Unit3CelebrationMemoriesofChristmasLearningobjectives5.Comparethetwoimportantfestivals-SpringFestivalandChristmas;.4.Appreciateandinferfromthescenedescriptions;3.Analyzethehiddenfeelingchangesoftheauthor;2.ConlcudethestructureofthetexttolearnabouttheactivitiesinChristmashappenedindifferenttimeperiods;1.discusshowwesternerscelebrateChristmas;Attheendofthissection,youwillbeableto:LeadinWhat’sthemeaningofcelebratingSpringFestival?ForTom,SpringFestivalmeans_________andalotof____.ForXuGang,cominghomeand_______________________isthemostimportantpartoftheSpringFestival.ForLiYan,SpringFestivalis__________excitementfunbeingwithhisentirefamilyfamilytime.What’sthemeaningofcelebratingChristmas?01Pre-readingWhatdopeopleintheWestdotocelebrateChristmas?makepuddingdecoratethehousehangastockingbakebiscuitsenjoyaChristmasdinnerInthewest,peoplecelebrateChristmas

byputtingupaChristmastree.ExampleWhile-readingPredictthemainidea.1.What’stheliterarygenres(文學(xué)體裁)ofthepassage?A：Narrative（記敘文）B：Expository（說明文）C：Argumentative（議論文）D：Practical（應(yīng)用文）2.What’sthepassagetalkingabout?Readfasttofindoutthemainidea.While-readingThepassageisaboutthe_______ofthewriterspending____________with_________.thelastChristmasherGrannymemoriesWhile-reading3.Whatisthewritingorderofthisarticle?

While-reading3.Whatisthewritingorderofthisarticle?

Theauthororganizethetextin________order/sequence.time4.What’sthestructure?Tips:Accordingtheunderliningspecificdates,timewordsortimelinkersinthetextandmakeuseofthosetimecluestofindoutthestructure.While-readingNovemberDecember4.What’sthestructureofthepassage?ChristmasEveChristmasDayFewweeksafterchristmasNovemberDecemberChristmasEveChristmasDayFewweeksafterchristmasPart1:BeforeChristmas(P1-P7)Part2:DuringChristmas(P8-P16)Part3:AfterChristmas(P17)While-readingNovemberDecemberChristmasEveChristmasDayGranny'sactivitiesMyactivities1.________in.2.helpedme___________movedwritealetterUnderlinethekeyeventsoractionsinthestory____________toFatherChristmaswrotealetter1.made________andstuffedthe_______.2.______granny’slapandsang___________1.made________andstuffthe_________.2.sang____________.biscuits

turkeyssatonbiscuits

turkeysChristmassongChristmassong1.sitby_______.2.left___________andputstocking.3.sit_________andsang1.putupthe_______________2.left__________forSantaandputastockingattheendofmybed.thefireChristmastree.sugarbiscuitssugarbiscuitsonmybed1.gaveme_______________________2.____________3.puton_________,and__________1.Opened__________________________2.played_________3.puton_________and__________withfamilythechristmasgiftsstayedinsidesillypaperhathadlunchoutsidethechristmasgiftssillypaperhadlunchAfewweeksafterChristmas

Whatledtogranny’spassingaway?Howcanyouknowthat?HadGrannyherselfknownthatbeforepassingaway?Whataboutthewriter?Anyclues?WhyGrannyhidherrealconditionfromthewriter?ClimaxpassedawayWhile-readingNovemberReadthestorycarefullyandcompletethetimeline.DecemberChristmasEveChristmasDaymadesugarbiscuitsGrannymovedinhadChristmaslunchleftsugarbiscuitsoutforFatherChristmasopenedpresentsputastockingattheendofthebedsangChristmassongswrotealettertoFatherChristmas-b-h-a-g-d-f-e-cHopefulExpectantEagerExcitedAfterChristmasSadRegretfulPleasedCheerfulWhile-readingUnderlinethewriter’smemoriesofhergrandma.12345678910While-readingWhyitwassuchamemorableChristmastoher.ShehadsuchamemorableChristmasbecauseitwasthelastChristmasshespentwithhergrannybeforehergrannypassedaway.Anyhints(暗示)inthestorysuggestsGrannywasinpoorhealthcondition.While-readingCanyoufindanyhints(暗示)inthestorythatsuggestGrannywasinpoorhealthcondition.SuggestedAnswersGrannyspentmostofhertimeonthesofabythefire.Herhandwasslightlyshaky.shestayedinsidebythefireanddidn'tgooutside..Post-readingReviewandthink!Drawamind-maptoretellthestoryincludingthefollowingfactors:(festival,characters,activities,timewords,emotion,thoughts)Hereisanexample:charactersactivitiesemotionthoughtsfestivalMemoriesofChristmastimewordsPost-readingThinkandShare-CelebrateChristmaswithforeignstudentsWhatisyourmemoryofSpringFestival?BeforeSpringFestival,wewould...OnSpringFestivalEve,wewould...OnSpringFestivalday,wewould....Hereisanexample:visitrelativeshaveNewYear’sEvemealletofffireworkputupSpringFestivalcoupletsPost-readingDiscussandshareWhatarethedifferencesbetweenChristmasandSpringFestival?ChristmasSpringFestivalreligionlistentoQueen’sspeech;attendtheecarolservice;cards,chocolatesChristmastree,ballons...pudding,turkey,Christmascakes.ancestorworshipwatchtheSpringFestivalGala;gotothetemplefair;redenvelopesspringcouplet,papercuts;Chinesecharacter“Fu”fish,meatballs,dumplings,ricepuddingPost-readingDiscussandshareWhatarethesimilaractivitiesbetweenChristmasandSpringFestival?ChristmasSpringFestival1.Peoplegoshoppingtopurchasesomethingforthefestivals.2.People

decoratetheirhouseswithsomethingbeautifulanddohousecleaning.3.Peoplehaveabigreuniondinnertoexpresstheirgoodwishesandprayforgoodluck.4.Peoplegivepresentstochildren,makingthemhappy.Post-readingWhatarethecommonmeaningsbehindthesesimilaractivities?SpringFestivalshowlovefamilyreunionexpectationsandhopesinherit(傳承)traditionalcultureChristmasDayPost-readingAssessmentItwasa1.

(wind)NovemberdaywhenGrannycame.Somehow,Ididn'tknowshewassick.Shespentmostofhertimeonthesofa2.

thefire.whenI3.

(write)alettertoFatherChristmas,Grannytriedtohelpme.InDecember,4.

(we)excitementgreweachday.WemadesugarbiscuitsandsangChristmassongs.5.

ChristmasEve,weputastockingattheendofmybed.IrememberGranny6.

(sit)onmybedandsingingsoftlyuntilIfellasleep.Thenextmorning,mystockingwasfullofgiftsandtherewere7.

(present)underthetree.Iwasonmybest8.

(behave)asweopenedthepresents.Ithinkofheroften,9.

(especial)atChristmas.NowI'mtheone10._____makessugarbiscuitsinaG-shape—GforGranny.

windywroteourOnsittingpresentsbehaviorespeciallywhobyPost-readingWordsandExpressions1memory

n.［C］記憶，回憶；［C，U］記憶力，記性frommemory憑記憶inmemoryof（=inone’smemory）為了紀(jì)念haveagood/badmemory（forsth）（對某事）記憶力好/差

Shesetupaneducationfundinmemoryofhermother（=inhermother’smemory）.她為了紀(jì)念她母親而設(shè)立了一個教育基金。Ihaveabadmemoryfornames.我不善于記名字。Post-reading【詞語積累】patientadj.

有耐心的n.病人 patientlyadv.耐心地

impatientadj.不耐煩的 impatiencen.不耐煩bepatientwith對……有耐心 beimpatientwith對……不耐煩2patience

n.［U］耐心；耐力

withpatience（=patiently）耐心地

lose/runoutofpatience（with）（對……）失去耐心

haveno/littlepatiencewith不能容忍……，對……沒有耐心Post-reading（1）vi.&vt.低聲說，低語，耳語；私下里說，暗中傳播 whispersthtosb把某事悄悄告訴某人

whispersthinone’sear在某人耳旁小聲說某事

Itiswhisperedthat...有人私下里說……（2）n.耳語；低語

搭配：inawhisper低聲地“Whatdoweintendtodonext?”heaskedinawhisper.“我們下一步打算做什么？”他低聲問道。3whisper

v.&n.Post-reading

搭配：one’sbehaviourtowards...某人對……的行為Make

surethatgoodbehaviourisrewarded.確保良好的行為得到嘉獎。（1）behavev.表現(xiàn)；表現(xiàn)得體

behavewell/badly表現(xiàn)好/不好 behaveoneself守規(guī)矩，舉止得體（2）well-behavedadj.表現(xiàn)好的 badly-behavedadj.表現(xiàn)差的4behaviourn.［U］行為，舉止pass...onto...把……傳遞給…… passby路過，經(jīng)過passdown把……流傳下去 passsboffas...把某人改變或冒充為……5passaway去世，亡故Post-readingkeepaneyeon照看，照料 keepone’seyeson注視；關(guān)注keepaneyeopen/out（for）密切注意，提防

haveaneyefor對……有鑒賞力

inone’seyes在某人眼里，依某人看close/shutone’seyesto對……視而不見looksbintheeye直視某人6catchsb’seye遇到某人的目光；吸引某人的注意（1）vi.&vt.吞下，咽下

（2）n.吞，咽；燕子7swallow

v.&n.（1）vi.&vt.揮手；招手 waveto/atsb向某人揮手 wavegoodbyetosb/wavesbgoodbye向某人揮手告別（2）n.波浪，波濤；揮手8wave

v.&n.Post-reading9hang

(1)vt.&vi.

懸掛；使（低垂）（hung,hung）

(2)vt.&vi.

（被）絞死，施以絞刑（hanged,hanged）hangon等一下；抓緊；（在逆境中）堅(jiān)持，不放棄hangabout/around 閑蕩，逗留hangout 常去某處

hangup(onsb.)（突然）掛斷（某人的）電話下面是幾組拼寫形式不同但容易混淆的動詞，請注意牢記：hang →hanged →hanged(絞死)hang →hung →hung(懸掛)lay →laid →laid(放置)lie →lied →lied(說謊)lie →lay →lain(平躺)find →found →found(發(fā)現(xiàn))Post-readingGrammarVerbPhrases動詞可以和名詞、介詞、副詞等構(gòu)成詞組，表達(dá)一個完整的動作含義。在實(shí)際使用中，通常會把短語動詞當(dāng)成一個整體。有些短語動詞相當(dāng)于及物動詞，有些則相當(dāng)于不及物動詞。

動詞的常見搭配組合例子動詞+名詞havethepatience,takeaseat,makeaneffort動詞+形容詞getmarried,fallasleep,keepawake,gowild動詞+副詞leaveout,passaway,backup,settledown動詞+介詞comeacross,lookafter,leadto動詞+介詞+名詞cometomind,comeintobeing,cometoanend動詞+名詞+介詞takechargeof,makefunof,makeroomfor動詞+副詞+介詞lookforwardto,catchupwith,runoutof注意：動詞短語并不總是放在一起。Post-readingSentences

一：IrememberGrannysittingonmybedandsingingsoftlyuntilIfellasleep.

我記得奶奶坐在我的床上，輕聲唱歌直到我睡著。注意：（1）till和until一般情況下可以互換，但till不可以放在句首，而until可以。UntilyoutoldmeIknewnothingofit.直到你告訴我，我才知道這件事。（2）對于“not

...

until

...”結(jié)構(gòu)，當(dāng)“notuntil

...”放在句首時(shí)，主句要用部分倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)（即把be動詞、助動詞或情態(tài)動詞等置于主語之前），且用肯定形式，注意從句不倒裝。Notuntilheretiredfromteachingthreeyearsagodidheconsiderhavingaholidayabroad.直到三年前從教學(xué)崗位上退休，他才考慮去國外度假。Post-reading

二、Davidputsomuchpuddinginhismouththathecouldn’tswallow.

大衛(wèi)在嘴里塞了太多布丁，以至于都吞不下去了。句式剖析本句是一個主從復(fù)合句，“somuchpuddinginhismouththathecouldn’tswallow”為“so...that...”引導(dǎo)的結(jié)果狀語從句。考點(diǎn)提煉

“so

...

that

...”引導(dǎo)的結(jié)果狀語從句so...that...意為“如此……以至于……”，引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句；so后通常跟形容詞或副詞。該結(jié)構(gòu)的具體形式如下：so++that...形容詞/副詞形容詞+a(n)+可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)many/few+可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)much/little(少的)+不可數(shù)名詞Post-reading

考點(diǎn)提煉

“so

...

that

...”引導(dǎo)的結(jié)果狀語從句Dai