Unit 2 Let's Celebrate! Understanding ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高一英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 2 THE REAL FATHER CHRISTMAS How do people celebrate Christmas? write Christmas cards decorate Christmas trees receive presents from Father Christmas Today, Father Christmas is an imaginary figure. Children believe he is a happy old man with a long white beard and a long red robe, who is always ready to help the poor and often gave presents to them. On the night of the twenty-fourth of December every year, Father Christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings. Father Christmas； Saint Nicholas； Santa Claus ? J.R.R. Tolkein(1892-1973) was an English writer, poet and university professor, best known as the author of some of the world's most popular high-fantasy novels. With his limitless imagination, he created new worlds for his readers to explore. His novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been made into films. J.R.R. Tolkein (1892-1973) a special way of celebrating Christmas appreciate Letters from Father Christmas your opinion? pay attention to illustrations, title and other visual information Read the passage and find out what aspects of this book are mentioned. the reason why it could be a perfect book... the author writing purpose background information contents of the letters comments of this book title of this book Read paragraph 1 & 2 and answer: the reason why it could be a perfect book... the author writing purpose magic J.R.R. Tolkien title of this book Letters from Father Christmas a famous name in English literature The Lord of the Rings to keep Father Christmas alive for his four children Read paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks: background information Every Christmas, Tolkien's children would get an envelope with____________________. Inside it, they would find _________________________________________. Of course, the letters were written by Tolkien. The letters were also ______________________—each must have taken Tolkien __________