Unit2SectionBPeriod1(2a—2e)Halloweenisayearlycelebrationobservedinanumberofcountrieson31October.Canyounameanyotherforeignfestivals?ChristmasThanksgivingAprilFool’sDaySt.Valentine'sDayFreeTalkThanksgivingDayThanksgivingDayisanAmericantraditionalholiday,fallingon

thefourthThursdayinNovember,tocelebratetheharvest.

Thetraditionalfoodareroasting

turkey,corn

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pumpkin

pies

withice-cream.AprilFool’sDayisanoldcustomcelebratedeveryyearonthefirstdayofApril.Popularsincethe19thcentury.Onthatdaypeopleplaypracticaljokesandhoaxesoneachother.SaintValentine'sDay(orValentine'sDay)isaholidayobservedonFebruary14eachyear.Itiscelebratedinmanycountriesaroundtheworld,althoughitisnotaholidayinmostofthem.ChristmasisanannualcommemorationofthebirthofJesusChristandawidelyobservedculturalholiday,celebratedgenerallyonDecember25bymillionsofpeoplearoundtheworld.ChristmasAprilFool’sDayHalloweenSt.Valentine’sDayThanksgivingFourthThursdayinNovember

2aTrytomatcheachdaywiththecorrectdate.February14thApril1stOctober31stDecember25thSpeakingofChristmas,whatdoyouknowaboutit?FreeTalkChristmas圣誕節(jié)時(shí)為紀(jì)念基督耶穌誕生而在12月25日舉行慶?；顒拥墓?jié)日。12月24日晚上被成為圣誕夜，是家庭團(tuán)聚、共進(jìn)晚餐、互贈禮品的時(shí)間。圣誕樹多為節(jié)日的必需之物，一般是小樅樹或者松樹，樹枝上掛滿了各種裝飾物和彩燈，樹頂上通常有一顆明亮的星星。SantaClaus(圣誕老人)傳說每到12月24日晚上，有個(gè)神秘人會駕乘由9只馴鹿拉的雪橇，挨家挨戶地從煙囪進(jìn)入屋里，然后偷偷把禮物放在好孩子床頭的襪子里，或者堆在壁爐旁的圣誕樹下。雖然沒有人真的見過神秘人的樣子，但是人們通常裝扮成頭戴紅色圣誕帽子，大大的白色胡子，一身紅色棉衣，腳穿紅色靴子的樣子，因?yàn)榭傇谑フQ節(jié)前夜出現(xiàn)派發(fā)禮物，所以習(xí)慣地稱他為"圣誕老人"。Wordsandexpressionsdeadliepunishadj.死的；失去生命的v.平躺；存在；位于v.處罰；前夜warnpresentspreadv.警告；告誡n.現(xiàn)在；禮物adj.現(xiàn)在的v.傳播；展開n.蔓延；傳播Christmasnoveleven.圣誕節(jié)n.（長篇）小說n.前夕；前夜WordsandexpressionsbusinessendupwarmthChristmasCaroln.生意；商業(yè)最終成為；最后處于n.溫暖；暖和《圣誕歡歌》（小說名）SantaClausCharlesDickensScroogeJacob圣誕老人查爾斯?狄更斯斯克魯奇n.（非正式）吝嗇鬼雅各布?馬利SantaClausChristmastreegiftsreindeerChristmascardWhatarethecommonthingsthatpeoplethinkofforChristmas?WhowroteAChristmasCarol?WhatisthetruemeaningorspiritofChristmas?2bReadandanswerthequestions.

WhatarethecommonthingsthatpeoplethinkofforChristmas?WhowroteAChristmasCarol?Theyaregifts,ChristmastreesandSantaClaus.2bReadandanswerthequestions.3.WhatisthetruemeaningorspiritofChristmas?Itistheimportanceofsharingandgivingloveandjoytopeoplearoundus.Christmas

WhatarethecommonthingsthatpeoplethinkofforChristmas?WhowroteAChristmasCarol?Theyaregifts,ChristmastreesandSantaClaus.2bReadandanswerthequestions.

ItwaswrittenbyCharlesDickens.3.WhatisthetruemeaningorspiritofChristmas?Itistheimportanceofsharingandgivingloveandjoytopeoplearoundus.AChristmasCarolisanovelbyEnglishauthorCharlesDickens,firstpublishedon19December1843.IttellsthestoryofbitteroldmiserEbenezerScroogeandhistransformationresultingfromsupernaturalvisitsbyJacobMarleyandtheGhostsofChristmasesPast,PresentandYettoCome.Thenovelmetwithinstantsuccessandcriticalacclaim.WhileAChristmasCarolbringstoreadersimagesoflight,joy,warmthandlife,italsobringsstrongandunforgettableimagesofdarkness,despair,coldness,sadnessanddeath.Scroogehimselfistheembodiment(體現(xiàn))ofwinter,and,justaswinterisfollowedbyspringandtherenewaloflife,sotooisScrooge’scold,pinchedheartrestoredtotheinnocentgoodwillhehadknowninhischildhoodandyouth.Scroogeisunfriendlytoothers.JacobMarleyusedtoworkedtogetherwithScrooge.JacobMarleyandScroogearedifferentincharacter.JacobMarleywantstohelpScrooge.TReadanddecidethesentencesaretrueorfalse.TFT2d

WhydoesScroogehateChristmas?DoesScroogehavealotoffriends?Whyorwhynot?

Becausehedoesn’twanttoshareandgiveloveandjoytopeoplearoundhim.

No,hedoesn’t.Becauseheismeanandonlythinksabouthimself.Andhedoesn’ttreatothersnicely.3.WhywasJacobMarleypunishedafterhedies?4.DoesJacobMarleywanttohelpScrooge?Howdoyouknow?

BecauseheusedtobelikeScrooge.

Yes,hedoes.BecausehewarnsScroogetochangehiswaysifhedoesn’twanttoenduplikehim.WhatdoesScroogeseewhenhe’swith…2cReadandcompletethechart.

Heseeshischildhood.

HeseeshowothersarespendingChristmasthisyear.Everyoneishappy,evenpoorpeople.

Heseesthatheisdead,butnobodycares.theGhostofChristmasPast?theGhostofChristmasPresent?theGhostofChristmasYettoCome?

Hedecidestochangehislifeandpromisestobeabetterperson.HehappilycelebratesChristmaswithhisrelatives.Healsogivesgiftstopeopleinneed.Henowtreatseveryonewithkindnessandwarmth,spreadingloveandjoyeverywherehegoes.6.WhatdoesScroogedoafterseeingthethreespirits?5.HowdoesScroogefeelwhenhewakesuponChristmasDay?

Hefeelsscared.Fillintheblanks1.Butbehindallthesethings_____(lie)thetruemeaningofChristmas:theimportanceofsharingand_______(give)loveandjoytopeoplearoundus.liesgiving2.Hejustcaresabout_______hecanmakemoremoneyandhehatesChristmas.whetherPasttakeshimbacktohischildhoodand________(remind)Scrooge______hishappierdaysasachild.remindsofTheGhostofChristmasYettoCometakeshimtothefuture.Scroogeseesthatheisdead,______nobodycares.butHenowtreatseveryone_________kindnessandwarmth,_________(spread)loveandjoyeverywherehegoes.withspreadingtranslation1.AChristmasCarolis________________________________________.(是一部由查爾斯?狄更斯寫的著名短篇小說)writtenbyCharlesDickensafamousshortnovel2.這部小說是關(guān)于一個(gè)叫斯克魯奇的老人，他從來也不笑。ThisnovelisaboutanoldmannamedScroogewhoneverlaughsorsmiles.3.他決心要改變自己的生活，并且承諾做一個(gè)更好的人。Hedecidestochangehislifeandpromisestobeabetterperson.4.他對那些為他工作的人刻薄小氣。Hewasmeantothosewhoworkedforhim.LanguagepointsButbehindallthesethingsliesthetruemeaningofChristmas:theimportanceofsharingandgivingloveandjoytopeoplearoundus.

這是一個(gè)倒裝句。主語是thetruemeaningofChristmas:theimportanceofsharingandgivingloveandjoytopeoplearoundus，謂語是lies，介詞短語behindallthesethings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。liebehind背后存在;是...的原因

Iwonderwhatliesbehindhisdecisiontoleave.

我不知道他決定離開的理由是什么。

TwothingsliebehindLatinAmerica'srenaissance.

兩個(gè)原因?qū)е铝死∶乐薜膹?fù)興。lievi.平躺；位于Ifyoufeelunwell,goandliedown.

如果你感到不舒服，就去躺下。Thenovelislyingonthetable.

小說平放在桌子上。Thevillageliesatthefootofahill.

這村莊坐落在一個(gè)小山腳下。辨析：lay,lielie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,位于”。前者表動作,后者表狀態(tài)。如：Helaidhisdictionaryontheshelf.

他把詞典放在書架上。Thedictionaryislyingontheshelf.

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,lyinglieinbedagain;撒謊lie,lied,lied,lyingdon'tbealiar;產(chǎn)蛋l(fā)ay,laid,laid,layinghenlaidanegg;放置aboypickeditup,andlaiditinthebag.知識鏈接

用lay和lie的適當(dāng)形式填空：1、Don't______theglassonthecornerofthetable.

別把玻璃杯放在臺角上。2、Thecity______inthenorthofChina.

那座城市位于中國的北部。3、He'sstill______inbed.

他還躺在床上。laylieslyinglieahead展現(xiàn)在面前l(fā)ieby躺在一邊休息,擱置不用liedown躺下,躺下閑著lieagainst靠在…上lieintheway妨害,阻礙lieinthesun曬太陽2.Heismeanand…mean在這里是形容詞，意思是“自私的；刻薄的；吝嗇的”Heisameanman.

他是個(gè)自私的人。Don'tbesomeantoyourlittlebrother!

別對你弟弟那麼刻??！Herhusbandisverymeanaboutmoney.

她的丈夫在金錢上很吝嗇。She'stoomeantomakeadonation.

她很小氣,不肯捐款。

meanv.意思是；打算；意味Whatdoesthiswordmean?

這個(gè)單詞是什么意思？Imeanthat'shisowndecisiontoleave.

我的意思是離開是他自己的決定。Imeantocallonyoutomorrow.

我打算明天看望你。Toraisewagemeansincreasingpurchasingpower.

漲工資意味著增加購買力。知識鏈接3.deadadj.死的；失去生命力的Hehasbeendeadformanyyears.

他已死去多年。Marythrewawaythedeadflowers.

瑪麗把枯萎的花扔掉了。Thebabywasborndead.

嬰兒生下時(shí)就已死了。Theyfoundhimdead.

他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他死了。

diev.死亡

deathn.死；死亡Nowadaysmanypeopledieofcancer.

現(xiàn)在有很多人死于癌癥。Mygrandfatherdiedattheageof86.

我爺爺在86歲時(shí)去世了。Thesickmanisindangerofdeath.

這位病人有死亡的危險(xiǎn)。知識鏈接

用diedead或death完成下列句子。

Hisgrandfather______lastyear.2.Thedoghasbeen______foraweek.3.The__________ofMichaelJacksonmadesomanypeoplesad.dieddeaddeath4.MarleyusedtobejustlikeScrooge,…usedtodosth.曾經(jīng)…；過去常?！璉usedtogotothecinema,butIneverhavetimenow.我過去經(jīng)常去看電影，但現(xiàn)在沒有時(shí)間了。Didyouusetogoswimmingintheriverwhenyouwereyoung?

你小時(shí)候經(jīng)常在河里游泳嗎?usedtodosth./beusedtodoingsth./beusedtodosth.的區(qū)別usedtodosth.意為“過去常常”,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)。beusedtodoingsth.表示“習(xí)慣于做某事”,其中to是介詞,后接名詞或動名詞。如：

Theoldmanandhiswifehavebeenusedtolivingasimplelife.beusedtodosth.表示“被用來做某事”。Thiscomputerisusedtocontrolallthemachines.知識鏈接1).Thisbuildingisadepartmentstorenow.It______acinema.

A.isusedtobeB.usedtobe

C.isusedtodoing2).Childrenatthebeginningoflastcentury______alotand______themselvesgreatlyevenwithouttelevision.

A.usedtoread,enjoying

B.usedtoread,enjoyed

C.wereusedtoreading,enjoy

D.wereusedtoread,enjoyingBB5.punishv.處罰；懲罰Theirteacherpunishedthemfortheirrudeness.

老師因?yàn)樗麄儜B(tài)度粗魯而責(zé)罰他們。Shewouldpunishthekidswholaughedatme.

她會處罰嘲笑我的孩子。punishfor因…受罰

punishwith用…來懲罰Thepolicepunishedhimfordangerousdriving.

警察因危險(xiǎn)駕駛而懲罰他。Hisfathermetedoutpunishmentwithaslipper.

他的老爸用拖鞋來給他顏色看。

punishmentn.懲罰知識鏈接6.warnv.警告；告誡Theywarnherthatifshedoesitagain,theywillpunishher.

他們警告她說,她再這么干就處罰她。Iwarnedthemthattheremightbesnakesinthewoods.

我提醒他們樹林里可能有蛇。Wewarnedhimnottogoskatingonsuchthinice. 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Hewarnedmeagainstgoingthereatnight.

他警告我晚上不要到那去。

warnabout告誡…提防…TheWeatherBureauwarnedabouthurricanes.

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)Theteachers______thestudents______thestairs.

老師提醒學(xué)生當(dāng)心樓梯。2)Theteacher________thestudents___________themountaininsuchbadweather.

老師提醒學(xué)生們在這么壞的天氣里不要爬山。warnaboutwarnednottoclimb7.presentn.禮物；現(xiàn)在Heboughtmeascarfasabirthdaypresent.

他給我買了一條圍巾作生日禮物。Thechildrenweredelightedwiththepresents.

孩子們得到禮物都很高興。Thiswatchisabirthdaypresentfrommyparents.

這塊表是我父母送我的生日禮物。Idon’thaveanydictionaryatpresent.

目前我一本詞典也沒有。present,gift這兩個(gè)詞的共同意思是“禮物”。其區(qū)別是：1.gift常指貴重的禮品,可以是具體的,也可以是抽象的東西;present則往往指一般的具體的禮物,價(jià)值可高可低。2.贈送gift往往被看作慷慨的行為;而贈送present則往往出于好心、禮貌、尊敬等。3.gift多指送給團(tuán)體、機(jī)構(gòu)或個(gè)人的禮品,一般沒有回贈;present則多指送給親友的禮品,往往有回贈。知識鏈接【2012江蘇揚(yáng)州】—Wishyouapleasantjourney!—Thanks!I’llgiveyoua______assoonasIarriveinParis.

A.ringB.hand

C.rideD.presentA---Whatdoyouthinkofyourvacation?---______presentourvacationsaretooshort．

A.AtB.OnC.FromD.For---______presentyou’veboughtforme!---I’mgladyoulikeit.

A.HowaB.Whata

C.Ho