festivals
Festivals in foreign countries
Christmas Fool’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Carnival Easter
Thanksgiving Day Mother’s Day
Father’s DayHalloween
1 Watch the video and answer the
questions.
1 What festivals are mentioned in the video?
2 Why do people celebrate these festivals?
The festivals mentioned in the video are
“hanami”, the Rose Festival, the Mid-
Autumn Day, the Harbin International Ice
and Snow Festival, and the New Year.
Because people want to celebrate the
changing seasons and express their
appreciation of nature.
______________ 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
What Letters from Father Christmas is about?
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’s life and adventures at the North pole.
Tolkien wrote these letters because he wanted to keep
Father Christmas alive for his four children.
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.
Please read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. What did Tolkien do to keep the magic?
He wrote letters to his children.
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.
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
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
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?
festivals
Festivals in China
Dragon Boat Festival
The Double
Ninth Festival
The Spring Festival
Qingming
The Lantern
Festival
The Middle
Autumn Festival
The Double
Seventh Festival
Ghost Festival
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
couplet 对联
fireworks 烟花
firecrackers 爆竹
paper-cuts 剪纸
lucky/ gift money 压岁钱
As President Xi said, we should
strengthen our cultral confidence.
1. be best known as/for/to…
2. with his limitless imagination
3. be made into films
4. be adapted from a novel
5.使……保留下去
6. as long as they can
7.把……看作
8.被寄给…
9.一封手写的信
10.讲述了关于…的精彩故事
11.a regular character
12.抱怨某事
4.从小说改编过来
5.keep…alive
6.尽可能长久地
7.regard..as(consider/view/see..as)
8. be addressed to…
9. a handwritten letter
10. tell wonderful stories about…
11. 一个经常出现的人物
12. complain about…
13.代替；而不是
14.将某物打包
15. not many
15. 索要…
16. 分享给予的真正精神
17. 用如此特别的一种方
式
13. instead of…/doing…
14. wrap sth. up
15. ask for…
16. share the true spirit of
giving
17. in such a special way
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.使……保留下去
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…
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
12. in such a special way
Phrases
1. That is why letters from Father Christmas
could be the perfect book for those who
regard Christmas as a special time of year.
regard…as: to think of sb. or sth. in a particular
way
近义短语：treat…as… think of… as…
consider…as…
e.g. Teachers should regard students as their own kids.
Mid-Autumn Festival is regarded as a time for
families to get together in China.
2. It was addressed to Tolkien’s children.
e.g. That letter was addressed to me.
address…to: to write on an envelope, package,
etc the name and address of the person who
receives it
【拓展】
address v. 写……地址；演讲/说；解决
address sth to sb: to say sth directly to sb.
向……说话
address sb as sth: to use a particular name or
title for sb. 称呼，冠以
【语境应用】用address的正确短语翻译下列句子。
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) 我们必须解决环境污染问题。
She has addressed a meeting.
I was surprised when he addressed me in
English.
The judge should be addressed as “Your
Honour”.
We must address the problem of
environmental pollution.
3. The letters were also beautifully illustrated-
each must have taken its true author, Tolkien, a
long time to complete.
must have +过去分词 表示对过去相当肯定
的推测， 意为“一定已经”
它的否定为 can’t /couldn’t have done 意为
“过去一定不可能”
eg It must have rained last night, for the
ground is wet,
地面很湿，昨晚一定下过雨。
表推测的情态动词：
1.must 只用于肯定句， 意为“肯定，必定”
2. can / could 用于否定句或疑问句
3. may / might 用于肯定句或否定句，意为
“可能（不）”
注：1. 对现在和将来的推测，直接加动词原形
2. 对过去的推测，加 have done
Rewrite the underlined sentences in
the conversation using can/could,
may/might and must.
(At a fancy dress party)
Chris: I spent ages putting up all the
balloons and flowers last night.
Jean: I expect you are feeling tired now!
Chris: Yes, I am. Look that guy is dressed as Batman.
Is that Mike?
Jean: It’s possibly him. Check out that girl
over there. I’m sure that’s Lucy.
Chris: No, I don’t think that’s Lucy. Lucy isn’t that
tall.
Jean: Look at those two guys dressed as chickens!
Oh, they’re waving at us!
Maybe they’re from our school.
Chris: Let’s go and find out.
You must feel tir d now!
It may/might/could be him.
That must be Lucy!
that can’t be Lucy!
They may/might/could be fr m our school.
4. Interestingly, the letters did not contain the
usual warnings to children that they might
not received their presents if they were not
good.
此句中interestingly的用法是英语中一个常
用表达，即用副词（常置于句首）修饰整个
句子。其他常用的副词还有fortunately,
luckily, thankfully, hopefully, generally
speaking等。
eg Thankfully, you are back safe and sound.
5.that they might not receive their presents if they were
not good是同位语从句，是对抽象名词warnings的进
一步解释说明，与定语从句不同的是，that在从句中
不充当任何成分。
• 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. (2015.湖北卷)
• 3. Scientists have obtained more evidence
_______plastic is finding its way into the human
body. (2019.江苏卷)
that
that
that
6. Letters from Father Christmas tells us that as well
as enjoying the adventures of Father Christmas,
Polar Bear and other characters at the North Pole,
we can all share the true spirit of giving at
Christmas time.
as well as: in addition to,常见的搭配有as
well as sth. / doing sth.
eg They sell magazines as well as books.
The organisation gives help and support
to people in need, as well as raising
money for local charities.
1. Many people still remember the magic of Father Christmas
from ______ they were children.
2. 人们将圣诞节当成是一年中的特殊的时候。
Pelple regard Christmas as a special time of year.
3. Every Christmas, an evelope _____ a North Pole stamp
_______(arrive).
4.The letters were also beautifully _____________(illustrate).
5.______________(interest) , the letters did not contain the
usual warning to children _____ they they might not……
6. There _____a terribel number of poor and starving people.
7. ____________enjoying the fun of the celebration, we can
share the true spirit of giving at Christmas.
8. Lily as well as her parents ____ fond of music.
with
arrived
illustrated
Interestingly
that
are
As well as
is
when
9.The letters______(确实), however,
change_____(随着) Tolkien’s children got older.
10.By expressing love for his children in such a
special way, Tolkien may indeed have been the real
Father Christmas.
通过用这种特殊的方式跟他的孩子表达爱，Tolkien
可能是一真正的圣诞老人。
in this way in the way on the /one’s way
all the way in a way
did
as
• 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
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