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(共33張PPT)
UNIT 2
Let’s celebrate!
Christmas Day
What do you know about this festival
is the biggest festival in the Western countries.
Traditionally, people would like to exchange gifts ，Write a greeting card and decorate their homes with Christmas trees.
It is usually celebrated on December 25th in honour of the birth of Jesus Christ.
Pay attention to illustrations (插圖)
What information can you get
Before -reading
A book’s cover
Author:J.R.R. Tolkien
Title of the book
Editor:Baillie Tolkien
Baillie Tolkien was the second wife of
J.R.R. Tolkien’s youngest son.
Before -reading
A questionnaire (問卷) about this man1
1.What's his career
2. What is he famous for
3. What are his works
He was an English writer, poet and university professor
Some of the world’s most popular high-fantasy novels.
（深度奇幻小說）
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit《霍比特人》
The Lord of the Rings 《指環王》
Before -reading
He is regarded as the father of modern classical fantasy.
The popularity of his works has had a slight but far-reaching impact on the use of language, especially in fantasy literature. For example, the spellings of dwarves and elvish 精靈的, which have were no longer used for a long time, have been widely accepted by modern dictionaries.
他的作品的流行對語言的使用產生了輕微但深遠的影響，尤其是在奇幻文學中。例如，矮人和精靈的拼寫精靈的, 在很長一段時間內不再使用的詞典已經被現代詞典廣泛接受。
Before -reading
What is the type of this passage
Definition: a critical evaluation (批判性評價) of a book. It aims to provide readers with an idea of what the book is about and whether it is worth reading.
定義:對一本書的批判性評價。它旨在讓讀者了解這本書的內容以及它是否值得一讀。
Before -reading
Read paragraph 1 & 2 and answer:
to keep Father Christmas alive for his four children, over a period of more than twenty years.
While-reading
Why did Tolkien write these letters and how long did he insist
Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien
Read paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks:
a North Pole stamp
a handwritten letter from Father Christmas
a caring father
Read paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks:
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 with toys
life and adventures
Polar Bear climbed the North Pole (an actual pole) and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’s house.
an actual pole
Why are these letters popular with children
...but if you find that not many of the things you asked for have come, and not perhaps quite as many as sometimes, remember that this Christmas all over the world there are a terrible number of poor and starving people.
be thankful to what we have
think more about others who were less fortunate than themselves
What did the author want to express through this letter
...but if you haven’t received the gifts or haven’t received as many as the gifts you wanted, remember that there is a large number of poor and hungry people around the world this Christmas.
While-reading
How do you think of the contents of the letters
Letter 1: Polar bears climbed the
North Pole and fell through the roof.
Letter 2: Father Christmas complained about how he could not stop his helpers playing games.
Letter 3: ...if you find that not many of the things you asked for have come....starving people.
cute/naive/
interesting
became
educational/wise
While-reading
From para.2-4,What made the letters so special (time, background information, contents)
Handwritten letters
Beautifully illustrated
Wonderful stories
No usual warnings to children
Changing as the children grew older
a long period of more than 20 years
Deep love for his children
an envelope with a North Pole stamp
While-reading
Read paragraph 5 and answer:
comments of this book
What does the book intend to tell us
not only enjoy the adventures, but also share the true spirit of giving.
What is the spirit of Christmas
Which of the sentences 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 make him very like Father Christmas.
Post-reading
summarize the structure of book review
title
author
background information
contents
comments
Post-reading
Who is the real father Christmas
Post-reading
Why is Tolkien the real Christmas Father
Because he showed his care and love for his children in such a special way that we readers can get moved ,and that’ s what the Father Christmas is supposed to do .
What kind of person is Tolkien in your opinion
Caring imaginative responsible
kind-hearted sympathetic...
Post-reading
There are three stages of man:
He/she believes in Santa Claus;
He/she doesn’t believe in Santa Clause;
He/she is Santa Clause.
Anyone who is willing to give the warmth, the love and the care to others can be A Real Father Christmas.
Language points
limit vt. 限制，限定； n.界限，限度
limitless adj. 無限的
limited adj. 有限的
be limited to… 受限于……
without limit 無限制的
1.keep...alive使……繼續存在，使……活著，維持……的生命
Eg：Doctors kept the baby alive for six weeks. 醫生使嬰兒活了六周。
1.This/That is why ...
2.This/That is because ...
3.The reason why ... is that...
這/那就是為什么...（結果）
這/那是因為...（原因）
為什么...的原因是...
4.one’s way of doing sth.
=one’s way to do sth.
某人做某事的方式
1.with/in regard to 關于
3.“把...視作...”短語歸納
view/see/consider/treat/think of ... as...
2.regarding prep. 關于，至于
1.address v. 對...演講;稱呼;探討;在...寫姓名/地址
n. 地址，演講
1.must have done 一定做過某事，表示對過去行為的肯定推測
1.regular adj. 頻繁的，經常的；定期的，有規律的
2.a regular visitor/customer 常客
3. regular meetings 例行會議
4.In this case : 在這種情況下
5.Fell through the roof :摔下來砸穿了
1.complain 后不能直接跟sb. 作賓語，要加介詞to
2. stop/prevent ... (from) doing sth.阻止...做某事
4. Wrap…up 把...包起來
3.Instead of 而不是,反而/替代
1.warning n.警告；警示；告誡
2. warn v. warn sb. of/ about sth.
同位語從句
(warnings)
3.do/did/does+動詞原形 “確實，的確”表強調
連接詞 that 引導同位語從句
同位語從句用來對其前面的抽象名詞進行解釋說明。它一般跟在某些名詞后面，用以說明該名詞表示的具體內容。（即被解釋說明的詞=同位語）。
常跟that引導同位語從句的名詞有news、word、message、information、fact、promise、idea、thought、belief、possibility、chance、doubt等。
that引導的同位語從句有時可以和同位的名詞分開。
引導同位語從句的連接詞that,在從句中不作任何成分,但一般不省略。
I heard the news that our team had won．
1.starving adj. 挨餓的，即將餓死的
2. starve v.（使）挨餓；（使）餓死
starve to death 餓死
starve for... 渴望……
3.starvation n. 餓死；挨餓
die of/from starvation 餓死
并列連詞，“也，還” （放在句中，=and）
同級比較，“一樣好”
介詞，“除...之外”（=besides, in addition to）

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