1、Unit 2,Section B Period 1 (1a 1d),Can you name any foreign festivals?,Christmas,Halloween,Thanksgiving,April Fools Day,St. Valentines Day,Free Talk,Thanksgiving Day,Thanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday, falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to celebrate the harvest.,The traditio

2、nal food are roasting turkey, corn and pumpkin pies with ice-cream.,April Fools Day is an old custom celebrated every year on the first day of April. Popular since the 19th century. On that day people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other.,Saint Valentines Day (or Valentines Day) is a holida

3、y observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it is not a holiday in most of them.,Halloween is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October.,Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely ob

4、served cultural holiday, celebrated generally on December 25th by millions of people around the world.,Pair work,What does Scrooge see when hes with ,2c Read and complete the chart.,the Ghost of Christmas Past?,the Ghost of Christmas Present?,the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?,2d Answer the questio

5、ns.,Why does Scrooge hate Christmas? Does Scrooge have a lot of friends? Why or why not?,3. Why was Jacob Marley punished after he dies? 4. Does Jacob Marley want to help Scrooge? How do you know? 5. What does Scrooge do after seeing the three spirits?,Santa Claus,Santa Claus is also known as Father

6、 Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle or just Santa. Santa is a jolly man with a long white beard. He wears a red coat and red hat with a white fur trim. From at least 1820s Santa Claus has been living at the North Pole with a large number of elves and nine flying reindeer.,Traditional cuisine,A

7、special Christmas family meal is traditionally an important part of the holidays celebration, and the food that is served varies greatly from country to country.,Christmas pudding,Language points,But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving lov

8、e and joy to people around us. 這是一個(gè)倒裝句。主語是the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us，謂語是lies，介詞短語behind all these things置于句首引起句子倒裝，是為了保持句子平衡，避免頭重腳輕。,lie behind 背后存在；是 . 的原因 I wonder what lies behind his decision to leave. 我不知道他決定離開的理由是什么。 Two

9、 things lie behind Latin Americas renaissance. 兩個(gè)原因?qū)е铝死∶乐薜膹?fù)興。,lie vi. 平躺；位于 If you feel unwell, go and lie down. 如果你感到不舒服，就去躺下。 The novel is lying on the table. 小說平放在桌子上。 The village lies at the foot of a hill. 這村莊坐落在一個(gè)小山腳下。,辨析：lay，lie lie的過去式與lay的現(xiàn)在式同形，故極易混淆。lay是及物動詞，意為“把置于”, 而lie是不及物動詞，意為“躺著，平放，位

10、于”。前者表動作，后者表狀態(tài)。如： He laid his dictionary on the shelf. 他把詞典放在書架上。 The dictionary is lying on the shelf. 那本詞典放在書架上。,知識鏈接,巧記lie的lay的口訣 躺 lie, lay, lain, lying lie in bed again; 撒謊 lie, lied, lied, lying dont be a liar; 產(chǎn)蛋 lay, laid, laid, laying hen laid an egg; 放置 a boy picked it up, and laid it in t

11、he bag.,知識鏈接,用lay和lie的適當(dāng)形式填空： 1、Dont _ the glass on the corner of the table. 別把玻璃杯放在臺角上。 2、The city _ in the north of China. 那座城市位于中國的北部。 3、Hes still _ in bed. 他還躺在床上。,lay,lies,lying,2. He is mean and mean 在這里是形容詞，意思是“自私的；刻薄的；吝嗇的” He is a mean man. 他是個(gè)自私的人。 Dont be so mean to your little brother! 別對

12、你弟弟那麼刻薄！ Her husband is very mean about money. 她的丈夫在金錢上很吝嗇。 Shes too mean to make a donation. 她很小氣，不肯捐款。,mean v. 意思是；打算；意味 What does this word mean? 這個(gè)單詞是什么意思？ I mean thats his own decision to leave. 我的意思是離開是他自己的決定。 I mean to call on you tomorrow. 我打算明天看望你。 To raise wage means increasing purchasing

13、power. 漲工資意味著增加購買力。,知識鏈接,3. dead adj. 死的；失去生命力的 He has been dead for many years. 他已死去多年。 Mary threw away the dead flowers. 瑪麗把枯萎的花扔掉了。 The baby was born dead. 嬰兒生下時(shí)就已死了。 They found him dead. 他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他死了。,die v. 死亡 death n. 死；死亡 Nowadays many people die of cancer. 現(xiàn)在有很多人死于癌癥。 My grandfather died at the a

14、ge of 86. 我爺爺在86歲時(shí)去世了。 The sick man is in danger of death. 這位病人有死亡的危險(xiǎn)。,知識鏈接,用 die dead 或 death 完成下列句子。 His grandfather _ last year. 2. The dog has been _ for a week. 3. The _ of Michael Jackson made so many people sad.,died,dead,death,used to do sth. / be used to doing sth. / be used to do sth. used

15、 to do sth.意為“過去常?！?，其后跟動詞原形，表示過去的習(xí)慣、經(jīng)常發(fā)生的動作或狀態(tài)。 be used to doing sth.表示“習(xí)慣于做某事”，其中to是介詞，后接名詞或動名詞。如： The old man and his wife have been used to living a simple life. be used to do sth.表示“被用來做某事”。 This computer is used to control all the machines.,知識鏈接,5. punish v. 處罰；懲罰 Their teacher punished them fo

16、r their rudeness. 老師因?yàn)樗麄儜B(tài)度粗魯而責(zé)罰他們。 She would punish the kids who laughed at me. 她會處罰嘲笑我的孩子。,punish for 因受罰 punish with 用來懲罰 The police punished him for dangerous driving. 警察因危險(xiǎn)駕駛而懲罰他。 His father meted out punishment with a slipper. 他的老爸用拖鞋來給他顏色看。 punishment n. 懲罰,知識鏈接,6. warn v. 警告；告誡 They warn her

17、that if she does it again, they will punish her. 他們警告她說，她再這么干就處罰她。 I warned them that there might be snakes in the woods. 我提醒他們樹林里可能有蛇。 We warned him not to go skating on such thin ice. 我們警告他不要在這樣薄的冰上溜冰。,warn against 告誡提防，警告不要 He warned me against going there at night. 他警告我晚上不要到那去。 warn about 告誡提防 T

18、he Weather Bureau warned about hurricanes. 氣象局發(fā)出了颶風(fēng)警報(bào)。,知識鏈接,根據(jù)漢語意思完成句子 1) The teachers _ the students _ the stairs. 老師提醒學(xué)生當(dāng)心樓梯。 2) The teacher _ the students _ the mountain in such bad weather. 老師提醒學(xué)生們在這么壞的天氣里不要爬 山。,warn,about,warned,not to climb,7. present n. 禮物；現(xiàn)在 He bought me a scarf as a birthday present. 他給我買了一條圍巾作生日禮物。 The children were delighted with the presents. 孩子們得到禮物都很高興。 This watch is a birthday present from my parents. 這塊表是我父母送我的生日禮物。 I dont have any dictionary at present. 目前我一本詞典也沒有。,present adj. 現(xiàn)在的；當(dāng)前的 We have all agreed that the present proposal is a good one. 我們都認(rèn)為這個(gè)正在