(共45张PPT)
Unit 2 Let’s celebrate
Understanding ideas
【版本:外研 册别:必修二】
contents
Pre-reading
Ⅰ
Language points
Ⅳ
Fast reading
Ⅱ
Homework
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Intensive reading
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Ⅵ
Post-reading
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Pre-reading
What do you know about this festival
What do you know about this festival
What do you know about this festival
May Day is a festival to celebrate the start of summer, with celebrations held across Europe and in parts of North America. People prepare decorations with flowers and dance around maypoles.
What do you know about this festival
Freedom Day is held every year on 27 April to celebrate South Africa’s fisrt fully-participated elections in 1994, in which everyone was allowed to vote regardless of skin colour. It celebrates the end of racial inequality in the country.
Why do we celebrate these festivals
_______ is to celebrate the harvest.
_______ is to celebrate a season.
_______ is to honour an event.
_______ is to honour a person.
Christmas Day is the biggest festival in the Western countries. It is usually celebrated on December 25th in honour of the birth of Jesus Christ.Traditionally, people would like to exchange gifts and decorate their homes with Christmas trees.
What do you know about this festival
Why Do We Celebrate Christmas
Christmas card
Christmas tree
What do you know about this festival
Christmas gift
Christmas stocking
What do you know about this festival
Father Christmas /
Santa Claus
What do you know about this festival
Who is the Father Christmas
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Background
Letters from Father Christmas is a collection of letters written and illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien. The book was warmly received by critics.
The stories are about the adventures and misadventures of Father Christmas and his helpers, including the North Polar Bear and his two cubs.
Background
J. R.R. Tolkien (1892 — 1973) was an English writer, poet and university professor, best known as the author of some of the world’s most popular
high-fantasy novels. With his limitless imagination, he created new worlds for his readers to explore. His novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been made into films.
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Fast reading
1. What is Letters from Father Christmas about
2. Why did Tolkien write these letters
3. What does the title “The Real Father Christmas”
mean
Read quickly and answer the following questions
1. What is Letters from Father Christmas about
Read quickly and answer the following questions
Letters from Father Christmas is a collection of Tolkien’s letters to his four children at Christmas. The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas’s life and adventures at the North Pole.
Read quickly and answer the following questions
2. Why did Tolkien write these letters
Tolkien wrote these letters because he wanted to keep Father Christmas alive for his four children.
Read quickly and answer the following questions
3. What does the title “The Real Father Christmas”
mean
A. The real Father Christmas was actually Tolkien himself.
B. Tolkien is the real Father Christmas, because he wrote
letters using the name “Father Christmas”.
C. Tolkien’s love and care for his children made him very
like Father Christmas.
III
Intensive reading
Read carefully and find some detailed information
Title of the book: 1.___________________________
Author: 2.______________
Background information:
Every Christmas, Tolkien’s children would get an envelope with 3. _________________. Inside it, they would find 4. _______________________________ __________. Of course, the letters were written
by Tolkien.
Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien
a North Pole stamp
a handwritten letter from Father
Christmas
Read carefully and find some detailed information
Father Christmas’s
life and adventures at the North Pole
climbed the North Pole
how he could not
fell through
the roof
stop his helpers playing games
Contents of the letters:
They tell wonderful stories about 5. ________________
_________________________________. In one letter, Polar Bear 6. ____________________ and 7. __________
_________ of Father Christmas’s house. In another letter, Father Christmas complained about 8.________________
___________________________with the toys.
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Post-reading
Free talk
1. Would you like to read the book
Letters from Father Christmas
Give your reasons.
2. What is the most special gift you have
received from your family Why is it
special to you
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Language points
Important words
address
① n 地址;通讯处
eg: Please ask him to leave his address.
② n (正式的)演讲
eg: The president gave an address over the radio.
Important words
③ v 在……上写姓名、地址
eg: Please address the letter for me.
④ v 对……演讲,对……说话
eg: address a meeting
⑤ v 设法解决;处理
eg: adress a problem / question
将下列句子译为汉语。
1) The letter was addressed to Tolkien’s children.
2) We must address the problem of environmental
pollution.
3) He’s going to address the meeting tomorrow.
信是寄给Tolkien的孩子们的。
我们必须解决环境污染问题。
他明天要在会议上发表演讲。
练习
Important words
2. complain vi 抱怨,投诉
complaint n 抱怨,投诉
① complain to sb about / of sth
= make a complaint to sb about / of sth
eg: 我要就这件事向经理投诉。
I'm going to complain to the manager about this.
I'm going to make a complaint to the manager about this.
Important words
② complain to sb + (that) 从句
eg:贝蒂向史蒂夫抱怨说萨拉从不给她说话的机会。
Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk.
将下列句子补充完整。
1) Dan’s been complaining ________ severe headaches
recently.
2) Neighbours complained _____ the police _________
the dogs barking.
3) She complained _______ no one had been at the
airport to meet her.
of / about
to
that
about / of
练习
Important lexical chunks
和……一样长;只要
抱怨
代替;而不是
将……包裹起来
许多;大量
也;和
as long as
complain about
instead of
wrap ... up
a number of ...
as well as
in such a special way
用这样一种特有的方式
本句中的“why”引导表语从句,且从句中包含了一个“who”引导的定语从句,those为先行词,在从句中做regard 的主语。
1. That is why Letters from Father Christmas could be
the perfect book for those who regard Christmas as a
special time of year.
Important sentences
那就是为什么《圣诞老人的信》对于那些视圣诞节为一年中特殊时刻的人来说是一本完美之书。
① Tom came late for the meeting ________ he was ill.
② Tom was ill. That was ______ he came late for the
meeting.
③ The reason ________ Tom came late was ________
he was ill.
because
why
that
why
练习
汤姆迟到的原因是因为他生病了。
句中的“how” 引导宾语从句,做介词about的宾语。
2. In another letter, Father Christmas complained about
how he could not stop his helpers playing games with
the toys instead of wrapping them up.
Important sentences
在另外一封信里,圣诞老人抱怨他的帮手们一直在摆弄玩具,不愿将它们包装起来,他却无力阻止他们这么做。
3. Interestingly, the letters did not contain the usual
warnings to children that they might not receive
their presents if they were not good.
Important sentences
如果孩子们表现不好,就有可能收不到礼物。有趣的是,在这些信件里却从未提到这些常见的警告。
句中的interestingly为句子副词作状语,修饰后面一整个句子。
句中的“that”引导一个同位语从句,解释说明warning的内容,同时从句中还包含了一个“if”引导的条件状语从句。
1) _______ (sad), people can no longer visit the
cave.
2) _______ (tire) and hungry, they arrived home
finally.
Sadly
Tired
通常情况下,副词在句中作状语,修饰动词、形容词、介词短语或整个句子;形容词作状语,修饰句子的主语。
练习
3) The news that our football team won the match
was encouraging. (翻译)
我们足球队赢了比赛的消息令人鼓舞。
that引导同位语从句,解释news的内容,news在从句中不作成分,且that不可省略。
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4) The news that we heard on the radio was not true.
我们在收音机里听到的那则消息不是真的。
that引导定语从句,先行词news在从句中作heard的宾语,这时的that也可省略。
练习
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Homework
Find out more information about J.R.R. Tolkien’s books and movies after class and share your research with us next class.
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