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Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Section B（2a-2e）
Language goals
1. Ss can know the spirit of Christmas.
Key words and phrases
Santa Claus, scrooge, spirit, punish, mean, scare, promise
Key sentences
1. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas:
Teaching
the
Aims
importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around
us.
2. He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading
love
and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true spirit of
Christmas!
Teaching T needs to help Ss find out the true spirit of Christmas.
Difficulties
Teaching multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
Aids
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Warming up
Show Ss pictures about Christmas. Ask them to answer the
questions:
1. What do you see in these pictures?
2. Which festival do these pictures remind you of?
T can teach these expressions to Ss: go shopping and buy Christmas
decorations, put ornaments on Christmas tree, hang up Christmas
stockings on the fireplace, see Christmas lights on the street.
Step 2 Presentation & Reading
Pre-reading
2a
Divide Ss into groups of four. Ask Ss to discuss what they know
about Christmas. T can show Ss the mind map in 2a and ask
1them to create their own mind map during the discussion. More
elements are encouraged to be added to the mind map.
(Tip: T can ask Ss to share what they have discussed before giving
them the answers. Answers can be varied.)
此部分为2a活
T introduces some basic knowledge to Ss based on the mind
动 的 参 考 答
map in 2a. (PPT P9-P13)
案。老师不必
E.g. Christmas is on December 25th. In western countries, the 点学生一一回
答。多数学生
Christmas season usually lasts about one month. Christmas tree,
都 知 道 圣 诞
Santa Claus, reindeer and Christmas wreath are the symbols of
节，但未必十
Christmas. Before the Christmas, people go shopping and buy gifts 分了解，此部
分给出参考答
for their families and friends; decorate Christmas trees and their
案是给学生做
houses; place the wrapped gifts under the tree waiting until
一个背景知识
Christmas day to open; send Christmas cards or emails to each 的补充。PPT
P9-P13 中出现
other. Many families get together, sing Christmas carols（圣诞颂
了 P14 视频里
歌）and read the Christmas story from the Bible. Churches and
的部分表达，
schools will perform special Christmas performances. There are also 可以帮助学生
在观看视频时
many stories about Christmas, e.g. The Little Drummer Boy and the
缓解部分听力
Gingerbread Man.
压力。
T shows a video and asks Ss to learn more about Christmas
from the video.
因为在2a的活
T can make a simple conclusion of the video and ask Ss to answer
动中学生已经
the questions: 了解了圣诞节
的一些基本知
1. What are the common things that you may think of for
识，故此处不
Christmas?
再对文化的部
2. What do you think Christmas is about? 分 深 究 。 相
反，老师可以
(Tip: T can use the above questions to help Ss think about the
提出 2 个与 2b
meaning of Christmas. Then T can tell Ss that they are going to
部分类似且有
learn a story which was written by a famous writer — Charles 关联的问题，
帮助学生思考
Dickens about Christmas.)
圣 诞 节 的 意
While-reading 义。
Ask Ss to read the passage quickly and find out the following
nouns:
本文存在一些
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens., Scrooge, Jacob Marley, 可能会妨碍学
the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, 生理解的知识
点。此处的设
the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
计旨在训练学
T introduces the novel A Christmas Carol and Charles Dickens 生的略读和寻
to Ss. T briefly introduces the main characters in the novel to 读能力，帮助
学生在了解文
Ss. (Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas
章大意的同时
Present, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) 定 位 关 键 信
2b 息，为后面的
背景知识介绍
Ask Ss to read the passage and answer the questions:
做铺垫。
1. What are the common things that people think of for Christmas?
2. Who wrote A Christmas Carol?
23. What is the true meaning or spirit of Christmas?
Remind Ss to focus on the 1st and 2nd paragraphs while reading.
Ask Ss to share their answers with their partners after reading.
Answers:
1. People usually think about gifts, Christmas trees and Santa
Claus.
2. Charles Dickens.
3. The meaning of Christmas is treating everyone with kindness and
warmth and spreading love and joy everywhere we go.
2c
Ask Ss to read the passage again and complete the chart.
Tell Ss that they can focus on the 3rd paragraph while reading.
Answers: his happier days as a child
how others are spending Christmas this year
nobody cares when he dies
2d
Reading Strategy
Ask Ss to look at the box at the start of the passage. Explain
them what “inferring” means and give them examples that they
can relate.
Ask Ss to read between the lines and answer the questions.
Some of the answers need to be inferred.
1. Why does Scrooge hate Christmas?
2. Does Scrooge have a lot of friends? Why or why not?
3. Why was Jacob Marley punished after he died?
4. Does Jacob Marley want to help Scrooge? How do you know?
5. How does Scrooge feel when he wakes up on Christmas Day?
6. What does Scrooge do after seeing the three spirits?
Answers:
1. Because Scrooge is mean and only thinks about himself. He
doesn’t treat others nicely, and he only cares about whether he
can make more money.
2. No, he has no friends. Because he isn’t nice to people, and
never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only thinks about himself.
3. He was punished because like Scrooge, he wasn’t nice to others
and he only cared about money.
4. Yes, Jacob Marley wants to help Scrooge. Because Marley’s
ghost tries to warn Scrooge to change his ways so as not to end
up like him.
5. He feels relieved because he was scared in his sleep and he is
surprised and happy to have a chance to change his life, because
it is only the next morning.
6. He changes his ways and becomes a better person.
3Step 3 Language points learning
lie的含义及用法：lie 作不及物动词，意为“存在”。lie作动词还可
表示“平躺；处于”；“说谎”。lie to sb.意为“对某人说谎”。lie
还可作名词，意为“谎言”，tell a lie意为“说谎”。
mean的含义及用法：mean作形容词，意为“吝啬的，刻薄的”。
mean作动词意思是“意味着；意思是”。其名词形式是meaning
(意思；含义)常构成短语the meaning of ..., 意为“......的意思”。
care about与care for的区别：care about意为“关心；在乎；介
意”，强调出于责任感而“关心；在乎”。care for意为“照料；照
顾”， 与take care of同义；另一个意思为“喜欢”， 多用于疑问
句和否定句，其同义短语为be fond of。
dead, die, death与dying的区别：dead强调的是“死”的状态，意
为“死的、无生命的”，是形容词，作表语或定语。如果表达“死
了多长时间”，则用“have been dead ＋ for ＋ 时间段”或
“died ＋ 时间段 ＋ ago”。die强调的是“死”的动作，是个短暂
性动词，强调“死”的一瞬间动作，不能和时间段连用。death是名
词，意为“死；死亡”。dying是die的现在分词，也可用作形容
词，表示“垂死”、“要死”的意思，常用作定语或表语。
punish的含义及用法:punish v. “处罚；惩罚”，作及物动词，
punish sb. for ( doing) sth. “因（做）某事而处罚某人”。
warn的用法：warn作及物动词，常用结构有：
warn sb. (not) to do sth. 告诫某人（不要）做某事
warn sb. of / about sth. 警告某人注意某事
warn sb. against doing sth. 告诫某人不要做某事
end up的含义及用法：end up的意思是“最终成为；最后处于”。
end up为动词短语，后面常跟介词短语或动词-ing形式。end up
with意为“以.....结束”。
present的含义及用法：present作名词，意为“现在”。at present意
为“目前；现在”。present作名词, 还可表示“礼物”，相当于
gift。
present还可作形容词，意为“现在的” 。
promise的用法：
promise sth. 许诺某事
promise sb. sth. = promise sth. to sb. 承诺某人某事
promise (not) to do sth. 承诺（不）做某事
promise + that从句 承诺/答应......
promise还可以作可数名词,意为“承诺；诺言”。
spread的含义：spread v. (spread; spread) 传播；展开 / n. 蔓
延；传播
Step 4 Summary & Homework Post-reading的
4任务是建立在
Post-reading
对全文理解的
Divide Ss into groups of four, get Ss to discuss what the ghosts 基础之上的，
and Scrooge would say and then write out their conversation.
亦是对全文的
总结与回顾，
Remind them that when they act out the conversation, they each
故放在语言点
have to play their parts as each ghost is different and so is 讲解之后。如
果老师有不同
Scrooge.
的教学设计也
Summary
可以放在语言
Ask Ss to do the exercises from PPT P49-50. 点讲解之前。
Homework
Preview the passage in 3a to Self Check.
Do the exercises in students’ book.
In this period, the most important thing is reading. It is a good time to train the
students’ ability of reading quickly and efficiently. Usually we design tasks and get the
students to gain skills while finishing these tasks.We deal with the new words and
expressions from the Chinese festivals to Western festivals before reading the passage.
While reading, students should learn to read between the lines to get the meanings that
are not clearly stated in the passage. Students are supposed to be able to finish the tasks
Teaching
in each paragraph and then learn the whole passage and read aloud. They should sum up
Reflection
the important language items. So the teacher will help them to make a summary of the
key points in this class.
After reading, we can do some oral practice according to this passage. They have an
activity to role－play the conversation between the three ghosts and Scrooge. This will
also help the students to learn the passage.I think the students should recite some
paragraphs in order to remember the new language items.
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