1. 【原句】 The African first-fruit festivals had many things in common:...

【点拨】 have  something  / nothing  / a   lot

(much) / a little / little in common (with) （和……）有一些 / 一点也没有 / 许多 / 一点 / 几乎没有共同（相同）之处

They are close friends and they have a lot in common. 他们是好朋友，他们有许多共同之处。

Tom has little in common with his brother in their manners. 汤姆和他的哥哥在言谈举止上相似之处极少。

【引申】 common常见的名词短语有：common sense常识；common language共同语言；common interest共同兴趣；common disease常见病；common people老百姓。

2. 【原句】 We should honour our ancestors.

【点拨】 honour /  honor在此句中为动词，意为“尊敬；给予荣誉”。其常用句型有：feel honoured to do sth. 因做某事而感到荣幸；be honoured as作为……被授予荣誉；be honoured for 因……而受到尊敬 / 表彰 / 被授予荣誉。

I feel honoured to be invited to give you a lecture on how to improve English reading________ability. 应邀给你们作关于如何提高英语阅读能力的讲座我深感荣幸。

Li Ming was honoured as a “three-good” student. 李明被授予“三好学生”称号。

Mr. Wang was honoured for his excellent work. 王先生因其出色的工作而受到了表彰。

【引申】 honour作名词时的常用词组或句型有：in sb’s / sth’s honour 出于对某人（某事物）的敬意；It’s an / one’s (great) honour to do sth. 做某事是某人（极大）的荣幸。

We are planning a big Christmas party in your honour. 出于对您的敬意，我们正筹划为您举行一次盛大的圣诞晚会。

It’s an honour to meet you. 见到你很荣幸。

3. 【原句】 Each time we celebrate a festival it changes a little and in that way we keep our culture alive.

【点拨】 each time在此引导时间状语从句，相当于every time，意为“每次”。

Don’t turn to a dictionary each / every time you come across a new word in reading. 阅读中不要每次遇到生词时都查词典。

【引申】 除each / every time, the moment（一……就……）, the first time（第一次），last time（上次），the day（那一天），next time（下一次）等名词短语也可引导时间状语从句。

Last time I saw her, she was working in a computer company. 上次我见到她时，她在一家电脑公司上班。

The moment I arrive there, I’ll send you a short text message. 我一到那儿，就给你发短信。

4. 【原句】 It is a reminder that we need to care about the world we live in and that we should learn to respect life and nature.

【点拨】 respect在此为动词，意为“尊重；尊敬”。常用句型为：respect sb. / sth.尊重某人 / 某事。

Teachers and students should respect each other. 老师和学生应相互尊重。

You should respect her feelings. 你应该尊重她的感情。

【引申】 respect也可用作名词，常见词组有：show / have respect for sb.尊重某人；win respect from sb.赢得某人的尊重 / 尊敬；give one’s respect to sb.向某人问候 / 致意。

The students who show no respect for their teachers are not worth teaching at all. 不尊敬老师的学生根本不值得教。

He donated a lot of money to the poor. And it helped him win respect from others. 他向穷人捐了许多钱。这帮助他赢得了他人的尊敬。

Please give my best respect to your parents. 请代我问候你的父母。