Unit 2 Let's Celebrate! Understanding ideas 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

2 Understanding ideas UNIT THE REAL FATHER CHRITMAS 1 How much do you know about Christmas? Christmas falls on December 25th. 2 How much do you know about Christmas? Father Christmas will drive a deer sled from the north and enter every house through the chimney. 3 How much do you know about Christmas? Santa Claus will bring presents to children, putting them into the socks or in front of the fireplace. 4 How much do you know about Christmas? People will decorate the pines with illuminations, garland and candies. 5 Skimming Task: Find out what type of the passage is. Book review 书评 Main idea of the passage: Introduction of a book. 6 e7d195523061f1c0c2b73831c94a3edc981f60e396d3e182073EE1468018468A7F192AE5E5CD515B6C3125F8AF6E4EE646174E8CF0B46FD19828DCE8CDA3B3A044A74F0E769C5FA8CB87AB6FC303C8BA3785FAC64AF54247A2055AECC4CE6D589C6740CE0F21218081FBEF0389286256FF439C28864E3E06CECAF290A9F7BE7818ACAA5F9252488BFB81AF3A7859A942 Prediction Title of the book: ______________________ Author:_______________ Letters From Father Christmas J.R.R. Tolkien 7 Background information 8 Scanning Task: Read para. 1-3 and answer the following questions. Why did Tolkien write the book? Whom did Tolkien write the letters to? 9 Scanning As parents, they try to keep that magic alive for their children for as long as they can. The letters were Tolkien’s way of keeping Father Christmas alive for his four children, over a period of more than twenty years. 10 Scanning Task: Read para. 4 and answer the following questions. What is the letters mainly about? What characters are in the stories? 11 Scanning Task: Read para. 5 and answer the following question. What can we learn from the stories? Why the author think Tolkien is the real Father Christmas? 12 Understanding of the title Choose the sentence that best explains the title of the passage. The real Father Christmas was actually Tolkien himself. Tolkien is the real Father Christmas, because he wrote letters using the name “Father Christmas”.