① Books of this kind ____ (sell) well in the bookstore. ② This kind of books ____ (sell) well in the bookstore. ① 句中谓语动词的单复数由“ books”确定。②句中的谓语动词由“ kind” 确定。(用动词的适当形式填空) sellsells4 。 At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find. 如果食物难找到 , 他们会挨饿。 starve v. 挨饿 ; 饿死 He said he would starve rather than beg for food.他说他宁愿挨饿也不要饭吃。 starve to death 饿死5. Some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy the ancestors. A festival is set in honour of the hero.Children should honour their parents.Day of the dead is a festival which honours both the living and the dead.Her new house does not satisfy her. She’s no...