2014初三英语新目标Unit2-Section-B.pptVIP

Christmas Fourth Thursday in November April Fool’s Day February 14th Halloween April 1st St. Valentine’s Day October 31st Thanksgiving December 25th Do you know when these special days are? Try to match each day with the correct date. 2a What do you know about Christmas? Discuss in groups and create a mind map. Christmas Symbols Date Activities Stories 1. dress up 装扮;乔装打扮. Dress up 常与 as, in 连用构成短语： dress up as… 意为“装扮/乔装打扮成…” dress up in… 意为“穿上…”后接表示衣服或 颜色的名词。 ?He likes to dress up as a soldier. 他喜欢装扮成军人。 Explanations ?On Christmas Day we always dress up in red. 在圣诞节我们总是穿上红衣服。 辨析：dress, wear, put on, have on 与 be in Dress “给某人穿衣服”，其宾语是人或 反身代 词，不是表示衣服等的 名词 Wear “穿着；戴着”强调状态 Put on “穿上；戴着”强调动作 Have on “穿着；戴着”强调状态。不能用于被 动语态。 Be in “穿着；戴着”强调状态， 通常接表示颜 色的名词。 ?She dressed her son and then sent him to school. 她给儿子穿好衣服并送他去上学。 ?She wears red shoes. 她穿着红色的鞋子。 ?He put on his best clothes for the party. 为参加晚会他穿上了最好的衣服。 ?She had a beautiful new suit on. 她穿着一套漂亮的新衣服。 ?Who is the girl in red over there? 那边穿红衣服的那个女孩是谁？ 2. “Trick or treat” means kids will play a trick on you if you don’t give them a treat. (1) play a trick on 意为“捉弄”。 ?These children love playing tricks on their teacher. 这些孩子喜欢捉弄他们的老师。 （2) if 意为“如果”，此处用于引导条件状语从 句，主句是一般将来时，从句则用一般现在时。 ?I will go home if it doesn’t rain tomorrow. 如果明天不下雨，我就回家。 2b Read the passage about Christmas. INFERRING This means you have to “read between the lines” to get the meanings that are not clearly stated in a text. Many would agree that when we think of Christmas, we probably think of gifts, Christmas trees and Santa Claus. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. The story in A Christmas Carol is perhaps the best example of this. The Spirit of Christmas A Ch