Uit8集体备课.ppt

2 Read the passages and then write about the most popular gifts among your friends and family. Everyone likes gifts. Some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts. Some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too small. A little child may give his mother a leaf from a tree. It is enough to make her very happy. present n. 礼物 make sb. / sth. + 形容词 使某人/某事… What he says makes me rather angry. 他所说的话让我非常生气。 The flowers made the house beautiful. 鲜花让房子美丽。 Gift giving is different in different countries. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone else. Many people have enough things and don’t want too many gifts themselves. In Canada, many people will not give big gifts to someone else. They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough. open v. 开；打开 give away 赠送 give—gave—given bench n. 长凳；长椅 rather than 胜于 Sweden 瑞典 instead adv. 代替；而不是 If you don’t want to go, I will go instead. * Tasks for this period: learn some new words suggestion, personal, special, receive, gave, guy 2) Learn some phrases: get sth for, not special enough, not creative enough, a photo album How to give suggestions 4) How to make comments scarf camera dictionary tennis ball CD bicycle flowers watch photo album calendar Next Sunday is mom’s birthday What should I get my mom for her birthday? You should get a … for your mother. Why don’t you get her a … Why not get her a … How/what about (getting her) a … Gifts Giving Why don’t you…? Why not…? What about a…? H