词汇和阅读以及写作的关系.pptVIP

Merry Christmas What do people in western countries do to celebrate Christmas? preparing stockings receiving gifts decorating a Christmas tree sending a Christmas card Learn how to write a festival by ourselves! Task 1: fast-reading Read the passage and answer the following questions Which festival: When: How: Paragraph 2 is about the ____________ and _________________ of the festival. Christmas Day is one of my favorite foreign festivals. It falls on the twenty-fifth day in the month of December. It is celebrated to honor the birth of Jesus. The celebrations include preparing stockings, which is used to receiving gifts, decorating a Christmas tree, sending a Christmas card and so on. The day before Christmas Day is called Christmas Eve. People usually sing songs to celebrate it. From my point of view, I like it as a holiday firstly because I do not have to go to school so that I can relax myself, secondly because we can have lots of nice food, and finally because I enjoy my friends gathering, where we have nice chat and enjoy ourselves. On the other hand, after the festival, I may find lots of work waiting for me to make up. What is worse, I usually put on weight and feel tired because I eat too much and I am overjoyed. Which festival: When: How: Paragraph 2 is about the _____________ and _________________ of the festival. Christmas Day On the 25th in December By preparing…, receiving…, decorating and sending….. advantages disadvantages Task 2: self-studyRead the passage together and underline the useful phrases and beautiful sentence structures while reading. Task 3: cooperative study Analyze the passage together and appreciate it! Christmas Day Christmas Day is one of my favorite foreign festivals. People celebrate it on the twenty-fifth day in the month of December. As we know, it is celebrated to honor the birth of Jesus. People celebrate it by decorating a Christmas tree, sending a Christmas card and so on. The