综合英语 第12课.ppt

Lead-in Questions 1. What is the most important festival in China? 2. What does the title of this text suggest to you? Main Content 1. Text I：Christmas Lost and Found (The text talks about the sorrow and sadness caused by the sudden death of an adopted child to the family and how they found the joy and happiness back.) 2. Text II: One Small Stone, Unforgotten (This article addresses on how the writer escaped from his home area when he was in his teens and how he came to realize of what his father did all the years in the cemeteries was to spread love and care to other people.) 3. Exercises: comprehension of the texts, vocabulary, grammar, translation, etc Text Analysis The text can be divided into three parts. I: Paragraphs 1-5 are the first part, which talks about the joy and happiness brought by the coming of Christmas Boy. II: Paragraphs 6-8 form its second part, which gives an account of the sorrow and sadness caused by the sudden death of Christmas Boy. III: Paragraphs 9-24 make up its last part, which describes the return of the joy and happiness to the family. Paragraph 1-5 The first three paragraphs introduce the writer’s dream of having a big family vibrating with energy, life and love, especially at Christmas. And her dream came true with the arrival of an adopted son, as well as two biological children. Questions: 1. Why did the author dream of a big family? As the only child, the author had had a lonely childhood and had to spend a quiet Christmas. So she really longed for a big family full of energy, life and love. 2. How did the author make her dream come true? She adopted a child since they were unable to bear a child at the beginning of their marriage, and named him Christmas Boy. Shortly after his arrival, they gave births to two biological children. Hence, she finally got a big family vibrating with energy, life and love. 3. How does the author describe the importance of Christmas Boy to her family? He was the only person who had the expertis