Step 1. Revision
1. 他打扮成圣诞老人。
2. 我们举行了庆祝活动来庆祝他的成功。
3. 在大多数人看来，男孩做的是不对的。
4. 他邀请我吃饭。
5. 我不想上这些销售人员的当。
Step 2. Language Points
1.a seven-day festival 2.get together 3.give thanks to sb. for sth.
4.follow /act on one’s principle 5.support 6.keep sth. alive
Step 3. Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases below.
1.These measures were by all parties.
2.Many Chinese families to greet the new year and think about the past.
3.I’ve just his illness.
4.They their customs by speaking their own language.
5.My father is acting on .
6.He didn’t write to his parents.
7.We held a party Mr Smith.
8.You can him. He will never let you down.
9.--You’ve torn a page out of my book!
-- I’m sorry . I didn’t do it .
10. Kwanzaa is celebrating the culture and history of frican Americans.
Step4. Complete the sentences with the sentence structures below.
1． 这对双胞胎有很多共同之处。
The twins
2.这些节日不但是庆祝新年的一种方法，也是庆祝历史和文化的一种方法。
The festivals
3每次我去看他时总是给他买礼物。
, I always buy him a present.
4.我们必须全力以赴改善社区条件。
We must make our community better.
5． 我为他的好意向他表示感谢。
I kindness.
6.在我看来，他似乎在说谎。
that he is lying.
7.为了庆祝自己的历史和文化，人们创立了这个节日。
8.春天是出游的好时机。
Spring traveling.
9.他如此喜欢这本书以至于他吃饭时也看。
He liked the book
Step 5.Cloze
This coming Saturday is Christmas, the biggest holiday in America and many other countries. Christmas is the day on which Christians(基督徒) celebrate the b of Jesus Christ. It is a the day that celebrate a universal spiritual(神圣的)message: Peace and good will to all people.
N expresses the spirit of the holiday more than music. More than any o holiday in America, Christmas moves people to write, play and sing music. There are religious(宗教的)songs, e joy or a sense of spiritual mystery(奥秘). People sing Christmas songs in churches and at schools. They hear them on the radio, in stores, and e on street corners. More groups of people get t to sing at Christmas than at any other time of the year.
Christmas is a holiday w special meaning for children. Many families enjoy the tradition of Santa Claus. S tell us that Santa Claus is an old man with a white bread, w wears red clothing. On the night before Christmas, he flies through the air in sleigh(雪橇)p by eight deer. He brings gifts of candy and toys to girls and boys. But, the stories say, you must be g all through the year, or Santa Claus might not s
at your house.
Step 6. Homework : Correction
1. The lit candle is giving poor light.
2. We had a party to congratulate Mother’s silver wedding.
3. During my stay in Beijing,she did as much as could to help me.
4. I was used to be quite afraid to live in that city.
5. John plays football as well, if not better than, David.
6. The next time you come, please bring my dictionary.
7. Tom has much difficulty in Chinese.
8. I’ll get my brother help you with your work.
9. This is the house that he lived in 1980.
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