Unit 2 The Real Father Christmas 课文详讲课件-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 2 The Real Father Christmas THE REAL FATHER CHRISTMAS 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. keep ... alive 使……活着 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. 那就是为什么 那些人 regard...as... 把……视作…… 文学 one's way of doing sth.＝one's way to do sth.某人做某事的方式 时期 超过，多于 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. 信封 邮票 北极 address sth.to sb.把(信)寄给某人 激动的 在...中 illustrate v．给(书籍、文章等)加插图 take a long time 花费很长时间 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. In another letter, Father Christmas complained about how he could not stop his helpers playing games with the toys instead of wrapping them up. 冒险，冒险经历 角色 攀爬 杆子 fall-fell-fallen降落；跌落 穿过 complain about sth.抱怨某事 stop sb.(from)doing sth.阻止某人做某事 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