Unit 2 Let's celebrate! Understanding ideas课件（共19张，内嵌视频）2024-2025学年高一英语外研版必修第二册

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Unit 2 Let’s celebrate!
Understanding ideas
Know more about the culture differences and background information of different kinds of festivals.
Grasp the features of book review the reasons why people celebrate festivals.
Understand the spirit in the passage and deepen your understanding of the meanings of festival.
Learning objectives
Activity 1 Warming-up
Who wrote the two novels
What kind of novel are they
About the author
J.R.R. Tolkien ['t lki:n] (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.
J.R.R Tolkien
What is the type of the novel
he was best at
约翰·罗纳德·瑞尔·托尔金
What else do you know about him
圣诞老人的来信
About the author
精灵宝钻
Activity 2 Prediction
2. What does the title imply
What does the word “real” mean
Look at the picture and the title and answer the questions.
1. Predict what will be talked about in the text according to the
picture and the title.
Activity 3 Read for gist(概况)
4. What type of text is it
3. What does this text mainly talk about
1. What Letters from Father Christmas is about
2. Why did Tolkien write these letters
Activity 3 Read for gist(概况)
1. What Letters from Father Christmas is about
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.
Activity 3 Read for gist(概况)
3. What does this text mainly talk about
2. Why did Tolkien write these letters
Tolkien wrote these letters because he wanted to keep Father Christmas alive for his four children.
It is mainly about Letters From Father Christmas written by Tolkien.
a book review
the word cloud of the text
本文的语篇类型属于书评（book review），是对一本书的评价，作者会就某本书给出自己的评价，并简单的介绍书中的内容。
作者可以在书评中给出所评价的书的基本要素，如：该书的作者，主要著作，获奖情况，写作风格等。
在书评的内容中需对作品有一个简单的介绍，要注意介绍清楚书中的主要人物、情节和中心思想。
可能整部作品太大，所以挑出主要人物与情节介绍即可。作者可以在书评中加入自己对作品的看法，给出自己对作品主题的意见。
书评的主要目的是对作品做出评价，所以要注意介绍作品和评价作品二者兼顾。
A book
Review consists
author’s
information
summary
of a book
comments
background related to the content of the book
author’s life
Summary should be self-contained, clear, easy to understand, and objective.
writer’s own views on the book
name merits (优点) and demerits
discuss its relevance to the present time
Activity 4 Read for structure
introduction
background
information
contents of the book
summary
the name of the book
the author
the extracts
Activity 4 Read for structure
title：the real father Christmas
Para. 3:
background information
Para. 4:
contents of the book
Para. 1&2: introduction
Para. 5:
summary (theme)
the
hamburger
structure
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
Step 1 Read the lines
addressed to Tolkien's children from the North Pole
Activity 5 Read for contents
Step 1 Read the lines
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.
Father Christmas’s
life and adventures at the North Pole
climbed the North Pole
how he could not stop his helpers playing games
fell through the roof
Hello, guys!
__________
Activity 5 Read for contents
Step 2 Read between the lines
Activity 5 Read for contents
What do you think of Tolkien's letters
Find some evidence in the text to support your opinion.
1. What do you think of Tolkien as a father
2. What is the true spirit of Christmas
Step 3 Read beyond the lines
considerate
instructional
easygoing，
tolerant
affectionate
loving, patient
aesthetic
good taste
of art
caring, kind
wise
Tolkien as a father
love/affection
Can Tolkien be called the Real Father Christmas
Do you understand the title now
Would you like to read the book Why
Activity 5 Read for contents
What is the most special gift you have received from your family Why is it special to you
Activity 6 Think and share
Activity 6 Think and share
I hope all of you can always be nice to your family.
I believe you can also offer more love to the world and bring something wonderful to the brilliant world.
Read for growth
老吾老以及人之老，
幼吾幼以及人之幼。
1. Level 1
Draw a mind map of the Real Father Christmas and retell
the text.
Level 2
1. Surf the Internet and find out some information
about Fu Lei's Family Letters.
3. Write a book review on Fu Lei's Family Letters.
Try to imitate the structure and language of
the Real Father Christmas.
Assignments