Unit2 Let's celebrate! Undersdanding ideas教学课件--2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 2 Let's celebrate！ 1 When do people celebrate? For birthdays. At parties. On festivals. Watch the video and answer the questions. Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. What festivals are mentioned in the video? 2. Why do people celebrate these festivals? The festivals mentioned in the video are “hanami”, the Rose Festival, the Mid-Autumn Day, the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, and the New Year. Because people want to celebrate the changing seasons and express their appreciation of nature. Read the festival descriptions and complete the sentences. ______________________ is to celebrate the harvest. ______________________ is to celebrate a season. ______________________ is to honour an event. ________________________________ is to honour a person. Thanksgiving May Day Freedom Day Dragon Boat Festival Work in groups. Talk about: • other festival of each type • other reasons to celebrate a festival What do you know about Christmas Day? Is there really a father Christmas? Read the introduction to Tolkien and answer the following questions. 1. Have you ever read any of Tolkien’s books or seen any of the films based on them? What do you think of them? 2. What else do you know about Tolkien? Find out more about him and share your research with the class. PREDICTION 2. What does the word “real” in the title mean? 1. What's the Letters from Father Christmas about? Vocabulary 1. honour honoured adj.受尊敬的，感到荣幸的 honour sb.for... 因……而尊敬某人 be honoured as 被尊为…… be/feel honoured to do sth. 做某事感到荣幸 be ones honour to do sth. 某人很荣幸做某事 have the honour ofsth./doing sth. 有幸做某事 in honour of sb. = in one's honour 为了纪念某人;为了向某人表示敬意 It's an honour to do sth 很荣幸做某事。 练习：I feel greatly honoured ________________ (give) such a warm arrived early reception. to be given 10 Vocabulary 2. freedom free adj.自由的 freely adv.自由地;自主地 fight for freedom 为自由而战 gain/win one's freedom 获得自由 enjoy freedom 享有自由 have the freedom to do sth. 有做某事的自由 freedom from fear/pain/hunger 免于恐惧/痛苦/饥饿 练习：We don't have the freedom ________ (do) just what we like. to do 11 Vocabulary 3. participate participant n.参与者;参加者 participation n.参与;参加 participate in 参加，参与 participate with sb. in... 与某人分担……;同某人一起参与…… participate in voluntary work 参加志愿工作 participate in the contest 参加竞赛 练习：All the __________ (participate) in the debate had an opportunity to speak. participants 12 Vocabulary 4. vote vote for= vote in favour of 投票赞成 vote against 投票反对 vote on... 就……表决 vote on the problem 投票表决这个问题 vote to do sth. 投票决定做某事 take/have a vote on sth. 就某事进行表决 have the vote 有选举权 cast a vote 投票 练习：Let's have a vote ______ where to go for our holidays. on 13 Vocabulary 5. inequality equality n.平等 equal adj.平等的;相等的 equally adv.平等地;同样地 inequality/equality + in/of/between 在……方面不平等/平等 inequalities in wealth distribution 财富分配不平均 inequality of opportunity 机会不均等 economic inequalities between different areas 不同地区间的经济不平衡 练习：Your personal circumstances are ________ (equal) important. equally 14 Vocabulary 6. regard regard...as... 把……视作…… be regarded as 被看作…… be widely regarded as... 被广泛认为是…… regard sb. highly 高度评价某人;非常重视某人 in this/that regard 在这方面 as regards=in/with regard to =regarding 关于;至于 have high regard for 钦佩…… hold sb./sth. in high regard 敬重…… give one's regards to代…… 向……问候 练习：Give your brother my ________ (regard) when you see him. regards 15 Vocabulary 7. complain complaint n. 抱怨,牢骚,投诉 complain (to sb.)about/of sth.(向某人)抱怨某事 complain of sth.诉说(病情或痛苦) complain (to sb.)that...(向某人)抱怨…… 练习：She often complains ____________ not feeling appreciated at work. about/of 16 Vocabulary 8. wrap up wrap up presents 包礼物 wrap (up) A in B 用B把A包起来 wrap A round/around B 用A把B包起来 be wrapped up in sth. 全神贯注于某事，完全沉浸于某事 练习：She spent the evening ________ (wrap) up the New Year presents. wrapping 17 Vocabulary 9. warning give/send (sb.) a warning (向某人)发出警告 without (any) warning 没有(任何)先兆 a word of warning 一句提醒/警告 a health warning 健康警告 a food/typhoon warning 洪水/台风警告 a warning of foods 洪水警报 a warning signal 警告信号 练习：We've just heard a ________ (warn) on the radio that a typhoon may be on the way. warning 18 Vocabulary 10. starving starve v.(使) 挨饿;饿死 starvation n.饿死;挨饿 be starving 饿极了 starve to death 饿死 starve for 渴望获得,迫切需要 be starved of 缺乏...... die of/from starvation 饿死 close to starvation 濒临饿死 suffer from starvation 遭受饥饿 练习：The shy girl starves ________ confidence. for 19 What type of text is this passage? A．Narration(记叙文)． B．Argumentation(议论文)． C．Exposition(说明文)． D．Book review(书评)． Read the whole passage for the first time and choose the sentence that best explains the title of the passage. 1. The real Father Christmas was actually Tolkien himself. 2. Tolkien is the real Father Christmas, because he wrote letters using the name "Father Christmas". 3. Tolkien's love and care for his children made him very like Father Christmas. Read the passage again. Answer for the following questions. 1. What is Letters from Father Christmas about? 2. Why did Tolkien write these letters? Letters from Father Christmas is a collection of Tolkien's letters to his four children at Christmas. The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas's life and adventures at the North Pole. Tolkien wrote these letters because he wanted to keep Father Christmas alive for his four children. Read the passage carefully and find out the main ideas of each paragraph. Para.1 ___________________________________________________ Para.2 ___________________________________________________ Para.3 ___________________________________________________ Para.4 ___________________________________________________ Para.5 ___________________________________________________ Parents try to keep the magic of Father Christmas alive for their children. J.R. R. Tolkien kept writing letters to his four children for more than twenty years. The children were excited when they opened the letters. The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas's life and adventures at the North Pole. We can all share the true spirit giving of at Christmas time. A book Review Author Contents of the book Comments Summary should be self-contained, clear, easy to understand, and objective. The writer’s own views merits (优点) and demerits discuss its relevance to the present time Title of the book Background information A book review—The Real Father Christmas Author Contents of the book Comments Father Christmas’s life and adventures the giving spirit; the real Father Christmas Title of the book Letters from Father Christmas J.R.R. Tolkien Complete the notes with expressions from the passage. Letters from Father Christmas J.R.R. Tolkien a North Pole stamp a handwritten letter from Father Christmas climbed the North Pole fell through the roof how he could not stop his helpers playing games Father Christmas’s life and adventures at the North Pole May Day is a festival to celebrate the start of summer, with celebrations held across Europe and in parts of North America. with 复合结构 with 复合结构在句中作状语,可用来表示时间、原因、方式、条件或伴随等。本句中“with+ 宾语+宾补”作状语，还可以作定语。 With his hair cut, he looked much younger. 由于理了发,他看起来年轻多了。(状语) Do you know the lady with a baby in her arms? 你认识那个抱着婴儿的女士吗? (定语) with 复合结构 构成：with+宾语+宾补(现在分词/过去分词/动词不定式/形容词/副词/介词短语) （1）with+名词+形容词 Before he came here, my father used to sleep with his eyes open. (表示伴随情况) 我父亲来这儿之前,常常睁着眼睛睡觉。 （2）with+名词+副词,常用的副词是in, on, over, out等。 We went home with our work over. 我们做完工作就回家了。(表示时间) with 复合结构 （3）with+名词+介词短语 The captain was walking up and down with the box under his arm. (表示伴随情况) 队长胳膊下夹着那个盒子走来走去。 （4）with+名词+过去分词(被动或已经完成) I will have to buy a new pair with my old pair of glasses. broken.我得买一副新的眼镜，那副旧的坏了。 with 复合结构 （5）with+名词+现在分词(主动或正在进行) With so many cars coming and going in the street, the traffic is very busy. 街上来来往往的车太多了，交通非常繁忙。 （6）with+名词+不定式(尚未发生) With something important to talk about with you, you must stay here. 由于有很重要的事情和你商量，你必须留下。 Interestingly, the letters did not contain the usual warnings to children that they might not receive their presents if they were not good. 副词作句子状语 有些副词或副词短语置于句首可修饰全句，作评注性状语。常见的副词及副词短语有fortunately, happily for me , luckily , obviously , frankly等。 He fell off the motorbike. Luckily, he was not badly hurt. 他从摩托车上摔了下来，幸运的是，他伤得不重。 Obviously, vocabulary learning plays an essential role in language learning. 显然，词汇学习在语言学习中起着至关重要的作用。 Letters from Father Christmas tells us that as well as enjoying the adventures of Father Christmas, Polar Bear and other characters at the North Pole, we can all share the true spirit of giving at Christmas time. as well as as well as除……之外；也；和；还 She is a talented musician as well as being a photographer. 她不但是个摄影师而且还是个天才音乐家。 Buying the house as well as decorating it cost him a lot of money. 买房子和装修房子花了他一大笔钱。 as well as （1）as well as在功能上可以相当于连词，连接两个相同的成分。as well as在功能上还可以相当于介词，后接名词或动名词，尤其位于句首时,相当besides, in addition to。 We can know more about the life of great people as well as history and cultures of other countries. 我们可以了解更多伟人的生活以及其他国家的历史和文化。 as well as （2）连接两个并列的主语时,谓语动词应与前面的主语在人称和数上保持一致，即“A, as well as B”作主语时,谓语动词的单复数取决于A。有此类用法的词还有together with, along with等。 English, as well as Chinese and maths, is of great importance. 同语文和数学一样,英语也非常重要。 （3）as well as 用于同级比较，意为“和••••••一样好”。 I wish I could speak English as well as he can. 我希望自己的英语讲得跟他一样好。 Would you like to read the book Letters from Father Christmas? Give your reasons. What is the most special gift you have received from your family? Why is it special to you? Think & share Exercise 1. ___________ the basis of those facts, we can reach the following conclusion. 2.I first considered writing to him, but then I decided to go and speak to him ___________ person. 3.Happiness and success often belong to those ___________ are good at recognizing their own strengths. 4.The professor ___________ not accept the invitation since he has a lot of meetings to attend, but I'm not sure. 5.This is a relaxing occasion, ___________ you can interact with the host as you like. On in who might/may when 36 Exercise 6.Mike had nothing to do ___________ the traffic accident, but he was on the scene indeed. 7.To celebrate the day, he decorated his room ___________ flowers and balloons. 8.Regardless ___________ what they say, I will keep finishing the project in time. 9.The mother planted a tree in front of her house ___________ honor of her son. 10.In recent years, the problems which are caused by the ___________ (equal) of education opportunity have attracted the public's attention. with with of in inequality 37 Review the language points and complete the exercises. Homework See you next class! 39 Lavf56.40.101 Tencent APD MTS $$