The Lecturer: Hu Cui-e In Qingyuan Dec. 8, 2007

Lesson 4 Christmas

Objectives

■ 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 play.■To talk about childhood memories.

We Wish You A Merry Christmas 我们祝你圣诞快乐

　 We wish you a Merry Christmas; 　 We wish you a Merry Christmas; 　 We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 　 Good tidings we bring to you and your kin; 　 Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year. 　　

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding; 　　 Oh, bring us a figgy pudding; 　　 Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer　　 We won't go until we get some; 　　 We won't go until we get some; 　　 We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here We wish you a Merry Christmas; 　　 We wish you a Merry Christmas; 　　 We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Step 1----

Let’s enjoy some pictures

and find out the words in the

pictures

a Christmas tree

Father

Christmas

carol service

candles snowman

presents

decorations

turkey

Christmas

cake

sweets

Christmas stockings

sweets

Christmas stockingsChristmas tree

Father Christmas

carol service

candles

snowman

presents decorations

turkey

Christmas cake

Let’s practice once again!

Step 2– Read the text and try to find out the main idea of each par

agraph.

Para. 3

Para. 1

Para. 5

Para. 4

Para. 2

the beginning of Christmas

decorations outside

activities on Christmas Eve

activities on Christmas morning

activities after lunch

growing excitement

Step 3–

Reading for details.

paragraphs Time What they did

before Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve

On Christmas Day

wrote a letter to…1,2

Careful reading

paragraph Time What they did?

before Christmas Eve

Can you tell us what activities the children did before Christmas Eve?

wrote a letter to, telling about …the presents we wanted

1,2gave it to mother to post;opened the new year calendar,sent cards,

attended the town carol service,made snowmen, had snowball fights

paragraphs Time What they did

On Christmas Eve

What did they do on Christmas Eve?

3

decorated the house, put up the Christmas tree, the decorations and the balloons,

relatives arrived,left wine and biscuits forFather Christmas, put stockings at the end of,

went to bed, tried to stay awake

paragraphs Time What they did

On Christmas Day4,5

On Christmas day, What did people do?

went to church,

went out into the garden,played with new presents,

had a big lunch with …sang Christmas carol,

laughed at jokes, put on silly paper hats,

paragraphs Time What they did

On Christmas Day4,5

On Christmas day, What did people do?

laughed again;(adults): listened to the Queen’s speech, (kids): played cards,

had tea with Christmas cake covered with snowmen,

carried on eating,

felt tired, turned off …fell into a deep happy sleep

Step 4– Post-

ReadingEx.3 (P.43) In what order did the children do these things? Example 1 d

Ex.4 (P.43)

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

( ) 5. After lunch

A. the adults watched the Queen’s speech

B. The children made a snowman

C. Everybody had more to eat

C

Step 5 语法填空 For me, Christmas always began in the middle of the cold, _____ (wind) month of November. My sister and I_____(sit) down in front of the fire and ____ (write) a letter ____Father Christmas ______(tell) him about all the presents______we wanted. _____ the approach of December our excitement grew each day– as we opened the new calendar, Christmas cards_____ (arrive) in the post, Christmas lights _______ (appear) in the streets, and we ______ (attend) the town carol service.

windy satwrote to

telling that

With

arrived appearedattended

Step 6– Test your me

mory

Complete the following sentences:

1. For me, Christmas always began ____ the middle of the cold, windy month of November.

2. We ______ (serious) wrote “ Father Christmas, the North Pole” ____ the envelope, before ______(give) them to our mother to post.

3. There was enough snow to make snowmen and to have _____ (excite) snowball fights in the playground.

4. ___ Christmas Eve, the whole family helped _____ (decorate) the house, _________ the Christmas tree, the ________ (decorate) and the balloons.

in

seriouslyon

giving

exciting

Onput up

decorations

Complete the following sentences:

5. We tried to stay _____ (wake) as long ____ possible to see Father Christmas.

6. ____ the bottom of the bed was the stocking, now ______ all kinds of small presents and sweets.

7. Lunch was always late, but _____ a lunch!

8. A big turkey ____ all the vegetables _____ (follow) by Christmas pudding.

9. I put so much food in my mouth sometimes _____ it was hard to swallow.

awake as

Atfull of

whatwith followed

that

10. We ____ (sing) Christmas carols ________ (happy), laughed ___ jokes, put ___ silly paper hats and laughed again.

11. After lunch, the adults ____ (sleep) ___ the sofas ___ front of the Queen’s speech ___ television ____ we all played cards.

12. It didn’t seem possible ____ we carried ___ eating.

13. __________ we turned ___ the light, we all ___ (fall) into a deep happy sleep.

sang happilyat on

slept onin on

while

buton

As soon as off

fell

Step 5 – Vocabulary

Ex. 5 (p.43). 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 shopping

have do play

tea,

a shower

a

(snowball)

fight,

a party,

lunch

your

homework,

the washing-

up,

the shopping

The piano,

cards

Language points

Put the following into Chinese:

1.in the middle of the cold, windy month of November 2. in front of the fire 3. tell him about 4. on the envelope 5. Christmas card 6. attend the town carol service 7. have exciting snowball fights 8. on Christmas Eve 9. put up the Christmas trees 10.at the end of the bed 11. stay awake as long as possible 12. at the bottom of 13.play with 14. What a lunch! 15.a big turkey with all the vegetables followed by Christmas pudding 16. it was hard to swallow 17. laugh at 18.put on 19. with a huge Christmas cake covered with snowman 20.carry on 21. by bedtime 22. as soon as 23. turn off 24. fell into a deep and happy sleep

1. in front of / in the front of

Eg. He always sits _______________ his house, waiting for his son coming back.

He is standing ____________ the classroom calling on the students to contribute some money to the sick boy.

in front of

in the front of

2. put up 搭建 / put up with 忍受 / put on 穿上 / put about 散布 / put aside 把…放在一边 / put away 把…收起来 / put back 放回某物 / put down 记下 / put forward 提出 / put off 推迟或取消 / put out 关灯 / put together 把…结合成一整体 /

3. stay awake/ asleep/ alive/ aboard/ abroad

4. as …as possible/ one can

Eg. 我会尽早回来和你一起玩。

I’ ll come back as soon as possible to play with you.

他每天散步到尽可能远的地方以健身。

He walks as far as possible to keep fit.

请尽可能慢点说以便让所有的人都能听清 .

Please speak as slow as possible to make everyone here hear clearly.

5. with all the vegetables followed by Christmas pudding

With + n. / pron. + 介词短语 / 形容词 / 分词短语

Eg. 1. Pat was in the bathroom with a hairdryer in her hand.

2. Then we had tea, with a huge Christmas cake covered with snowmen.

3. An old man walked slowly into the meeting room, with the boss following him..

4. He looked very embarrassed with his face red.

6. while

Eg. 1. she worked in a bank for a while before studying law.

2. I’ll be back in a while.

3. He fell asleep while doing his homework.

4. While Mary was writing a letter, the children were playing outside.

5. I drink black coffee while he prefers it with cream.

6. While I admit that there are problems, I don’t agree that they cannot be solved.

Homework1. Read the texts again and again.

2. Finish the exercises at pp 86-89.3. Finish off the exercises in the 8th English Weekly.4. Prepare for the Word Test (Unit3) to be held after the school sports meeting.