2020-2021学年外研版（2019）高中英语 必修第二册学案：UNIT 2 LET’S CELEBRATE 导读.doc

1、The object of a New Year is that we should have a new soul.我们过新年的目的是迎接一个全新的自我。 The breeze sent my blessings，and the bright moon brought my greetings.清风送去了我的祝福，明月带来了我的问候。Lets embrace the New Year and go to the future! 让我们拥抱新年，共赴未来！In this brilliant and happy New Years Festival，I wish you all the best

2、!在这辉煌快乐的新春佳节，祝您万事如意！If it didnt bring you joyJust leave it behind.Lets ring in the New Year With good things in mind.Let every bad memory goThat brought heartache and pain.And lets turn a new leaf With the smell of new rain.Lets forget past mistakes Making amends(补偿) for this year.Sending you these

3、greetings To bring you hope and cheer.Christmas Day，the 25th of December，is the biggest festival celebrated in the Christian countries of the world.Although everyone enjoys Christmas Day，it is particularly enjoyed by children，who get very excited because of the presents they know they are going to r

4、eceive.Small children believe that their presents are brought by Father Christmas.Father Christmas is a kind of old man who the children are told，lives at the North Pole.He travels through the sky on a sleigh(雪橇) which is pulled by reindeers(驯鹿) and loaded with presents.Stopping on the roof of house

5、s，he enters by climbing down the chimney.When small children go to bed on Christmas Eve，they hang a stocking at the end of their beds.Their parents warn them not to try to look at Father Christmas，or he will not leave them anything.When they wake up，they find their stockings filled with presents.Chi

6、ldren are very excited on Christmas morning and always wake up early.探索发现1Find out the reason why children particularly enjoy Christmas Day. 2Who do you think is the real Father Christmas? 3Can you name out some other Western festivals? 答案1.Because children can receive presents on that day.2Childrens parents.3Easter(复活节)，Thanksgiving(感恩节)，Valentines Day(情 人 节)，Halloween(万圣节)，April Fools Day(愚人节)，Carnival(狂欢节)等