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Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Section B 2a-2e
In China, what festival is the precious time for family to get together
Lead-in
the Chinese Spring Festival
How about in western countries
the Christmas Day
Santa Claus
gifts
a Christmas card
a Christmas tree
Look and say something about Christmas.
2a
Discuss in groups and create a mind map.
Christmas
Date
Symbols
Activities
Stories
December 25th
Santa Claus/ reindeer Christmas tree…
gift giving/family dinner…
The Little Match Girl
…
Prediction
The Spirit of Christmas
What does the passage talk about
It talks about the spirit of Christmas.
true meaning
ghost
The true meaning of Christmas
An introduction of a Christmas story: A Christmas Carol
Which paragraphs tells us a Christmas story
1
2
3
4
2
While-reading
What’s the structure of the passage How about the main idea of each paragraph
The spirit of Christmas
Para.1
Para.2-4
Para.2
The true meaning of Christams
A Christmas Carol is a famous novel.
Three ghosts visit Scrooge.
Para.3
Para.4
Scrooge changes his life.
The content of the story
Introducing the topic
总
分
阅读策略:主旨题可以从文章的开头或题干或高频主题词中寻找。
1. What are the common things that people think of for Christmas
2. What is the true meaning or spirit of Christmas
gifts,
Christmas trees, Santa Claus,
the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us
Read para.1 and answer questions
1.When we think of Christmas, what will we think of
We think of gifts, Christmas trees and Santa Claus.
2.What’s the true meaning of Christmas
The true meaning of Christmas is the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.
A Christmas Carol
Skimming(略读)
Read the key words and sentences to get the specific information
Post-reading
Many would agree that when we think of Christmas, we probably think of gifts, Christmas trees and Santa Claus. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. The story in A Christmas Carol is perhaps the best example of this.
大多数人
think of 想起,认为
think about 考虑
可能地
存在,躺,撒谎
…的真正意义
mean v. 意思是,adj.吝啬的
meaning n.意思
meaningful adj.有意义的
meaningless adj.无意义的
…的重要性
可能,也许
Charles Dickens
Novel
Characters:
Scrooge
Jacob Marley
three ghosts
Kind: ________
Writer: ________________
mean
dead business partner
Scrooge (吝啬鬼) has been a common word in today’s dictionary.
Read paragraph 2 carefully and finish the card.
__________
____________
_____________
A Christmas Carol
查尔斯·狄更斯
Charles Dickens
狄更斯1812年2月7日生于朴次茅斯市郊,出生于海军小职员家庭,少年时因家庭生活窘迫,只能断断续续入校求学。后被迫到工厂做童工。15岁以后,当过律师事务所学徒、录事和法庭记录员。20岁开始当报馆采访员,报道下议院。1837年他完成了第一部长篇小说《匹克威克外传》,是第一部现实主义小说创作,后来创作才能日渐成熟,先后出版了《雾都孤儿》
(1838)《老古玩店》(1841)《董贝父子》(1848)《大卫·科波菲尔》(1850)《艰难时世》(1854)《双城记》(1859)
《远大前程》(1861)等,1870年6月9日卒于罗切斯特附近的盖茨山庄。
Never laughs or smiles
Mean and only thinks about himself
doesn't treat others nicely
just cares about whether he can make money
hates Christmas
unhappy
selfish
unkind
greedy
From the book, what’s Scrooge like
What happened to Jacob Marley
Why did he visit Scrooge
He was punished after he died.
He warns Scrooge to change his ways.
There will be three spirits to visit you.
Post-reading
A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only thinks about himself. He doesn’t treat others nicely. He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business partner. Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so he was punished after he died. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him.
a novel written by… …写的小说
定语从句
adj. 吝啬的
think about 考虑 think of 想起,认为
对待
其他人/物
关心
宾语从句
make money 挣钱
圣诞前夜(平安夜)
鬼,鬼魂
adj. 死亡的
生意,商业
伙伴
曾经是
used to do 过去常做,be used to doing 习惯于
处罚;惩罚
was/were+过去分词:被...
警告;告诫
如果
v.最终成为;最后像
expect to do 期待做
tell sb. (not) to do 告诉某人(不)做
Read paragraph 3 carefully, and complete the chart.
圣诞节的过去之灵
圣诞节的现在之灵
圣诞节的未来之灵
He takes Scrooge to see how others are __________ Christmas this year. Everyone is happy, even ______ people.
spending
poor
He takes Scrooge to the future. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody ______.
cares
He takes Scrooge back to his childhood and reminds him of his _______ days as a ________.
happier
child
That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and reminds Scrooge of his happier days as a child. Then the second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this year. Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. He sees that he is dead but nobody cares. He is so scared that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is only the next morning — Christmas Day!
Post-reading
过去
take sb. back to ...把某人带回到...
童年
remind sb. of sth./sb.使某人想起某物/人
作为
精神,灵魂
n.现在;礼物 adj. 现在的,出席的
宾语从句
尚未到来
宾语从句
找出,查明
宾语从句
害怕的
3. What is the true meaning or spirit of Christmas
The true spirit of Christmas is treating everyone with kindness and warmth and spreading love and joy everywhere we go.
Read paragraph 4 and answer the question.
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. And that is the true spirit of Christmas!
Post-reading
decide to do sth. 决定做某事
change one’s life改变某人的生活
promise to do sth. 承诺做某事
庆祝
需要,处于困境
treat sb. with… 用…招待某人
善良
温暖
传播
V-ing:表示伴随情况
仿写:我回到家,感觉非常疲劳。
I got home,_________ very tired.
feeling
the spirit of festivals
reunion (团聚)
sharing(分享)
giving(赠予)
Post-reading
The Story from A Christmas Carol
At the beginning Scrooge: mean, care about himself, not treat others nicely, care about making more money, hate Christmas.
Three ghosts (Past, Present , Yet to come) visit him.
In the end Scrooge: a better man, treat everyone with warmth and kindness, spread love and joy.
True meaning: share and give love and joy to people around us.
Step 4 Post-reading
Sum up the whole passage and retell it according to the mind map in groups..
When you visit a foreign country, it is important to know how to ask for help politely.
当你去国外旅游时,知道如何礼貌地寻求帮助很重要。
politely作副词,意为“礼貌地;客气地”,其反义词为
impolitely(无礼地;粗鲁地);
polite是其形容词形式,反义词为impolite(无礼的)。
Language Points
polite + -ly politely
(adj. 有礼貌的) (adv. 有礼貌地)
impolite + -ly impolitely
(adj. 无礼的) (adv. 无礼地)
He is a polite child. He speaks to everyone politely.
他是个有礼貌的孩子。他对每个人说话都很有礼貌。
For example, “Where are the restrooms ” or “Could you please tell me where the restrooms are ” are similar requests for directions to a place.
例如,“公共厕所在哪里 ”和“您能告诉我公共厕所在哪里吗? ”是询问地点的类似的请求。
request是可数名同,意为“要求;请求”,其后常接“for +名间”,意为“……的要求/请求”。
We must make a request for help. 我们必须请求帮助。
request用作及物动词,意为“要求;请求”。 常见用法:
①request sth. ( from/of sb.) 意为“(向某人)请求某物”。
He requested some hot water from me.
他向我要了些热水。
②request sb. to do sth. 意为“请求某人做某事”。
They requested him to leave at once.
他们要求他立刻离开。
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Usually polite questions are longer and include more language such as “Could you please ... ” or “Can I ask ... ”
有礼貌的问句通常更长一些,而且包括像“Could you please ... ”
或“Can I ask ... ”之类的表达方式。
include作及物动词,意为“包括;包含”。
The price includes both the house and the furniture inside. 这个价格包括房子和里面的家具。
① including用作介词,意为“包括;包含在内”,后接名词、代词或动词-ing形式。
Six people, including a baby, were injured in the accident.
事故中有6人受伤,其中包括一名婴儿。
② included形容词,意为“包括在内的”,通常置于名词之后。
There are 100 people in this school, 20 teachers included.
这所学校有100个人,包括20名老师。
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Sometimes we even need to spend time leading in to a request. 有时,我们甚至需要花些时间来导入一个请求。
lead in to意为“引入;导人”。其中in为副词,to为
介词,其后接名词或代词作宾语。
We often use “excuse me” to lead in to a request.
我们常用“excuse me”来导入一个请求。
lead to意为“导致;通向”。
Too much work and too little rest often lead to illness.
过量的工作和过少的休息经常引起疾病。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大道通罗马。
I look forward to your reply. 我期待您的回复。
look forward to表示“盼望;期待”,相当于expect,特指以特别愉快的心情期待着。 其中to为介词,后面接V-ing形式。
译:我期待着再次见到你。
误:I’m looking forward to see you again.
正:I’m looking forward to seeing you again.
reply用作名词,意为“答复”,相当于answer,表示“……的答复”时,reply与answer都需要与to连用。
I received no reply/answer to my request.
我的要求没有收到任何答复。
reply用作不及物动词,意为“回答,回复”,
reply to sb./sth.表示“对某人/某事作 出回答”。用作及物动词,其后可接宾语从句。
She cried, but didn’t reply. 她哭了,但没有回答。
He didn’t reply to my letter. 他没有回复我的信。
answer作及物动词,其后可直接跟名词或代词作宾语。
Please answer my question. 请回答我的问题。
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