Section B (2a-Self Check)
Unit 2
I think that mooncakes
are delicious!
Key words & phrases:
Christmas, lie, novel, eve, dead, business, punish,
warn, end up, present, warmth, spread
Key sentences:
1. Scrooges sees that he is dead, but nobody cares.
2. He just cares about whether he can make more
money.
Difficulties and points:
Learn to use the Objective Clauses.
学习目标
What do you know about Christmas?
Discuss in groups and create a mind map.
n. 圣诞节
2a
Lead in
Date
Symbols
Activities
Stories
Christmas
Pre-reading
December 25th
Christmas tress, Santa Claus,
gifts, stockings
sing Christmas songs, make
Christmas trees, family
gathering, get a lot of presents
…
Date:
Symbols:
Activities:
Stories:
Who is he?
Do you know
something about him?
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), a famous British
novelist. He is a key representative(主要代表) of 19th
century British literary realism(批判现实主义文学).
His novels:
The Pickwick Papers(《匹克威克外传》),
Oliver Twist (《雾都孤儿》),
Hard Times (《艰难时世》),
A Tale of Two Cities (《双城记》),
Expectations (《远大前程》),
A Christmas Carol (《圣诞颂歌》).
Read the passage about Christmas and
answer the questions.
1. What are the common things that
people think of for Christmas?
Gifts, Christmas trees and Santa
Claus.
2. Who wrote A Christmas Carol?
Charles Dickens.
While-reading
2b
3. What is the true meaning or spirit of
Christmas?
The importance of sharing and giving
love and joy to people around us.
Read the passage again and complete the
chart.
the Ghost of Christmas Past?
the Ghost of Christmas
Present?
the Ghost of Christmas Yet
to Come?
What does Scrooge see when he’s with…
His happier days as a child.
How others are spending
Christmas this year.
He is dead, but nobody
cares.
n. 现在; 礼物
adj. 现在的
adj. 死的;
失去生命的
Post-reading
2c
Answer the questions. Some answers
need to be inferred.
1. Why does Scrooge hate Christmas?
He is mean and only thinks about himself. He
doesn’t treat others nicely. He just cares about
whether he can make more money.
2. Does Scrooge have a lot of friends? Why or why
not?
No, he doesn’t. He is mean and only thinks
about himself.
2d
3. Why was Jacob Marley punished after he died?
He is mean and only thinks about
himself, and doesn’t treat others nicely.
4. Does Jacob Marley want to help Scrooge?
How do you know?
Yes, he does. He warns Scrooge to change his
ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him. He
also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit
him.
v. 处罚; 惩罚
5. How does Scrooge feel when he wakes up on
Christmas Day?
He feels scared.
6. What does Scrooge do after seeing the three
spirits?
He decides to change his life and promises to be
a better person. He happily celebrates
Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts
to people in need. He now treats everyone with
kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy
everywhere he goes.n. 温暖; 暖和
1. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of
Christmas:the importance of sharing and giving love and
joy to people around us. 但隐藏在这一切背后的是圣诞节
的真谛：分享与给予我们周围的人爱与欢乐的重要性。
本句是一个完全倒装句。介词短语behind all these things
做状语，位于句首。
lie为不及物动词，意为“存在，平躺，处于”，其过去
式为lay，过去分词为lain，现在分词为lying。
Language Points
e.g.The village lies in a valley.
拓展 lie与lay的一词多义：
原形 过去式 过去分词 现在分词
lie v.平躺，处于 lay lain laying
lie v.说谎 lied lied lying
lay v.放置，下蛋 laid laid laying
e.g.The man lying there lies that he has laid the money
on the table.
躺在那里的人撒谎说，他把钱放在桌子上了。
用lie或lay的适当形式填空。
1) ________ in bed all the time is bad for
your health.
2) The hen _____ an egg every day.
3) My mother ____ on the sofa for about
an hour this morning.
4) The duck _____ three eggs last week.laid
Lying
lays
lay
Practice
2. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he
doesn’t want to end up like him. 他告诫斯克
鲁奇，如果他不想最终像他一样，就要改变
自己的行事方式。
1）warn v. 警告; 告诫
固定短语:
warn sb. (not) to do sth. “警告某人(不要)干某事”
；
warn sb. of/about sth. 表示“提醒 / 警告某人注意
某事”。
e.g.The police warned us not to go out at night.
They warned him of the danger.
She warned her son about the fire.
2）end up意为“最终成为; 最后处于”，其后可接介词
短语、v.-ing等。
e.g.If you continue to steal, you'll end up in prison.
拓展
end up like ...最后像……一样
end up as ...最后成为……
3. ①the Spirit of Christmas
圣诞精神(圣诞节的意义)
②He also tells Scrooge to expect three
spirits to visit him.
他还告诉斯克鲁奇准备好等待三个幽灵
的造访。
指与肉体相对而言的“
精神; 心灵”
是“灵魂; 鬼怪; 幽灵”之意
试比较:
I shall be with you in spirit.
我在精神上也你们同在。
In the story, it is said that the area is
haunted by evil spirits.
在故事里, 据说那片地区闹鬼。
4.He is so scared that he wakes up in his bed
and finds that it is only the next morning—
Christmas Day！他非常害怕，从睡梦中惊醒，
发现此时竟是第二天圣诞节清晨。
1）scared形容词，意为“害怕的，恐惧的”，通
常指某物或某人使人感到恐惧、害怕，主语是
人。常用结构有：
be scared of sth.害怕某事/某物
be scared to do sth.害怕做某事
be scared that+从句
2）wake up意为“睡醒，醒来”，名词做其宾语时，放
在up前后均可，代词做其宾语时，须放在wake和up
之间。
e.g.Don't wake him up. He stayed up late last night.
3)find out意为“找出，查明”
【辨析】find out, invent 与disvover
find out 指经过调查、询问得知
invent 发明以前没有的东西
discover 发现事实上存在，但不被人们所知的事物
Practice
用find out,invent或discover的适当形式
填空。
1.They _________ that the new teacher is
very strict.
2.It's important to ________ what he's
doing.
3.Who ________ the paper?
discover
find out
invented
5. He decides to change his life and promises to
be a better person.他决定改变自己的生活，
承诺做个更好的人。
1）decide to do sth.意为“决定做某事”，其否定
形式是decide not to do sth.
decision是decide的名词形式，decide to do
sth.相当于make a decision to do sth.
2）promise做动词，意为“允诺，答应”，常用
于以下结构中：
拓展
promise sb. sth.允诺某人某事
promise to do sth.承诺/答应做某事
promise sb. to do sth.承诺/答应某人做某事
promise+that从句 承诺/答应……
拓展
promise用作可数名词，意为“承诺，诺言”，常
用短语：keep/break a promise遵守/违背诺言
e.g.Give me your promise and you'll never be
late again.
6. He now treats everyone with kindness and
warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere
he goes. 现在无论走到哪里，他都用善良和
热情对待任何人, 传播着爱与快乐。
1）kindness and warmth意为“善良和热情”，
分别是形容词kind和warm的名词形式。
2）spread v. (spread, spread) 传播; 展开
n. 蔓延; 传播
e.g.The bird spread its wings.鸟儿展开翅膀。
dress up
care about
make money
used to
end up
warn sb. to do sth.
打扮
关心
挣钱
过去常常
结束
警告某人做某事
Summary
Your English-speaking pen pal wants to know
about your favorite Chinese festival. Make
some notes about the festival.
What is the name
of the festival?
When is it?
The Mid-Autumn Festival
on August 15th of
Chinese lunar calendar
3a
What do people eat?
What do people do?
Why do you like it so
much?
Mooncakes.
People can enjoy the
full moon in the dark
sky.
Because it makes
me happy.
Write a letter to your pen pal and
tell him/her about your favorite
Chinese festival. Use your notes
in 3a.
3b
In your letter:
First, introduce the festival and when it
is celebrated.
Then talk about what people do and eat.
Finally, explain why you like it best and
how it makes you feel.
My favorite Chinese festival is…
It is celebrated in / on …
During this festival, people…
It’s my favorite festival because…
It makes me feel…
Use the following expressions to help
you:
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of
the traditional Chinese festivals. It is
often celebrated in September or October.
During the festival, family members get
together and eat mooncakes. There are
various kinds of delicious mooncakes.
On the evening of the Mid-Autumn
Festival, people can enjoy the full moon
in the dark sky. I like Mid-Autumn
Festival because it makes me happy.
Many Western countries celebrate Easter.
This holiday is always on a Sunday
_________ March 22nd ____ April 25th.
It celebrates the beginning of new life.
spread…around between… and give out
business lay relatives
1. Complete the passage with the words
in the box.
between and
Self Check
Hens ____ eggs, giving birth to life, so
an egg is a symbol of new life. A popular
activity during Easter is to hide eggs around
your home or garden for friends or
_________ to find. These can be real eggs,
but they are more often chocolate eggs.
relatives
lay
spread…around between… and give out
business lay relatives
Not only do people _______ them
________ in different hiding places for
an egg hunt, but they also _________
these treats as gifts. So just like
Christmas, Easter creates good ________
for supermarkets and chocolate stores.
spread
business
around
spread…around between… and
give out business lay relatives
give out
Not only do people spread them around in different
hiding places for an egg hunt, but they also give out
these treats as gifts.人们不仅为了寻找复活节彩蛋游戏
而将彩蛋分散到周围不同的藏匿处，而且他们还分发
这些好吃的作为礼物。
1）not only ... but (also) ...意为“不但……而且……”，
其中also可以省略，在本句中连接的是两个并列分句。
not only位于句首，表示强调，这时not only后面的句
子要用部分倒装结构，而but (also)后面的句子不倒装。
Language Points
e.g.Not only did he say so, but also he did so.
拓展
not only ... but (also) ...可连接句子的主语、谓语、宾
语、表语等成分，它连接主语时，谓语动词的数要与
临近的主语保持一致。
e.g.Not only Jack but also you like soccer.
2) give out意为“发放，分发”，与hand out同义，give
out是动副结构，若宾语为代词，须置于give和out之
间，若宾语为名词，则置于out前后均可。
2. Rewrite these sentences as
exclamations.
1. The mooncakes are delicious.
➠How ____________________________!
2. The festival will be fun.
➠How ________________________!
3. This concert is boring.
➠How _______________________!
delicious the mooncakes are
fun the festival will be
boring this concert is
4. I’m really excited.
➠How ________________________!
5. The band played really loud music.
➠What ________________________!
excited I am
loud music the band played
3. Make sentences about a festival/
festivals you like using these
words+ that/whether/if.
I think
___________________________.
I know___________________________.
I believe _________________________.
I wonder _________________________.
1. words & phrases:
Christmas, lie, novel, eve, dead, business, punish,
warn, end up, present, warmth, spread
2. Sentences:
1. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares.
2. He just cares about whether he can make more
money.
3. Learned how to use the Objective Clauses.
Summary
1. Memorize the new words and
phrases.
2. Read the passage in 3a
smoothly.
3. Finish the exercises on the
students’ book.
Homework
Thank
you!
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