(共18张PPT)
Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious
Section B (2a-2e) Reading
What do you know about Christmas
Pre-reading
What common things can you think of for Christmas
symbols
activities
date
stocking
Santa
Claus
stories
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Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
A Christmas Carol
Prediction
The Spirit of Christmas
What does the passage talk about
It talks about the spirit of Christmas.
true meaning
ghost
While-reading
paragraph1
paragraph2
paragraph3
paragraph4
c. The true meaning of Christmas
d. A Christmas Carol is a famous novel.
b.Three ghosts visit Scrooge.
a.Scrooge changes his life.
快读
Skimming
match the main idea with each paragraph
What is the true meaning of Christmas
The true meaning of Christmas is the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.
Tips: pay attention to the key words and phrases
Charles Dickens
Novel
Characters:
Scrooge
Jacob Marley
three ghosts
A Christmas Carol
Kind:
Writer:
mean
dead business partner
Scrooge/ scrooge( 吝啬鬼) has been a common word in today’s dictionary.
Read para.2 and finish the card.
Does Scrooge have many friends Why (not)
No
How do you know
Para 2
Careful reading
Reading Strategy
推断
Inferring
This means you have to “read between the lines” to get the meanings that are not clearly stated in a text.
从文章的字里行间思考和推断作者所透露出的信息和意图。
推断
Inferring
Why was Jacob Marley punished after he died
Because he used to be like Scrooge.
He didn’t treat others nicely and he just cared about money
Does Jacob Marley want to help Scrooge
How do you know
Because he warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him.
Careful reading
查读
Scanning
Para 3
Reading Strategy
What does Scrooge see when he’s with…
the Ghost of Christmas Past
the Ghost of Christmas Present
the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
He sees
He sees
He sees
his happier days as a child
how others are spending Christmas this year.
that he is dead , but nobody cares.
Para 4
What does Scrooge do after seeing the three spirits
Why can the three spirits/ ghosts change Scrooge
Culture Background
Careful reading
Because Spirits/ ghosts have great strength in the western literature works(西方文学作品) . Christians(基督徒) believe people have future lives after death(人死后有来生). They all want to go to heaven(进天堂)after death, rather than drop into hell(下地狱)) because of the crimes they commit before(前世所犯的罪).
And that is the true spirit of Christmas!
And that is the true spirit of Christmas!
the spirit of festivals
reunion (团聚)
sharing(分享)
giving (赠予)
Post-reading
The spirit of life
We should learn to help others , treat others with kindness ,give and spread love and joy everywhere we go.
Mind Map
Changing the information you read into a mind map may help you remember it more easily
The spirit of Christmas
A Christmas Carol
Scrooge before
Marley and three ghosts’ s visit
Scrooge after
Change the story of Scrooge into textbook drama by using your own words then perform it in front of the class.
textbook drama
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