ChineseSpringFestival春节TheLanternFestival元宵节Mid-AutumnFestival中秋节TheDragonBoatFestival端午节TheWaterFestival泼水节ChristmasDay圣诞节AprilFool’sDay愚人节Valentine’sDayInFebruaryCarnival(狂欢节)Easter复活节ThefirstSundayafterafullmoononorafterMarch21Mother’sDayThesecondSundayinMayThanksgivingDayThefourthThursdayinNovemberOctober31stHalloween万圣节Christmas2aWhatdoyouknowaboutChristmas?Discussingroupsandcreateamindmap.ChristmasactivitiesdatesymbolsstoriesSantaClausReindeerChristmastree…December25thChristmaspartygiftgivingchurchcelebrations…TheGingerbreadman姜饼人儿TheLittleDrummerBoy小鼓手的故事…ManywouldagreethatwhenwethinkofChristmas,weprobablythinkofgifts,ChristmastreesandSantaClaus.ButbehindallthesethingsliesthetruemeaningofChristmas:theimportanceofsharingandgivingloveandjoytopeoplearoundus.ThestoryinAChristmasCarolisperhapsthebestexampleofthis.TheSpiritofChristmasAChristmasCarolisafamousnovelwrittenbyCharlesDickens.ItisaboutanoldmannamedScroogewhoneverlaughsorsmiles.Heismeanandonlythinksabouthimself,anddoesn’ttreatothersnicely.Hejustcaresaboutwhetherhecanmakemoremoney.AndhehatesChristmas.OneChristmasEve,ScroogeseestheghostofJacobMarley,hisdeadbusinesspartner.MarleyusedtobejustlikeScrooge,sohewaspunishedafterhedied.HewarnsScroogetochangehiswaysifhedoesn’twanttoenduplikehim.HealsotellsScroogetoexpectthreespiritstovisithim.Thatnight,threeghostsvisitScrooge.First,theGhostofChristmasPasttakeshimbacktohischildhoodandremindsScroogeofhishappierdaysasachild.Thenthesecondspirit,theGhostofChristmasPresent,takeshimtoseehowothersarespendingChristmasthisyear.Everyoneishappy,evenpoorpeople.Thelastone,theGhostofChristmasYettoCome,takeshimtothefuture.Scroogeseesthatheisdead,butnobodycares.Heissoscaredthathewakesupinhisbedandfindsoutitisonlythenextmorning---ChristmasDay!Hedecidestochangehislifeandpromisestobeabetterperson.HehappilycelebratesChristmaswithhisrelatives.Healsogivesgiftstopeopleinneed.Henowtreatseveryonewithkindnessandwarmth,spreadingloveandjoyeverywherehegoes.AndthatisthetruespiritofChristmas!2b.Answerthequestions.1.WhatarethecommonthingsthatpeoplethinkofforChristmas?2.WhowroteAChristmasCarol?3.WhatisthetruemeaningorspiritofChristmas?Gifts,ChristmastreesandSantaClaus.CharlesDickens.Theimportanceofsharingandgivingloveandjoytopeoplearoundus.WhatdoesScroogeseewhenhe’swith...theGhostofChristmasPast?theGhostofChristmasPresent?theGhostofChristmasYettoCome?Hischildhood.HowothersarespendingChristmasthisyear.Heisdead,butnobodycares.ReadPara.2&3andcompletethechart.ReadPara.2&3andcompletethechart.2dAnswerthequestions.Someanswersneedtobeinferred.1.WhydoesScroogehateChristmas?2.DoesScroogehavealotoffriends?Whyorwhynot?Becauseheismeanandonlythinksabouthimself.No,hedoesn’t.becausehedoesn’ttreatothersnicely.3.WhywasJacobMarleypunishedafterhedied?BecauseheusedtobejustlikeScrooge.4.DoesJacobMarleywanttohelpScrooge?Howdoyouknow?5.HowdoesScroogefeelwhenhewakesuponChristmasDay?6.WhatdoesScroogedoafterseeingthethreespirits?Yes,hedoes.HewarnsScroogetochangehiswaysifhedoesn’twanttoenduplikehim.Hechangeshislifeandbecomesabetterperson.Heissoscared.
