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Book3 Unit 2 The Real Father Christmas
Good morning, dear judges. I’m Candidate No.1. topic: The Real Father Christmas. May I ..? Thank you!
Good morning, everybody! How are you today? Fine! Great! I am very well. What is the most important festival in China? The Spring Festival. What do people do during the Spring Festival? Get together with their family members. Eat a big dinner. Give each other gifts. Visit friends and relatives. So it’s a special time for our family and friends. Do Western people have such a festival? Yes! Christmas. Just like the Spring Festival for us, Christmas also has a special meaning for the Western people.
Now, let’s go to the passage and learn more about Christmas. Open your books and turn to Page 14. What’s the title? The Real Father Christmas. Look at the title and the picture, can you guess what this passage is about? Wow, your predictions are interesting.
Let’s read the passage quickly and check your predictions. This passage introduces a book. So what’s the genre of this passage? Very good. It’s a book review.
What can we find in a book review? The title of the book, the author, the background and the content of the book. Please read the book review carefully and find the following elements in the review. You have 5 minutes to read.
Title: Letters from Father Christmas
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Background:
Every Christmas, an envelope with a North Pole stamp arrived.
Who did it address to? To Tolkien’s four children.
Who might it come from? After opening the envelope, the children would find it came from …
Contents:
Did the children like the letters? Why?
1.The hand-written letters were beautifully illustrated.
2. Interesting stories. Father Christmas’s life and adventures
Polar Bear, Helpers, no warning hedgehog, The poor
Love for his children, care for the poor ---true spirit of giving -----
Tolkien’s love and care for his children and others made him very like Father Christmas. In that perspective,