1、北师大版北师大版 高高一一(1)Unit 3(1)Unit 3Unit 3 CelebrationsLesson 4 ChristmasObjectives To read a narrative text and understand the story.To build up an area of vocabulary associated with Christmas.To develop reading strategies to answer multiple-choice questions.To practise collocations with have,do and pla
2、y.To talk about childhood memories.Find the Key Words in the pictures.Find the Key Words in the pictures.Which of the things do you think Which of the things do you think western people have at Christmas?western people have at Christmas?Pre-ReadingKey WordsKey Wordsballoons,Christmas carols,Christma
3、s pudding,Christmas tree,snow,snowmen,Christmas stockings,presentsReadingRead the text.Which Key Words are mentioned?Circle them out.Which other Christmas things are mentioned?Make a list.Answers:Father Christmas calendar Christmas cards Christmas lights carol service Christmas tree decorations ball
4、oons stockingspresents sweets turkey Christmas pudding paper hatsQueens speech Christmas cakeChristmas treeFather Christmascarol servicecandlesnowmanpresentsdecorationsturkeysweetsChristmas stockingsballoonsChristmas puddingOrigin of Christmas The name Christmas is short for Christs Mass.A Mass is a
5、 kind of Church service.Christmas is a religious festival.It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus.There are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the world.But many of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religion.Exchanging gifts and sending C
6、hristmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating Christmas in the world.And Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus,is on 25th,Decemberevery year.And Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1846.Whats the main idea of each paragraph?Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5the be
7、ginning of Christmasdecorations outsideactivities on Christmas Eveactivities on Christmas morningactivities after lunchPost-ReadingIn what order did the children do these things?Example 1 da)open the new year calendarb)put their stockings at the end of the bed2 5 c)sing Christmas carolsd)write a let
8、ter to Father Christmase)put up the Christmas treef)go to churchg)have Christmas cake3 4 6 7 1 Answer the multiple-choice questions.1.Who do you think reads the childrens letters?a)Father Christmas b)their parents c)nobody2.What do you think people do in a carol service?a)sing songs b)give presents
9、b)c)watch a play3.What happened on Christmas Eve?a)The writer stayed awake all night.b)Someone put presents in his stocking.c)The writer saw Father Christmas.4.Why did they laugh?a)The Christmas carols were happy songs.b)The songs and hats were funny.c)The jokes and hats were funny.5.After lunch:a)t
10、he adults watched the Queens speech.b)the children made a snowman.c)everybody had more to eat.In English,some verbs and nouns often go together.Complete the table with these words:tea,the piano,your homework,a shower,cards,a(snowball)fight,a party,the washing-up,lunch,the shoppingVocabularyhavedopla
11、ytea,a shower a(snowball)fight,a party,lunchyour homework,the washing-up,the shoppingthe piano,cardsComplete the sentences with these verbs in the correct form.blow up,sing,go to,put up,have(x2),make,put onOn Christmas Eve,my grandparents arrived.We(1)_ a snowman in the made garden and later we(2)_
12、the decoration.I(3)_ lots of balloons.We said:“Merry Christmas!”to each other.On Christmas morning,I(4)_ some warm clothes and(5)_ a snowball fight with my cousins and then we(6)_ church.put up blew up put on had went to After that,we(7)_ lunch and(8)_ Christmas carols.had sang Writing and SpeakingMake notes about your childhood memories of an important festival.People:family?Good friends?Preparations:decorations?Invitations?Presents:what?who for?make/buy?Food:meals?special food/drink?Activities:music?dancing?a long walk?Your feelings:happy?sad?
