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Lesson Thirteen Christmas Questions: Do you know anything about Christmas ( time and reason )? Please tell us what you know about it ( Father Christmas, Christmas tree, presents)? Do you know the origin of it? ( Jesus Christ )

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Page 1: Lesson Thirteen Christmas  Questions:  Do you know anything about Christmas ( time and reason )?  Please tell us what you know about it  ( Father Christmas,

Lesson Thirteen Christmas

Questions: Do you know anything about Christmas

( time and reason )? Please tell us what you know about it ( Father Christmas, Christmas tree,

presents)?

Do you know the origin of it? ( Jesus Christ )

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Qustions

What is the writing style of the story? How many parts can we divide the text

into? And why? What was the best present did the auth

or give to his father at the Chrstmas when he was 14 ( the theme)?

Can you retell the text roughly?

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Writing skills

Ⅰ. 1. Simile 2. metaphor 1. a direct comparison between two unlike elements “as, as…..so, like” E.g. •As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a

far country. •as cunning as a fox, as poor as a church’s mouse •The world is like a stage. 2. An indirect comparison. It implies the likeness

between things without the use of like or as. Life is a highway. The world is a stage.

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Writing skills

Exercise: For secrets are edged tools, and must be kept from chi

ldren and fools. No man is an island, entire of itself. If poetry comes not as naturally as leaves to a tree, it h

ad better not come at all. His friend has become a thorn in his side. A dance is a measured pace, as a verse is a measured

speech. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, a

nd some few to be chewed and digested.

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Writing skills

Ⅱ. Alliteration the same consonant sound is repeated at intervals

in the initial position She sells sea-shells on the seashore. Wild Mushrooms: Mysterious-Menacing- Magnificen

t Predictably the winter will be snowy, sleety and slushy. Weak and weary Reference 2: the repetition of identical consonant sounds in differen

t words in close proximity接近,邻近 e.g. frothing and fragrant

Slushy: 溶雪的,泥泞的

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Writing skills

Ⅲ. Euphemism The substitution of a mild or indirect word or phrase fo

r a blunter or harsher one v ugly: plain-looking; homely-looking v die: to pass away, to depart, to go to sleep(heaven) v fat: Plump, stout, chubby, weight catcher v toilet habits, etc.: to urinate or to defecate to go to the bathroom to do one’s business to answer nature’s call

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In-class discussion and presentation

1.What is the writing technique here? 2.What is the theme of this text? 3.“Love alone could awaken love.” how d

o you understand the sentence? And “Love is like measles. Everyone has to go through it.”; “Love is blind.”

3. Do you agree that only love can awaken love? What is the essence of true love? Give your reasons.

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VII. Homework:

Practise reading the text again and again to understand it better.

Learn the important phrases by consulting the dictionary.

Learn all the glossary by heart.

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Language Understanding 

I.         Sentence Paraphrase (30 minutes) 1. Strange how the habits of his youth clung to him still!(P.

1) It was strange how up to that moment he had continued doi

ng things the way he had always done them from boyhood. 2. He slipped back in time, as he did so easily nowadays. He had recently got into the habit of recalling things in the

past /of reminiscing/ of letting his thoughts go back to the old days.

3. He had never thought of it before, taking for granted the tie of their blood.

He had never thought of the fact that his father loved him because he took the relationship of father and son as a matter of course. He had never given this another thought.

.

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Language Understanding

4.…there would be no more loitering in the mornings and having to be called again.

…he would never loiter in the morning and need no longer to be called again and again.

to loiter: to move or go about business slowly and with many stops

5.… stumbling blind with sleep and pulled on his clothes.

When he got up, it was still very dark and he was still very sleepy. He could hardly open his eyes and could not see or think clearly, so he walked or moved unsteadily and blindly.

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Language Understanding

6. Then Jesus had been born in a barn,… bring their Christmas gifts.

Bible: …And when they had come into the house, they saw th

e young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts: gold and frankincense, and myrrh…

7. …he got up and crept downstairs, careful of the creaky boards…

He had to be careful so that the boards would not make any noise and wake up his father, thus spoiling his plan

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Word study

Game: Use your body language to express the following phra

ses: dash into the room, steal into the room, to burst into th

e room, to sneak into the room, to tiptoe into the room, to sail into the room, to break into the room, to dance out of the room, to stagger out of the room, to fly out of the room, to crawl out of the room, to slip out of the room, to creep downstairs, to make her way towards the door, to bow her way out of the room, to shoulder her way through the crowd, to worm his way into the organization, to beg her way back home, to inch his way up the mountain

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Word study

1. Bar: [often passive] v.1.   to close with a barto bar the door2.   to make … safe by putting metal bats across it.The windows are barred.3.   to stop going in a certain directionHe stood in the door and barred my way.n. barrister, the profession of lawyer behind the bar; go to the bar

bolt v. to close the door with a bolt 闩门, 栓住

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Word study

2.Burst:His heart was bursting with love. ( shyness and pride)

(to be filled ) to the breaking point (with a substance or usually pleasant things)

The bag is bursting with potatoes. He is bursting with health. The hall was bursting with people. The barns were bursting with grain. cling to sth / an idea/the hope His mother’s last words clung to his memory. The wet clothes clung to his body. The child clung onto its mother.

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Word study

3. chore n. Milking for once was not a chore.

do one’s daily chores do odd chores domestic chores Feeding the chickens and milking the co

ws were John’s chores on the farm.

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Word study

4. creep:creep into the barn; crept downstairs; creeping up to where the star had been

to move slowly and quietly with the body close to the ground (usu. stealthily)

a creeping plant creep on all fours The hours crept by. We took off our shoes and crept cautiously

along the passage.

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Word study

crawl:to move slowly with the body close to the ground/floor, or on the hands and knees

crawl about on all fours They crawled into their beds to get warm. She crawled across the pool in record ti

me.

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Word study

5. Grant1.   to give what is wanted/requested 准许,授予They were granting a holiday for their achievement2.   to admit to the truth of sth.I had to grant him the reasonableness of his argument.

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Word study

6. Loiter: to move on /about with frequent stops

loiter the whole afternoon loiter along the street loiter over a job You should not loiter your time away.

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Word study

7. Stable n. Lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.

贼走关门。 a. stable currency a stable economy Price has been stabilized. Slow and steady wins the race. 慢而稳事必成。

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Word study 8. Slip v. (He slipped back in time.) Time is slipping away. The patient’s energy is slipping away. Your work has been slipping back recently, you must make more

effort. Never let a good chance to slip by! He slipped in unnoticed. Mary couldn’t bear the party, so she slipped off while no one was l

ooking. I didn’t mean to tell you his name, it just slipped out. She gave them a peek and slipped out of the room.

n. a slip of paper a slip of the tongue/pen

There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip.

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Word study

9. Strike v.A thought struck him like a silver dagger.

He must have waked twenty times, striking a match each time to look at his old watch.

Many students were struck down by the epidemic.

His heart struck heavily as he thought of the coming interview.

The tree had been struck by lightning. The idea at first struck me as stupid, but now I

think it is a good one.

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Word study

10. Stumble: vi.The tired old man stumbled along.

She stumbled on the stairs and fell forward to the bottom.

While in the country, she stumbled upon some fine antiques.

The officials stumbled repeatedly in carrying out the new program.

She stumbled at/over the long word. ( to stop or make a mistake when you are reading to pe

ople or speaking ~over/at/through)

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Word study 11. Shimmer: to shine with a soft trembling light 闪烁,发出柔和的微

光The water shimmered in the moonlight.

Beam:1.     of the sun or other shining objects to send out light (and heat)The sun beamed through the cloud.2.     to smile brightly and happilyThe new father beamed with pleasure when he saw the baby for the first time.Glimmer: to give a very fait unsteady light 闪烁不定的微光

The faint light glimmered at the end of the passage.gleam:1.   to give out a bright lightThe furniture gleamed after being polished.2.   (of a felling) to be expressed with a sudden light in the eyesAmusement gleamed in his eyes.

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Word study

12. feel for 摸索着寻找,同情,体谅 His father was standing beside his bed, feeling

for him… He felt in his pocket for a penny. I felt for my purse and found it gone. He felt along the wall for the door. I feel for him in his sorrow. We feel keenly for you.

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Word study

13. get by:1.    to continue one’s way of life 度日,过生活,糊口You can’t get by on such a small income.2.    be good enough but not very good, be accepted 凑合,差强人意Your work will get by, but try to improve it.

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Word study

Get off:1.   to leave work2.   to stop riding a horse or bicycle 下车,下马3.   to start a journey, leave 动身,出发4.   [vt, vi, (with)] (to cause to) escape punishment 获释, 不被处罚The man went to prison but the two boys get off with a warning

Get on: to become late/olderTime is getting on.Grandfather is getting on for 80.

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Word study

Get over:1.    to return to one’s usual state of health, happiness. After a bad experience 痊愈,恢复,淡忘to get over an illnessShe can’t get over the man she was going to marry, he disappeared so unexpectedly.To get over a shock2.    to find a way to deal with, overcome 越过,克服get over the difficulty3.    reach the end of (usually sth unpleasant) 完成to get the operation over

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Word study

get through1.   to reach sb. by telephoneI called you but could not get through.2.   (with) to finish3.   to cause to pass, come successfully to the end of … 通过考试,熬过, 考试(及格),使(人)成功to get through an exam/the winterto get sb through an exam

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Word study

14. in place 适当的位置上,恰当的

He put the stool in its place by the door. I like to have everything in place. Your suggestion is quite in place.

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Homework

1. Text retelling 2. Paragraphs ( Para.21-26 )reciting 3. Expressions explaining 3. Textbook exercises P.321-P. 327