3. Who is this man? He is Father Christmas. ( Santa Claus ) Everyone knows him. People from all over the world know him. He is not strange.

4. When does Father Christmas come to your house? He comes on the evening of Dec24th ------ That’s Christmas Eve. Why does he come? Because he wants to give children presents.

5. What is Father Christmas doing? He is putting a present into his bag. He is filling his bag with a present.

6. What does Father Christmas give children as presents? toy fruitsweets

7. He will come to your house if your are not naughty. How does Father Christmas come into your house if you close the door? He comes down the chimney and comes out from the fire.

8. Put a stocking at the bottom of your bed. go to bedfall asleep

9. Listen to the tape and please answer: 1.What presents does Father Christmas leave in each stocking? Fruit, toys and sweets

10. Answer these questions: 1. What do people do before Christmas? 2. Does Father Christmas bring presents to naughty children? 3. What two things do children do before they go to bed? 4. How does Father Christmas get into the house? 5. Why haven’t many children seen him? Who fills the stockings?

11. Take notes: (1)go to bed = go to sleep “ 去睡觉, 上床睡觉 ” 表示一个动作 (2) fall asleep, be asleep “ 睡着了 ” example: He fell asleep when he was watching TV. *fall asleep 表示动作 be asleep 表示状态 With (1 ) and (2), we can remember in this way: She went to sleep (bed) early yesterday, but she could not fall sleep (be asleep).

12. 1.When is Christmas? 2.What is the day before it? 3.What do people do before it? 4.What do people say to each other? 5.What things do people give to their children? Try to retell the text.

13. Christmas Spring Festival Time the day before it people’s doing before it people say to each other things for children Dec 25th Christmas Eve Make some food, make houses pretty,buy sweets Merry Christmas! Happy Spring Festival! in Jan or Feb New Year’s Eve lucky moneypresents Send cards,make houses pretty, buy presents

14. Homework: 1.Copy the new words in Lesson 29 2.Finish Book B P58 1. 2. Book C P71 1. 3.Preview Book A P82