北师大M1U3 Lesson 4 Christmas

1、 carol stocking seriously pole the North Pole envelope calendar n.（尤指）圣诞节颂歌（尤指）圣诞节颂歌 n.长袜长袜 adv.认真地，真诚地认真地，真诚地 n.棒，竿，极棒，竿，极 北极北极 n.信封信封 n.日历日历 put up decoration pudding breast swallow adult carry on 举起，建造举起，建造 n.装饰，装饰品装饰，装饰品 n.布丁布丁 n.胸部胸部 vt.吞下，咽下吞下，咽下 n.成年人成年人 继续，坚持继续，坚持 Objectives To read a narrat

2、ive text and understand the story. To build up an area of vocabulary associated with Christmas. To develop reading strategies to answer multiple-choice questions. To practise collocations with have, do and play. To talk about childhood memories. Find the Key Words in the pictures. Which of the thing

3、s do you think western people have at Christmas? Pre-Reading Key Words balloons, Christmas carols, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, snow, snowmen, Christmas stockings, presents balloons Christmas carols Christmas pudding Christmas tree Christmas stockings Read the text. Which Key Words are mention

4、ed? Circle them out. Which other Christmas things are mentioned? Make a list. Reading Christmas tree Father Christmas Snowman decorations carol service balloons Christmas stockings candle presents turkey sweets Christmas cake Christmas pudding Read the text. Which Key Words are mentioned? Circle the

5、m out. Which other Christmas things are mentioned? Make a list. Reading Answers: Father Christmas, calendar, Christmas cards, Christmas lights, carol service, Christmas tree, decorations, balloons, stockings, presents, sweets, turkey, Christmas pudding, paper hats, Queens speech, Christmas cake M Ma

6、tch the main ideas with paragraphs. atch the main ideas with paragraphs. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 A. Writing a letter to Father Christmas C. Christmas decorations outside E. Activities on Christmas Eve B. Activities on Christmas morning D. Activities on Christmas afternoon A. Writing

7、a letter to Father Christmas C. Christmas decorations outside E. Activities on Christmas Eve B. Activities on Christmas morning D. Activities on Christmas afternoon Part 1Activities before Christmas Eve Part 2Activities on Christmas Eve Part 3Activities on Christmas Day Time Order R Readead after th

8、e tape and try to after the tape and try to remember the remember the a activitiesctivities during during Christmas. Christmas. On Christmas Eve On Christmas day M Memories of Christmasemories of Christmas Before Christmas Eve Dig up the details of the passage 1 A Activities before Christmas Evectiv

9、ities before Christmas Eve Para. 1 Para. 2 2 A Activities on Christmas Evectivities on Christmas Eve 3 A Activities on Christmas dayctivities on Christmas day In what order did the children do these things? Example 1 d open the new year calendar2 5 Post-Reading b) put their stockings at the end of t

10、he bed c) sing Christmas carols d) write a letter to Father Christmas e) put up the Christmas tree f) go to church g) have Christmas cake 3 4 6 7 1 Answer the multiple-choice questions. 1. Who do you think reads the childrens letters? a) Father Christmas b) their parents c) nobody 2. What do you thi

11、nk people do in a carol service? sing songs b) give presents c) watch a play 3. What happened on Christmas Eve? a) The writer stayed awake all night. b) Someone put presents in his stocking. c) The writer saw Father Christmas. 4. Why did they laugh? a) The Christmas carols were happy songs. b) The s

12、ongs and hats were funny. c) The jokes and hats were funny. 5. After lunch, a) the adults watched the Queens speech. b) the children made a snowman. c) everybody had more to eat. Discuss in groups and compare the differences between Christmas and the Spring Festival. Discussion Spring Festival coupl

13、ets firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.) blessing setting off fireworks making dumplings 舞龙：舞龙：dragon dance(to expect good weather and good harvests) 春节春节 The Spring Festival 正月正月 lunar January, the first month by lunar calendar 除夕除夕 New Years Eve, eve of lunar

14、New Year 初一初一 the beginning of New Year 红包：红包： red packets(cash wrapped up in red paper，symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year) 压岁钱：压岁钱： gift money, money given to children as a lunar New Year gift 团圆饭团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve 饺子饺子 Jiao-zi, Chinese meat ra

15、violi 过年过年 Guo-nian, have the Spring Festival In English, some verbs and nouns often go together. Complete the table with these words: tea, the piano, your homework, a shower, cards, a (snowball) fight, a party, the washing-up, lunch, the shopping Vocabulary a shower, a (snowball) fight, a party, lu

16、nch your homework, the washing- up, the shopping the piano, cards Complete the sentences with these verbs in the correct form. blow up, sing, go to, put up, have(x2), make, put on On Christmas Eve, my grandparents arrived. We(1) _ a snowman in the made garden and later we (2) _ the decoration. I (3) _ lots of balloons. On Christmas morning, I (4) _ some warm clothes and (5)_ a snowball fight with my cousins and then we(6) _church. After that, we(7) _ lunch and (8) _ Christmas carols. put up blew up put on had went to had sang Make notes about your childh