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1、精品名师归纳总结高级休闲英语第 2 单元辅导More practice with the videoVideo 2ChristmasFocus question for the textMake a note of all the important elements of Christmas.TextDanielAs a believer in god will be able to show my love and appreciation of others by giving to them, so I would say that that Religious aspectis wh

2、ats most important to me about Christmas.CarolineI think one of the most important things about Christmas is Being with family - having time together and taking time off work, taking time to be together, have a nice meal, talk about things that have happened and sing songs, read stories, watch video

3、s and open presents and having special things to eat that we normally don t have time to make during the year, that s a real important time.JannaWhat I like most about Christmas is usually The presents under the tree and then we go outside after a Christmas morning and me and my friends all gather a

4、ll the presents that aren t that many that our parents at least allow us to take outside - we take them outside and we show them to each other and we Exchange presents for a few minutes and play with each other s presents and then we usually have a Christmas dinner and I usually like that the best.D

5、anielOther important aspects of Christmas would be being able to receive gifts . I can remember when I was a young boy coming down and my mother would always put out the presents on Christmas eve and then on Christmas morning all of the children would wake up early of course to get a good first glim

6、pse as to all the presents that we got and so another important aspect of Christmas for me is being able to be the recipient of lots of different gifts and being able to receive the love and appreciation the people that are giving the gifts to me want to express.CarolineI have a husband and a child

7、and so I need to start beforeThanksgiving getting ready - usually the first thing I start with isCards, I have lots of cards I send out each year, maybe 50. 50 cards and I go to the store and I try to find the right cards I want and I usually write aChristmas letter to people and I get that started

8、and send them the first week in Dec.DanielI would say a lot of it starts with theDecorations and that usually begins a week or so after thanksgiving and you want to get your house prepared for the Christmas season and some people call it The Christmas spirit so youve got to put up the Christmas tree

9、 and all the decorations and ornaments that go withthat.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结CarolineUsually about 2 weeks before Christmas we usually buy a live tree and cut it and bring it in thehouse and we decorate it and thats something that the family does together and so because Christmas is a family time

10、 as a family you decorate the tree usually you put a Garland Which is a string - some kind of string of eithersomething you buy or you can use popcorn or anything you like and you can wrap that around the tree and then you put Lights Around tree and then you put Ornaments . A lot of people tradition

11、ally buy a few each year, and each year they add a few ornaments to the tree and each ornament can be very special. My husband and I have ornaments, for instance, from when we first got married we have ornaments from that year we have ornaments from the first year we had a child and sometimes those

12、are nice gift ideas and each year we add new ornaments to the tree - sometimes for instance this year I didn t have any of those ornaments with me so I hand-madeornaments and so trees are trees can be a way that you can express yourself because everyone if you go into anyhome each person s Christmas

13、 tree can look entirely different than someone else s tree so its a good way to express yourself.Janna Because I like the best part about it you can decorate it with all sorts of different ornaments and I like it even more because usually if it wouldn t be a Christmas tree that youd have there s not

14、 many trees that are green all the year round so there isnt really there s not a tree that youre able to have that s still green on c.CarolineThen I guess the biggest time would be Christmas eve. Christmas eve we usually go to a church service and we sing Christmas carols and thats the time where us

15、ually each person gets a candle and they turn the lights down and everyone lights a candle and they sing Christmas songs and it s very special and then wecome home, we have a big dinner and sometimes in our home we open up 1 or 2 presents that evening - we sitaround in the living room and we drinkho

16、t cider and eat Christmas cookies and open a couple of presents and then we go to bed on Christmas eve.DanielChristmas stockings - maybe I would say that the purpose of those is the little leftover things that youve bought that you forgot that you bought that you still want to give to somebody. For

17、me, the main presents go under the Christmas tree, and then the other little extra Knick-knacks that you want to give somebody can go in the stockings of course the stockings came from the famous poem by Clement Moore thats called “It was the night before Christmas and thats the story of St Nicholas

18、 or Santa Claus as he s called and when SK comes down the chimney the first thing that he does is put little presents in the stockings for the children - a lot of times it s Candy canes or other pieces of candy or food or something like that or little toys and then of course the bigger toys, the big

19、ger gifts that he is bringing go under the Christmas tree - at least that s what the poem says, the story of the night before Christmas.CarolineTraditionally SK is supposed to come down the chimney and fill your stocking if you ve been good, and if you ve been bad he puts a piece of coal in it. So i

20、n our home Ive made each of us a stocking, my husband has a stocking, my daughter has a stocking and I have a stocking, and I m elected to fill them - on Christmas eve I fill the stockings full of little things, of gifts, and we have fun with that.And we wake up on Christmas morning and we all run o

21、ut early open the presents and we take most of that morning opening presents and then we have A big meal Christmas day and thats - in my home I prepare that meal - we usually have several meats and vegetables and potatoes and some kind of special Christmas drink, usually it s a red fruit juice of so

22、me kind and the table s all set in a certain way with a table cloth and plates - Christmas plates and all kinds of fun things and then after we eat usually family gathers on that day and so you just spend the whole afternoon talking to family and that s how we spend c.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结DanielH

23、ere in China you don t have a lot of what I would call theCommercialism . For businesses in America, for companies that produce products that people want to buy for their friends and their families at Christmas time - a lot of that business and commercialism comes to a height at Christmas time, it c

24、omes to aclimax, a lot of retail sales take place after thanksgiving up until Christmas time or so and in America there s a lot of that commercialism. Here in china with not as many people celebrating Christmas you dont have that aspect and frankly I don t miss it, it s nicer to concentrate on Chris

25、tmas as being a time to being with the family and a time to give some special gifts to those that you love, so not having that commercialism here in china is noloss for me.CarolineIn the States during . Round about Christmas time there are certain things I always did, one was I usually tried to see

26、Handel s Messiah, I usually tried to see A Christmas play of some kind, either the Gift of the magi by O Henry or a Dickens Christmas carol - some kind of play I d like to go see or see a ChristmasCantata - Christmas songs - some kind of Christmas programme presented somewhere in the town and coming

27、 to china there is none of that available. And so if you didn t make Christmas it didn t happen and so many of us got - especially - our family we got creative we learned to make Christmas tree ornaments we learned to make stockings. If there wasn t a play, we would organize people and we would put

28、on a play. If there wasn t Christmas carols, we would organize a Christmas carol sing and so that s one of the things that s a little bit different.JannaNot that much - though most of my Cs I haven t been very old so I didn t really notice except for the presents - in China it s easier to have parti

29、es in a place that you know - and since I know china so wellbecause I ve been here for such a long timeIt s easier, I think it s more fun to have Christmas in a place where you have friends.NormanIn Britain we usually eat a Turkey for Christmas - in fact here s the menu for a typical British Christm

30、as lunch or dinner:Roast turkey with chestnut stuffingRoast beef with Horseradish sauceHam with apple sauceRoast, boiled and creamed potatoesBrussels sproutsand carrotsGravy and bacon rollsBread sauceChristmas puddingBrandy butter and double cream可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结Mince piesMulled wineChristma

31、s cakeAs you can see, it s the richest and largest meal that most people eat in the year - similar in importance to the Chinese spring festival dinner. In America that menu is more frequently eaten for thanksgiving, though its often repeated for Christmas.Words & expressions:Religious aspectFor Chri

32、stians it is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, though in northern Europe this date was a pagan mid-winter festival for thousands of years before, and Jesus Christ was almost certainly notborn on the 25Th December。 America is a much more actively religious culture than the UK and only a m

33、inority of British people would respond as Daniel does.Being with familyThis would probably be the first response by most British people, and it matches with other cultures in this respect, cf Chinese New Year, Ramadan for Moslems, Hanukkah for Jews, etc. Times when the whole family tries to be toge

34、ther.Presents under the treeThe tree, normally some kind of pine or fir tree, is a 19th century introduction to Britain from Germany, where it has a longer history probably going back to druidical times druidism is an ancient northern European religion.Exchange presentsFor most people this would be

35、the single most important aspect.ThanksgivingA national holiday at the end of November in America to celebrate the survival through their first year of the first group of settlers in AmericaChristmas cardsA 20 Th century invention, and an example of the commercialism that Daniel mentionsChristmas le

36、tter With the widespread use of email this is becoming more and more common - a circular letter in which you describe your family 抯 past year and which you then send to all of your friends with whom you have not been in contact during the year.DecorationsDecorating the tree and the home with special

37、 lights and hangings are very important elements of Christmas - all shops and many main streets also keep dramatic Christmas displays lit up for the whole season which is supposed to finish on 12Th night, ie 6 Th January.Christmas spiritSupposedly the season of peace and goodwill to all peopleGarlan

38、dA rope of flowers, often worn as a necklace or a head dressLightsTraditionally the tree was lit with candles 。 however, these can be dangerous and nowadays most trees are lit by electricity.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结OrnamentsDecorationsChristmas eveFor German, for example, this is the most important

39、time, when the family meal is eaten and presents exchanged。 for the British it is Christmas day itself.Christmas carolsSpecial Christmas songs, normally religious though some - like jingleHot ciderAt Christmas many drinks normally taken cold, such as wine or whisky or beer, will be served“mulled ” o

40、r heated up, often with spices and fruit added 。 cider is made from applesKnick-knackOdds-and-ends, bits and pieces, trinkets, small presentsSanta KlausDutch version of saint Nicholas, supposedly the patron saint of ChristmasCandy caneSticks of sugar candyA big mealAgain, the concept of a rich famil

41、y meal usually the most expensive of the whole year is common to all cultures.CommercialismSince it is the season of gift-buying and increased consumption of food and drink, Christmas is the busiest time of year for most sales outlets which naturally try to maximise the advantage 。 this is criticise

42、d by some.Comes to a climaxReaches a peak, comes to a head, reaches its highest pointCantataA collection of songs, often on a religious themesHandel s MessiahThe world-famous Christmas oratorio a large cantata by the 18 Th century English composer George HandelTurkeyA large, domesticated game-bird o

43、f north American origin, eaten on special festive daysHorseradishPlant with a fleshy root used to make a hot spicy sauceBrussels sproutsCabbage family, with small compact cabbage heads on a long steam。 originally from Brussels in BelgiumBrandy butterMade from butter mixed with brown sugar, spices, a

44、nd brandyMince piesTraditional sweet Christmas pies made from chopped fruit and spices baked in flour-dough pie- casesAnswers to focus questionThe important elements of Christmas:可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结1. The first important element is for Daniel the religious aspect, for Caroline being with family

45、, and for little Janna the question of presents.2. Christmas cards have to be bought, written and sent.3. Getting the decorations up, and in particular decorating the Christmas with ornaments and lights.4. The night before Christmas, Christmas eve, when people sing Christmas carols.5. Listening to s

46、pecial music, reading or listening to special Christmas stories.6. The Christmas stocking, which is supposed to be filled by Santa Claus or father Christmas when he comes down the chimney on Christmas eve.7. Christmas lunch or dinner:Topics for further discussion1. What elements of the western Chris

47、tmas are similar to the Chinese spring festival.2. What elements are different.3. Are there any aspects of the western Christmas that you find strange or difficult to understand.4. How far do you think the western Christmas is beginning to invade china.5. What are the reasons for your answer to the above question.6. Some people in Britain think it is hypocritical to observe Christmas if you are not a Christian- What do you think.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载