初中英语人教版初三年级上册30

[00:20.19]Pre-read
[00:22.83]Answer the following questions.
[00:26.59]1.When is Christmas?
[00:34.53]2.Do you celebrate Christmas?
[00:43.00]If so,what do you do?
[00:51.15]3.What holiday is your favourite?Why?
[02:05.13]Read CHRISTMAS DAY
[02:26.18]During the Christmas season friends get together
[02:34.33]and go from house to house singing christmas songs.
[03:13.31]They do this for fun and to bring the spirit of christmas to the people in cach house.
[03:45.07]Then on Christmas Eve-the night before Christmas Day
[03:51.55]-Children put a stocking¹ at the end of their beds before they go to sleep.
[04:34.81]Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night.
[04:42.98]Some people even put up stockings² for their pets as well.
[05:18.96]Father Christmas is a very kind-hearted³ man.
[05:24.70]He lands on top of each house all over the world and climbs down the chimney⁴.
[05:34.37]He then fills the stockings with Christmas presents.
[07:35.65]But who is Father Christmas?
[07:43.80]Can a man really climb down the chimney of every house in the world in a single night?
[07:52.45]Of course not.
[08:11.70]Father Christmas is based on a real person in history.
[08:30.56]In Turkey,there once was a man named Saint⁵ Nicholas.
[08:37.83]He was a very shy person.
[08:41.48]He wanted to give money to the poor.
[09:15.65]But he did not want them to know that the money come from him.
[09:33.41]he didn't know what to do.
[09:40.68]It is said that one day he climbed to the top of a house
[09:48.12]and dropped some money down a chimney.
[10:17.30]It went into a stocking that a little girl had hung by the fireplace⁶ to dry!
[10:57.45]Even though Father Christmas is no longer living,
[11:04.11]his spirit of generosity⁷ lives on today.
[13:02.79]Christmas Day always begins before breakfast.
[13:08.53]Children wake up very early,and can't wait to open the presents in their stockings and under the tree.
[13:45.78]They wake up the other family members,
[13:57.04]calling,"Merry Christmas!"
[14:04.90]After all the presents are opened,the family will usually have a delicious breakfast.
[14:31.18]They spend the day playing with the new toys and visiting their relatives and friends.
[14:59.13]They greet each other with a hug and say,"Merry Christmas!

1 stocking   

n.长筒袜

参考例句：

• My stocking is always full of presents at Christmas.我的长袜在圣诞节经常装满了礼物。
• It's no use keeping this odd stocking.单只的袜子留着没什么用。

2 stockings   

n.长袜( stocking的名词复数 )；靺；袜子

参考例句：

• a pair of silk stockings 一双长筒丝袜
• She wears a pair of sheer stockings. 她穿着一双透明的丝袜。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 kind-hearted   

adj.好心的

参考例句：

• She is one of the most kind-hearted girls that I saw.她是我看到的姑娘中最善良的一个。
• Mike is a very kind-hearted boy.迈克是一好心肠的小伙子。

4 chimney   

n.烟囱，烟筒；玻璃罩

参考例句：

• The chimney blew out a cloud of black smoke.烟囱里喷出一团黑烟。
• His father is a chimney sweeper.他的父亲是一位扫烟囱的工人。

5 saint   

n.圣徒；基督教徒；vt.成为圣徒，把...视为圣徒

参考例句：

• He was made a saint.他被封为圣人。
• The saint had a lowly heart.圣人有谦诚之心。

6 fireplace   

n.壁炉，炉灶

参考例句：

• The fireplace smokes badly.这壁炉冒烟太多。
• I think we should wall up the fireplace.我想应该封住壁炉。

7 generosity   

n.大度，慷慨，慷慨的行为

参考例句：

• We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
• We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。