Unit 9 Reading

星期日

星期一

星期二

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2012 CALENDAR 12 DECEMBER

Christmas tree

Christmas stockings

Santa Claus(Father Christmas)

Christmas gifts

Learning aims :

1. Learn and master the important words and expressions, and the main idea of the passage.

2. Improve the reading skills and try to recite each part according to some given key words.

3. Know much differences between Christmas and Spring festival, and try to enjoy our life.

MY Merry ChristmasMY Merry Christmas

MY Merry Christmas

Fast readingGo though the text quickly and try to fill in the blanks.

Rose

White Christmas

NameSubtitle

Christmas Gift

Christmas in Summer

Eric

Kate

Fast readingListen to the tape and find what each person does on Christmas.

Rose:

Eric:

Kate:

Got her promised watch.

Had her first white Christmas and took many pictures

Enjoyed her holiday on the beach

Intensive reading

Read the passage in details

Christmas gift

Q2. Why was her father shocked when he saw the watch?

Read the first paragraph , and then answer the following questions.

Q1. Did Rose find her promised watch? Where?

Rose got her promised watch

under the Christmas tree

was shocked

was supposed to be a surprise

Christmas gift

White Christmas

Q1.Why was it called white Christmas?

Because it has a heavy snow on Christmas.

Q2. Did Eric like this white Christmas? Why or why not?

Yes. He took many pictures and said: words cannot express how much I love it.

Kate’s Summer Christmas

Q1.Does Kate have a different Christmas? Why?

Yes. Because he is in Australia.Q2. What about Kate’s earliest memories of Christmas?

Sand. Sand in his hair, in his shoes and in his tomato sandwiches.

Match the statements with pictures.

1. No snow or log fires for us; it’s never a white Christmas.

2. Candy, fruit…but where’s my watch? Dad said Father Christmas would bring it overnight

3. Snow is still in the air. We might have to change our travel plan.

4. It’s so hot at Christmas. Many people have cold meat or seafood with salads for Christmas dinner.

Rose

Eric

Kate

1. promise n/v

n. 承诺；许诺；诺言作出承诺 : make a promise

信守诺言：keep one’s promise

违背诺言：break one’s promise

Vt. 答应，许下承诺 a. promise to do sth 答应做某事

eg. 她答应把钱退还给我。She promised to pay me back.

b. promise sb to do sth 答应某人做某事

eg. 你必须答应我好好照顾自己。

You must promise me to take good care of yourself.

c. promise sb that

To deal with some difficult points:

2. …saw a gift with no name on it.

With no name on it 作定语修饰名词 gifteg. 你认识那个抱小孩的女人吗？

Do you know the woman with the baby on her arms?

with+ 名词 + 形容词∕副词∕介词短语∕ v.ing∕p.p∕to do ∕to be done 也可以在句中作状语，表示原因，方式，时间伴随等

3. shock v/n

n. 震惊，指情绪上的打击，给人打击的事

v. shock sb 使某人震惊

adj: shocked 惊愕的，震惊的

shocking 令人震惊的

Wenzhou’s accident that 39 persons died the whole country.

shocking

Shocked

4. a bunch of 一束 ，一捆

eg. 母亲节那天她买了一束花给妈妈。

She bought a bunch of flowers for her mather on Mather’s Day.

a bunch of bananas/grapes/keys

Retell the

passage.

get much sleep, woke up early, saw my promised watch,look under the Christmas tree with no name on it, slightly open, was shocked, be supposed to

woke up to, cool,the first white Christmas, all major roads, closedthe heavy snow, stay home, ran around, taking a bunch of pictures,magical, the TV said,words can’t express

Christmas cards, show scenes, in Australia,falls in summer, blue skies, bright sunshine,temperatures, the school summer holidays,on a beach somewhere,my earliest memories

ConsolidationCultural difference

Christmas Spring festival

Send cards

Give presents

Watch fireworks

Have a big family dinner

Eat special food

Wear new clothes

Visit relatives

Drink wine

people will /won’t …

Homework:

1.Try to recite the passage.2.Finish some exercises of the reading part.