1. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Task

2. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 What do you know about Christmas Which is the most popular festival celebrated by Christians? Lead-in Christmas.

3. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Christmas is the day when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, whom Christians believe to be the son of God. Children are excited about this holiday because they believe Father Christmas will bring them gifts. Lead-in A brief introduction of Christmas

4. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 4 Father Christmas Lead-in

5. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Father Christmas is delivering gifts to people. Lead-in

6. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Lead-in But do you believe Father Christmas really exists? No. Although Father Christmas is very famous and people talk a lot about him, he is just a legendary person. The story of Father Christmas is just a legend. Then what is a legend and what kind of person is a legendary person? Please read the top of page 58 in Skills building 1 and find out the answers.

7. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Skills Building 1: Finding information about a legendary person

8. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Skills Building 1 What you think is a legend? What do you think is a legend? Legend refers to the traditional story of a famous person or an event. Some of the stories can be true. However, most of the stories include things that are untrue, impossible or do not exist.

9. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Skills Building 1 Then what is a legendary person? A legendary person is often a real person who lived a long time ago, and the information about this person might be true but some of it might be untrue and just part of a legend.

10. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Skills Building 1 Examples of traditional Chinese legends

11. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Pangu cutting open heaven and earth. Skills Building 1

12. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Nüwa patching the sky with five-colour stones. Skills Building 1

13. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Pangu and Nüwa. So in the legends about Father Christmas, who is a legendary person? Father Christmas. In such legends, who are legendary people? Skills Building 1

14. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Expressions used to describe a legendary person/figure He/she is said/supposed to …He/she is said/supposed to … He/She is known/described as …He/She is known/described as … People believe that …People believe that … According to the stories, he/she …According to the stories, he/she … Apparently, he/she …Apparently, he/she … I have heard that he/she …I have heard that he/she … Skills Building 1

15. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 e.g. Skills Building 1 Practice: Rewrite the following sentence with the expressions above. Father Christmas delivers/brings presents to people. Father Christmas is said/supposed to deliver/bring presents to people.

16. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 He/she is said/supposed to … He/She is known/described as … People believe that … According to the stories, he/she … Apparently, he/she … …I have heard that he/she … Father Christmas delivers/brings presents to people. Skills Building 1 Practice

17. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Father Christmas is known as a person who delivers/brings presents to people. People believe that Father Christmas delivers/ brings presents to people. According to the stories, Father Christmas delivers/brings presents to people. Apparently, Father Christmas delivers/brings presents to people. I have heard that Father Christmas delivers/ brings presents to people. Skills Building 1 Examples

18. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 A Reading Read the web page about St Nicholas and work in pairs to ask and answer the questions on the top of Page 59. Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas

19. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 1. Where did St Nicholas come from? 2. Why is Father Christmas modelled after him? 3. What is the origin of Father Christmas coming down the chimney? coming down the chimney? 4. Why do many Europeans give gifts to their children on St Nicholas Day? 5. What does St Nicholas look like? Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas Pair work Ask and answer the questions below

20. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 1. Where did St Nicholas come from? St Nicholas came from a village called Myra in Turkey. 2. Why is Father Christmas modelled after him? Because he was very kind, merciful and generous. Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas

21. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 21 3. What is the origin of Father Christmas coming down the chimney? St Nicholas threw small bags of gold down the chimney to help the three daughters in a poor family get married. 4. Why do many Europeans give gifts to their children on St Nicholas Day? To honor St Nicholas, who gave aid to others. Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas

22. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 He is tall and thin with no beard or moustache and wears the neat, traditional clothes of a religious leader. Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas 5. What does St Nicholas look like?

23. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas B Listen to a TV program about Father Christmas and fill in the table below according to what you have heard and the web page on Page 58.

24. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 What he looks like a happy, fat man with long (1) _________ hair and a long white beard and moustache, dressed in a (2) __________ with a black belt and the same colour boots white red suit Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas

25. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Where he lives near the (3) __________ Pole North Who his friends are elves: help make (4) __________ reindeer: twelve in number, help (5) __________ the presents toys deliver Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas

26. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 What he does goes down chimneys and places (6) _________ in stockings, in front of the Christmas tree, by children’s (7)________ or by the fireplace presents beds Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas

27. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Interesting facts was usually drawn wearing (8) __________ before a famous advertisement used a picture of him wearing red in (9) _______ green 1931 Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas

28. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Who is Father Christmas based on? (10) ________________ St Nicholas Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas

29. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Give a summary about St Nicholas about what you have learned today. Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas Summary

30. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 The story of Father Christmas is _______ _____ St Nicholas, the bishop of a village called Myra in ________ over 1,600 years ago. He is ______ and _______ with no _______ and wears the neat, traditional clothes of a religious ________. He is one of the most popular _________ in Christianity and the saint of people because he is said to be very kind, __________ and generous. based on Turkey tallthin beard leader figures merciful A summary of St Nicholas

31. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 People believe that once he threw small bags of gold down the _______ to help the three daughters in a poor family to get ________. This is the ________ of Father Christmas _______ down the chimney. __________ ____ the legends, one of his bags of gold fell into a ________ hanging up to dry over the _________. This is where the idea of hanging stockings near the fireplace came from. chimney marriedorigin coming According to stocking fireplace

32. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Listening Parts A and B (Page 132) 1 Egypt2 king of Egypt 3 oldest son 4 doors 7 dinner 5 March or April6 eight days 8 vegetables9 fast/quickly

33. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Part C (Page 132) 3 blood 1 Egypt2 king of Egypt 4 doors5 March6 eight 7 dinner8 bitter9 being a slave 10 apples11 buildings12 flat bread

34. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Project

35. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 The White Horse Temple the oldest Buddhist temple in China

36. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Part 1 (Para 1 ) _______________to the temple. Part 2 (Para 2-5) _____________the temple. Part 3 (Para 6) ____________ of the temple. Part 4 (Para 7-9) _____________ of the temple. the structure of the report A brief introduction The story behind The architecture The importance

37. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 2. How did the officials interpret the Emperor Mingdi’s dream? 3. What did the officials bring back to Luoyang from India? Answer the following questions. 1. Why is it called the White Horse Temple?

38. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 1. Why is it called the White Horse Temple? To remind people of the white horse that the Buddhist readings and images had traveled on. Answer the following questions.

39. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 The officials thought the Emperor had dreamt of Buddha, a saint from India. 2. How did the officials interpret the Emperor Mingdi’s dream?

40. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 3.What did the officials bring back to Luoyang from India? Two monks, some Buddhist readings and images of Buddha.

41. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 Language points It was the first Buddhist temple in China, and to this day, remains one of the most important temples in all of China.

42. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 After the fire, very little remained of my house. remain ① vi. 剩下，遗留 ② vi. 留待以后去看，去做，去说 Much work remained to be done. It remains to be seen whether you are right. ③ vi. 逗留，留下 I’ll remain to see the end of the game. ④ link v. 保持，仍是 The door remained closed.

43. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 1 to this day 2 代表某人 3 为某人提供住处 4 the White Horse Temple complex 5 使用之中 6 旅游胜地

44. 2015 年上学期 湖南长郡卫星远程学校 制作 13 1. The officials travelled westwards and arrived in ______ is today Afghanistan. 2. The White Horse Temple has ____ a lot of history. It has been repaired and has had extensions _______ (add) many times. 3. It will remain a popular sightseeing destination _____ it has always been. what seen added as