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No.7 Middle School

Class 2 Grade 7

Teacher: 龚萍

Fill in the blanks with “for”or “since”

1 、 She has been in Shanghai _______ six years.

2 、 We have worked here ________ 1993.

3 、 Betty has done her work _______ten minutes.

4 、 The film has been on _________ half an hour ago.

5 、 Our teacher has taught us English ________ one and a half years ago.

6 、 They have been away from Shanghai _________3 days.

7 、 Kitty has studied English _________ nine months.

8 、 I have been here ________ I was born.

9 、 She has taught Chinese ________ last week,

10 、 The red light has been on ________ 3 seconds.

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festival

Christmas carol

Special song

Father Christmas

(Santa Claus)

star

bellslights

Christmas presents Christmas tree

exchange

hang up

Christmas card

Turkey

A popular Christmas meal

Christmas pudding

Jesus Christ

Stocking

believe相信 a public holiday

Read the new words:

1.a special song 特殊的歌 2. Christmas carol 圣诞颂歌

3. decorate v. 装饰 4. exchange v. 交换

5. Jesus Christ 耶稣基督 6. public adj. 公众的

7. stocking n. 长统袜 8. hang up v. 挂起

9. turkey n. 火鸡 10.believe v. 相信

11.Christmas pudding 圣诞布丁

     Complete the table:

 

 

 

 

Doing things at Christmas How long?

eat------(have eaten) turkey

be------(has been) a popular meal

for about 150 years

since 1300

since 1650

For more than 300 years

sing—(have sung) Christm

as carols

send-----(have sent ) Christmas cards

People have eaten turkey at Christmas since 1650.It has a popular Christmas meal for more than 300 years.

People have sent Christmas cards to each other for about 150 years.

People have sung special songs at Christmas since 1300. These songs are called Christmas carols.

Read the sentences:

T or F questions:

1. Christmas Eve is on 25 December.

2. 24 December is Christmas Day.

3. People are busy decorating their cars on Christmas.

4. Some people sing Christmas carols.

5. Some parents hang up their stockings .

6. Children want their parents to put presents in their stockings.

7. Millions of people believe that Jesus Christ was born three thousand years ago on Christmas Day.

8. People usually give presents and don’t get presents on Christmas Day.

9. People eat turkey and Christmas dumplings on Christmas Day.

10. Boxing Day is on 26 December.

11. Boxing Day is a holiday for only children.

12. People usually spend Boxing Day with their family and friends.

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Answer the questions according to the text:

1. Which day is Christmas Eve?

2. What are people busy doing ?

3. What do people sing?

4. What do children hang up and want Santa Claus to do?

5. Which day is Christmas Day?

6. What do millions of people believe?

7. What do people usually do on Christmas Day?

8. What do people eat on Christmas Day?

9. Which day is Boxing Day?

10. Who do people spend this day with?

24 December

They are decorating their christmas trees

They sing Christmas carols.

Children hang up their stockings and want Santa Claus put presents in them.

25 December

They believe Jesus Christ was born about two thousand years ago on Christmas Day.

They usually exchange presents.

They eat turkey and Christmas pudding.

26 December.

They spend this day with their family and friends.

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:

I like holidays. My favourite holiday is C_______. It’s ____December 25. On Christmas Eve,we usually have a party. We eat a big meal– t_____, Christmas p____ sandwiches and so on.We d_____our house with a Christmas tree. The t_____ is beautiful. We hang many things on it. After the Christmas dinner, we sit around the tree and sing Christmas c____. Everyone has a wonderful time. That night we go to bed very late.During the night, F_____ Christmas will come into our house. He will bring us children p______. He will put his presents in the s______ on our bedsides. We open our presents and e_______presents on Christmas morning. I love Father Christmas . I love his presents.

hristmason

urkey

udding ecorateree

arols

ather

resentstockings

xchange

People Spend Spring Festival

Key words:

a public holiday

be busy doing

decorate—

exchange -----

eat-----

get

spend ------

you better watch out, you better not crybetter not pout, i'm telling you whysanta claus is coming to townhe's making a list and checking it twicegonna find out who's naughty and nicesanta claus is coming to townhe sees youwhen you're sleepinghe knows when you're awakehe knows if you've been bad or goodso be good for goodness sake

A songSanta Clause is coming to town

Homework:

1. Read the text fluently and try to recite it.

2. Make a dialogue about Christmas with your deskmates.

3. Write a composition about your favourite festival.

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