创新大学英语1-2教案

Unit 2 Holidays

Text: Coping with Santa Claus

Teaching Objectives（教学目的）

Students will be able to

1. Grasp the main idea and structure of the text

2. Master the key language points and grammatical structures

3. Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.

Teaching procedures（教学步骤）

(1) Pre-reading activity （Period1）

a. Information related to the text

b. Introduction to the Text

c. Pre-reading questions

(2)While-reading activity（Periods2-4）

a. The organization of the text

b. Detailed reading---study of the language points

(3) Post-reading activity （Period 5-6）

a. Speaking Activity

b. Writing Practice

c. Have students finish the exercises

Period 1

Pre-reading activity

a. Background Information

1. Origin of Christmas

The name Christmas is short for "Christ's Mass".

A Mass is a kind of Church service. Christmas is a religious festival. It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus.

There are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the world. But many of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religion. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the Christmas in the world.

The story of the birth of Jesus takes place in Bethlehem, a city of Judea. His mother was a virgin named Mary, and she was betrothed to Joseph. Before they came together sexually, she became pregnant with the child of the Holy Spirit. Joseph,

not yet her husband, was told to hide her away. While he thought about these things, Gabriel, an angel of the Lord, appeared to him in a dream and told him not to be afraid to take Mary as his wife, and that Mary would bring forth a Son, and he shall call his name, Jesus, for he would save his people from their sins. Joseph agreed to marry and protect Mary, and to raise Jesus as his son.

As Mary and Joseph were travelling to Joseph’s family’s hometown, Bethlehem, for a census, the time for Mary to deliver the child approached. They made it as far as Bethlehem, where Mary gave birth. She wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn, as many travelers were on their way home for census. Today, Christmas, as the feast of the nativity of Jesus, is celebrated on the 25th of December every year. Nobody knows the actual birth of Jesus. 2. Christmas Celebrations

Santa Clause and his Gifts

Gift-giving is a near-universal part of