Lesson 4
Christmas
C h r i s t m a s
tree
Father
Christmas
carol service
candle snowman
presents
decorations
turkey
Christmas
cake
sweets
Christmas stockings
Øsnow
Øenvelope
ØFather Christmas
Ø Santa Claus
ØChristmas Carol
Øsnowman
Øsnowball fights
ØChristmas tree
Ødecorations
Øballoons
ØChristmas stockings
ØChristmas sweets
ØChristmas presents
Øturkey breast
ØChristmas pudding
ØChristmas cake
Words related to Christmas
Before you start
Questions:
1.What’s the order of time in the text?
2. In what order did the children do these things?
a. Open the New Year calendar.
b. Put their stockings at the end of the bed.
c. Sing Christmas carols.
d. Write a letter to Father Christmas.
e. Put up the Christmas tree.
f. Go to church.
g. Have Christmas cake.
1. What’s the order of time in the text?
1) Nov.
2) Dec.
3) Christmas Eve
4) Christmas morning
Answers
5) After lunch
2. In what order did the children do these things?
d. Write a letter to Father Christmas.
a. Open the New Year calendar.
c. Sing Christmas carol.
e. Put up the Christmas tree.
b. put their stockings at the end of the bed.
f. Go to church.
g. Have Christmas cake.
Questions:
What’s the main idea of each paragraph?
Match the topics with the paragraphs of
the article.
Para.1 activities on Christmas Eve
Para.2 decorations outside
Para.3 activities after lunch
Para.4 activities on Christmas morning
Para.5 the beginning of Christmas
Answers
2. What’s the main idea of each paragraph?
Match the topics with the paragraphs of the article.
Para.1 activities on Christmas Eve
Para.2 decorations outside
Para.3 activities after lunch
Para.4 activities on Christmas morning
Para.5 the beginning of Christmas
Before
Christmas
Expectation::In the middle of
November,my sister and I wrote to
Father Christmas for
1_____________________.
Signs of the coming of the Christmas:
Christmas cards arrived in the post,and
2_______________________appeared
in the streets.
Emotions:With December,we became
increasingly3______________________.
Activities:We4_____________________
and had exciting snowball fights.
Presents we wanted
Christmas lights
excitement
made snowmen
On Christmas
Eve
Preparations for Christmas:
The whole family decorated
the house,and5__________
We children left wine and
biscuits for Father Christmas
and put6_________at the
end of our beds.
put up The Christmas tree
our stockings
On Christmas
day
Before lunch:
7__________________was found at the bottom of
the bed.
My cousin and I played with our8____________in
the garden.
At lunch:
We had a big turkey
with9____________________________________
_________.
We sang Christmas
carols,10____________________and put on silly
paper hat.
After lunch:
The adults slept in frong of
11_____________________________while we all
played cards.
Then we had tea,with12____________________.
By bedtime:
We fell into a deep,happy sleep.
Presents and sweets
All the vegetables followed by Christmas
pudding
a huge Christmas cake
covered with snowman
laugh at jokes
The Queen’speech on the television
new presents
☆ Answer the multiple-choice
questions.
1.Who do you think reads
the children’s letters?
a) Father Christmas b) their
parents
c) nobody
2. What do you think people
do in a carol service?
a) sing songs b) give presents
c) watch a play
3. What happened on Christmas Eve?
a) The writer stayed awake all night.
b) Someone put presents in his stocking.
c) The writer saw Father Christmas.
4. Why did they laugh?
a) The Christmas carols were
happy songs.
b) The songs and hats were funny.
c) The jokes and hats were funny.
5. After lunch:
a) the adults watched the
Queen’s speech.
b) the children made a snowman.
c) everybody had more to eat.
Homework:
Write an article about your favourite
important festival.
People: family? Good friends?
Preparations: decorations?
Invitations?
Presents: what? Who for?
Make/buy?
Food: meals? Special food/drink?
Activities: music? Dancing? A
long walk?
Your feelings: happy? Sad?