Unit 9 Reading

星期 日 星期 一 星期 二 星期 三 星期 四 星期 五 星期 六 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 Christmas

Rose MY Merry Christmas Fast reading Go though the text quickly and try to fill in the blanks. Rose White Christmas Name Subtitle Christmas Gift Christmas in Summer Eric Kate

Fast reading Listen 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 gift eg. 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, closed the 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

Consolidation Cultural difference

ChristmasSpring 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.