Unit2Let’scelebrateUnderstandingideas【版本：外研冊別：必修二】ⅠPre-reading

Whatdoyouknowaboutthisfestival?

Whatdoyouknowaboutthisfestival?

DragonBoatFestivalcelebrationstakeplaceinChinaonthefifthdayofthefifthlunarmonth.TheyareheldinmemoryofQuYuan,apoetandstatesmaninAncientChina.ItwasthefirsttraditionalChinesefestivaladdedtoUNESCO’sListofIntangible([?n?t?nd??bl]adj.無形的)CulturalHeritage.聯(lián)合國教科文組織statesman:animportantandexperiencedpolitician,especiallyonewhoiswidelyknownandrespected.

Whatdoyouknowaboutthisfestival?

Whatdoyouknowaboutthisfestival?

ThanksgivingiscelebratedmainlyinNorthAmerica,inOctoberorNovember.Traditionally,itwasachancetogivethanksforagoodharvest.Now,itisalsoatimeforfamiliestogettogetherforabigdinner.

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MayDayisafestivaltocelebratethestartofsummer,withcelebrationsheldacrossEuropeandinpartsofNorthAmerica.Peoplepreparedecorationswithflowersanddancearoundmaypoles.maypole:n.五朔節(jié)花柱decoratedpolethatpeopledanceroundinceremoniesonMayDay

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FreedomDayisheldeveryyearon27ApriltocelebrateSouthAfrica’sfisrtfully-participatedelectionsin1994,inwhicheveryonewasallowedtovoteregardlessofskincolour.Itcelebratestheendofracialinequalityinthecountry.

每年的自由日是為了慶祝南非1994年廢除種族隔離制度之后，人民獲得政治自由和進行了南非歷史上第一次不分種族的選舉而設立的節(jié)日。這次大選，凡是南非年滿18歲的國民，不分種族，都具有投票權。也就是說不管你長什么樣，只要你是在南非的國民都有投票權，而在此之前，在種族隔離制度統(tǒng)治下，南非的非白種人在大選中投票只有有限的權利。

那既然提到了自由日，大家一定會想到一個人，和我們毛主席一樣偉大的人物，那就是納爾遜·曼德拉，也是1994年南非大選，使他成為南非的第一位黑人總統(tǒng)。

Whydowecelebratethesefestivals?_______istocelebratetheharvest._______istocelebrateaseason._______istohonouranevent._______istohonouraperson.ChristmasDayisthebiggestfestivalintheWesterncountries.ItisusuallycelebratedonDecember25thinhonourofthebirthofJesusChrist.Traditionally,peoplewouldliketoexchangegiftsanddecoratetheirhomeswithChristmastrees.

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WhyDoWeCelebrateChristmas?

ChristmascardChristmastree

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ChristmasgiftChristmasstocking

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FatherChristmas/SantaClaus

Whatdoyouknowaboutthisfestival?WhoistheFatherChristmas?authorTheRealFatherChristmastitle

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LettersfromFatherChristmas

isacollectionofletterswrittenandillustratedbyJ.R.R.Tolkien.Thebookwaswarmlyreceivedbycritics.ThestoriesareabouttheadventuresandmisadventuresofFatherChristmasandhishelpers,includingtheNorthPolarBearandhistwocubs.

Background

J.R.R.Tolkien(1892—1973)wasanEnglishwriter,poetanduniversityprofessor,bestknownastheauthorofsomeoftheworld’smostpopularhigh-fantasynovels.Withhislimitlessimagination,hecreatednewworldsforhisreaderstoexplore.HisnovelsTheHobbitandTheLordoftheRings

havebeenmadeintofilms.奇幻小說J.R.R.托爾金（J.R.R.Tolkien）英國文豪，當代奇幻小說鼻祖。他不僅是牛津大學睿智的教授、四個孩子溫情的老爸。最重要的身份，托爾金是全球頂禮膜拜的魔幻文學經典《魔戒》（奧斯卡大贏家《指環(huán)王三部曲》原著小說）《霍比特人》（2012—2015全球大電影《霍比特人》三部曲原著小說）的原著作者。除《霍比特人》以外，托爾金為自己的孩子創(chuàng)作了《羅弗蘭登》（為了安慰失去了心愛玩具的二兒子邁克爾），還將孩子們的玩具熊寫進了圖文并茂的《幸福先生》。每年圣誕，托爾金為孩子準備禮物之余，更化身圣誕老人寄信給孩子們，勾畫北極生活的種種趣事。J.R.RTolkienandhisbooks

LettersfromFatherChristmasThefirstletterThelastlettermorethantwentyyearsaNorthPolestampeveryChristmas

Whatdoesitindicate（暗示）?Afather’sstrongloveforchildren.ⅡFastreadingTHEREALFATHERCHRISTMAS

ManypeoplestillrememberthemagicofFatherChristmasfromwhentheywerechildren.

Asparents，theytrytokeepthatmagicalivefortheirchildrenforaslongastheycan.keep...alive使……活著，維持……的生命Para1許多人(長大以后)還依然記得來自童年時代的圣誕老人的魔力。為人父母之后，他們也想讓自己的孩子盡可能長久地相信這份魔力的存在。1.Matchthemainideasofeachparagraph.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5ParentstrytokeepFatherChristmasalivefortheirchildren.TheletterstoldwonderfulstoriesaboutFatherChristmas’slife,butchangedashischildrengotolder.Tolkiendidkeepthemagicforhischildren.TolkienmaybetherealFatherChristmas.Tolkien’schildrencouldgetahandwrittenletterwithaNorthPolestampeachChristmas.

ThatiswhyLettersfromFatherChristmascouldbetheperfectbookforthosewhoregardChristmasasaspecialtimeofyear.ThemanwhowrotetheselettersisoneofthemostfamousnamesinEnglishliterature—J.R.R.Tolkien,authorofTheLordoftheRings.Theletterswere

Tolkien’swayofkeepingFatherChristmasaliveforhisfourchildren,overaperiodofmorethantwentyyears.那就是為什么那些人regard...as...把…視作…one'swayofdoingsth.＝one'swaytodosth.某人做某事的方式時期超過，多于Para2有些人把圣誕節(jié)視為每年的特別時光，對于他們，《圣誕老人的來信》可能是一本再合適不過的書了。寫這些信的人是英國文壇的一位巨匠——《指環(huán)王(魔戒)》的作者J.R.R.托爾金。二十多年來，托爾金以寫信的方式讓他的四個孩子相信圣誕老人真的存在。1.Matchthemainideasofeachparagraph.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5ParentstrytokeepFatherChristmasalivefortheirchildren.TheletterstoldwonderfulstoriesaboutFatherChristmas’slife,butchangedashischildrengotolder.Tolkiendidkeepthemagicforhischildren.TolkienmaybetherealFatherChristmas.Tolkien’schildrencouldgetahandwrittenletterwithaNorthPolestampeachChristmas.

EveryChristmas,anenvelopewithaNorthPolestamparrived.ItwasaddressedtoTolkien’schildren.Whocoulditbefrom?Thechildrenmusthavebeenveryexcitedastheyopenedit.Inside,theywouldfindahandwrittenletterfromFatherChristmas.Theletterswerealsobeautifullyillustrated—eachmusthavetakenitstrueauthor,Tolkien,alongtimetocomplete.n.郵票addresssth.tosb.把(信)寄給某人illustrate

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v.給(書籍、文章等)加插圖takealongtime花費很長時間Para3對過去事情的肯定猜測每年圣誕節(jié)，托爾金的家里都會收到一封貼有北極郵票的信，收件人是托爾金的孩子們。會是誰寄過來的呢？孩子們打開時一定很興奮。他們會發(fā)現(xiàn)里面有一封圣誕老人的親筆信。信里還配有精美的插圖——它們真正的作者托爾金一定花了很長時間去完成每一幅畫作。對過去事情的肯定猜測handwrittenletters

beautifulillustrations(插圖)1.Matchthemainideasofeachparagraph.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5ParentstrytokeepFatherChristmasalivefortheirchildren.TheletterstoldwonderfulstoriesaboutFatherChristmas’slife,butchangedashischildrengotolder.Tolkiendidkeepthemagicforhischildren.TolkienmaybetherealFatherChristmas.Tolkien’schildrencouldgetahandwrittenletterwithaNorthPolestampeachChristmas.

TheletterstoldwonderfulstoriesaboutFatherChristmas’slifeandadventuresattheNorthPole.AregularcharacterintheletterswasPolarBear,whoonceclimbedtheNorthPole(anactualpoleinthiscase)andfellthroughtheroofofFatherChristmas’shouse.Inanotherletter,FatherChristmascomplainedabouthowhecouldnotstophishelpersplayinggameswiththetoysinsteadofwrappingthemup.角色Para4桿子fall-fell-fallen降落；跌落complainaboutsth.抱怨某事stopsb.(from)doingsth.阻止某人做某事這些信里講述了關于圣誕老人在北極生活和探險的精彩故事。信中經常出現(xiàn)的一個角色是北極熊，它曾經爬上北極（在信中，北極是一根真的桿子），結果摔下來砸穿了圣誕老人家的屋頂。在另一封信中，圣誕老人抱怨說，他那些助手們非但沒有把玩具包裝起來，反而拿起玩具玩起了游戲，他怎么也沒法讓他們停下來。而不是;代替

Interestingly,thelettersdidnotcontaintheusualwarningstochildrenthattheymightnotreceivetheirpresentsiftheywerenotgood.Thelettersdid,however,changeasTolkien’schildrengotolder:

...butifyoufindthatnotmanyofthethingsyouaskedforhavecome,andnotperhapsquiteasmanyassometimes,rememberthatthisChristmasallovertheworldthereareaterriblenumberofpoorandstarvingpeople.有趣的是n.禮物世界各地askforsth要求得到某物anumberof許多，大量有趣的是，信中并沒有那些常見的對孩子們的警告，比如表現(xiàn)不好就可能收不到禮物之類的話。不過，隨著托爾金的孩子們逐漸長大，信的內容確實發(fā)生了一些變化：“……但是，如果你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己并沒有得到很多你想要的東西，有時甚至所獲無幾，請記住，在這個圣誕節(jié)，世界各地還有很多的貧窮而饑餓的人。Thelettersdid，however，changeasTolkien’schildrengotolder...不過，隨著托爾金的孩子們漸漸長大，信的內容確實發(fā)生了一些變化……“do/does/did+動詞原形”結構“do/does/did+動詞原形”結構用來強調謂語動詞，其中的do/does/did在句中要重讀。該結構只有一般現(xiàn)在時和一般過去時，且只對肯定的謂語動詞進行強調，沒有否定式和疑問式。Youdolookniceinthathat.你戴那頂帽子確實不錯。Hedidgototheairportyesterday，buthedidn’tfindyou.他昨天確實去了機場，但沒找到你?！緦W法點撥】在祈使句中使用“do+動詞原形”形式往往不表示命令，而表示強烈的請求，有時表達更加客氣的語氣。如：Docomeontime.務必準時來?！敉瓿删渥樱?）I

（的確認為）she’sbehavedbadly.（2）—Youshouldhavewarnedme.—ButI

（的確提醒過你）.（3）He

（的確喜歡旅行）andbelievesweshouldgrabopportunitiestoliveindifferentcountries.（4）We

（確實賣郵票）here，butwedon’thaveanyatthemoment.（5）

（一定要讓我知道）howyou’regettingon.

dothinkdidwarnyoudoesliketotraveldosellstampsDoletmeknownotas+形容詞和副詞的原級＋as:不如比較少見的用法:notquiteas…as，并不像,不太像。表示兩者間差異不大notnearlyas…as遠不如;遠沒有;遠不及。強調兩者差距大I'mnotastallasyou.Jackdoesn‘trunasfastasTom.Hillsarenotashighasmountains.Dietdrinks（低熱量飲料）arenotquiteashealthyasyouthink.

低熱量飲料并不像你想的那么健康You'renotnearlyascleverasyouthinkyouare

你遠沒有你自以為的那么聰明1.Matchthemainideasofeachparagraph.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5ParentstrytokeepFatherChristmasalivefortheirchildren.TheletterstoldwonderfulstoriesaboutFatherChristmas’slife,butchangedashischildrengotolder.Tolkiendidkeepthemagicforhischildren.TolkienmaybetherealFatherChristmas.Tolkien’schildrencouldgetahandwrittenletterwithaNorthPolestampeachChristmas.

LettersfromFatherChristmastellsusthataswellasenjoyingtheadventuresofFatherChristmas,PolarBearandothercharactersattheNorthPole,wecanallsharethetruespiritofgivingatChristmastime.Byexpressingloveforhischildreninsuchaspecialway,TolkienmayindeedhavebeentherealFatherChristmas.除……之外表達adv.的確;真正地;其實.強調肯定的陳述或答復實際上以……方式Para5《圣誕老人的來信》告訴我們，在圣誕節(jié)，除了欣賞圣誕老人、北極熊和其他一些生活在北極的人物的冒險故事之外，我們還可以共同體會真正的奉獻精神。托爾金以如此特殊的方式表達了對孩子們的愛，他可以算得上是真正的圣誕老人。n.精神1.Matchthemainideasofeachparagraph.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5ParentstrytokeepFatherChristmasalivefortheirchildren.TheletterstoldwonderfulstoriesaboutFatherChristmas’slife,butchangedashischildrengotolder.Tolkiendidkeepthemagicforhischildren.TolkienmaybetherealFatherChristmas.Tolkien’schildrencouldgetahandwrittenletterwithaNorthPolestampeachChristmas.Whatdoesthe“real”implyinthetitle?TolkienbehavedlikeFatherChristmas.AnyonewhoisgivingistherealFatherChristmas.Furtherthinkingforthetitle.Whichofthesentencesbestexplainsthetileofthepassage?1.TherealFatherChristmaswasactuallyTolkienhimself.2.TolkienistherealFatherChristmas,becausehewrotelettersusingthename“FatherChristmas”.3.Tolkien’sloveandcareforhischildrenmakehimverylikeFatherChristmas.2.Canyoufindthestructureofthetext?Many

peoplestillrememberthemagicofFatherChristmasfromwhentheywerechildren.Asparents,theytrytokeepthatmagicalivefortheirchildrenforaslongastheycan.ThatiswhyLettersfromFatherChristmascouldbetheperfectbookforthosewhoregardChristmasasaspecialtimeofyear.ThemanwhowrotetheselettersisoneofthemostfamousnamesinEnglishliterature–J.R.R.Tolkien,authorofTheLordoftheRings.TheletterswereTolkien’swayofkeepingFatherChristmasaliveforhischildren,overaperiodofmorethantwentyyears.EveryChristmas,anenvelopewithaNorthPolestamparrived.Itwas

addressedtoTolkien’schildren.Who

coulditbefrom?Thechildrenmusthavebeenveryexcitedastheyopenedit.Inside,theywouldfindahandwrittenletterfromFatherChristmas.Theletterswerealsobeautifullyillustrated-eachmusthavetakenitstrueauthor,Tolkien,alongtimetocomplete.4.TheletterstoldwonderfulstoriesaboutFatherChristmas’slifeandadventuresattheNorthPole.AregularcharacterintheletterswasPolarBear,whoonceclimbedtheNorthPole(anactualpoleinthiscase)andfellthroughtheroofofFatherChristmas’shouse.Inanotherletter,FatherChristmascomplainedabouthowhecouldnotstophishelpersplayinggameswiththetoysinsteadofwrappingthemup.Interestingly,thelettersdidnotcontaintheusualwarningstochildrenthattheymightnotreceivetheirpresentsiftheywerenotgood.Thelettersdid,however,changesasTolkien’schildrengotolder.5.LettersfromFatherChristmastellsusthataswellasenjoyingtheadventuresofFatherChristmas,PolarBearandothercharactersattheNorthPole,wecanallsharethetruespiritofgivingatChristmastime.Byexpressingloveforhischildreninsuchaspecialway,TolkienmayindeedhavebeentherealFatherChristmas.P1ThebeginningBackgroundP2Author/TitleP3-4Summaryofthebookwithmaincharacters（Content（內容））P5CommentsReviewWhatisthetypeofthetext?本文的語篇類型屬于書評(bookreview),是對一本書的評價,作者會就某本書給出自己的評價，并簡單的介紹書中的內容。作者可以在書評中給出所評價的書的基本要素,如：該書的作者，主要著作，寫作風格等。在書評的內容中需對作品有一個簡單的介紹,要注意介紹清楚書中的主要人物,情節(jié)和中心思想。AbookreviewTheRealFatherChristmas1.Titleofthebook:2.Author:3.Contentsofthebook:4.Reviewsofthebook:LettersfromFatherChristmasJ.R.R.TolkienFatherChristmas'slifeandadventuresthegivingspirit;therealFatherChristmasⅣPost-readingⅡ語法填空（根據課文內容和語法規(guī)則完成短文）

ManypeopletrytokeepthemagicofFatherChristmasalivefortheirchildrenforaslongastheycan.Thatis1

LettersfromFatherChristmascouldbetheperfectbookforthosewhoregardChristmas2

aspecialtimeofyear.Themanwhowrotetheselettersisoneofthemostfamous3

________(name)inEnglishliterature—J.R.R.Tolkien.TheletterswereTolkien’swayof4

_________（keep）FatherChristmasaliveforhisfourchildren.EveryChristmas，anenvelopewithaNorthPolestamparrived.It5

（address）toTolkien’schildren.Inside，theywouldfinda6

（handwrite）letterfromFatherChristmas.Theletterswerealso7

____________（beautiful）illustrated—eachmusthavetakenitstrueauthoralongtime8

____________（complete）.TheletterstoldwonderfulstoriesaboutFatherChristmas’slifeandadventures.Interestingly，theydidnotcontaintheusualwarningstochildren9

theymightnotreceivetheirpresentsiftheywerenotgood.By10

（express）loveforhischildreninsuchaspecialway，TolkienmayindeedhavebeentherealFatherChristmas.whyasnameskeepingwasaddressedhandwrittenbeautiful