Unit 2
Let’s celebrate!
festivals
Festivals in China
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Double
Ninth Festival
The Spring Festival
Qingming
The Lantern
Festival
The Middle
Autumn Festival
The Double
Seventh Festival
Ghost Festival
couplet 对联
fireworks 烟花
firecrackers 爆竹
paper-cuts 剪纸
lucky/ gift money 压岁钱
eat mooncakes
appreciate the
bright full moon
offer sacrifice
(供品)to the moon
family reunion
(合家团聚)
express strong yearnings (思念) to
family members and friends
festivals
Festivals in other countries
Christmas Fool’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Carnival Easter
Thanksgiving Day Mother’s Day
Father’s DayHalloween
______________ is to celebrate the harvest.
______________ is to celebrate a season.
______________ is to honour an event.
____________________ is to honour a person.Dragon Boat Festival
Freedom Day
May Day
Thanksgiving
1. What do you know about
this English novelist?
What about his works?
2. Have you ever read any
of his books or seen any of
the films based on them?
Understanding ideas
Read the introduction to Tolkien.
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was an English
writer, poet and university professor, best
known as the author of some of the world’s
most popular high-fantasy novels. With his
limitless imagination, he created new worlds
for his readers to explore. His novels The
Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have made
into films. adj. 无限制的，
无止境的
n. 幻想，想象
Read the passage and find out what
Letters from Father Christmas is about
and why Tolkien wrote these letters.
Letters from Father Christmas is a
collection of Tolkien’s letters to his
four children at Christmas. The
letters told wonderful stories about
Father Christmas’ life and
adventures at the North pole.
Tolkien wrote these letters because
he wanted to keep Father
Christmas alive for his four
children.
Match the main ideas of each paragraph.
Para 1 Parents try to keep Father Christmas
alive for their children.
Tolkien did keep the magic for his children.
Tolkien’s children could got a handwritten
letter with a North Pole stamp each
Christmas.
The letters told wonderful stories about
Father Christmas’s life, but changed as
his children got older.
Tolkien may be the real Father Christmas.
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
A book
Review
consists
author’s
information
summary
of a book
comments
background related to
the content of the book
author’s life
Summary should be self-
contained, clear, easy to
understand, and objective.
writer’s own views on the book
name merits (优点) and demerits
discuss its relevance to the
present time
P1 The beginning
P2 author’s
information
P3-4 summary
of the book with
main characters
P5 comments
Please read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. What did Tolkien do to keep the magic?
He wrote letters to his children.
4. Can you imagine what the letter looked like?
Try to make a similar one with your partners.
2. What can we learn from Letters from
Father Christmas? The true spirit of giving.
3. Why is Tolkien the real Father Christmas?
Because he expresses his love for his
children in such a special way.
Step 1: prepare an envelope
Step 2: draw a North Pole stamp
Step 3: write down
someone’s address
Step 4: write a letter
(pretend that you are
Father Christmas)
Choose the sentence that best explains
the title of the passage.
1 The real Father Christmas was actually
Tolkien himself.
2 Tolkien is the real Father Christmas,
because he wrote letters using the name
“Father Christmas”.
3 Tolkien’s love and care for his children
made him very like Father Christmas.
Complete the notes with expressions from the passage.
Title of the book: ___________________________
Author: ________________
Background information:
Every Christmas, Tolkien’s children would get an
envelope with ____________________. Inside it, they
would find ____________________________________. Of
course, the letters were written by Tolkien.
Contents of the letters:
They tell wonderful stories about
_______________________________________________. In
one letter, Polar Bear _____________________ and
___________________ of Father Christmas’s house. In
another letter, Father Christmas complained about
_____________________________________ with the toys.
Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien
a North Pole stamp
a handwritten letter from Father Christmas
Father Christmas’s life and adventures at the North Pole
climbed the North Pole
fell through the roof
how he could not stop his helpers playing games
1. Would you like to read the book Letters
from Father Christmas ? Give your reasons.
2. What is the most special gift you have
received from your family? Why is it special
to you?
• Maybe Letters from Father Christmas is the perfect book for
those 1.______regard Christmas as a special time of year. The
author, Tolkien, is one of the most famous 2._______(name) in
English literature. Every Christmas, an envelope with a North
Pole stamp arrived. It 3.______________(address) to Tolkien’s
children. Inside, they would find a handwritten letter from
Father Christmas. The letters were also 4.__________(beatiful)
illustrated-each must have taken its true author a long time
5.___________(complete). In one letter, Father Christmas
complained 6._____how he could not stop his helpers
7._______(play) games with the toys instead of wrapping them
up. Interestingly, the letters did not contain the usual
8._________(warn) to children that they might not receive their
presents if they were not good. The letters 9._____(do),
however, change 10. ___Tolkien’s children got older. By
expressing his love, he may indeed have been the real Father
Christmas.
Summary
who
names
was addressed
beatifully
to complete
about
playing
warnings
did
as
1.使……仍存在
2. as long as they can
3.把……看作
4.被寄给…
4.一封手写的信
5.讲述了关于…的精彩故事
6.a regular character
7.抱怨某事
8.代替；而不是
9.将某物打包
10. 索要…
11. 分享给予的真正精神
12. 用如此特别的一种方式
1. keep…alive
2. 尽可能长久地
3. regard..as(consider/view/see..as)
4. be addressed to…
4. a handwritten letter
5. tell wonderful stories about…
1. 6. 一个经常出现的人物
7. complain about…
8. instead of…/doing…
9. wrap sth. up
10. ask for…
11. share the true spirit of giving
1. 12. in such a special way
Phrases
【语境应用】翻译下列句子。
1) 她已经在会议上发表演讲。
2) 他用英语和我说话，我很诧异。
3) 对法官应该称呼“法官大人”。
4)那封信是寄给我的。
She has addressed a meeting.
I was surprised when he addressed me in
English.
The judge should be addressed as “Your
Honour”.
That letter was addressed to me.
1. As parents, they try to___________________(
使那种魔力保持住)for their children
________________(尽可能长久地）.
2. ___________(那是为什么) Letters from
Father Christmas could be the perfect book for
those__________________________________
_____ (他们把圣诞节看作一年中的一个特殊
时间）.
3. 1) The children________________________(一
定很激动) as they opened it.
2) Each___________________________(一定
花了它真正的作者）a long time to complete.
Sentences
keep that magic alive
as long as they can
That’s why
who regard Christmas as a special time of year
must have been very excited
must have taken its true author
4. In another letter, Father
Christmas_______________________________(抱怨
他如何没能阻止他的助手们)playing games with the
toys _____________________(而不是包装起来它们）.
5. __________(有趣的是)， the letters did not contain the
usual_____________________(对孩子们的警告) they
might not receive their presents if they were not good.
6. The letters______(确实), however, change_____(随着)
Tolkien’s children got older.
7. ________________________________________(通过用
一种特别的方式表达对他的儿女们的爱), Tolkien
may indeed have been the real Father Christmas.
complained about how he could not stop his helpers
instead of wrapping them up
Interestingly
warnings to children that
did
By expressing love for his children in a special way
as
• 1. I had a feeling______I was being
watched.(unit 5)
• 2. There is no doubt ______this candidate’s
advantage lies in his ability to communicate with
foreigners in English.
• 3. Scientists have obtained more evidence
_______plastic is finding its way into the human
body.
• 4. It_____point out that many parents still limit
electronic reading, mainly due to concerns about
increased screen time.
that
that
that
does
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