1. Unit 3 lesson 4 Christmas By 黎元荣

3. Warm up  Do you know anything about Chinese Spring Festival ?  Words and activities related to the Spring Festival

4. 春联： Spring Festival couplets

5. 爆竹： firecrackers(People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)

6. Set off firecrackers

7. 舞龙： dragon dance(to expect good weather and good harvests)

8.  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.)

9.  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

10.  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

11.  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

12.  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

13. Enjoy a Christmas song.

14. Find the key words in the pictures  Which of the things do you think western people have at Christmas?

15. Christmas tree

16. balloons snowman presents

17. Christmas stockings

18. Christmas tree Christmaslights

19. Christmasstockings Christmashat

20. candies roasted turkey Christmas pudding

21. Christmascrackers

22. Father Christmas

23. carol service( 颂歌 )

24. snowman

25. decorations 装饰品

26. Christmas cakes

27. sweets

30. Prediction: What do you think the text will talk about ?

31. Can you match the headings with paragraphs ? Activities after lunch Activities on Christmas Eve Preparation for Christmas The beginning of Christmas Activities on Christmas morning Paragraph 5 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 1 Paragraph 4

32. paragraphs Time What they did before Christmas Eve On Christmas Eve On Christmas Day wrote a letter to, telling about the presents we wanted… 1,2

33. paragraph TimeWhat 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 gave it to mother to post; opened the new year calendar, sent cards, lights appeared, attended the two carol service, made snowmen, had snowball fights 1,2

34. paragraphs Time What they did On Christmas Eve What did they do on Christmas Eve? decorated the house, put up the Christmas tree, the decoration and the balloons, relatives arrived, left wine and biscuits for Christmas, put stockings at the end of, went to bed, tried to stay awake 3

35. paragraphs Time What they did On Christmas Day 4,5 went to church, went out into the garden, played with new presents, had a big lunch with a big turkey, Christmas pudding, sang Christmas carol, laughed at jokes, put on silly paper hats, 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 the lgiht, fell into a deep happy sleep On Christmas day, What did people do?

36. 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 tree f) go to church g) have Christmas cake 2 5 3 1 4 6 7

37. 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

38. ( ) 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 funny C. the jokes and hats were funny B C

39. ( ) 5. After lunch A. the adults watched the Queen’s speech B. The children made a snowman C. Everybody had more to eat C

40. Discussion Discuss in groups and compare the differences and similiarities between Christmas and the Spring Festival.

41. The Spring Festival Christmas Time Food Activities Decoration presents Similarities lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar family reunion dinner dumping staying-up Write Spring Festival couplets make dumplings, etc December 25 Turkey,cakes,pudding Sing Christmas carol, stay awake to see Father Christmas, etc Christmas tree, balloons, lights All kinds of gifts The most important festival in the country, people get together at their homes. paper-cuts New Year paintings lantern ： a portable light Gift money

42. Read the text again and learn the following words. seriously, envelope, calendar, attend, carol, decoration, put up, stocking, pudding, swallow, carry on, adult

43. Exercise 1 Match the words with definitions. seriously envelope calendar carol a list showing days and months of a year in a serious way a holly song of joy the paper cover of a letter

44. attend put up swallow carry on move food/drink down the throat from the mouth take part in, be present keep on, continue raise or build sth.

45. decoration stocking pudding adult the sweet dish in a meal sth. added for a special holiday a fully grown person a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg

46. Choose the correct words and complete the sentences with the correct forms. Exercise 2

47. seriously, envelop, calendar, carol 1.You can find the date of any day of a year on the ___________. 2. People are used to singing Christmas ________ at Christmas. 3. We should make a solute to our national flag _________ when it’s rising. 4. Write the address clearly on the _________ before you send it. calendar carols seriously envelop

48. attend, put up, swallow, carry on 5.The hungry beggar ___________ the bread without a drop of water. 6. Mr. Li is __________ our school sports meeting next week. 7. No matter how hard it is, we must ___________ finishing it. 8. You’d better ___________ a tent if you want to sleep in the open air. swallowed attending carry on put up

49. decoration, stocking, pudding, adult 9.Children can find some presents and sweets in their ____________. 10. The ________should take more care of their children by heart. 11. Make sure all the ___________ of the hall are OK, then we can leave. 12. Children like to eat __________ after a meal because it is delicious. stocking s adults decorations pudding

50. Words that go togetherhave tea a (snowball) fight a party lunch a rest a holiday a lesson a shower

51. Words that go togetherdo your homework the washing-up the shopping the cooking the cleaning me a favor my hair exercises

52. Words that go togetherplay the piano (any instrument) cards chess badminton (any sport) a CD computer games a tune a role

53. 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. made put up blew up put on had went to had sang

54. Thanks for your attending!