Unit7 A Christmas Carol (詞匯及知識點)

1. scan part1 and answer the following question:
1) how many people were mentioned?
four. scrooge, bob cratchit, fred, a gentleman
2. read it again, and answer the following questions:
1) when did this story happen?
the story happened on the evening before christmas, that is to say, at christmas eve.
2) what was ebenezer scrooge? what kind of this man was? which word is he always commenting everything?
maybe scrooge was a businessman or a boss. he was such a mean, cold, hard, selfish old man. he cares for nothing but money. he was always commenting everything “humbug”.
3) who was bob cratchit? what did he want to do?
bob was working for scrooge as a clerk. he wanted to go home to spend christmas day with his family.
4) what did the gentlemen want scrooge to do?
the gentleman was raising money to buy the poor some meat, drink and other basic needs. he wanted scrooge to open his heart to the poor. but scrooge didn’t agree to it. he would rather make them hungry to death than help them.
so all of them left, leaving scrooge alone. he fell asleep. then what happened in his dream?
step4. listening (page 56)
now let’s listen to a dialogue between marley and scrooge? you know marley? (his business partner)
listen to it carefully and finish ex. 2. then finish ex.3.
step5. reading (page58)
just now his friend told him that santa claus would come. now turn to p58. look at the rest part.
1) what’s the typical of santa claus? what does it mean?
he always says “ho, ho, ho.” to make others happy.
step6. reading (page61)
now santa claus takes scrooge to two scenes.
scene1.
read this part and fill the blanks.
place: the place where scrooge live once lived
time: the time when scrooge was young.
characters: young scrooge and his girlfriend
event: the girl wanted to be separated from scrooge. scrooge cared nothing except money. he felt very uneasy.
scene2.
read this part and tell:
why does mrs. cratchit not want to drink a toast to mr. scrooge?
scene3.
what happened to scrooge at last?
homework
1. underline the important structures in the passages.

period3-4 language points
step1. revision
1. check answers to ex.1 on p59.
2. check answers to ex.1 on p195.
step2. language points
reading:
phrases:
want/have a day off ask for a day’s leave
leave sb alone
do good to sb
bring in profit
be in want/need of
afford to do sth
be badly off
believe in
at this festive season of the year 在一年中喜慶的季節
close up （尤指暫時）關閉；使靠近
leave alone 不管；隨…去
toast to 干杯
date back to 追溯到（過去的某個時間）
on the contrary 相反
have an eye for 關注；能判斷；能欣賞