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(共17张PPT)
The Real
Father
Christmas
B2U2 Let’s celebrate!
Understanding ideas
Where does Santa Claus live
Something you send to say “Merry Christmas”.
The animal that pulls Santa’s sleigh(雪橇).
What’s the name of Santa Claus’ assistant
People who sing Christmas songs on the streets.
Santa Claus gets into homes through …
Lead-in
Quick-fire questions How much do you know about CHRISTMAS
LET'S PLAY!LET'S PLAY!
LET'S PLAY! LET'S PLAY!
A Christmas card
Carolers
In the North Pole
A reindeer
Elf
The chimney
What is a typical dish at Christmas time
What do people put on the top of the Christmas tree
How is the typical biscuit of Christmas called
What do people hang by the fireplace at Christmas
A ring of flowers and leaves that people put on the door at Christmas
What do children send to Santa Claus
A wreath
A letter
Christmas pudding
A star
Gingerbread man
Stockings
Merry Christmas brings kids and people in need delicious food, presents warmth, comfort and power.
As children, they will receive many kinds of Christmas gifts, but do you know what kind of gift most touches them and makes the biggest difference to them
Letters from Father Christmas.
Pre-reading
What comes to your mind when you think of Christmas
Have you ever read any of Tolkien’s books or seen any of the films based on them What do you think of them
Predict the main idea：
A. Introduce the author J.R.R. Tolkien and his book.
B. Introduce the book Letters from Father Christmas.
C. A book review of Letters from Father Christmas.
Author
J.R.R. Tolkien
Book title
Letters from Father Christmas
Editor
Baillie Tolkien
Pre-reading
Read for the title and pictures
Decide the genre (体裁) of the passage.
What information can you get from the pictures
While-reading
Read for the structure and main idea
Circle the key words of each paragraph.
Decide how many parts the passage can be divided into.
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part3(para5) Comments: Meanings of the letters
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part2(para4) Contents of the letters
part1(para1-3) General information
What’s the purpose of the passage
To recommend a book.
part3: Comments: Meanings of the letters
part2: Contents of the letters
part1: General information
A book
Review
Author
Title of the book
Background information
Summary should be clear, easy to understand, and objective.
The writer’s own views
merits (优点) and demerits
discuss its relevance to the present time
While-reading
Sumarize the structure of a book review
While-reading
Complete the notes with expressions from the passage.
Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien
a North Pole stamp
a handwritten letter from
Father Christmas
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 games
letter
envelope
stamp
illustrations
While-reading
Read the following two excerpts and answer the questions
Christmas 1925
One very windy day last November, my hood (兜帽) blew off and went and stuck on the top of the North Pole. I told him not to, but the North Polar Bear climbed up to the thin top to get it down -- and he did. The pole broke in the middle and fell on the roof of my house, and the North Polar Bear fell through the hole it made into the dining room with my hood over his nose, and all the snow fell off the roof into the house and melted and put out all the fires and ran down into the cellars (地窖), where I was collecting this year’s presents, and the North Polar Bear’s leg got broken.
December 23rd, 1931
We have both, the old Polar Bear and I, enjoyed having so many nice letters from you and your pets. If you think we have not read them you are wrong; 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.
I have had to do some collecting of food and clothes, and toys too, for the children whose fathers and mothers and friends cannot give them anything, sometimes not even dinner. I know yours won’t forget you.
1. If you were Tolkien’s children, how would you feel after reading this letter
2. What’s the difference between the two letters
“The letters did, however, change as Tolkien’s children got older.”
excited, interested, deeply touched...
teach lessons through stories
just tell fascinating stories
Post-reading
Read for the theme and answer the questions
Answer the Questions:
1. Which is not Tolkien’s purpose of writing the book
A.Enjoying the adventures of Father Christmas.
B.Sharing the true spirit of giving at Christmas time.
C.Expressing love for the children.
D.Saving other characters at the North Pole.
2. Who may be most interested in the book Letters from Father Christmas
A. Students who like reading novels.
B. Adults who don’t believe the magic of Father Christmas.
C. Parents considering a special Christmas gift for their children.
D. Historians working on the origin of festivals.
Which of the sentences best explains the tile of the passage
A. The real Father Christmas was actually Tolkien himself.
B. Tolkien is the real Father Christmas, because he wrote letters using the name “Father Christmas”.
C. Tolkien’s love and care for his children make him very like Father Christmas.
Post-reading
Think and share
What do Christmas and Spring Festival have in common
giving and sharing love
Both are prepared beforehand to create a joyous atmosphere
Both offer a family reunion with a feast
Both satisfy the childeen with new clothes, loverly presents and delicious food.
Both celebrate for the true spirit of love and sharing.
Merry
Christmas!
B2U2 Food for thought
Understanding ideas
1 Many people still remember the magic of Father Christmas from when they were children. As parents, they try to keep that magic alive for their children for as long as they can.
2 That is why Letters from Father Christmas could be the perfect book for those who regard Christmas as a special time of year. The man who wrote these letters is one of the most famous names in English literature—J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings. The letters were Tolkien’s way of keeping Father Christmas alive for his four children, over a period of more than twenty years.
使……继续存在，使……活着
那就是……的原因 That is because 那是因为
regardas 把…视作
be widely regarded as... 被广泛认为是…
be highly regarded 得到高度评价
with/in regard to =regarding 关于
He is widely regarded as the father of international law. 他被广泛认为是国际法之父。
Her work is very highly regarded. 她的工作受到高度评价。
one’s way of doing sth.＝one's way to do sth.某人做某事的方式
3 Every Christmas, an envelope with a North Pole stamp arrived. It was addressed to Tolkien’s children. Who could it be from The children must have been very excited as they opened it. Inside, they would find a handwritten letter from Father Christmas. The letters were also beautifully illustrated—each must have taken its true author, Tolkien, a long time to complete.
4 The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas’s life and adventures at the North Pole. A regular character in the letters was Polar Bear，who once climbed the North Pole (an actual pole in this case) and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’s house.
address v.
1. 写(收信人)姓名地址；致函:
Address your application to the Personnel Manager.
把你的申请信寄给人事经理。
2. 演说；演讲:
to address a meeting 在会议上发表演讲
3. ~ sb | ~ sth to sb 向…说话:
I was surprised when he addressed me in English.
他用英语跟我说话,我很诧异。
4. (yourself to) sth 设法解决；处理；对付:
We must address ourselves to the problem of traffic pollution. 我们必须设法解决交通污染问题。
must have done 一定做过某事，表示对过去行为的肯定推测
regular adj. 频繁的，经常的，定期的，有规律的
a regular visitor/customer 常客
regular meetings 例行会议
Do you take regular exercise 你经常锻炼吗？
regularly adv. 经常；定期地
irregular adj. 无规律的；不定时的
4 In another letter, Father Christmas complained about how he could not stop his helpers playing games with the toys instead of wrapping them up. Interestingly, the letters did not contain the usual warnings to children that they might not receive their presents if they were not good. The letters did, however, change as Tolkien’s children got older：
...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.
强调动词，不能用强调句型，而要在动词原形前加do, does或did, 表示“的确，确实，真的”。
complain to sb. about sth.
complaint n.抱怨
stop sb. (from) doing sth. 阻止某人做某事
n. 警告 warn v. 警告，提醒
warn sb. of/about sth. 提醒某人某事
warn sb. (not) to do sth. 提醒某人（不）要做某事
warn sb. against doing sth. 提醒某人不要做某事
warn sb. that... 提醒某人……
starving adj. 挨饿的，即将饿死的
starve v.（使）挨饿；（使）饿死
starve to death 饿死
starve for... 渴望……
starvation n. 饿死；挨饿
die of/from starvation 饿死
省略了that或which的定语从句
5 Letters from Father Christmas tells us that as well as enjoying the adventures of Father Christmas, Polar Bear and other characters at the North Pole, we can all share the true spirit of giving at Christmas time. By expressing love for his children in such a special way, Tolkien may indeed have been the real Father Christmas.
as well as
as well as 意为“除……之外”，相当于 in addition to，后常接名 词或动名词.
as well as 意为“和，也，不但……而且……”，连接并列成分。
My parents as well as I are sitting around chatting at the moment. 我父母和我此刻都在闲坐着聊天。
【用法辨析】
A as well as B 强调A，作主语时，谓语动词的数与A 保持一致。(就远原则)
not only A but also B 强调B，作主语时，谓语动词的数与B保持一致。(就近原则)
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