Lesson 46
Help People Is Christmas as popular as Spring Festival in China? Why? Think About It! Lead in
Does your family exchange gifts at Christmas ? What do you know about Santa Claus? White beard In red clothes Black boots Ho! Ho! Ho! Where does Santa Claus live? At the North Pole What animals pull Santa’s sleigh? Reindeer Children believe that Santa visits them on the night before Christmas. How does Santa get into their houses? I come down the chimney Does your family exchange gifts at Christmas? What do you know about Santa Claus? New words beard
save sailor
pole sleigh reindeer chimney warn Presentation
n.
胡须 v.
救；节省 n.
水手 n.
地极 n
雪橇 n.
驯鹿 n.
烟囱 warn
v. 警告 Does Santa have glasses? Hmmm… is this really Santa? What do you think? Read the text for 4 minutes, and answer the following questions . 1.What does he look like? 2.What do the old stories say about Saint Nicholas? 3.Where was his name famous? 4. When and who brought stories of Sinter Klaas to
North America?
You know Santa Claus, don’t you? He ’s that man in red clothes. He has a long, white beard. He wears black boots. He says, “ Ho! Ho! Ho!” He and Christmas go together.
But where did he come from?
Long ago, there really was a Santa Claus, but his name was “ Saint Nicholas.” There are old stories about Saint Nicholas. The stories say he saved sailors from storms, helped young children and gave gifts to the poor. Everyone loved Saint Nicholas. His name was famous in Europe. In Germany, he was called Sankt Nikolaus and in Holland, Sinter Klaas.
In the 1600s,people from Holland brought the stories of Sinter Klaas to North America. In North America, his name changed. People began to pronounce “Sinter Klass” as Santa Claus. The answers: He is in red clothes. He has a long white beard .
He wears black boots . 2. The stories say he saved sailors from storms, helped
young
children and gave gifts to the poor . 3. His name was famous in Europe . 4. In the 1600s,people from Holland brought the stories to
North America . 1 .Is Christmas as popular as Spring Festival? 在中国圣诞节像春节一样受欢迎吗？ Christmas n. (12月25日庆祝圣诞节的日子，也是纪念耶稣基督生日的节日) 圣诞节（=Christmas Day） We always go to my parents’ house on Christmas Eve.
我们总是到我父母家里度过圣诞之夜。 【拓展】 圣诞词汇：at Christmas在圣诞节 Christmas card 圣诞贺卡 Christmas Eve 圣诞节前夜 Christmas holidays
圣诞节假日；（学校等的）寒假 Christmas present 圣诞节礼物 Christmas tree 圣诞树 Language Points: 2 .Does your family exchange gifts at Christmas?
在圣诞节你的家人交换礼物吗？ 1) exchange vt. （常与for, with连用）交换，互换 exchange Christmas gifts 交换圣诞节礼物 exchange seats with sb. 与某人调换一个座位 exchange foreign money for Renminbi 把外币兑成人民币 John exchanged gifts with Mary. 约翰与玛丽交换礼物。 May I exchange seats with you?
我和你调换一个座位好吗？ 2) gift n. 赠品，礼物，天赋，才能 a birthday/Christmas gift生日/圣诞礼物 【辨析】：gift与present 都含有“礼物”的意思，两词可以互换 gift
在语体上较为正式，带有一定感情色彩，侧重送礼物的人的诚意，有时含有“捐赠”的意思。如： This was given me as a birthday gift/present.
这是给我的生日礼物。 present系普通用语，一般指“值钱不多的礼物”，表示下对上送礼的意思。如： Each child brought a little present to the mother.
每个孩子给母亲带来一件小礼物。 3.He’s that man in red clothes. 他是穿红衣服的那个男人。 in red clothes穿着红衣服 in prep. 穿着，戴着 the man in the top hat戴着大礼帽的那个男人 a girl in red穿红衣服的女孩 clothes n. 集合名词各种衣服、穿戴及被褥等的总称 put on/take off one’s clothes穿/脱衣服
【辨析】：clothes, clothing与dress clothes是常用词，统指身上的各种服装，包括上衣、裤子、内衣等，是复数名词，不能直接与数词连用，后面要接复数动词。 She often wears beautiful clothes. 她经常穿漂亮的衣服。 clothing是物质名词，后接单数动词。 This shop sells women’s clothing. 这个店卖女人的衣服。 dress作可数名词时，指一件女服，做不可数名词时，指特殊服装。 My sister is wearing a red dress. 我妹妹穿一件红色连衣裙。 4 .The story saved sailors from storms, helped young children and gave gifts to the poor.
这个故事说他从暴风雨中拯救了水手，帮助年轻人并且给小孩子们礼物。 save vt. / vi.（常与from连用）抢救，挽救，拯救 I saved the animals from the flood.
我把动物从洪水中救出来。 1.go together
一同……
He and his classmates go to school together . 2.save sb. /sth. from sth. /doing sth. 从……中挽救……
The police saved an old man from the fire.
He saved a boy
from
drowning (溺水). 3.the poor /rich/old… 穷（富／老）人
The poor worked for the rich in old China. 4.pronounce…as
把……读成
Don’t pronounce met as meet. Phrases :
根据首字母和句意填空 1.Children believe that Santa Claus comes down
the c________ and visits them before C_________ . 2. Does he have
much b______ around his mouth? 3. Time is money. So we must try to
s_______ it . 4. Do you
like to be a s______ in the future ? 5. People
began to p_________ “Sinter Klaas”
as Santa Claus
in the 1600s. 6. Santa Claus
lives at
N ____ P____. 7.The doctor s______ a wounded patient last week. himney hristmas ave ronounce orth ole aved eard ailor Practice 单项选择： 1.He came up with an idea for a hybrid rice _______. A .in the 1969
B .in 1960s
C .at 1960s
D .in the 1960s
2. The police went _______ the forest and found the wounded bear . A. across
B. through
C. cross
D. though 3.Don’t pronounce “ G” ______ “J ”.
A. to
B .
like
C.
as
D. for
Discuss
:1. Is Christmas as popular as
Spring Festival in China ? 2.Does your family exchange
gifts at Christmas ? Homework In Australia, Christmas comes in summer. Write an e-mail to a student in Australia. Ask questions about Christmas there. 2. Finish activity book Lesson 46. A merry heart goes all the way.
心旷神怡，事事顺利。