课件26张PPT。Welcome to my class!Helen☆ Do you remember three Chinese traditional festivals that we have learnt in Lesson 1 in this Unit?The Dragon Boat FestivalThe Lantern Festival
sweet dumplingsThe Mid-Autumn Festivalmoon cakes☆Do you know what “Spring Festival” in western countries is?Christmas christmasLesson 4 Christmas☆Do you know what’s the origin(起源) of Christmas?
◆That day was the day to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ.(纪念耶稣诞生的日子)
☆When you talk about Christmas, what can you imagine?
balloons, Christmas carols, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, snow, snowmen, Christmas stockings, presents, Father Christmas, snowball fights, turkey, Christmas cakeKey words:balloons
presents
snowmen
Christmas tree
Christmas stockingsChristmas carolsFather Christmas
Christmas puddingChristmas cakeroasted turkeyChristmas hat
Christmas candiesParagraph 1 people’s activities(活动) after lunch
Paragraph 2 writing a letter to Father Christmas
Paragraph 3 atmosphere(气氛) during Christmas
Paragraph 4 people’s activities on Christmas Eve
Paragraph 5 people’s activities on Christmasmorning and having lunch
☆look through the text and choose the main idea of each paragraph.
Reading strategies:
When you answer the multiple-choice question,
◆Read the question and answers.
◆Try to guess the correct answer.
◆Find the place in the text where you think the answer is.
◆Read the text and check your answer.
☆Answer the multiple-choice questions.Before Christmas:
1. When did Christmas always begin?
in the middle of the warm month of September
in the middle of the hot month of June
in the middle of the cold and windy month of November
2. What did people do in front of the fire?
wrote a letter to Father Christmas
looked at the fire
thought about something
(C)(A)3. At the end of each year ,what did people always do?
had a party
went to the park
opened the new year calendar
4. What do you think people do in a carol service?
sing songs
give presents
watch a play
5. If there was snow everywhere, what could people do?
eat the snow
make snowmen and have exciting snowball fights
do nothing(C)(A)(B)On Christmas Eve:
6. On Christmas Eve, what did the whole family do?
didn’t go to bed
watched TV
decorated the house and put up the Christmas tree
7. Where did the people put their stockings?
on the desk
under the bed
at the end of the bed
8. What happened on Christmas Eve?
the writer stayed awake all night
someone put presents in the stockings
the writer saw Father Christmas
(C)(C)(B)On Christmas:
9. What were the stockings full of?
presents B. snakes C. nothing
10. Who put presents in the children’s stockings?
Father Christmas B. their parents C. nobody
11. At lunchtime , what did people eat?
turkeys and Christmas puddings
rice
nothing
12. What songs did people usually sing during Christmas?
popular songs B. classical songs C. carols
13. After lunch:
The adults watched the Queen’s speech.
The children made a snowman.
Everyone had more to eat. (A)(B)(C)(A)(A)☆ In what order did the children do these things? Example: 1 d
a) open the new year calendar
b) put their stockings at the end of the bed
c) sing Christmas carols
d) write a letter to Father Christmas
e) put up the Christmas tree
f ) go to church
g) have Christmas cakeRead to learnwrite a letter to the
Father Christmasopen the new year calendar put up the Christmas treego to churchsing Christmas
carolsput their stockings
at the end
of the bedhave
Christmas
cakes Complete exercise3 in this lesson and look at the diagram below to check your answers.Speaking:☆Work in pairs and discuss if you want to celebrate Christmas next month, what will you do according to time order in the text? You can use these words or phrases:
at first、a few days later、then、 on Christmas Eve、before going to bed、on Christmas morning、 at lunchtime、 after lunch
You can begin like this:
At first, I will write a letter to Father Christmas…..☆What are the similarities and differences between Christmas in western countries and Spring Festival in China?Similarities: (1) People make snowmen and have snowball fights.
(2) The whole family get together.
(3) Parents give presents to their children.
(4) People send postcards to their friends.
(5)People clean and decorate the house.
(6)People have a firework display.
Differences: Christmas
in Dec.
turkeys
puddings
carols
Father Christmas,
Christmas tree,
stockings……Spring Festival
in Jan. or Feb.
dumplings, hot pot
Chicken……
Congratulations
Spring Festival couplets (春联)
Lion Dance
Time: Special food : Special songs: Special things: Summary(总结)We go further to learn more about an important western festival — Christmas.
Compare Christmas with Spring Festival.
We can feel the atmosphere of Christmas in advance.
In this lesson:Today’s homework:A composition: change speaking into writing
Topic: Christmas
要求:80∽120 words
谢谢指导!