湖南师大 高三英语 M9-U4 listening课件 牛津译林版

Host: I didn’t know that! I’ll have to remember that in the future. Now we have time for one more question. Do you know where the idea for Father Christmas came from?
2. Why is Father Christmas modeled after him? Because he was very kind and generous
especially to young people.
3. What is the origin of Father Christmas coming down the chimney? Father Christmas threw small bags of gold down the chimney to help the three daughters in a poor family get married.
高三英语
Module 9 Unit 4 Listening
Finding information about a legendary person
Who do you think are legendary persons?
Skill building 1: finding information about a legendary person
Listening text 2
Host: When I was a child, I used to write to Father Christmas, so that he would know what I wanted.
Steve: Many children do that several months beforll him what presents they would like for Christmas. One of the traditions in the UK is for children to take the list of presents they want and put it in the chimney.
A legendary person is a person who is very famous and who is talked about by a lot of people. Often, legendary people are real people who lived a long time ago, so the information you find about them might be true but some of it might be impossible or do not exist.
4. Where did the idea of hanging stockings near the fireplace come from? One of his bags of gold fell into a stocking hanging up to dry over the fireplace.
Host: What happens after that, on Christmas Eve?
Steve: According to stories, on Christmas Eve, Father Christmas puts all of the presents onto his sled and flies across the sky with his twelve reindeer. Once Father Christmas arrives at a house, he goes down the chimney and places presents for the children in stockings or in front of the family Christmas tree.
5. What does St Nicholas look like? He is tall and thin with no beard and wears the traditional clothes of a priest.
Read the article about Father Christmas on a web about St Nicholas, then answer the following questions. 1. Where did St Nicholas come from? St Nicholas came from a village called Myra in Turkey.
Some people hang the stockings by their beds, but most people hang them by the fireplace. Many people say that Father Christmas likes to eat mince pies, so they always leave some out for him to eat. Many people also leave a carrot out for the reindeer.
He is often described as a happy, fat man with long white hair and a long white beard and moustache, dressed in a red suit with a black belt and black boots. However, he hasn’t always dressed like that. A famous advertisement used a picture of him wearing red in nineteen thirty-one, but before that, he was usually drawn wearing green.
Steve: There is a connection between Father Christmas and St Nicholas, who was a saint from hundreds of years ago. You can find more about St Nicholas on the Internet.
Step 1: taking notes about Father Christmas
A. Listen to a TV programmer about Father
Christmas and fill in as much of the note
sheet as possible. (the first part) Father Christmas
B. Now listen to the second half of the programmer and finish the notes above.
Listening text 1 Host: Good morning. Today, I am going to
interview someone who knows a lot about Father Christmas. Steve Smith is the owner of a toy shop. Now, Steve, I wonder if you could quickly summarize who Father Christmas is and what he does.
in stockings, in front of the Christmas _tr_e_e_
by children’s _b_e_d_ or by the fireplace
The food he likes sweet mince __p_ie_s___
Interesting facts was usually drawn wearing _g_re_e_n_ before a famous advertisement used a picture of him wearing red in _1_9_3_1
He / She is said / supposed to… He / She is known / described / pictured as … People believe that … According to the stories, he / she … Apparently, he / she … I have heard that he / she …
In order to find which information is real and which is not, you can listen out for the following expressions which people often use when discussing something which might not be real:
Where he lives Near the _N_o_r_th_ Pole Who his friends are
Elves: help make _t_o_y_s_ reindeer: _1_2_ in number, help _d_e_li_v_e_r the presents What he does goes down chimneys and places _p_re_s_e_n_t_s_
What he looks like A happy, _fa_t_ man with long _w_h_i_te_ hair and white beard, dressed in a _re_d__s_u_i_t with a _b_la_c_k_ belt and the same color boots
Host: Steve, thanks for talking to us today. I suggest that anyone who wants to find out more about Father Christmas should look on the Internet. There are many sites and there is much information about him.
Steve: Well, the character Father Christmas has been around for hundreds of years, and he is known to many children around the world as the person who brings them Christmas presents.
Host: Father Christmas comes to visit us at Christmas time, but where does he spend the rest of the year?
Steve: Well, he is said to live near the North Pole with his wife and lots of little creatures called elves. The elves are his friends. They help make toys. He also has twelve reindeer that help him deliver the presents on Christmas Eve.