Unit 2 Let's Celebrate! Starting out 课件(共45张PPT)-2025-2026学年外研版（2019）必修第二册

(共45张PPT)
Unit 2
Let’s celebrate!
基于大观念的单元整体教学设计
Unit 2 Let’s celebrate
了解多元节日文化
理解节日深刻内涵
培养节日文化自信
Lesson 1: Starting out & Vocabulary
了解世界各地庆祝季节变换的节日
了解节日相关词汇、节日庆祝原因
Lesson 2: Understanding ideas
理解英国作家Tolkien通过圣诞节信表达对孩子深沉的父爱
Lesson 3: Using language
学会情态动词表推测的用法
掌握如何对节日进行描述
Lesson 4: Listening & Speaking
学习如何发出和接受节日邀请
Lesson 5: Developing ideas
了解人们对春节团圆饭习俗的不同观点
思考传统习俗是否应该改变
Lesson 6: Writing
写信给编辑（对春节走向世界的看法）
Lesson 7: Presenting ideas & Reflection
创造节日：陈述创造原因
单元大观念
了解各国特色节日及庆祝原因的多样性，学会理解并描述不同节日，提升多元文化视野；增强对中外不同节日文化的了解，增强国家认同感，有意识地主动弘扬和传播中华优秀文化；理解和辨析不同节日的意义和内涵，通过创造新节日，联系自身实际，实现知识与思维能力的迁移。
Pre-reading
1. What festivals are mentioned in the video
2. Why do people celebrate these festivals
3. What do people do to celebrate the festivals
Read the festival descriptions and complete the sentences.
___________ is to celebrate the harvest.
___________ is to celebrate a season.
___________ is to honour an event.
____________________ is to honour a person.
Why do we celebrate these festivals
_____ is to celebrate the harvest.
_____ is to celebrate a season.
_____ is to honour an event.
_____ is to honour a person.
What do you know about this English novelist
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
约翰·罗纳德·瑞尔·托尔金
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.
Letters from Father Christmas
语篇类型属于书评book review
是对一本书的评价，作者就某本书给出自己的评价，并简单介绍书中内容。
书评需对作品有简单介绍，注意介绍清楚主要人物、情节和思想。
可能整部作品太大，所以挑出主要人物与情节介绍即可。可以在书评中加入自己的看法，给出对作品主题的意见。
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
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
merits (优点) and demerits
discuss its relevance to the present time
While-reading
Fast-reading
1. What is Letters from Father Christmas about
2. Why did Tolkien write these letters
Letter 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.
Tolkien wrote these letters because he wanted to keep Father Christmas alive for his four children.
Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para. 1 A. The stories in the letters.
Para. 2 B. The basic information about those letters.
Para. 3 C. The magic of Father Christmas for children.
Para. 4 D. The true spirit of giving at Christmas time.
Para. 5 E. Letters from Father Christmas and its writer.
While-reading
Careful-reading
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1.Who wrote the letters in fact
A. Father Christmas.
B. Tolkien's friends.
C. Tolkien.
D. The helpers.
Read the passage and answer the questions.
2. 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.
3. Which of the following statements about J. R. R. Tolkien is NOT true according to Paragraph 2
A. J. R. R. Tolkien has four children.
B. J. R. R. Tolkien is very famous in French literature.
C. J. R. R. Tolkien is the author of The Lord of the Rings.
D. J. R. R. Tolkien kept writing letters to his children for over twenty years.
4. ____ may not be included in the stories.
A. Polar Bear
B. Father Christmas
C. The helpers
D. Penguins
5. What topic might be talked about in the letters
①Father Christmas’s life at the North Pole.
②J. R. R. Tolkien’s daily life at the North Pole.
③Father Christmas’s warning to the children.
④Father Christmas’s complaints about his helpers.
A. ①②　 B. ①③　 C. ①④　 D. ③④
6. What kind of true spirit can we learn from the book Letters from Father Christmas
A. Giving.
B. Being Happy.
C. Being with family members.
D. Expressing love for family members.
7. What kind of father do you think J. R. R. Tolkien is
A. Humorous.
B. Strict.
C. Serious.
D. Caring.
Which of the sentences best explains the tile of the passage
A. The real Father Christmas was actually Tolkien himself.
B. Tolkien is the real Father Christmas, because he wrote letters using the name “Father Christmas”.
C. Tolkien’s love and care for his children make him very like Father Christmas.
1. Tolkien wrote letters to his children for more than twenty years.
2. The children were very excited when they opened the letters.
3. The handwritten letters were from Father Christmas at the North Pole.
4. Children were warned that they might not receive their presents if they behaved badly.
5. We can't learn about the life of Polar Bear from Letters from Father Christmas.
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Post-reading
Consolidation
P1 The beginning
P2 author’s
information
P3-4 summary
of the book with main characters
P5 comments
Parents try to keep the image of Father Christmas for their children.
What do parents want to do for their children
1. What did Tolkien do to keep the magic
He wrote letters to his children.
2. Why could Letters from Father Christmas be the perfect book for those who regard Christmas as a special time of year
Because he succeeded in keeping Father Christmas alive for his four children over a period of more than twenty years.
Why did Tolkien use envelopes with North Pole stamps
Because he wanted to make his children believe the letters are from Father Christmas.
1. What do you think of the stories Exchange your idea with your partners.
These words may help you: naughty, vivid, naive, childlike, interesting, imaginative, reflective…
2. What did Tolkien want to make his children know as they got older
Sometimes, you can’t get all you want.
Remember there are some poor and starving people.
1. What can we learn from Letters from Father Christmas
The true spirit of giving.
2. Why is Tolkien the real Father Christmas
Because he has expressed his love for his children in such a special way.
Letters from Father Christmas
Who wrote the letters
Why were the letters written
What makes the letters special
How do the letters affect us
Not Father Christmas but J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings.
To keep Father Christmas alive for his four children.
Handwritten; Beautifully illustrated; Wonderful stories; Not usual warnings to children; The letters changed as the children got older.
We can learn to share the true spirit of giving at Christmas time.
Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word.
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), an English writer, poet and university professor, created some world-famous novels, such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, 1. ________ have been made into films.
2. ________ (regard) as magical, Father Christmas is an indispensable ( 不可或缺的) part of children's lives in western countries. J.R.R.
which
Regarded
Tolkien's book Letters from Father Christmas could be the perfect book about him. Originally written 3. ________ (make) his children believe in Father Christmas, the book has made Tolkien one of the most famous names in English literature.
Every Christmas, a handwritten letter 4. ________ (send) to his children, with beautiful illustrations in it. These letters 5. ________ (main) told wonderful stories about Father Christmas's life and his adventures at the North Pole. What made these letters 6. __________ (interest) was that they never judged children's behaviour.
to make
was sent
mainly
interesting
Whether they could receive a gift or not didn't depend 7. ________ their behaviour. As Tolkien's children grew up, there was something different in these letters, 8. ________ (tell) them not to complain or feel sad when they didn't get what they had expected, but to think of those people who were still suffering from 9. ________ (hungry).
Not only does Letters from Father Christmas share adventures with readers, 10. ________ it also teaches them the value of giving. What a special way it was for Tolkien to express love for his children!
on / upon
telling
hunger
but
Summary(课文语法填空)
　　Maybe Letters from Father Christmas is the perfect book for those 1. ____
regard Christmas as a special time of year. The author, J. R. R. 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. __________ (beautiful)
illustrated—each must have taken its true author, Tolkien, a long time 5. __
_________(complete).
who
names
was
addressed
beautifully
to
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 did,
however, change as Tolkien’s children got 9. _____(old).
　　By expressing love for his children in such a special way, Tolkien may indeed
have been 10. ___ real Father Christmas.
about
playing
warnings
older
the
1 Would you like to read the book Letters from Father Christmas Give your reasons.
2 What is the most special gift you have received from your family Why is it special to you