容山中学英语科组 刘晓红. christmas tree jingle bell bow cane
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容山中学英语科组 刘晓红
Christmas tree
Jingle bell
bow
cane
presents
candle
Father Christmas
Listening:
Q1. What’s the order of time
in the text?
Q2. What’s the main idea of
each paragraph?
Answers:
Q1. 1) Nov.
2) Dec.
3) Christmas Eve
4) Christmas morning
5) after lunch
Q2.
Para. 1 the beginning of Christmas
Para. 2 decorations outside
Para. 3 activities on Christmas Eve
Para. 4 activities on Christmas morning
Para.5 activities after lunch
Activities Persons
Para. 1 1. write a letter
2. tell Father Christmas about their presents
3. give them to their mother to post
the writer and his sister
Para. 2 Activities Persons
open new calendar
receive cards
put up lights
attend carol service
have snowball fights
people
students
the writer
Activities Persons
Para. 3 decorate the houseput up the Christmas treeblow up the balloons
put stockings at the end of the bedsstay awake to see Father Christmas
THE WHOLE FAMILY
Activities Persons
Para. 4
Sing the song
stockings are filled with…play new presents
have lunch
laugh at jokes
put on silly hats
the writer /
his cousin /
the whole family
Activities Persons
Para. 5 the adults sleep on the sofa and watch TVChildren play cardshave tea, eat cake
go to bed
the adults /
children /
the family
Answer the multiple-choice questions.
( ) 1 Who do you think reads the children’s letters?
A. Father Christmas B. their parents C. nobody
( ) 2 What do you think people do in a carol service?
A. sing songs B. give presents C. watch a play
B
A
( ) 3 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 song and hats were funnyC. the jokes and hats were funny
B
C
Complete the sentences with these verbs in the correct form
Blow up, go to ,put up ,have (2), make ,put on On Christmas eve,my grandparents arrived.we (1)______ a snowman in the garden and
later we (2)______the decorations .I(3)______ lots of balloons.
on Christmas morning ,I(4)______some warm clothes and (5)______a snowball fight with my cousins and then we (6)______ church.after that,
we (7)_____lunch and (8)______Christmas carols.
madeput up
blew upput on
hadwent to
had sang
Discussion
Discuss in groups and compare the differences between Christmas and the Spring Festival.
春联: Spring Festival couplets
爆竹: firecrackers(People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
舞龙: dragon dance(to expect good weather and good harvests)
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• 春联: Spring Festival couplets
• 剪纸: paper-cuts
• 年画: New Year paintings
• 灯笼: lantern : a portable light
• 烟花: fireworks
• 爆竹: firecrackers(People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
• 红包: red packets(cash wrapped up in red paper , symbolize
• fortune and wealth in the coming year.)
• 压岁钱: gift money;money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
• 舞狮: lion dance(The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)
• 舞龙: dragon dance(to expect good weather and good harvests)
• 守岁: staying-up
• 拜年: pay New Year’s call;give New Year’s greetings;New Year’s visit
• 春节 The Spring Festival正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar 除夕 New Year\'s Eve; eve of lunar New Year 初一 the beginning of New Year
• 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Year\'s Eve 饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival
Write a letter to an English friend describing the spring festival in China.
Homework Imitation
In what order did the children do this things
Example :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 treef) go to church g) have Christmas cake