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Period 1
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Unit 2 Let's celebrate!
Learning aims
1. To learn about some festivals.
2. To learn the main idea of the text.
3. To improve the basic reading skills especially skim.
4. To learn useful language points.
Chinese Harvest Day
National Day
Thanksgiving
May Day
Tomb-Sweeping Day
Dragon Boat Festival
What are the names of the festivals
Leading-in
Match the festivals with the purposes.
to honour an event
to celebrate a season
to celebrate the harvest
to honour a person
Thanksgiving
May day
Dragon Boat Festival
Chinese Harvest Day
Independence Day
Freedom Day
What’s your favourite festival How do you celebrate it
The Real Father Christmas
Reading Comprehension
Read the introduction to Tolkien.
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.
What was the type of novel he was best at
J.R.R Tolkien
What do you know about him
Who is he
Pre-Reading
Have you ever read any of Tolkien's books or seen any of the films based on them?
What do you think of them
1. Match the main ideas of each paragraph.
Para 1
Parents try to keep the magic of Father Christmas alive for their children.
The children were excited when they opened the envelope.
J. R. R. Tolkien kept writing letters to his four children for more than twenty years.
The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas’s life and adventures at the North Pole.
We can all share the true spirit of giving at Christmas time.
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Fast-Reading
2.Choose the sentence that best explains the title of the passage.
*The real Father Christmas was actually Tolkien himself.
*Tolkien is the real Father Christmas, because he wrote letters using the name "Father Christmas".
* Tolkien's love and care for his children made him very like Father Christmas.
1. Scan the text and choose the best choice.
(1) Who may be most interested in the book Letters from Father Christmas
A.People who like reading novels.
B.People who like playing games.
C.People who like reading books about festivals.
D.People who consider Christmas a special time of year.
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Careful Reading
(2) According to the passage, which one is TRUE about the letters that Tolkien’s children received
A.Every letter was sent to the North Pole.
B.Every envelope of letters has a North Pole stamp.
C.The letters took Father Christmas a long time to complete.
D.The letters may not be all written by Tolkien.
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(3)Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraph 4
A.Tolkien complained his helpers played games instead of wrapping up the presents.
B.Tolkien warned the children that they might not receive their presents if they behaved badly.
C.Tolkien wrote the letters according to children’s age.
D.The children received a lot of presents every year.
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Maybe Letters from Father Christmas is the perfect book for those 1.______regard
Christmas as a special time of year. The author, Tolkien, is one of the most famous
2._______(name) in English literature. Every Christmas, an envelope with a North
Pole stamp arrived. It 3.______________(address) to Tolkien’s children. Inside, they
would find a handwritten letter from Father Christmas. The letters were also
4.__________(beatiful) illustrated-each must have taken its true author a long time
5.___________(complete). In one letter, Father Christmas complained 6.______how he
could not stop his helpers 7._______(play) games with the toys instead of wrapping
them up. Interestingly, the letters did not contain the usual 8._________(warn) to
children that they might not receive their presents if they were not good. The letters
9._____(do), however, change 10. ___Tolkien’s children got older. By expressing his
love, he may indeed have been the real Father Christmas.
who
names
was addressed
beatifully
to complete
about
playing
warnings
did
as
2. Read the passage again and fill in the blanks.
Post-Reading
Pairwork
Discuss the questions below.
1. Why did Tolkien write these letters
Tolkien wrote these letters because he wanted to keep Father Christmas alive for his four children.
2. Would you like to read the book Letters from Father Christmas
Give your reasons.
1. honour v.向……表示敬意
Ms. Payne said she was honoured to accept the appointment and looked forward to its challenges.佩恩女士说她很荣幸接受这一任命,并期待着它所带来的挑战。
(1)be honoured for... 因……而受到尊敬或获得荣誉
be honoured as... 被尊为……
be/feel honoured to do/of doing... 做……而感到荣幸
(2)have the honour to do/of doing... 有幸做……
in honour of 为了纪念……
It’s an/one’s honour to do... 做……是一种/某人的荣幸
Language points
【知识归纳】
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1.单句语法填空
(1)It was a great honour (meet)my hero in person.
(2)They gave their lives for their country and were honoured heroes.
(3)We celebrate Teachers’ Day every year in honour teachers.
to meet
as
of
2.一句多译
受邀参加他们下月的婚礼,我感到很荣幸。
(4) to be invited to their wedding ceremony which will take place next month.
(5) ____________________to be invited to their wedding ceremony which will
take place next month.
I am/feel honoured
It’s an honour for me
2. in memory of 为了纪念
(2020·新高考全国Ⅰ卷)Judges will choose up to 50 honorable mention winners, who will each receive a T-shirt in memory of Earhart’s final flight.
法官将选择最多50名荣誉奖得主,每人将获得一件纪念埃尔哈特最后一次飞行的T恤。
in+n+of 短语:
in favour of 赞同,支持
in praise of 赞美,歌颂
in charge of 负责,掌管
in celebration of 庆祝
in search of 寻找
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3.Everybody spoke her devotion to the cause of education.
所有人都称赞她献身教育事业的精神。
4.He was placed the department.
他受命主管这个部门。
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单句语法填空
1.The party was celebration my parents’ silver wedding.
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2.They set up a monument the soldiers who died in World War 他们建起一座纪念碑,用来纪念在第二次世界大战中牺牲的战士们。
in
of
in memory of
in praise of
in charge of
3. regard...as... 把……视作……
(2019·全国卷Ⅰ)Mountains are regarded as spiritual places by many cultures.
山被许多文化视为心灵之地。
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be regarded as ... 被看作
with/in regard to 关于/至于
give my regards to sb. 请带我问候某人,请带我向某人致意
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单句语法填空
1.Her parents always regarded her the smartest of their children.
2.Though 20 years old, the book is still (regard) as the authority on
the subject.
完成句子
3.______________________________,we will discuss them fully.
关于他的建议,我们将充分讨论。
as
regarded
With/In regard to his suggestions
4. complain v.抱怨,不满,发牢骚
(2020·江苏高考) One funny observation about a problem in your life can be funny, but five is just complaining, no matter how smart you think you are.
对你生活中的一个问题的有趣的观察可能是有趣的,但五个只是在抱怨,不管你认为自己有多聪明。
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complain (to sb.) about/of sth. 向/对某人抱怨某事
complain that... 抱怨……
complaint n.抱怨,投诉;控告
make a complaint (to sb.) about sth.为某事(向某人)投诉
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.
完成句子
4.One of the neighbours wrote to___________________________________
the sound of the piano at mid-night.
其中一个邻居来信投诉半夜的钢琴声。
of/about
to
complaints
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complain about/make a complaint about
5. warning n.警告,警示,告诫
(2023 全国甲卷)However, Carson’s theme is a more weighty warning about environmental destruction.
然而,卡森的主题是对环境破坏的更沉重的警告。
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without (any) warning 没有(任何)警告
warn sb. of sth. 警告某人某事
warn sb. to do sth. 提醒/告诫某人做某事
warn sb. not to do sth.=warn sb. against (doing) sth. 警告某人不要做某事
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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 was determined to get his own way.
一句多译
4.医生警告这个病人不要再吸烟。
The doctor .
The doctor any longer.
to drive
warning
of
warned the patient against smoking
warned the patient not to smoke
6. This/That is why...这/那就是……的原因,其中why引导表语从句。
句型 意义 引导词的功能及从句意义
This/That is/was why... 这/那就是……的原因 why引导表语从句,表示结果
This/That is/was because... 这/那是因为…… because引导表语从句,表示原因
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
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1.单句语法填空
(1)He’s more of a talker than a doer. That 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.
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2.句型转换
(4)Tom came late for the meeting because he was ill.
→Tom was ill. he came late for the meeting.
→Tom came late for the meeting. he was ill.
→ Tom came late for the meeting he was ill.
why
because
why
that
That was why
That was because
The reason why
was that
1.honour: in honour of; be honoured as
2.complain: complain about; complain that...; make a complaint about
3.warn: warn sb of sth; warn sb to do sth
1.honour→honourable
2.decoration→decorate
3.freedom→free
4.inequality→equality
→equal
harvest, novel , freedom, dragon, lunar , envelope , polar, pole
词 汇 清 单
认知词汇
拓展词汇
应用词汇
核心短语
in memory of;
regardless of;
regard...as...;
stop...(from) doing...;
as well as
重点句式
As parents, they try to keep that magic alive for their children for as long as they can..(keep+宾语+形容词(形容词作宾补))
The letters did, however,change as Tolkien’s children got older.(do/did+动词原形用来强调谓语)
1.The president later __________(向……表示敬意) the headmaster for her presence at lunch.
2.A quarter of the working class _______(投票) for him.
3.Getting food to _________(挨饿的) people does nothing to stop the war.
4.Festive paper __________(装饰物) had been hung from the ceiling.
5.People are concerned about social _________(不平等).
6.The tourist __________(抱怨) that the room was too dirty.
honoured
voted
starving
decorations
inequality
complained
Ⅰ单词拼写
1. 袁隆平被誉为“杂交水稻之父”。(honour v.)
Yuan Longping ______________ the “Father of Hybrid Rice”.
2. 她买不起鞋。这就是她赤脚参加学校锦标赛的原因。(why引导表语从
句)
She couldn’t afford shoes. __________ she ran at the school championships
barefoot.
3. 他抱怨说他的老板没用,他的工作太多。(complain)
He _______________ his boss was useless and he had too much work.
4. 他们警告他独自航行的重重危险。(warn)
They _____________the dangers of sailing alone.
is honoured as
That is why
complained that
warned him of
Ⅱ完成句子
Sharp tools make good work.
工欲善其事,必先利其器。