新视界大学英语综合教程3-unit8.pptx
Warming up Listen and underline any words or expressions which are different from what you hear.A:So,looking back over the year,which are the festivals youve enjoyed most in the UK?B:Well,I suppose you expect me to say Christmas,but actually I didnt enjoy Christmas much.It seemed to go on so long,and I just found it too boring.And then New Year came too quickly afterwards.I didnt have any money left to enjoy it even if I like joining hands and shouting Auld Lang Syne at midnight with total strangers.No,what I liked most were the English festivals,like May Day morning in Oxford that was A:So,looking back over the year,which are the festivals youve enjoyed most in the UK?B:Well,I suppose you expect me to say Christmas,but actually I didnt enjoy Christmas much.It seemed to go on so long,and I just found it too boring.And then New Year came too quickly afterwards.I didnt have any money left to enjoy it even if I like joining hands and shouting Auld Lang Syne at midnight with total strangers.No,what I liked most were the English festivals,like May Day morning in Oxford that was 第1页/共149页Warming uprather funny and Bonfire Night,with fireworks on a cold December evening.That was atmospheric.The English remember the night a man called Guy Fawkes tried to enter the Houses of Parliament back in the 1600s.The only thing is I dont understand whether they are celebrating the fact that he was caught,or that he tried to do it.rather funny and Bonfire Night,with fireworks on a cold December evening.That was atmospheric.The English remember the night a man called Guy Fawkes tried to enter the Houses of Parliament back in the 1600s.The only thing is I dont understand whether they are celebrating the fact that he was caught,or that he tried to do it.第2页/共149页Warming upNow listen again and correct the information.Answer:boring commercial;money energy;shouting singing;funny strange;December November;enter blow up 第3页/共149页Warming up Work in pairs and discuss the questions.1 Which is your favourite festival,and why?2 Which festivals dont you like,and why?第4页/共149页Warming up1 Which is your favourite festival,and why?The Spring Festival is my favourite by far.It is so nice the way it brings the family together and,of course,I love the new clothes and the red envelopes!The food is another point in favour of the festival.第5页/共149页Warming up2 Which festivals dont you like,and why?I dont like Christmas.We have enough of our own festivals.Christmas is just an excuse for more shopping.I dont much like the Qingming Festival.I am not saying they arent a good idea we should remember the dead,but it isnt very pleasant going to crowded cemeteries with smoke everywhere.第6页/共149页 Look at the title of the passage and check()the things you expect to read about.1 going shopping with the family 2 buying presents 3 parking the car 4 sending Christmas cards 5 singing Christmas songs 6 feeling under stress Warming up第7页/共149页SkimmingBrowse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it.Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 171.Task第8页/共149页Skimming Check()the traditions which the writer describes in the passage.1 making the Christmas pudding 2 discussing the Christmas dinner 3 buying presents for relatives 4 sending presents from the Post Office 5 dressing up as Father Christmas 6 looking for a parking place for the car 7 singing well-known Christmas songs 8(not)giving money to charity 9 having fun at the office Christmas party Answer:the traditions the writer describes are 1,2,3,6 and 8.第9页/共149页Skimming Answer the questions.1 What used to happen on Stir-up Sunday?Everyone helped make the Christmas pudding,stirring it and making wishes.2 What cant the family decide before going to the market,and why?They cant decide what to eat for the Christmas lunch because they have different opinions.3 How is number one Daughter different from the rest of the family?She is a vegetarian.第10页/共149页Skimming4 How does the Father choose presents for overseas relatives?In a rush at the last moment and in a panic.5 How long does it take to park the car when Christmas shopping,and why?A very long time.here are far more shoppers than usual and the car parks are full.6 Why does the Christmas tree cost more than it should?Its Christmas so demand is high,and as it is the last one there can be no bargaining.第11页/共149页Skimming7 What do people do with the presents they buy?They wrap them and put them under the Christmas tree or post them.8 What is the last thing to be done before Christmas Day?Collecting the turkey.第12页/共149页Skimming9 Do you think the family in the passage is a typical family?Why/Why not?Yes,the story sounds realistic.Disorganization and doing things at the last minute is common as one can see at any big festival with people rushing round to get things they could have bought a few days before.And families do often repeat arguments and behaviour.People are rather predictable.However,the situation has been exaggerated.he entire routine would not be repeated every year!第13页/共149页Traditional Christmas shopping customs 译文Digging1 Once again,its that time of year,when all good men and women settle their differences,get back in touch with old friends and loved ones,and do their utmost to enjoy some centuries-old traditions of Christmas shopping.Background information第14页/共149页Digging2 At the start of the Christmas shopping season is Stir-up Sunday.This used to be a display of family unity when everyone went to the grocers shop to buy the flour,eggs and jars of dried fruit,and then stand around the kitchen table helping Mother or Grandmother make the Christmas pudding.Each member of the family would take it in turns to stir up,or mix,the ingredients and make a secret wish.第15页/共149页译文Digging3 These days it has become the custom,just before we go to the market to order the turkey,for Mother to say,“With all your family coming for Christmas lunch,well need a ten-kilo turkey,”and Father to reply“Ten kilos!You must be kidding!Well have to saw it in half to get it in the oven.”第16页/共149页4 Then number one Son says“Why dont we have a goose this year?”and number two Son says,“What about roast duck?”and finally,number one Daughter“Stirs it Up”by saying in disgust,“But you know I dont eat any meat whatsoever,all those poor turkeys,what about us vegetarians?”Its then traditional for Father to make a wish,not a secret one but at the top of his voice,“I wish youd eat proper food like the rest of us!”Digging第17页/共149页Digging5 Then theres the custom of Buying our Overseas Relatives Presents on the Last Day of Posting.It begins like this.Someone notices that theres scarcely one day left before parcels to distant countries need to be sent.Then Mother and Father play a game called Its-your-side-of-the-family-not-my-side,usually until they wont speak to each other ever again(so,about five minutes).Then Father(for its always him)rushes into town in a panic to buy something like socks or a tea towel,nothing too heavy because of the postage costs,and definitely not the same present as he bought last year.第18页/共149页Digging6 Another tradition is Hunt the Parking Space.This involves the annual triumph of hope against experience taking the car into town to go Christmas shopping.Traditionally,Father will steer the car round and round the parking lots,watching for some Merry Christmas shopper staggering past with bags and presents,and then following them,like the Three Wise Men following the star 2,000 years ago,until they lead the family to their parking place.第19页/共149页Digging7 At Christmas on street corners in British and American cities,youll find the brass band of the local Salvation Army playing Christmas music to the shoppers.Mothers and fathers,sons and daughters stop to listen to some of the seasons best-loved songs.Then one of the Salvation Army soldiers takes out a collecting box,asking those around for a donation to buy gifts for the less fortunate members of the community.第20页/共149页8 At this point,Father will collect his bags,and start to walk quickly away,signalling to the children to follow.This is the old tradition of Father Not Having any pare Change,and is usually accompanied by the words,“Come along,children,God will provide!”as he“pretends”to vanish without paying.Digging第21页/共149页Digging9 Perhaps the best-loved Christmas custom is Buying the Christmas Tree.This is traditionally left until the very last moment,long after all the good trees have disappeared.Mother reminds Father that the family needs a tree,Father replies that Christmas trees are a waste of money,and the children start to cry.So Father goes into town by bus,because the traffic is awful,and buys the last tree,traditionally the smallest tree possible,with the most peculiar shape,from a man on a street corner who demands a traditional Excessive Payment“because its Christmas”.第22页/共149页10 Father then utters the words,“The price of trees.its an absolute scandal,”hands over large numbers of bank notes,and proceeds to bring the tree home somehow.When the bus driver sees Father with the tree,trying to get on a bus which is packed stiff with shoppers,he greets him with the words,“You cant get on here with that!”Digging第23页/共149页Digging11 The final tradition is Collecting the Turkey.After everyone has bought all their presents,wrapped them and stored them under the Christmas tree,its time to force their way back into town,through crowded streets,carol singers and bell-ringers,wrapping paper salesmen,past Father Christmas going ho ho ho,office workers on the way home drunk,young women wearing Santas little helper hats,and venture into the market.第24页/共149页12 As day turns slowly to night,the shop lights come on,the Christmas music plays at top volume,and the family makes its way to the butchers shop.Hanging high above the crowds are vast sides of red beef,deer without their heads,rabbits still in their fur socks,pink-looking pigs and of course,the turkeys.At this point,in a tradition which is an echo of Stir-up Sunday,number one Daughter has to say in disgust,“Oh,its so gross!I cant believe youd ever eat all that meat!”Happy Christmas Shopping!Digging第25页/共149页1.when all good men and women settle their differences,enjoy some centuries-old traditions of Christmas shopping.(Para 1)all good men and women:all decent people settle their differences:Christmas is referred to as“the season of good will”and one is supposed to be at ones most generous and friendly during the festival.enjoy some centuries-old traditions of Christmas shopping:It is clearly untrue;to create a comic effect,the writer will use the technique of pretending some modern problems are ancient customs.Difficult sentences 第26页/共149页Difficult sentences 2.These days it has become the custom,(Line 1,Para 3)The writer uses the expression“it has become the custom”to show exaggeratedly that their rather silly conversation was a fixed routine.第27页/共149页Difficult sentences 3.You must be kidding!(Line 5,Para 3)You cannot be serious.第28页/共149页Difficult sentences 4.number one Daughter“Stirs it Up”by saying in disgust,(Line 10,Para3)The vegetarian daughter creates an extra problem.stirs it up:This is a pun.In addition to the meaning of Stir-up Sunday and stirring the pudding,“stir up”can mean to create and encourage trouble and arguments.第29页/共149页Difficult sentences 5.Then theres the custom of Buying our Overseas Relatives Presents on the Last Day of Posting.(Line 1,Para 4)The various so-called traditions the writer is laughing at are ironically capitalized.第30页/共149页Difficult sentences 6.Someone notices that theres scarcely one day left before parcels to distant countries need to be sent.(Line 3,Para 4)Everyone has been delaying buying and posting the presents until it is only one day before the last posting date(of course this varies there are last posting dates for parcels to Asia,the US,Australia,Europe and finally the UK itself).第31页/共149页Difficult sentences 7.speak to each other ever again(so,about five minutes).(Line 8,Para 4)This is another technique of humour used throughout the passage,exaggeration.第32页/共149页Difficult sentences 8.and definitely not the same present as he bought last year.(Line 12,Para 4)The writer uses the word“definitely”ironically.In fact,father frequently forgets and sends exactly the same thing as before.第33页/共149页Difficult sentences 9.This involves the annual triumph of hope against experience (Line 2,Para 5)The expression“triumph of hope against experience”is an idiom used when we do something we have often done before and found does not work.Experience tells us not to repeat it,but hope wins and we make the same mistake again.第34页/共149页Difficult sentences 10.Merry Christmas shopper staggering past with bags and presents,(Line 6,Para 5)staggering past:walking with difficulty because they are carrying so much shopping 第35页/共149页Difficult sentences 11.This is the old tradition of Father Not Having any Spare Change,(Line 12,Para 6)Probably every year Father does not want to give any money and pretends he cannot because he only has big notes and none of the smaller money people usually give.第36页/共149页Difficult sentences 12.God will provide!(Line 15,Para 6)This is an expression of religious trust in God to look after us,but here it is used as another weak excuse to be mean.第37页/共149页Difficult sentences 13.who demands a traditional Excessive Payment“because its Christmas”.(Line 11,Para 7)Traders put up prices as it is peak shopping season and demand goes up.“Because its Christmas”also implies that no one would be mean at such a festive time but happily pay what is asked.It is not a time to argue.第38页/共149页14.“The price of trees its an absolute scandal,”(Line 13,Para 7)Father complains at how much the tree costs.Difficult sentences 第39页/共149页15.a bus which is packed stiff with shoppers,(Line 18,Para 7)packed stiff:extremely crowded Difficult sentences 第40页/共149页16.its time to force their way and venture into the market.(Line 4,Para 8)The long sentence,the list of people and the strong verbs(force,venture)help create the impression of how very crowded it is on Christmas Eve.on the way home drunk:It is usual to have an office party on Christmas Eve and many people do indeed drink too much at the party.venture:Everywhere is so busy and crowded that it takes courage to go into the market.Difficult sentences 第41页/共149页17.vast sides of red beef,deer without their heads,rabbits still in their fur socks,(Line 14,Para 8)side:A side of meat is half the animals carcase.rabbits still in their fur socks:an ironic way of describing the dead rabbits and their paws,contrasting the cuteness of fur socks and an animal carcase Difficult sentences 第42页/共149页18.Oh,its so gross!(Line 19,Para 8)The sentence is colloquial and shows that the vegetarian daughter does not give up her annoying comments.Difficult sentences 第43页/共149页 utmost 释义1n.U the greatest amount of degree possible 最大量；极 限；极度 例句He will done his utmost to help her.他会尽力帮助她。翻译Words例句The be
