SectionBPeriod1(2a—2d)Lead-in1RudolphTheRedNosedReindeerChristmasSongHalloweenCanyounameanyforeignfestivals?ThanksgivingDayisanAmericantraditionalholiday,fallingonthefourthThursdayinNovember,tocelebratetheharvest.Thetraditionalfoodareroastingturkey,cornandpumpkinpieswithice-cream.AprilFool’sDayisonthefirstdayofApril.Onthatdaypeopleplayjokesoneachother.Valentine'sDayisonFebruary14eachyear.Itiscelebratedinmanycountriesaroundtheworld,althoughitisnotaholidayinmostofthem.HalloweenisonOctober31st.jack-o-lantern(pumpkins)南瓜灯（万圣节的标志性象征，传说是一个名叫杰克的人发明的)Halloweenisayearlycelebrationobservedinanumberofcountrieson31October.EasterisalwaysaholidaybetweenMarch22ndandApril25th.复活节（Easter），是纪念耶稣基督复活的节日，西方信基督教的国家都过这个节。在西方教会传统里，春分之后第一次满月之后的第一个星期日即为复活节。东方教会则规定，如果满月恰逢星期日，则复活节再推迟一周。因此，节期大致在3月22日至4月25日之间。复活节是最古老最有意义的基督教节日之一，庆祝的是基督的复活，世界各地的基督徒每年都要举行庆祝。复活节还象征重生和希望.复活节中最具代表性的吉祥物就是彩蛋和兔子December25thDoyouknowChristmasDay?Lead-in1ChristmasSongRudolphTheRedNosedReindeerChristmasDay圣诞节Christmasstocking圣诞节时为纪念基督耶稣诞生而在12月25日举行庆祝活动的节日。12月24日晚上被成为圣诞夜，是家庭团聚、共进晚餐、互赠礼品的时间。圣诞树多为节日的必需之物，一般是小枞树或者松树，树枝上挂满了各种装饰物和彩灯，树顶上通常有一颗明亮的星星。ChristmasAprilFool’sDayHalloweenSt.Valentine’sDayThanksgivingFourthThursdayinNovemberTrytomatcheachdaywiththecorrectdate.February14thApril1stOctober31stDecember25th2aSantaClausreindeerChristmascardSpeakingofChristmas,whatdoyouthinkof?ChristmashatgiftsChristmastreeLead-in2Let‘screateamindmapofChristmas.ChristmasactivitiesdatesymbolsstoriesSantaClausReindeerChristmastree…December25thChristmaspartygiftgivingchurchcelebrations…TheGingerbreadman姜饼人儿TheLittleDrummerBoy小鼓手的故事…Lookatthephoto,thequestionsin2bandthetitletothestoryonpage14.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.Lookatthephoto,thequestionsin2bandthetitletothestoryonpage14.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.Beforeyouread…1.Whatdoesthepassagetalkabout?IttalksaboutthespiritofChristmas.2.WhatdoyouthinkAChristmasCarolis?ItisabookaboutChristmas,andIguessthisbookhasahappyending.Readthefirstandlastsentenceineachparagraphsandanswerthequestions.Readthefirstandlastsentenceineachparagraphsandanswerthequestions.2b1.WhatarethecommonthingsthatpeoplethinkofforChristmas?2.WhowroteAChristmasCarol?3.WhatisthetruemeaningorspiritofChristmas?Theyaregifts,ChristmastreesandSantaClaus.ItwaswrittenbyCharlesDickens.Itistheimportanceofsharingandgivingloveandjoytopeoplearoundus.inferringItmeansyouhaveto“readbetweenthelines”togetthemeaningthatarenotclearlystatedinatext.所谓推断，就是根据阅读材料中所提供的信息，推断出未知的信息。即把有关的文字作为已知部分，从中推断出未知部分。据以推断的有关文字可能是词或句子，也可能是若干句子，甚至是全文。问题的答案一般针对文章内容和读者应有的常识，文章中虽然没有明确的答案，但读者在理解全文的基础上可以进行推理和判断其答案。Whileyouread…ReadPara.1andanswerthequestionsbelow.ReadPara.1andanswerthequestionsbelow.WhatisthetruemeaningofChristmas?ThetruemeaningofChristmasistheimportanceofsharingandgivingloveandjoytopeoplearoundus.ManywouldagreethatwhenwethinkofChristmas,weprobablythinkofgifts,ChristmastreesandS...
