(共21张PPT)
Unit 8 The Seasons and the Weather
Section B
Topic 3 Let’s celebrate!
Enjoy a song
What festival does the song refer to (涉及)
Free talk
What do you know about Christmas
Food
Activities
What else
Look and learn
Let’s know more about Christmas.
This is Santa Claus.
Do you know what he do
Look and learn
Let’s know more about Christmas.
Where does Santa Claus put the presents
He puts them in the stockings.
Where do children usually put up the stockings
They put up them by the fireplaces or at the end of their beds.
Look and learn
Let’s know more about Christmas.
Christmas is the most important festival in many countries. Where do parents put their presents
Under the Christmas tree.
How do they decorate the tree
They use colorful lights, balls and stars to decorate the tree.
Look and learn
Let’s know more about Christmas.
What do people do to celebrate Christmas
go to church
get together with a special dinner
Look and learn
Let’s know more about Christmas.
When the new year is coming, we say ________________.
When Christmas is coming, we say ________________.
Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas!
Listen and number
Look at the following pictures. Then listen and number them according to what you hear.
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Read and check
Read 1a and check(√) the activities people do during Christmas time.
Before Christmas On Christmas Eve On Christmas Day
go shopping go to church get up late
decorate Christmas trees play games with apples open the presents
eat turkey sing Christmas songs have a get-together
clean their houses give each other presents have a special dinner
give friends Christmas cards put up stockings at the end of their beds say"Merry Christmas" to each other
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Watch and understand
Read aloud
Read the passage and try to retell it.
Before Christmas On Christmas Eve On Christmas Day
go shopping go to church open the presents
decorate Christmas trees sing Christmas songs have a get-together
clean their houses put up stockings at the end of their beds have a special dinner
give friends Christmas cards say"Merry Christmas" to each other
When is Christmas
Free Talk
How do we celebrate New Year
Listen and choose
Listen to the passage about New Year and choose the pictures.
New Year’s Day ____________ New Year’s Eve _____________
c
a, e
grape
honey
Listen and complete
Listen again and complete the sentences.
1. Some Chinese people eat_________for good luck.
2. In Spain, people eat _________ grapes for good luck in the new year.
3. Some Jewish people eat _______ with honey for a sweet new year.
oranges
apples
twelve
犹太人
Exercise
Complete the sentences.
1. 圣诞节是许多国家最重要的节日。
is the most festival in many .
2. 人们用彩灯、彩球等等装饰圣诞树。
People Christmas trees colorful lights, balls and so on.
3. 他们认为这些礼物一定是来自圣诞老人的。
They think the presents from Santa Claus.
4. 我们将在这个月底举行一场篮球比赛。
We will have a basketball game this month.
5. 玛丽通常在星期天和妈妈一起去做礼拜。
Maria usually with her mother on Sundays.
Christmas
important
decorate
with
must be
at the end of
goes to church
Exercise
Choose the best answers.
( ) 1. —Merry Christmas! — ____________________
A. The same to you! B. Thank you! C. You’re welcome!
( ) 2. —Can you help me _______ the photo of my family on the wall, Michael
— Sure, I will.
A. put on B. put up C. put away
( ) 3. — Kate, what are you doing now
—I am busy _______ my homework.
A. do B. to do C. doing
( ) 4. — When is Mother’s Day
— It’s ________ the second Sunday of May.
A. in B. at C. on
( ) 5. Children always put up stockings _______ the fireplaces.
A. with B. by C. in
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Summary
We learn:
1.new words: important, open, special, decorate, grape.
2.new phrases: put up, prepare for, clean houses, each other, have a
get-together, go to church, good luck.
3.new sentences:
(1) Families usually have a get-together with a special dinner.
(2) Christmas is the most important festival in many countries.
We can: 1. Talk about festivals.
2. Talk about customs and culture.
3. Express wishes and congratulations.
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!
Homework
1. Recite 1a.
2. Finish Section B in your workbook.
3. Preview Section C.
4. Use your own words to write something about Christmas.
Enjoy a song
