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Starting out & Understanding ideas
UNIT TWO
Let’s celebrate!
Learning Aims
To talk about festivals and celebrations.
To read and understand the passage.
To get the detailed information of the passage.
To grasp the important words, phrases and sentence structures of this part.
Part One
Comprehension
Lead-in
___________ is to celebrate the harvest.
_________ is to celebrate a season.
____________ is to honour an event.
__________________ is to honour a person.
Thanksgiving
May Day
Freedom Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Lead-in
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.
霍比特人
Lead-in
指 环 王
Lead-in
Have you ever read any of Tolkien’s books
Have you seen any of the films based on them
What do you think of them
What else do you know about Tolkien
Do you want to know more about Tolkien
Lead-in
Skimming & Scanning
Read and find out:
What is Letters From Father Christmas about
Why did Tolkien write these letters
It is a collection of Tolkien’s letters to his four children
at Christmas, which told wonderful stories about Father
Christmas’s life and adventures at the North Pole.
Because he wanted to keep Father Christmas alive
for his four children.
Fast Reading
Para. 1 The author of Letters from Father Christmas.
Para. 2 Father Christmas has been in children’s heart since they
were young.
Para. 3 The contents of the letters and its effect on children.
Para. 4 Tolkien may be the real Father Christmas in his special
way to educate his children.
Para. 5 Tolkien’s children didn’t know that the envelope was from
his father.
Read the passage and match each paragraph with its main idea.
Deep Reading
1.When did the children begin to remember Father Christmas
When they were very young.
3.What would Tolkien’s children find in the envelope
It was Tolkien himself.
2.Who may be interested in the book
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
People who regard Christmas as a special time of year.
4.What made Father Christmas unhappy
His helpers played games with the toys instead of wrapping them up.
6.What can we share as well as enjoying the adventures from the book
We can all share the true spirit of giving at Christmas time.
5.Did the letters change as Tolkien’s children got older
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
Yes, they did change.
Deep Reading
Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien
a North Pole stamp
a handwritten letter from Father Christmas
Father Christmas’s life and
adventures at the North Pole
climbed the North Pole
fell through the roof
how he could not stop his helpers playing games
Note Making
Cloze Test
The magic of Father Christmas has been respected by children since they were 1.________ (child).It was J.R.R.Tolkien that wrote letters to his children and 2._____ (tell) them stories about Father Christmas.Tolkien kept Father Christmas alive for his four children,over a period 3.______ more than twenty years. Every Christmas,an envelope that 4.______________ (address) to Tolkien’s children reached. They were very 5.________ (excite) when they opened it. Inside,they would find a handwritten letter from Father Christmas. In the letters they learned some wonderful stories about Father Christmas’s life 6._____ adventures at the North Pole.
children
told
of
was addressed
excited
and
Cloze Test
In another letter,Father Christmas complained about 7.______he could not prevent his helpers from 8._______ (play) games with the toys. Letters from Father Christmas tells us the adventures of Father Christmas,Polar Bear and other 9.___________ (character) at the North Pole. We can all share the true spirit of 10._______ (give) at Christmas time. By expressing love for his children in such a special way,Tolkien may indeed have been the real Father Christmas.
how
playing
characters
giving
Part Two
Language Points
________ v. 向……表示敬意
2. _________ n. 龙
3. __________ adj. 月球的
4. _______ n. 诗人→ ________ n. 诗篇→ ________ n. 诗歌
5. __________ n. 收获
6. __________ n. 装饰物 → __________ v. 装饰,装修
7. __________ n. 自由,自由权利→ __________ adj. 自由的
8. _____________ v. 参加,参与 → _____________ n. 参加,参与
honour
dragon
lunar
poet
poem
poetry
harvest
decoration
decorate
Words
freedom
free
participate
participation
9. ________ v. 投票,表决
10. _________ adv. 不管,不顾
11. __________ n. (社会上的)不平等→ ________ n. 平等→ ________ adj. 平等的
12. _______ n. 幻想,想象
13. _______ n. (长篇)小说→ ________ n. 小说家
14. __________ adj. 无限的 → _______ v. 限制
15. __________ v. 认为,看作
vote
regardless
inequality
equality
equal
fantasy
novel
novelist
limitless
limit
regard
Words
16. ________ n. 文学
17. _________ n. 信封
18. _______ n. (行星的)地极,(尤指地球的)北极或南极→ ________
adj. 地极的
19. __________ adj. 手写的
20. _______ adj. 频繁的,经常的→ __________ adv. 频繁地,经常地
literature
envelope
pole
handwritten
frequent
polar
frequently
Words
21. ________ n. (建筑物、汽车、帐篷等的)顶,顶部
22. _________ v. 抱怨,不满,发牢骚→ __________ n. 抱怨,不满
23. _______ n. 警告,警示,告诫→ ________ v. 警告,警示,告诫
24. __________ adj. 挨饿的,即将饿死的→ ________ v. 饿死,挨饿→ ____________ n. 挨饿,饿死
roof
complain
warning
starving
starve
warn
starvation
complaint
Words
1. ___________ 发生
2. _______________ 为了纪念
3. __________________ 允许某人干某事
4. _____________ 不管,不顾
5. _______________ 被制成
6. ______________ 保持……的活力
7. ______________ 把……视作……
take place
allow sb. to do sth.
regardless of
be made into
regard…as…
in memory of
keep…alive
Phrases
8. ______________ 在……写姓名地址
9. __________________ 抱怨某事
10. ___________________ 阻止某人干某事
11. ___________ 把……打包
12. ____________ 许多,大量
13. __________ 也,又
complain about sth.
wrap…up
a number of
as well as
stop sb. from doing sth.
Phrases
address…to…
Language Points
1.honour v.向……表示敬意;表扬某人;给某人以荣誉
n.荣幸;荣誉;敬意
因为……尊重某人
做某事非常荣幸
出于对……的敬意
单句语法填空
(1)They built a monument ____ honour of the dead in the war.
(2)His colleague honoured him ____ his bravery.
(3) I feel greatly honoured __________(give) such a warm reception.
in honour of
It’s an honour (for sb.) to do sth
honour sb./sth. for sth.
in
for
to be given
把……视作
向……表达敬意
【归纳拓展】
意为“把……视作,认为……是”的短语
consider…as…
see…as…
refer to…as…
think of…as…
look on…as…
give regards to
regard…as…
2.regard v. 认为;把……看作 regards n. 问候,致意
Language Points
单句语法填空
(1)Please give my ________(regard) to your family when you write home.
(2)Watching TV is regarded _____ a way of recreation by many people.
完成句子
(3) 我认为李白是中国历史上最伟大的诗人。
regards
as
I regard Li Bai as the greatest poet in Chinese history.
Language Points
3.complain v. 抱怨;埋怨;发牢骚;投诉
complaint n. 抱怨,发牢骚
向某人抱怨
抱怨某事
投诉,抱怨
complain to sb.
complain of/about sth.
make a complaint
Language Points
单句语法填空
(1)His wife is always complaining ________ his laziness.
(2)He complained ______ the manager that the hotel’s
service was terrible.
(3)We received a number of __________ (complain)
from customers about the lack of parking facilities.
of/about
to
complaints
Language Points
4. warning n. 警告, 警示, 告诫 warn v. 警告,警戒,告诫
单句语法填空
(1) Mrs Smith warned her son never _______(drive) after drinking.
(2) We’ve just heard a ________ (warn) on the radio that a typhoon may be on the way.
(3) I tried to warn him _____the danger, but he is determined to get his own way.
to drive
warning
of
警告某人不要做某事
warn sb. not to do sth./
warn sb. against doing sth.
Language Points
一句多译
村民们警告他不要在河里游泳。
Villagers _____________________in the river.
Villagers ___________________________in the river.
Villagers ____________________________in the river.
warned him not to swim
warned him against swimming
warned that he should not swim
Language Points
句式分析
本句中That is why…意为“那就是……的原因”; why引导表语从句, 表示结果。
Language Points
【归纳拓展】
(1) This/That is/was why... 这/那就是……的原因(why引导表语从句, 表示结果)
(2) That/It is/was because...那/这是因为……(because引导表语从句, 表示原因)
(3) The reason why...is/was that...……的原因是……(why引导定语从句并在从句中作状语; that引导表语从句, 表示原因)
Language Points
单句语法填空
(1) He’s more of a talker than a doer. This is _______he never finishes anything.
(2) From space, the earth looks blue. This is _________about seventy-one percent of its surface is covered by water.
(3) The reason ______we don’t trust him is ______he often lies.
(4) The reason ________ he gave for his being late is that he got up late.
why
because
why
that
that/which
Language Points
看
观
谢
谢