We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

And a happy New Year.

Glad tidings( 消息 ) we bring

To you and your kin( 家属 );

Glad tidings for Christmas

And a happy New Year!

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a Christmas tree presents

decoration

Father Christmas

Santa Claus

sleigh

雪橇reindeer

驯鹿

balloons

Christmas stockings

Christmas pudding Christmas

cake

Christmas turkey

envelopeenvelope

calendarcalendar

snowmanmake a snowball fightshave

sing Christmas carols

attend carol service

( 唱颂歌 )

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Christmas Christmas puddingpudding

Christmas Christmas cakecake

Christmas Christmas turkeyturkey

attend carol attend carol service service

balloonballoonChristmas Christmas stockingstocking

Father Father ChristmasChristmas

Christmas Christmas treetree

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Lesson 4

Memories of Christmas

Match the main ideas with paragraphs.

Para. 1Para. 2Para. 3Para. 4Para. 5

A. Writing a letter to Father Christmas

C. Christmas decorations outside

E. Activities on Christmas Eve

G. Activities on Christmas morning

D. Activities on Christmas afternoon

A. Writing a letter to Father Christmas

C. Christmas decorations outside

E. Activities on Christmas Eve

G. Activities on Christmas morning

D. Activities on Christmas afternoon

B. Activities before Christmas Eve

F. Activities before Christmas day

In what order is the passage developed?

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4

Para 5

the middle of November

in December

on Christmas Eve

on Christmas morningafter Christmas lunch

Wrote a letter to Father Christmas.

What did they do in the middle of November?

the middle of November

in December What did people do with the coming of December?

1. _____ the new year calendar.2. _____ Christmas cards.3. _______ streets with Christmas lights.4. _______ the town carol service.5. _____ snowmen & ____ snowball fights.

OpenedSent

DecoratedAttendedMade had

On Christmas Eve

What did they do on Christmas Eve?1.Decorated the house.2.Put up the Christmas tree, the

decorations and the balloons.3.Left some wine and biscuits for

Father Christmas.4.Put stockings at the end of the

beds.

on Christmas morningWhat did they do on Christmas morning?

• ___ to church.• _________ our new presents in the

garden.• _____ a big lunch.• ____ Christmas carols, ________

jokes, _______ silly paper hats.

Went

Played with

HadSang laughed at

put on

after Christmas lunchWhat did they do after Christmas lunch?

1.The adults slept on the sofas in front of the Queen’s speech.

2.Children played cards.

3.Had tea and cake.

Origin of Christmas The name Christmas is short for 'Christ's Mass'. A Mass is a kind of Church service. Christmas is religious festival. It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus. But Christmas now has become popular after Christmas cards was appeared in 1846.

Correcting mistakesThere are 10 mistakes in the following passage about Christmas.

since

a

• Christmas Day is in December 25th. People in the USA do many things to celebrate. Usual, people have a Christmas tree in their house and decorate them with ornaments(装饰物 ) and lights, and put a star or angel(天使 ) on the top. They have a big holiday dinner that day. There are gifts everywhere but Christmas songs come from every speakers(扬声器 ). In many places of the United States, the weather is cold. It is usually snow and icy. There was even snowstorms(暴风雪 ) in some places. So people make snowmen, and play interesting winter sports.

onUsually

it

speaker

snowy

are

and

Suppose we are in the

studio.

Suppose we are in the

studio.You are divided into two groups. Each group cho

ose a host ( 主持人 ) and two or three represent

ors( 代表 ) . The other group will ask you que

stions (at least 3 questions) about Christmas

and the representors need to answer the que

stions.

Let’s see which group can do better.

You are divided into two groups. Each group cho

ose a host ( 主持人 ) and two or three represent

ors( 代表 ) . The other group will ask you que

stions (at least 3 questions) about Christmas

and the representors need to answer the que

stions.

Let’s see which group can do better.

Activity– Talk show

Homework:

1.Read the passage again and do the exercises on P85.

2.Get ready to write about your memories of the Spring Festival.

Dashing through the snowon a one-horse open sleigh,over the fields we go,laughing all the way;bells on bob-tail ring,making spirits bright,what fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonightjingle bells, jingle bells,jingle all the way!o what fun it is to ridein a one-horse open sleighjingle bells, jingle bells,jingle all the way!o what fun it is to ridein a one-horse open sleigh