(共41张PPT)
Unit 2
I think that
mooncakes are delicious!
Section B (2a-Self Check)
第四课时
Key words & phrases:
Christmas, lie, novel, dead, business, punish,
warn, end up, present, warmth, spread
Key sentences:
1. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares.
2. He just cares about whether he can make more
money.
Grammar：
Learn to use the objective clauses.
Learning Goals
What do you know about Christmas Discuss in groups and create a mind map.
2a
Lead-in
Date
Symbols
Activities
Stories
Christmas
Pre-reading Task
Date
Symbols
Activities
Stories
Christmas
Pre-reading Task
December 25th
Christmas tree,
Santa Claus,
beautiful gifts
sing Christmas songs
make Christmas trees
family gathering
Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
December 25th
Christmas tree, Santa Claus, gifts
sing Christmas songs, make Christmas trees, family gathering, get a lot of presents
…
Date:
Symbols:
Activities:
Stories:
Pre-reading Task
Read the passage about Christmas and answer the questions.
1. What are the common things that people think of for Christmas
Gifts, Christmas trees and Santa Claus.
2. Who wrote A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens.
2b
While-reading Task
3. What is the true meaning or spirit of Christmas
The importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.
While-reading Task
Read the passage again and complete the chart.
the Ghost of Christmas Past
the Ghost of Christmas Present
the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
What does Scrooge see when he’s with…
His happier days as a child.
How others are spending
Christmas this year.
He is dead, but nobody cares.
adj. 死的;
失去生命的
2c
Post-reading Task
Answer the questions. Some answers need to be inferred.
1. Why does Scrooge hate Christmas
He is mean and only cares about making more money.
2. Does Scrooge have a lot of friends
Why or why not
No, he doesn’t. Because he is mean and only thinks about himself, and he doesn’t treat others nicely.
2d
Post-reading Task
3. Why was Jacob Marley punished after he died
He is mean and only thinks about
himself, and doesn’t treat others nicely.
4. Does Jacob Marley want to help Scrooge
How do you know
Yes, he does. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him.
v. 处罚; 惩罚
Post-reading Task
5. How does Scrooge feel when he wakes up on Christmas Day
He feels scared.
6. What does Scrooge do after seeing the three spirits
He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person. He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people in need. He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes.
n. 温暖; 暖和
Post-reading Task
1. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of
Christmas:the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.
①本句是一个完全倒装句。介词短语behind all these things作状语，位于句首。
② lie为不及物动词，“存在，平躺，处于”。
Language Points
e.g.The village lies in a valley.
lie与lay词义区分：
原形 过去式 过去分词 现在分词
lie v.平躺，处于 lay lain lying
lie v.说谎 lied lied lying
lay v.放置；下蛋 laid laid laying
e.g.The man lying there lies that he has laid the money on the table.
躺在那里的人撒谎说，他把钱放在桌子上了。
③
Language Points
用lie或lay的适当形式填空。
1) ________ in bed all the time is bad for your health.
2) The hen _____ an egg every day.
3) My mother ____ on the sofa for about an hour this morning.
4) The duck _____ three eggs last week.
laid
Lying
lays
lay
Practice
Exercises
2. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him.
① warn v. 警告; 告诫
固定短语:
warn sb. (not) to do sth. “警告某人(不要)干某事”；
warn sb. of/about sth. 表示“提醒 / 警告某人注意某事”。
e.g.The police warned us not to go out at night.
They warned him of the danger.
She warned her son about the fire.
Language Points
2）end up“最终成为; 最后处于”，
其后可接介词短语、v.-ing等。
e.g.If you continue to steal, you’ll end up in prison.
拓展：end up like ...最后像……一样
end up as ...最后成为……
Language Points
3. ①the Spirit of Christmas
圣诞精神(圣诞节的意义)
②He also tells Scrooge to expect three
spirits to visit him.
他还告诉斯克鲁奇准备好等待三个幽灵
的造访。
指与肉体相对而言的“精神; 心灵”
是“灵魂; 鬼怪; 幽灵”之意
Language Points
比较:
I shall be with you in spirit.
我在精神上与你们同在。
In the story, it is said that the area is haunted by evil spirits.
在故事里, 据说那片地区闹鬼。
Language Points
4. He is so scared that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is only the next morning—Christmas Day！
1）scared形容词“害怕的，恐惧的”，通常指某物或某人使人感到恐惧、害怕，主语是人。
常用结构：
be scared of sth.害怕某事/某物
be scared to do sth.害怕做某事
be scared that+从句
Language Points
2）wake up “睡醒，醒来”，名词作其宾语时，放在up前后均可，代词做其宾语时，须放在wake和up之间。
e.g.Don’t wake him up. He stayed up late last night.
3) find out “找出，查明”
【辨析】find out, invent 与disvover
find out 指经过调查、询问得知
invent 发明以前没有的东西
discover 发现事实上存在，但不被人们所知的事物
Language Points
用find out, invent或discover的适当形式填空。
1.They _________ that the new teacher is
very strict.
2.It’s important to ________ what he’s
doing.
3.Who ________ the paper
discover
find out
invented
Exercises
5. He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person.
1）decide (not ) to do sth. “决定做某事”，
拓展：
decide的名词形式decision，
decide to do sth.=make a decision to do sth.
Language Points
promise sb. sth.允诺某人某事
promise to do sth.承诺/答应做某事
promise sb. to do sth.承诺/答应某人做某事
promise+that从句 承诺/答应……
promise用作可数名词，“承诺，诺言”，
常用短语：keep/ break a promise遵守/违背诺言
e.g.Give me your promise and you’ll never be
late again.
2）promise作动词，“允诺，答应”，常用于以下结构中：
Language Points
6. He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes.
1）kindness and warmth “善良和热情”，
分别是形容词kind和warm的名词形式。
2）spread v. (spread, spread) 传播; 展开
n. 蔓延; 传播
e.g.The bird spread its wings.鸟儿展开翅膀。
Language Points
dress up
care about
make money
used to
end up
warn sb. to do sth.
打扮
关心
挣钱
过去常常
结束
警告某人做某事
Review
Your English-speaking pen pal wants to know
about your favorite Chinese festival. Make
some notes about the festival.
What is the name of the festival
When is it
The Mid-Autumn Festival
on August 15th of Chinese lunar calendar
3a
Writing Practice
What do people eat
What do people do
Why do you like it so much
Mooncakes.
People admire the moon and share mooncakes with their families.
Because it makes me happy.
Writing Practice
Write a letter to your pen pal and tell him/her about your favorite Chinese festival. Use your notes in 3a.
3b
Writing Practice
In your letter:
First, introduce the festival and when it is celebrated.
Then talk about what people do and eat.
Finally, explain why you like it best and how it makes you feel.
My favorite Chinese festival is…
It is celebrated in / on …
During this festival, people…
It’s my favorite festival because…
It makes me feel…
Use the following expressions to help you:
Writing Practice
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals. It is often celebrated in September or October. During the festival, family members get together and eat mooncakes. There are various kinds of delicious mooncakes. On the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people can enjoy the full moon in the dark sky. I like Mid-Autumn Festival because it makes me happy.
Sample
Many Western countries celebrate Easter.
This holiday is always on a Sunday
_________ March 22nd ____ April 25th.
It celebrates the beginning of new life.
spread…around between… and give out business lay relatives
Complete the passage with the words
in the box.
between
and
Self Check
Hens ____ eggs, giving birth to life, so
an egg is a symbol of new life. A popular activity during Easter is to hide eggs around your home or garden for friends or _________ to find. These can be real eggs, but they are more often chocolate eggs.
relatives
lay
spread…around between… and give out business lay relatives
Self Check
Not only do people _______ them ________ in different hiding places for an egg hunt, but they also _________ these treats as gifts. So just like Christmas, Easter creates good ________ for supermarkets and chocolate stores.
spread
business
around
spread…around between… and
give out business lay relatives
give out
Self Check
2. Rewrite these sentences as exclamations.
The mooncakes are delicious.
____________________________!
2. The festival will be fun.
________________________!
This concert is boring.
_______________________!
How delicious the mooncakes are
What fun the festival will be
How boring this concert is
Self Check
I’m really excited.
________________________!
The band played really loud music.
______________________________!
How excited I am
What loud music the band played
Self Check
3. Make sentences about a festival/
festivals you like using these
words+ that/whether/if.
I think ___________________________.
I know___________________________.
I believe _________________________.
I wonder _________________________.
Self Check
1. words & phrases:
Christmas, lie, novel, dead, business, punish,
warn, end up, present, warmth, spread
2. Sentences:
1. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares.
2. He just cares about whether he can make more
money.
3. Learned how to use the objective clauses.
Summary
Memorize the new words and phrases.
Read the passage in 2b smoothly.
Finish the exercises in students’ book.
Homework
圣诞节
寄语
Thank
you
